All user reviews for the Isp Technologies Decimator

Very sturdy metal case, the concept boss ...
a single setting ... Just a priori ca

UTILIZATION

Hohoho! could not be more simple to use!
cons for each test where it is most effective because it depends on the sysèmt (after the guitar in the loop ...)

SOUND QUALITY

I had the buzz and feedback from all of my Framus, including the lack of land with me ...
Well the ISP ... oh my god! noise is completely gone, not even at the end pumping of note, and its level Eating ... only a small difference in the acute response ...

OVERALL OPINION

I did that for several hours, and I say loud and clear that ISPs have made the holy grail of noise gate!
I had a lot of multis with average gates of dire, have tried many other ... until yesterday the best for me was the Rocktron Hush II CX ... low pumping, staining not annoying and responsiveness than good ...

But this series decimator redefines a new standard ... I put 10 not because of the high price, but frankly if the silence is the price ... I put

Noise Gate pedal format, a potentiometer, and that's it!
See you in, it's more or less depending on the cool mug that has!

UTILIZATION

So config ultra-simple (easy there would be more than the red LED!)
Good, with a potentiometer least we would better reflect his face ...

SOUND QUALITY

I use a JCM800 and a MIG50 in stereo, speakers of Engl 4x12 Vintage Marshall and 1960A, respectively. As guitar, I mainly use a Washburn Idol and a Les Paul Custom, both equipped with Seymour Duncan. My main distortion is a Rocktron Silver Dragon.
The Decimator is the best noise gate pedal format market, competition and even some gate rack (Rocktron Hush, etc.). I have always found that the noise-gate misrepresented the sound of the guitar, prevented the use of controlled feedback, sustain and puffed ...

Decimator not! He respects the guitar, the amp, and especially the game! Despite the fact that there is a potentiometer, it is so reactive that the setting is still quite late! In my case, to-35db is not enough,-40db is enough! In addition, I feel that this pedal acts like a compressor, the rendering is surgical precision ...

For cons, I disconnected for leads (I configure for more precise rhythmic) and for clean sounds. However, I think with a proper setting, one can imagine letting the permanently switched on without it negatively affects the sound produced, clean or saturated ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2-3 months.
I did not a priori need a noise gate. Since all I had tried so far does not satisfy me, I made compromises on my sound so that you do not have too much blast or untimely feedback. And it worked well, provided they play with the volume of the guitar or removing the distortion for some cuts in the pieces.
But after trying the Decimator, I wonder how I managed without it! Not only is there a breath to the amp, but the sustain is preserved, and the only alteration of sound, which I like more than it bothers me is the slight compression, very useful for fast riffs staccato. Also, I could gain back a little, so I can still play with Larsen and with the volume knobs on the guitar, which I'm fond of!

This pedal is a bit expensive, but the quality is really at the meeting. For metalheads, this is a must! I bought it and told me that at worst she would later (I plan to change my amp to the "higher-gain") but trying to adopt ... definitely ...

that's it I got mine! eureka

Pedal to remove all the noise, the different breaths (hiss, hum)

UTILIZATION

Ultra simple, ultra-efficient

SOUND QUALITY

No complaints. is the total silence.
professional: the boss ns-2 can go get dressed!

OVERALL OPINION

This miraculous decimator: on my marshall JVM, it deletes all the breath OD1 channel mode and 2 red even with the gain almost to the bottom. without loss of sustain
I still can not.

with my gear in place is essential in the effects loop. thus, it also dramatically suppresses the breath of my wah wah placed before the preamp.
on the other hand, upstream of the amp, I deplore the lack of a true bypass ... paradoxically, it adds the breath in this position.

in the end with my Marshall JVM 410H, it is really up to its reputation. fantastic
that really works !!!!!!

Noise rducteur pedal, although rack must not be bad either.
boss pedal type, a simple chrome knob, nothing more beautiful and it's easy.

UTILIZATION

A single knob, you can not go wrong, extreme simplicity.
the sheet that serves as a manual is not at all useful

SOUND QUALITY

This pedal gets preferences in the loop;

at first sight when you turn the knob the breath disappears little by little, it is well trs what is asked, there is no coloration of sound or decrease / Mount volume.
distortion in this pedal simply removes the totality of breath, while keeping your parasites so prcieux sound.
in short, like this: no breath, but here I find the fault of the pedal, certainly no noise when not playing, but the ds first note that redboule vla breath.
in fact the breath Rapar over the sound only when you play.
shame it's not perfect ..

OVERALL OPINION

Bon is a good pedal, even the best on the market according to Guillou et al.
then we must say that my amp is a peavey 6505, for his breath rput huge plain, but here I do not agree with those who said that this pedal is perfect, all dpend of APRS the amp.
150th bought, not given, but I had the best because of my breath important for smaller budgets and with less wind, the boss ns2 should do the trick.

edit, APRS 1 year of use, still good job, but the end rglage is not enough for me, my perfect rglage 1mm APRS is 40, hard to find, This plays a prs hair.
prices way too expensive in hindsight I lower the score of 9 to 8.

