ISP Technologies Decimator Noise Reduction Pedal  

This is an update for a former review.  These units eat up batteries quickly - averaged about 4 hours continual use per battery - OK for a gig.  But, for practice and forgetting to unplug the input, recommend the Morley 9-volt power adapter which MF sells.  Works great.  Funny, ISP offers no info in recommending any kind of 9-volt adapter - BOO - HOO on them.

One knob, very simple. Easiest operation you could ask for!

Solid metal and super durable.

Worth almost every penny!

I put mine in my jvm loop with an ns2 in front. Best setup for noiseless operation. Be warned you NEED to use a power supply with this unit it is not intended to run on a battery

This noise gate is amazing and dosen't effect tone at all...I use multiple pedals overdrive and distortion for gain and also EQ to push the clean channel in my amp....

I found the holy grail of pedals that's eliminating the unwanted fee-back when I stand near my amp and just hold my guitar without touching the strings.

The fit and finish on this pedals is beautiful...THe single knob works perfectly, very simple to adjust and finds the sweet spot for eliminating unwanted noise very quickly.

Unless your already exsperiancing unwanted gain noise from an idlle amp (high gain sounds) this pedal will only cure this issue.

When I use just an overdrive pedal this noise gate gets turned off. It isn't needed and will cut off your signal.

The instruction booklet inside shows a recommended way to use this pedal...It is advised to be used at the very end of a pedal train. I use my and plug it directly into the front of the amp. You can use it in the effects loop but it's pointless if your not running gain pedals through the loop.

Anything ran after this pedal on a signal path will be cut off so this is why this pedal is placed at the end of a pedal board and then into the amp.

Digital interface ie: POD's allow you to run a simulated noise gate in the middle but that's all simualted computer generated effects.

A real analog noise gate like this one is ran at the end of the path...

This pedal is a little pricey but worth it's weight once you get it and see how well they actually work. I would recommend this pedal to anyone whom loves to run a hot signal through their amp and has lots of fee-back from gain.

Great pedal.  I've used it for recording and now my son's heavy metal band "Remnants of Camulos"

use two of them - one for each guitarist.  They play LOUD.  When  practicing in the small basement room, the pedal is a godsend as it cuts out the aweful feedback when they pause.

It is very well built.

They must sell thousands of these pedals - so I think the price should be less.

Yea, it works - fantastic gate!

Simple threshold dial that is effective at creating near silence. I wish it had a feature that could reduce the extra hiss that the pedal itself creates.

Solid construction. Very sensitive adjustable threshold.

Usable with distortion only.

My rig has a bit of hiss to start with but not much to complain about. I thought it would be cool to have zero hiss so I tried this pedal. I connected the pedal as the only device in the effects loop of the amp. When the guitar is plugged in to the rig but is not played, this pedal creates silence with the exception a little amp hum. This pedal is not acceptable on a clean channel since it adds considerable hiss. Yes it decimates hiss when the guitar is not being played however you will hear extra hiss when you start playing on a clean channel. This pedal will work great in parallel with distortion since hiss is not noticeable under distortion.