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Leftallica has (had? I don't remember if he switched to the MXR or not) a Decimator, and it gave him a lot of problems when switching. I have the Smart Gate, and I leave it on all the time and it doesn't give me any problems unless I have it cranked all the way up, which is rare.

I've never used the NS-2, but I see a decent amount of people using them, but have also heard a lot of complaints online which should be taken with a grain of salt. I can't recommend the Smart Gate enough, though.

Thanks for the quick reply. I think I'm going to go try out an MXR this week.

I have the Smart Gate as well, and I love it. So easy to use, and works great. No problems with it.

i have the decimator and something i have noticed if you are on the heavy gain channel nice and lovely. Keeps the feed back completely quiet. But if for some reason you switch to clean and have a delay going it kills it completely.

i have a couple of different noise reductio pedals/rack gear

in all honesty if your looking to replace an ns-2 i don't think you will find much difference in the decimator compared with the ns-2. Apart from the ns-2 having gives you alot more control over the settings on the pedal alongside the effects loop etc.

i have the ns-2, decimator, hush super c, and smart gate and i still always go back to the ns-2.

IME the smartgate is the best of the bunch. Really curious about he noise clamp though i believe its the exact same as the smart gate except you can run it infront and in the effects loop at the same time...correct me if im wrong?

Thanks all for the input. I think I will try the smart gate. They seem to be readily available on the used market and are generally lest costly than the ISP new.

I'm currently getting a second board together, so worse comes to worse, I'll put whichever I like less on the second board.

Really curious about he noise clamp

So am I...