Keep the sounds you want. Dial out the ones you don’t.
Hiss, hum, or buzz getting you down? Rather than kicking in a speaker, add a noise-gate pedal to your rig and clean that unwanted sonic junk from your signal chain. Here are 10 boxes to consider.
BOSS
NS-2This pedal’s circuit preserves the natural attack and envelope of an instrument’s sound, while its threshold and decay controls allow for shaping the elimination/suppression as desired.
$99 street
boss.info
ISP TECHNOLOGIES
Decimator II This noise gate features the company’s Linearized Time Vector Processing, designed to provide smooth sustained-note decay that’s virtually free of any release ripple.$134 street
isptechnologies.com
DONNER
Noise KillerFeaturing both hard and soft modes of noise reduction, this mini-format pedal has a noise-reduction degree range of -70 dB to +10 dB.
$37 street
donnerdeal.com
ELECTRO-HARMONIX
SilencerHousing three controls for precise fine-tuning, this pedal delivers up to -70 dB of noise reduction and a release time of 8 ms to 4 seconds.
$69 street
ehx.com
MXR
Noise ClampPromising to come down hard on the noisiest of signals, this pedal’s lone trigger dial allows players to set the volume threshold at which the pedal is active.
$89 street
jimdunlop.com
TC ELECTRONIC
SentryThe multi-band technology in this TonePrint-enabled pedal focuses on very specific frequencies to reduce noise without compromising core tone.
$129 street
tcelectronic.com
ROCKTRON
MicroHUSHThis true-bypass mini noise-gate pedal is designed to wipe out hiss, unwanted feedback, and pickup buzz by providing up to 65 dB of signal clean-up, while maintaining signal integrity.
$119 street
rocktron.com
PIGTRONIX
Gate KeeperThis micro-format pedal uses high-speed JFET circuitry to eliminate non-musical sounds, allowing players to crank the volume without worry, even on most high-gain rigs.
$99 street
pigtronix.com
RANDALL
BloqThis stealthy noise-gate pedal houses a single control for threshold and switchable input sensitivity for loop or front-end application.
$129 street
randallamplifiers.com
CARL MARTIN
Noise TerminatorUnlike conventional noise gates, this pedal allows a player to switch between two threshold settings: soft for less noisy equipment and hard for when more radical settings are needed.
$166 street
carlmartin.com
Randall ups its high-gain game by teaming metal-amp guru Mike Fortin with Swedish chugger Ola Englund to create their newest 120-watt tube head.
The Satan amp runs on a pair of 6L6 and a pair of KT88 power tubes.
Buffalo Grove, IL (January 22, 2014) -- Introducing SATAN, Ola Englund’s new signature amplifier from Randall Amplifiers.?
Satan is the result of a two-year collaboration between Ola Englund and Randall Amplifiers. The goal being to create the most brutal and aggressive amplifier Randall has ever built… By bringing together over 20 years of Mike Fortin’s high gain experience as well as Ola Englund’s vast knowledge of modern metal tone…. We believe we achieved our goal of creating the most feared amp on the planet.
SATAN main features:
- 2 Channel - 4 mode 120 Watt All tube head
- 6 - 12AX7 preamp tubes and 2-6L6/2-KT88 power tubes
- Active/Passive inputs
- preset “kill” boost mode
- 6irth & 6rind - Low/High Frequency Gain controls
- Sweep function provides variable tone stack frequency point control
- Full EQ for both channels
- Presence/Depth power amp voicing
- Push/ Pull bias controls
- Series/Parallel Loop
- Heavy duty metal front/rear grills, corners, edging
- 2 Button LED footswitch included
- Overdrive pedal with Punch, Frequency & Smooth functions
- True bypass
- Easy access battery compartment
- Runs on 9v battery or external power
- Clean aggressive one knob boost pedal
- True bypass
- Easy access battery compartment
- Runs on 9v battery or external power.
- 2 channel FET preamp pedal with Gain1/Gain2 controls
- Full EQ
- Bass boost
- Mid scoop
- Tone stack shift
- True bypass
- Runs on 9v – 15v power supply
The new Randall pedal series continues our tradition of unique designs squarely aimed at the modern metal player. The new series, which includes the FacePunch, MOR, RGOD and the RF8 midi controller, embodies Mike Fortin’s 20+ years of high gain experience into compact, affordable and great sounding pedals.
FACEPUNCH main features:
MOR main features:
RGOD main features:
For more information:
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