There is not much to describe in terms of features. This is a straight forward noise suppressor with one knob. It has standard 1/4" input and output jacks and a 9 volt dc power input jack. Rock solid casing similar to boss enclosures.

UTILIZATION

The simplicity of this pedal is what I love so much about it. It's just a simple pedal that hooks up like any other and only has one knob to control the noise. Other suppressors have multiple knobs to adjust but it seems like ISP has taken all the guess work out and make it just work. If you hear noise you turn it up til their is complete silence and then back it off just a bit so your notes do not get cut off. No manual needed and I do not recall if it even came with one.

SOUND QUALITY

I run a rather large pedal board into a high gain Framus cobra 100 watt tube amp. I generally play at a high volume level and this pedal simply works. I keep the pedal at the end of my signal chain just before hitting the amp. I tried running it in the amp's effects loop but the framus has too hot of a signal with the channel volumes cranked and it clips the input of the decimator. I had previously used the Boss NS-2 and it worked well but sometimes I did not like the cut off point. The boss also had more things to mess with which sometimes is good but I think a noise suppressor should be simple. The decimator is just that, simple and effective. I can easily get controlled feedback when needed and as soon as I mute with my hands I am awarded with silence.

OVERALL OPINION

If you nave any noise issues that are not related to grounding problems then you should pick one of these up. It is absolutely essential to my rig at this point. I have never had a noise suppressor that worked as well as this does without sacrificing sustain or tone. They make a higher end model now that has more options but I will stick with what I know works.

Boss noise gate in the format, it looks solid, a single button. Very nice pedal all chrome.

Rating: 10 - Nothing special actually.

UTILIZATION

I use it in the loop of my amp (AMT SS-20) with a boosted overdrive. The whole is a bit noisy, I like the quiet.

The Decimator is placed before the effects just to be able to use my delay / looper without noise (especially in looper mode).

With a single button and switch on / off, saying that the Decimator is simple to use does not seem necessary.

Rating: 9 - When it is no longer supplied (usually switch on my pedalboard), the Decimator is off by default when it is recharged. Not the end of the world, m'enfin ...

SOUND QUALITY

My amp has 3 channels continuously boosted by an overdrive. So I have: clean, heavy crunch / distortion, lead.

The Decimator is set to-30dB in order to completely mute the sound when I do not play on the canals clean and heavy crunch (I use most), a slight background noise is noticeable in lead.

With this setting I did not find any alteration in my particular game "every day". You really have to play very sensitive to clean the Decimator eat my signal to a level that I do not practice, so no worries for me.

Rating: 10 - Devilishly effective, it is all a matter of compromise when it comes to noise gate, here I do not hardly.

OVERALL OPINION

It's a beautiful pedal (love the chrome effect!) Which is just as effective as it is beautiful. I have not tested other noise gate, failing to have available, I threw myself on the market benchmark, without regret.

A remake, if I have a higher budget, I'd take the G-String version, but I do not feel the need for change.

Final score: 9 - Without worries - Minor - off the pedal at each switch, it would have been a perfect score.

This pedal from ISP Technologies is meant to be a serious improvement on the typical stompbox noise gate such as the Boss NS-2, Rocktron HUSH, or MXR Smart Gate. It is laid out very similarly to a Boss stompbox with the same casing design and switcher. There is only one control on the pedal, which is labelled "Threshold." This basically controls the level at which the pedal is working and acting as a noise gate. It has single 1/4 inch input and output jacks, and is powered by a 9 volt battery or a PSA adapter.

It's also a mirrored pedal, how cool is that?

UTILIZATION

Setting up this pedal is one of the simplest things in the world to do. You plug it in and use the Threshold control to adjust how much of the gate you want. If you're playing with a moderate gain sound and only want to remove some minor hum from your tone, you would set the Threshold control lower. Conversely, if you were playing high gain staccato palm muted riffs, you would turn the Threshold control up higher to combat the extra noise.

Very simple, yet very effective. This pedal uses a different technology than say, the Boss NS-2. If you're using the Boss unit and turn the controls up to combat noise, it actually can start to deaden your tone or suck it up because the gate itself is cutting into the actual sound. The ISP is wonderful in that it's very transparent and all it really does is remove noise. It doesn't cut into your amplifier's gain or take away any nuances from your tone like some other noise gates do, which is great.

SOUND QUALITY

I've used this pedal with various different amps, from clean to extremely high gain. Like I stated above, it seems to be very transparent and it does what it says, it is a seriously good noise gate. Using it with clean amps worked well to kill some minor unwanted hum without cutting into my tone, and using it with extremely high gain (and often very noisy) amps was great too, because it simply took the noise out of the equation, leaving all the gain/saturation and sustain so that the amp's tone still sounded almost exactly as it did before I put the gate into the equation.

OVERALL OPINION

All in all, I'm convinced the ISP Decimator is the best noise gate on the market, bar none. Compared to other stomp boxes in its price range like the Boss NS-2 or Rocktron Hush, there's no comparison. The other units just are left in the dust. At $150 new, it doesn't cost an arm and a leg either, and your ears will thank you when you have great tone without any noise or tone suckage.

