Noise Reduction Pedal

[therapist]

I was wondering which pedal would be the better choice the ISP Decimator or the Boss NS-2? What are your experiences with these pedals? What are the advantages or disadvantages between the two?

[Rhymenocerous]

I haven't tried either, but the general concensus, from what I've gathered, is that ISP makes the best noise suppressor out there.

[thehitman47]

ISP VS NS-2

ISP is a great choice for a noise reducer.didnt lose tone and its true bypass. even though a costs around US 120 its very worth it and theyre also very easy to use since its one knob :lol while the noise suppresor doesnt have true bypass u mite loss tone from ur amp but its costs less though. so in the end its all bout the money

[tee5150ii]

I have and use both. I have the NS-2 as last in my signal chain and then I have the ISP as the last in my loop since my 5150ii can hiss and whine like crazy at times. The NS-2 does it's job though, it kills the feedback from the guitar. If you're running a high-gain setup, you'll probably be better off with the ISP though. I just like both running together so I know I can get rid of the guitar feedback and the preamp noise.

But yeah, all in all both seem to fit the bill but it just depends on the rest of the gear as far as what my experience with both has taught me.

[ESPVIPERCAMO]

yea the ns-2 kills all my feedback on my 6505 combo and does reduce hiss(put one in the loop as well and it will kill the hiss like tee said) Both do almost the same. The isp has its drawbacks, and the ns does not kill my tone at all. I chose the boss

[therapist]

yea the ns-2 kills all my feedback on my 6505 combo and does reduce hiss(put one in the loop as well and it will kill the hiss like tee said) Both do almost the same. The isp has its drawbacks, and the ns does not kill my tone at all. I chose the boss

What are the drawbacks on the ISP?

[ESPVIPERCAMO]

It is the best noise suppressor I have tried.
But I have one beef...it is not true bypass so it sucks some tone!
It makes my signal sound a bit "spongey", "squishy" by taking away some of my punch and clarity.
Most people may not notice this but I am obsessed with my tone as I love the sound of my guitar plugged directly into my Marshall but as soon as I introduce non-bypass pedals my tone suffers.

[ESPVIPERCAMO]

Sound Quality : 5
I have tried 2 of the pedals. I have a B-52 At-100 and when I put it in the effects loop there is considerable volume drop, and when I adjust the send up high enough for no volume drop the thing distorts really bad. I am still trying to figure that one out.

[TheDevilHimself]

IMO if you have only smaller noise problems, it doesn't matter too much which pedal you use, they all seem to work quite fine when it comes to moderate settings.

[ColeJustesen]

ISP is a great product. It really does the trick, and I believe it is worth every penny. My buddy had an amp that made quite a bit of hiss when he played his distortion. I brought the pedal to one of his practices and set it up for him. The whole band's mouths dropped they were astonished it killed the noise and didn't affect his tone. I give it 5 out 5 stars!

Cole

[T'cat]

CORRECT!

the isp is a better noise reduction pedal than the boss ,and it will not suck your amps tone and it works better in your amps fx' loop.

[Sixstringhotshot]

I owned both, and I sold the ISP. The Boss has separate controls for threshold and release, the ISP does not. As such, I was not able to find a setting on the ISP that allowed my notes to ring out, but cut off the noise as soon as I stopped playing. Granted, I use very low gain, but at rather high volumes. The NS-2 just felt more transparent. Not tonally...I didn't notice a tonal difference with either pedal. But the Boss operates smoothly and the ISP was kinda choppy.

[Matt Parsons]

Make sure the guitar is wired and shielded well, and make sure you have good shielded cables.

The best way to prevent noise is to stop it at the source. As is, neither of those pedals are noise reducers, they are noise gates. When you're playing, all that noise is still there, just quieter than your guitar.

[Sixstringhotshot]

I don't have noise, just feedback at high volumes, and the NS-2 expertly shuts that up. I'm not too concerned with what it's called. It does what I want it to do. :)

[ice6]

I have only had experience with the Boss NS2 and it works great for me and I do use alot of dist. - it shut that shit down right now so that even when you are not playing you don't have that terrible hiss.... I can't speak to other Noise gates (reducers).

[BrazilianBootyLover]

Get the ISP Decimator! I had the boss one and it sucked asshole. It sucked up all my tone. I would turn it down then I would get feedback. So if you get the boss you either get your tone sucked up or you can have feedback which you tried to eliminate in the first place!

[Sixstringhotshot]

My NS-2 is a little older (5 years maybe?), but I don't think they've changed them. I don't have any tone loss, how were you setting the controls and where in the signal chain was it?

[DethWar]

Okay. Spanning accross multiple noise gate posts we have people who say the boss is true bypass and the isp is not, then we have people saying the isp is true bypass and the boss is not. Which side is correct and how can we find out for sure?

[BrazilianBootyLover]

, how were you setting the controls and where in the signal chain was it?


I don't remember what my settings were cause it was a while ago but I had it inf front. Amp-noise gate-guitar.

[tmoori]

ISP hands down you wont get a better pedal noise supressor

[Imperium]

If youre concerned with noise, the ISP.
If youre concerned with Feedback, the NS-2.

Trust SSHS on this one, the NS-2 is good at what it does, and if you just roll your volume down you can get rid of the noise.

And if you have seen the Petrucci setup vids on the D'Add site *I THINK* the dude who is doing his rig has it up to stage volume and its not that quiet due to noise, and that is using custom and high grade units, so compaired to that the NS-2 will do for me.

[TREVA]

Hush !

[Sirkenzington]

I use the boss ns-2 aswell. great thing, no tone loss, does what I want it to do.
Plus it lets your long chords ring out, and doesn't chop them off at a certain point, instead it fades out very naturally. it has more seperate knobs, can be set up as a mute pedal.

and it has 2 seperate circuits.
so it silences the whole bunch in one go.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/vowdy/ns2.jpg