and now you know, I do have the regular decimator but personal preference has always kept me with the NS-2, Although I've added some extra when needed by using a second DBX 266XL in the FX Loop sometimes I'll use a little bit of the over easy compression but its mainly for the gate section. Got it for very cheap so was happy, This was awhile ago nowHink wrote:I'm intrigued by the ISP, I like the concept of eliminating noise at the input and at the fx loopAgreed wrote:Hey, make sure you account for VAT in that!!NEKRO.MACHINE wrote:Can not find a plug-in gate for my guitar needs and therefore before going into a HiZ or DI box i always use one of my trusty Boss NS-2 noise suppressors. Just work and i have tried all the other hardware and software gates/suppressors but nothing touches the Boss NS-2 that is available at the moment. Course that may change but it has not for aslong as i can recall. Should be able to find one cheap on ebay used
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I also run external noise reduction first and foremost, in my case an ISP Decimator G-String before, to handle all my dirt pedals. Bringing out the big guns before the DI so it has dead silence going in, then if necessary I'll get out G-Gate if the sim itself has self-noise (which is actually a good sign, especially for high gain amps - high gain preamps are freaking noisy, the power supply and preamp tubes DO make noise in the physical world, if a high gain amp sim is dead silent I raise an eyebrow, not that it stops me from using it if it sounds good).
The gate in AT3 slash works very well/I like and also really like Herbert's prefix a lot when ITB for high-gain guitar stuff
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