Definitely worth the 10/10 rating!

- Control for threshold

- Solid reliable construction

- High quality buffered bypass

- Powered by battery of Boss style 9v (-) adapter


UTILIZATION

Possibly the easiest pedal to set up and use. One knob which controls the gate threshold. Start it at zero, move it up until your noise is gone, and you are set. Its really that simple. Other gates will have multiple knobs, but threshold is really all you need.

If you are having trouble with feedback, place it in front of the amp. If you are getting amp hum even with guitar volume rolled off, place it in the effects loop (if you have one), but keep it in front of any time based effects(reverb, delay) as it will cut those off prematurely.

I also like that the battery compartment is very easy to access, Boss style, no screws needed.


All in all, very straightforward and easy to use.

SOUND QUALITY

The value of a noise gate is judged not by the quality of sound (obviously), but by its transparency. and here, the decimator excels. Similar gates like the Boss NS-2 or MXR smartgate will have a noticable impact on your sustain, while the Boss severely affects your bypass tone.

The Decimator can be set up and left on in any setup, unaltered through transitions between cleans and high gain.

It is not true bypass, but the buffer is of a very high quality, with minimal tone coloration while the pedal is off.

It does what a good gate should do, gating noise while preserving your tone and sustain.

OVERALL OPINION

Lets put it this way. I sold mine a while back thinking I didn't play high gain any more and wouldn't need it. I had picked up another one inside a week. You never know when your amp isn't going to mesh with some venues shoddy power source, and a solid, transparent noise gate is good to have in those situations. While mine isn't on a whole lot anymore, it has a permanent place on my board.

In my opinion, this is the best noise gate that can be found, short of going with a rack setup. Yes there is a "G-string" version that can be run in front of the amp and in the loop simultaneously, but it lacks separate threshold controls. So if your gate needs are actually that bad (not just a case of too much gain, or amp proximity), I'd pick up two of these or a rack Decimator.

ISP Technologies was founded by the creator of the original HUSH. The HUSH was used throughout the 80s and 90s and thought to be THE standard of noise gate technology. However, the device was starting to be a bit dated with Rocktron not really updating it. The original creator of the HUSH took everything he knew regarding noise gate technology and created this pedal. The ISP Decimator features only one knob and an LED on/off indicator. Despite its simplistic exterior, this pedal truly succeeds in creating a new standard for noise gate technology.

UTILIZATION

ISP Technologies really couldn't have done a better job. There's really no manual needed for this pedal. All you do is plug it in and turn the knob until you don't hear noise anymore. This pedal works best out front when it's at the very end of your chain. It's housed in a typical BOSS style enclosure, so you'll never have to worry about it ever failing. ISP also has amazing customer support that'll assist you in any way possible.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound of this gate is awesome. It's nearly transparent. I say nearly because there is still a little bit of tone suckage, despite what some try to say. However, it's so minute that it's not really worth worrying about. Those in a live environment should have no real issues with it dulling your tone. One thing that needs to be mentioned is that you should always use an adapter. This thing eats batteries like crazy. Be sure to use a good adapter, too. Using things like the One Spot can cause some hum.

OVERALL OPINION

Anybody looking for a pedal based noise gate should definitely check this out. It's small and simple enough to where it'll fit in any rig. The simplistic design allows anybody to quickly figure out the optimal setting for his or her rig. The one complaint I do have is that it always defaults to "off." This means you have to engage it every time you want to use it the first time you fire it up. Aside from that, it's nearly perfect.

See fact sheet on the site! But I need not think drawing is written large on the pedal!

UTILIZATION

So it's easy! You plug it turns knob and voila!

It is this branch loop in the loop of the amp or the beginning of the chain.
In my case I put the end of the string and it works very well!

SOUND QUALITY

While efficiency side nothing to say it does what is expected of her and she does really well.

OVERALL OPINION

I recommend to all! Well I have system tries this one but there are other competitors that you it Boss or Rocktron but I did not ACCase them to try them so I would not say PSI is not the best, but I agree she perfectly!

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UTILIZATION

Very simple, a potentiometer and a switch on / off, no need manual for this stuff.

SOUND QUALITY

I like guitar a Fender Esquire Custom GT and Parker P42. Fender Deville 2x12. As pedals: Blackstar HT Dual, EHX Big Muff, Vox ToneLab SE, Digitech Whammy, Zvex Fuzz Probe, Mxr Dynacomp.
This pedal does wonders. Attention, a single button but precision adjustment, you can spend 30 minutes on it to set, then return it later because it was not perfect ...

OVERALL OPINION

I for 1 year, I lent it to 2 groups and 2 were subsequently earned. I am absolutely delighted.

I changed 2 things:
- Potentiometer wider setting will be more accurate.
- Potentiometer more rigid so it does not move when the pedal is in a bag (what you say "buy a pedalboard," to which I reply "ok")