Then, matter of taste, but I put chorus and phaser between amp and noise gate. For my part, I put the wha-wha outside the effects loop (between the guitar and NS2) have found that it was a strange noise in the loop. Otherwise, it's pretty simple, just put amp and pedal in the effects loop, turn the knob to find happiness and then voila. By using it I found that it reduces the threshold noise suppression, so I think there is a subtlety here to exploit.
I did not quite understand what the purpose of the decay knob either. Even reading it I did not quite understand what the purpose of the mute.
Boss ns2 noise suppressor manual#
I had occas' so I downloaded a manual of various Boss pedals. My effects board has a noise controller but the NS-2 is much better. The knobs control a lowest usable volume & once your signal falls below that you get silence so balance that limitation with noise control.
Boss ns2 noise suppressor free#
Mainly 2 "Strat" clones: both single-coiled ChordBenders, one in Nashville tuning (which I think of as "mandolin sound" & just have to use as sonic spice).īoss regulates the price but some NS-2 dealers offer free stuff (like a power supply that actually gets along with the NS-2) so include “free” when you Google for where to buy one. Ever hear Buddy Guy live? Quiet passages can be real attention getters. I use it so my soft passages are free of 60-cycle hum. Nobs are a little mysterious but not really a problem. What to do? NS-2! Techy point: the unit can be noisy (less effective) with some power supplies so be careful about that (see below). However, single-coils are noisy (60-cycle hum from lights, etc.). Single-coil pickups (IMHO) have a purer sinusoidal waveform than humbuckers since a humbucker has two rows of pickups which are slightly out of phase but then combined. The only other noise gate I've used before is the one built into my Rocktron Chameleon (Hush old version) that was used to clean her after my machine Cream H & K tube preamp that was quite loud, it worked well too but version 2 OD pedal behind this distortion and MS-2 small price (used anyway) is a bargain. I do not put 10 because in these entrenchments she eats some of his, but I was impressed with the cleaning action of this pedal MR Clean! So I would say that with the stuff pretty clean the NS-2 is just fine, no need to spend more. Here you listen carefully you may realize that you lose a little bite so acute in sound but really must compare / OFF to realize.Īfter I tried pushing the NS-2 background (Decay always zero) where we eat a little sharp, but you have to have the stuff that makes a lot of noise to get there. If I clicks all for the sound of death that kills (bodybuilder donf with harmonic everywhere) in the same position there is a small bit of noise you can hear when I stop playing, not really a problem for I think we should push the NS-2 to more than half (almost three quarters) to find the perfect silence. Same thing with the OD OD Hotwired + custom screamer. So on my system behind Wampler Hotwired (double OD pedal and distortion) and CUSTOM SCREAMER home Techniguitare (OD) when I clicks OD and distortion hotwired the NS mode 2 Threshold reduction in third and Decay 0 it's perfect, no change in sound and zero noise! Perfect for up to half on guitar with two OD OD + one DistoĪs I have long asked what pedal noise gate buy, between the BOSS NS-2 cheap, especially used, and the ISP Decimator (but in this case that the V1, V2, the Gold? ) I give you my opinion after buying the BOSS NS-2 and three days of testing, it can be used to indecisive. I personally have put my fake wampler tape echo in the loop of the amp so after the noise gate, and my harmonize HarmonyMan at the beginning before the NS-2 for the direct detection of the clean guitar. Noise gate pedal with exit and return loop to integrate noisy pedals.Īn input to an output loop pedals noisy (you can put the other after) a return loop pedals and noisy output to channel 1 or 2 of the amp.