ISP Technologies Decimator Noise Reduction Demo

[CardMoves101]

i know it's not important but that first pedal sounds HORRIBLE haha

[modalmood]

Wow! Amazing demo. I just picked up one of these on the bay for 75 bucks shipped. Now I can't wait ti see how it does with my Strat single coils and fully dimed Full Drive II. I once owned a boss ns-2. It never seemed to kill the worst of the retched pedal noise. This one seems to do quite well. No more embarrassing "buzzzzzzzz" or noise from the ODs at rehearsal . I also have a chorus that makes "clock" noise like the "Small Stone". It'll be nice to be rid of that as well.

[dnnysrock]

my overdrive and dirt box make to much noise!! and i only have 4 pedals, planing on buy two more this year!! this would do the job? how does it affect feedback I mean when you want to make it.

[BCtheG]

Why doesn't anyone ever demo the effect a noise gate has on palm muting?

[sgbigsby1989]

@BCtheG

i can tell you that the effect on it isnt bad. it just takes out the un-musical noise, hiss and so on. all your palm muting still sounds like palm muting, but here is the improvement:

if you play a song where you mute between chords (eg master of the puppets) its silent between the chords. id say nearly like your amp has turned itself off. i personaly put mine in the effect loop of my amp as it cleans up the whole signal chain.

[ShredEx1120]

@sgbigsby1989 I think you mean master of puppets, not master of the puppets.

[AnthonHarvey18]

so would you recommend placing this infront of your chain or at the end of it? if i use a hollow bodied guitar the problem i think i might have using a fuzz would be the feedback and crap. to anyone who can comment. where would you place this pedal on your chain?

[cerberusbrig]

@AnthonHarvey18 noise reduction pedals go at the end of the chain. there are no rules about pedal order,guidelines maybe but its generally down to experimentation and preference. but noise reduction will nearly alway be last.

[benzakonium]

If I put this in the effects loop (series) of my amp would it stop the hiss from my OD channels?

[RyanMcMusic]

just bought my first valve amp, it's awesome, but the hum is pissing me off something shocking...

[MartinWCarlsson]

@RyanMcMusic If you've got florescent light it can fuck up the sound tremendously =)

Even bad wiring in the house will mess it up. Also, as I found out, my telecaster (2 single coil) picks up noise from my spinning harddrive.

[JourneyAnyWay]

I have this thing on all the time in my videos, you can't ever tell there's a noise gate on, sounds completely natural.

[w1ll1a9m]

I wish I had that level of hum :(

[bratius]

is that you jack black?

[Borges1091]

So in summary i either have it in front, which does it's job but leaves a lot of husss coming out of the cab, or I effects loop it and eliminates all feedback but cuts my notes in half (along with gain) and doesn't noise gate the guitar. It's lose lose. Yes It's in the loop properly, and i'm using a power source with the pedal, works fine. If anyone knows a solution i'll gladly listen!

[Borges1091]

Finally got my 6505+. So I have a decimator too. First I tried it in front of the amp, not in effects loop. A lot of feedback at post 1, turned the decimator on, killed most of the feedback, and noise gated my guitar, but there's still some shhh in the backround coming through the cab. At .8-1 post it's about -42 dB which is still annoying for recording. So i tried effects loop, and it eliminated all feedback and hum, but kills my notes at any threshold, and doesn't noise gate my guitar.

[TrustMyDishonour]

@Borges1091 Sounds like you might be getting interference from something, i get the same problem if my Tv or just about anything else electrical is switched on is switched on, might be worth checking all your leads too, you might have a bad connection somewhere creating the Hum.

[veroSonica]

i wish to find a review where someone plays JUST ONE, TILL IT ENDS...JUST ONE NOTE. You can control the beginnings and mute chords & single notes, but the endings tell you more about the eficacy on supressing noises, not cutting the end so drastically. Have anyone tested this pedal this way?

[Borges1091]

I recently purchased an ISP decimator and while i'm waiting for my 6505 i decided to try it with my spider III for now..First day i tried it went fine, next day 1/2 of my gain is gone, notes sound dead and messed up, and messing with the threshold barely does anything. I'm using the stock battery it came with. It sounds like a power issue maybe? Or defected?

[valkiris]

@Borges1091 Some pedals use up the battery even when the device is not being used. So check your battery. I'm not sure if it's the case with the Decimator, but it's worth a shot.

[Borges1091]

@valkiris Thanks for the response. Yeah, had it plugged into input overnight, drained it completely. Just bought a onespot for it though, works fine.

[TheMagnumGuitar]

what is the diffrence between this one and the rack ?

