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11-05-2012, 06:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Klang Valley, MY | | | Noise Surpressor/Gate: Does it suck your bass tone?
Hey guys,
I have a few overdrive/distortion pedals running in my chain. Two causes quite a bit of hiss. And if stacked on top on each other, obviously more hiss.
On top of that, I have a compressor, which causes a bit of hiss too. In conclusion, a lott of hiss; enough for me to want a noise surpressor/gate, at least.
I've read a lot on the Boss NS-2, MXR Smartgate and also the ISP decimator here.
But my question is this, do these noise surpressor/gate suck your bass tone?
Which would you recommend for best to help with the noise and for tone transparency? |
11-05-2012, 06:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Klang Valley, MY | | | Oh and with that said, I have tried a Rocktron Hush before and it sucks the hell outta my bass. I will never get a Hush. |
11-05-2012, 05:19 PM
|  | I promised myself I would stop buying pedals | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Perth, Australia | | | I've got an NS-2 and it does affect my tone a tiny bit. |
11-05-2012, 05:24 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Genz Benz Amplification | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nashville | | | The ISP would be my personal choice if I needed such a thing. |
11-05-2012, 05:34 PM
| | | | Learn to live with the hiss. This is part of what's going to happen when you use multiple overdrives and compression. Tis life. But the answer is definitely not another pedal. Gates are always very unnatural sounding to my ears. |
11-05-2012, 06:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Northwest of Montreal, CAN | | | I got rid of a Boss NS-2 because of its unnatural effect. No matter how I tweaked it, I never got it to sound right.
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11-05-2012, 06:47 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Cave Passive Pedals | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ohio | | | Maybe find a new overdrive pedal with less hiss? |
11-05-2012, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by caeman  Maybe find a new overdrive pedal with less hiss? | Or, more simply, perhaps stick with just one overdrive at a time. And, to echo myself from another thread, pop your compressor out when you're overdriven. It's really not necessary (overdrive in general has a tendency to naturally compress your dynamics, plus the whole point of having an overdrive is that the harder you play, the dirtier it gets). |
11-06-2012, 08:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Klang Valley, MY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by alec I've got an NS-2 and it does affect my tone a tiny bit. | Where do you place your noise surpressor? At the beginning or at the end of your chain? |
11-06-2012, 09:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: MD | | | It can go in front, at the end, or in the effects loop. Try and see what sounds best for your application.
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11-06-2012, 10:23 PM
| | I promised myself I would stop buying pedals | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Perth, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by huyload Where do you place your noise surpressor? At the beginning or at the end of your chain? | After the noisemakers and before anything I don't want gated. Usually I put the noisy pedals in the NS-2's loop.
I wouldn't have noticed any affect on my tone but once I put it in a true bypass loop by itself and there was a difference when the loop was engaged. |
11-09-2012, 10:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Klang Valley, MY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by alec After the noisemakers and before anything I don't want gated. Usually I put the noisy pedals in the NS-2's loop.
I wouldn't have noticed any affect on my tone but once I put it in a true bypass loop by itself and there was a difference when the loop was engaged. | So while the 'noisy' pedals go through the NS2's loop, you don't have it engaged?
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