Noise gate recommendation for percussive/overdriven/djent tone

[alecvbass]

Hi everyone,

I'm in the market for a noise gate and I figured you're the best ones to ask.

I'm playing in a few metal bands right now, and we have a lot of progressive metal influences. I have recently used a ISP Decimator live(borrowed), and even though I haven't fiddled much with it, it was very useful.
I usually have my distortion pedal on pretty aggressive settings, so I get some hiss/hum/whatever by default. It's

Here's my chain, I'm guessing this would be most useful:

Dingwall NG-2 -> Korg Pitchblack Tuner -> Origin Cali76-TX -> Darkglass B3K -> DSM Noisemaker Omnicabsim Deluxe -> PA

This is more or less my perfect rig, even though I'm thinking of swapping the B3K with a B7K Ultra, and I'm yet to add the noise gate to the current setup.

I was looking into the ISP Decimator(the normal one, not II or the G-String), but I'm afraid it's kinda overkill, since I'm not using an amp. It's not about the money, I would gladly pay the cash for it, but it's very hard to find used(in Romania at least), even though there are plenty of G-Strings on sale all the time.

Would something like the NS-2 suffice? I saw some people swear by them and some bash them.
I am also looking into the MXR Smartgate and the TC Electronic Sentry Noise. They look pretty good too.
As the title mentions, I want the noise gate to be capable of cutting the noise on very fast/percussive parts, I really like the dynamics it gives.

Cheers.

 

[MattZilla]

I tried the isp, a blue Hush pedal, and the ns-2. I bought the ns-2 a few months before becoming aware of the mxr smartgate. Always curious (certain) if there's something that cuts tighter without affecting the highs as much, but the ns works pretty good.

 

[alecvbass]

I actually just saw an used ISP Decimator(regular version) for sale. I think I'm going to go for that. Is there any better pedal(rack versions are excluded for now) that I can get or this is the one for me?

Thanks.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

The ISP is THE gate in my opinion. I had the NS-2 and it was the definition of a tone sucker. I felt bad selling the pedal to a guy who really wanted it, I don't recommend it.