[slayerized667]

what happens if i put this thing in my fx loop?

[andy92811]

It kills the notes but not as bad as the NS-2. But that is what gating is so it is expected. Great pedal for recording.

[Cyberbob182]

@andy92811 You mean that you don't like this pedal neither ? I understand that the NS-2 is not very precise, but, I thought that one was amazing...

[bumbaclot77782]

doesnt a noise gate take a bit of tone away?

[WishingBones]

@bumbaclot77782

yeah a little bit i went to the music store and check this pedal out and it takes away some of the tone which can be annoying if your doing a solo and you want the note to last longer it kills in

but otherwise for riffs its killer

[leonard1893]

i will may be buy this one...

can I cancel the hum and keep a smooth feedback for solos ?

[gibsongod15]

@leonard1893 You can with a MXR smart gate i know for sure. No sure about this pedal.

[delpimpo]

What's the difference between the isp decimator and the isp decimator g-string?

[inducedeuphoria1]

@delpimpo the gstring has to out put slots so you could hook it up too you loop and in to ur guitar also.

[shadowsoldiernz]

@delpimpo I would like to know this also! 

[theflavasava2]

i gotta heavy feedback at my amp and i tried many things to get it away does this pedal help?

[mynmyself]

noise gates kill feedback? i mean, if i wanna play with feedback a noise gate will kill it totally?

[ibanezman007]

@mynmyself No, you can set the threshold to allow for feedback but kills the excess hum.

[BLUEScrazy]

hey someone help me pls

if i put the phaser in the effects loop and the noise gate in front of the amp will the background phaser sweep be left intact? Or rather what can I do to keep the phaser sweep intact if i still want to use the noise gate

[xxfaction6xx]

@ Bluescrazy- Turn off the noise gate when you use the phaser

[skleung]

sorry i am unfamiliar with noise gates, where do they usually go in a signal chain?

[RNRDOLL]

at the very end

[skleung]

@ RNRDOLL:

thanks mate,

blessings

[behemoth666123]

@RNRDOLL not in all cases. For example I have my delay, booster and volume pedal after the noise gate.

for the volume and boost pedal it should be clear why, and the because I like that I still can hear the delay echos after the gate closed.

[RNRDOLL]

@behemoth666123 thats interesting, would this happen to be a ducking delay? Its as though if it were ducking you do the reverse of the norm since once the gate closes and the signal cuts, the delays would be pumped up. This could be a tongue twister :)

[RM8807]

I use it after my distortion/overdrive effects, but before my delay and reverb.

[Geetarfrik]

@skleung

at the end of the signal chain, but before loopers.

[ripcliffburtonrip]

@skleung either at the very end or in the loop

[Galius7]

Been using the decimator for about a year now and its the best noisegate/reduction ive ever used. Even over the high end rack units.

[benjeffries]

Whats the difference between this and the G String ?

[Mysteriousheart]

you plug the g string in to your effects loop and in your the rest of your pedals

[bichobranco]

lol

[Mysteriousheart]

Sounds bad i know really bad explanation

[lobster272]

100 bucks. haha.

[HighZombiesRule]

I always thought that the hum was part of a Fuzz pedal's tone, lol!

[NelsonRezek]

my guess is if this thing does take away any sustain buy a good compressor they will give you plenty of sustain

[themann810]

you can't tell shit from this video bro, there isn't any hum being picked up at all, even when it's off

[JayArpeggios]

is there any difference with this model and the G model?

[sk8monster112]

how do u get good sustain through this pedal? i have mine at about -35 db's but if i hit a chord or a single note they die out faster than they would without the pedal engaged?

[magazinedude2002]

Very nice!!!!!

[vazkilzan]

does anyone know if MXR smart gate is a good noise reducer without cutting off the sustain and tone because now im down to 3 choices.

1. Boss NS-2

2. ISP decimator

3. MXR smart gate

please help i want something at a good price and stops the hissing and hum without screwing up my sustain and tone. plus which pedal stops the hissing and humming on high gain distortion. please reply. thanks.

[paddan91]

I bought the ns-2 two days ago, it does it's job and it lets the notes ring out. Doesn't suck tone either.

[SpyderKM]

wut u r looking for is a $500 rack that the professionals use. these pedals that us norms buy r only there to get a simple job done.

[toneconsultant]

O.K. I watched and listen to the post. Does the unit work? Can't tell from this review. I also can't tell if it altered your tone because your tone isn't so great. Did it mess with your tone?

