MXR Noise Clamp Noise Reduction Guitar Effects Pedal

It does what is supposed to, i'ts a gate, and clamps the noise as good as I expected, at the begining I had problems with power, some how it didn't power correctly, but I was unsing one spot adapter and a daisy chain, so I solved it isolating the MXR connecting it with another power supply, and it work, so I left my daisy chain with the rest of my pedals and it worked just fine, also check config and the routing of the signal, this might influence on how it works, I have it right after my Wha and before my compressor, and it works just fine.

This is surprisingly comparable to the ISP Decimator G String -- which costs 2.5x as much. That said, this and the ISP (ironically) do add some noise to your signal chain. The buffer isn't quite silent. The bigger issue though is ground loops. All of these 2-channel noise suppressors bridge the grounds from all the incoming cables. If you connect the trigger portion to the front end of your amp and have the noise suppression in the effects loop (which is exactly how it's supposed to be set up), you get a NASTY ground loop and TONS of noise. This is the case on both my Marshal 2466 and my Mesa DC-5. You can fix this by using a ground isolation transformer (such as the Nady HE-1) on both sides of the effects loop, but that is another piece of gear to buy and lug around. These pedals should incorporate ground isolation into their design to eliminate this need. Again, this issue is common to ALL of the 2-channel noise suppressors that I am aware of, so it's not just this pedal.UPDATE: After spending a few weeks with this pedal, it's going back and I'm going back to a Decimator. The Noise Clamp does a pretty good job at detecting decaying notes -- it closes quickly with staccato playing and gradually with slowly fading notes. But it often doesn't open at the right time -- especially if you're playing with a light touch. In those situations, it often chops off the beginning of a note or doesn't even open at all.Another issue is that it does not fully mute the signal when closed -- it just reduces the volume. MXR says it attenuates by 26 dbv. To my ear, it sounds like if you rolled the volume back about 75%. I thought I might come around to being okay with this, but I'm not. It sounds awkward.If you're comparing this against the Boss NS-2, I understand those color your tone quite a bit. The Noise Clamp does not seem to affect tone.

THIS PEDAL HAS TRANSFORMED my RIG!!!Some of the MXR Pedals have made MARGINAL imput to my sound. THIS Pedal not only cancels out any feedback or other unwanted noise, but due to the return loop aspect of the pedal, the other pedals I use which have made little impactat the end of the line, have now transformed. The pedals at the end of the line now act as if they are the only Pedals between myself and the Amp.

Most of the reviews found here state that this pedal must be set up with 4 cables, in an effects loop. I am using a simple 7 pedal board, and placed it after my compressor and distortion - to the input of my amp. With the single knob set at about 3:00 (visualize an old school clock face), this unit killed all of the noise from the heaviest of distortions.Single cable in, single cable out.Brilliant performance - I would definitely buy this again.

This pedal work, although I find it a little bit cumbersome in my particular setup. My issue is really only one of cable routing though and will be remedied soon enough. The M195 does perform as it is suspend to although it does play word with my delay pedal, even running the delay on the output side of the M195. The noise gate is quiet and smooth an would be vital to many with a high gain setup. I run mine in my pedal chain for my bass rig, when using fuzz and distortion.

I use this every now and then, it does seem to suck tone, but it does reduce noise, though I actually stopped using it and didn't hear much difference! with distortion and reverb, things can get a little noisy in there, but the original tone with everything set up is worth it unaltered. but I will keep this as it will come in handy one day I'm sure.

Good tanks I recommend

This pedal doesn't do what you think it does, it doesn't take off buzz/hiss while playing, only when not playing. This is my first noise reducer so I'm not sure what else is out there. I'm not happy with it, but I'm pretty content. If you're a guitar player at church then this works well taking off that hiss when your distortion pedal is on or any other loud pedal.

I love this pedal soooo much! I have a strat with Tex-Mex single coil pick-ups, and they and my tube amp create quite a lot of hum and noise. But the problem is I like the vintage sound, but hate the noise. So this pedal is ideal it's so tone friendly and it cuts out all the noise without interfering with your tone at all. It's like magic! Actually it's just a pedal, but a great one at that.

Blocks out unwanted noise without effecting note volume.

very good

good

Tuve oportunidad de compararlo con el Noise Supressor de Boss y elegí éste mxr a pesar de que debo admitir que en casi todos los aspectos es mejor el boss, a excepción de que este no cambia nada el tono de mi sonido. Debo aclarar que soy bajista y necesité este pedal hasta que empecé a combinar pastillas activas con compressor y drives.Pros: No cambia el tono o por lo menos no es notorio como en el Boss.Contras: No elimina el sonido tan bien como el Boss y si subes el potenciómetro a más de la mitad para que sí lo elimine entonces no identifica tan bien las notas "suaves" al matizar o tocar algo sin mucha intensidad (a veces corta las notas) en ese aspecto el Boss es mucho mejor.