[Tretti12]

decimator is best out there! but its expensive :S it doesnt mess with your tone, instead others like the boss and so

[k2snake]

if you turn your speakers up a bit more, you'll hear how it works ;)

[allthroughdecember]

i have a bugera 6262 and im getting a new guitar but i also think im getting this becouse the lead channel on that is outrageous lk awsome tone but out of contrrol and i wanted something to give me that same tone but get rid of the feedback btw tips, should i get a,epiphone.les paul custom. les paul prophecy ex, schecter black jack c-1, or a esp ex 401, or a esp eclipse i curently own a esp ex 120so yeaa

[Rammstein815]

GET THE ESP ECLIPSE! I just got an ESP Eclipse and it is by far the best guitar i have ever played in my life. and i have played all those guitars you listed, and many more. the eclipse comes standard with EMG pickups. so you wont need a noise reduction pedal anyway. trust me get the eclipse.

[slyneph]

i got a question myself : When Iam using my overdrive with my guitar i will hit strings i want to play ,but while i hit the strings i want. to hit , the other strings start making noise in sympathy . i've tried string muting but i always just end up muting all the srings so...will buying something like this help me out or do i just need to Practise controlling my guitar better ? thanks in advance

[ggbggbggb]

you could try a string dampener

check out Jennifer Batten videos

[rjetpereira]

(Same guy on my bro's computer and his account) No problem man. Anything for a music lover. Rock on man.

[rjetpereira]

in a way I didn't think it would've made a difference but it did. I put it in the effects loop and left it on all the time so AC power is a must. Not a 9v battery cuz that thing is gonna die after your gig no doubt. Just try out all possibilities. And remember having tons of gain can sacrifice tonal clarity.

[rjetpereira]

sounds crazy man. Try playing around with the EQ and most especially the Gain knob on the pedal. Gain is a B***H because when you finally get the desired amount that you like you're gonna run into problems like hissing and such... Are you only running one pedal? (just the metal muff) Many things can affect this. Pedal noise, improper powering of the pedal, dirty power, ground loop probs, your pickups, many things.

[rjetpereira]

what is your ISP set at? Anything pass 12 o clock is pretty suckish zone. I mean it's cool if you're just hard riffing and stuff but when you solo and get very dynamic with your picking.

[rjetpereira]

can you give me a full description of your setup ( it'll help narrow down the problem). For E.G. Metal muff Gain at 3 o clock : Fender Strat : Peavey Valve King: blah blah blah

[Honkidude]

bought it!! *hrhr*

[Honkidude]

nice vid!! i will definately get this one now! =)

[rjetpereira]

TO EVERYONE THINKING ABOUT GETTING THIS PEDAL! STOP THINK AND GET IT ALREADY! THE BEST OUT THERE TRUST ME. Here's a tip: Run it at the end of your chain or after the noisiest pedal. Try that out first. If you put it after a delay it may cut off the feedback time. Next try it in the FX loop. Worked better in the effects loop for me. I keep it on all the time.

[JayDeeSG]

Yea, I use the ISP Decimator in the following chain and it works great!

1) Pitchblack tuner

2) Medicine Bawl Wah

3) Fulltone Deja Vibe

4) Powerscreamer Overdrive

5) Milkshake chorus (need to replace)

6) ISP decimator

7) MXR Carbon Copy Delay

8) EHX Holy Grail +

Love this pedal, especially with OD and Wah on...Keeps everything Very quiet...and doesn't suck your tone out.

[oldGNRfan23]

Wouldn't you agree that this is probably one, if not, the best noise gates ever made. No effect on tone. Increased sustain. Cleans up tone. ISP DECIMATOR ALL THE WAY!

[3eyedkalmah]

i got it... it rocks

[Soulshine59]

damn that tube zone soudns killer!

[SavannahFee92]

Actually, I thnk the Decimator G Sring is the one that's made for using with an effects loop. You should try that one.

[sesstreets]

If you ever respond to your videos do you think you could tell me if its possible to put this in an fx loop?

I'm thinking since I use mostly preamp distortion (metal head) that the preamp tubes is where most of my hum comes from. So is it possible?

[Denoth02]

Yeah dude, you can totally run this through the effects loop. It will kill all the noise man!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trust me. I've had one for years now. YOu can either run it in the effects loop or run it as a pedal. Try both ways if you have one, or when you get one. well worth it dude!

[Wolliom]

nice, I've been thinking about getting this one recently

[Denoth02]

DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheBlackCrayon77]

Very cool, so it's basically a Gate right? This would obviously go at the end of your chain I'm guessing. Sometimes a Gate can make overdrive and distortion sound a bit too metal but this doesn't for some odd reason, I mean I'm sure you can get that sound if you wanted it. Thanks, is this the same as the G-String?