Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

verry easy
whatever you feel is adiquet

guitar into boss tu-bluesdriver-whammy-fm4-phaser-flanger-marshall dsl 50-dsl fxloop ns2-line6 delay-marshalldsl50.
i have the threshold on about 80-100 percent .always messing around, youve got to fiddle!!!!
it takes way most if not all the hum away from the dsl and the pedals.
decay on minium.
depending on how much drive you use it will take all of the hum and feedback away away.
but when on i still hear a slight noise from the amp but i think its just natural, the valves or somthing i guess? no big deal at all.
definately worth the #55 pounds.
BUT...
when at loud volumes if the ns2 is on a high thresh hold and depending on the amount of origional noise i can hear when strings are pressed of lightly tapping strings i hear noise beginning to build behind the guitar sound? maybe its the way i set it up?
anywho well worthy the money, you must explore as many possibilitys as possible !i still am till i find the best!

its boss

no problems yet

primerily brought for recording
works well at what it does
the manual DIDNT REALLY help me
just mess around
if u have any tips for me or help with the problem please email me.

I followed the manual in setting it up. Easy to understand and it works.

I run my Wah through it but outside of the effect/return loop of the pedal into my amp. When I ran my Wah in the pedal loop it changed the dynamics of the Wah(Vox 847) drastically. Outside the loop like I have it and it is good to go. In the pedal loop I put my flanger and EQ pedal(use to push the gain a little more on my amp. Not EQ'ing.) I have put distortion pedals here too and it works great. With too much gain added to your amps distortion it can get to be more than the pedal can do well. You may run into sustain problems but this has only happened to me with a butt load of distortion plus amp distortion. Too much gain just ain't a good thing. My amp's distortions are good enough so no dist. pedal needed. Just a little overdrive or gain boost to thicken things up. When the pedal is off I get feedback and or hiss especially at gig level. Pedal on....hiss gone, feedback is caught by the pedal and cut off. I adjust it so it doesn't cut off notes sustain as well as have it capture any unwanted noise. I use this on a Peavey XXL Head, Behringer Jenson 4x12 cab. I use my amps effects loop with another EQ pedal to boost my leads for soloing. So I run all my other pedals through the Boss effect/return loop. No adverse effects to my tone. Only coloration I notice is a slight increase in treble. I am anal too about coloration and it is just very slight. The benefit of the pedal's noise control far outways that slight coloration. Again...does not change my tone for the worse.

Been using for about a month now. I most definitely use it at gigs. Hell yes. It continues to work as it should. Doesn't eat batteries as bad as some pedals I've tried. I'd say it has an average appetite for batteries. If it craps on me I will be back to tell.

The style of music our band plays would be hard rock mostly...old school metal. Been playing off on for 20yrs. Own 4 other amps, 4 guitars and numerous pedals. This is the most useful pedal and necessary tool I have. It takes away unwanted noise period. When you have rhythm lines that stop and start again with guitar volume maxxed you know if it works or not. It does.

simple... three knobs... no problem!

well... i play with a gibson les paul trhu a fender devile 410 with big muff, ds2, bf2,zoom 505II and the ns2...
it's one of the most useful pedal i've ever bought... BUT it cuts some low frequences and it increases the volume...
if you are looking for a quite noise reduction, this is perfect. but be carefull about it's problem...
note: for use it, you must have a boss psa or an ibanez ac-109 or other regulated eletric generetors...

i don't know

usefull.

Quite easy to use, it's really a question of proper positioning in the effects chain and getting the most out of it's built-in effects loop. Just plug it in properly, tweak until you get the right balance between noise suppression and proper tone.

A big big thumbs up for noise suppression! When I run my guitars straight to my amp (Class A tube amp, Gibson Les Paul or Takamine GZ-300 solidbody), I use the pedal on it's reduction (not mute) mode and it cleans up the sound nicely without affecting sustain or tone noticeably. In my effetcs chain, I use it right between my guitar and my compressor, and the distortion pedal I patch through the send and return loop of the NS-2. Things are nice and quiet that way, and if I need to do really chunky rhythm work (Green Day-like), I put the pedal on "mute" instead of "reduction". Works great!!

It's BOSS, so I don't think I could ever break it.

Never had to deal with them.

Love it! It does exactly what it's supposed to, but you have to take the time to plug things up properly to use it to the maximum of it's capacities and not totally kill your tone.

easy to setup.

godin radiator into a mdx1400-ns2-ph1r-ls2-(1)>fz2-hm3-(2)>ds1-sd1-H&K ats120 valve head-fxloop-mdx1400-hf2-smallclone-pds1002 into a 2/vintage30 cab. I like this pedal a lot. i believe that it sounds better than the noisegates in my behringer rack gear. i switch it off when i do feedback and on when i play normal riffs. like most boss gear if you turn the knobs up to their max settings things just aren't as sweet. this unit is very clean sounding and doesn't adversely affect my tone.

very dependible

not needed

this is a saviour if you like distortion. and lots of it.

Not too hard.

I use the send/return loop. I put the chorus last outside the loop, but compressor, distortion, and wah within (in that order). I have it set to minimize the noise (i turn the gain up on my compressor) and it does a wonderful job. With the compressor on it's smooth, when it's off the noise supressor causes noticeable cutoffs in sustain. Some people say that it blocks noise without sacrificing sustain. That's definitely true to an extent.

Don't regret buying it.

This pedal was a bit diffucult to use in the begining, but if you take a look at the manual, its not so bad. I give it a 9 because there where so many jacks. But after that its all uphill.

After looking in the manual, and setting it up correctly I realized how well it acually works. No noise what so ever. I cant even hear my hand sliding up and down the fretboard. Knobs are Threshold, Decay, and a Reduction/Mute Switch. I run BOSS NS-2, DOD DEATH METAL, DOD GRUNGE, DANELECTRO MILKSHAK CHORUS, then VOX WAH. It sounds encredible, wait, there is non!

It has never failed me yet, and I dont plan on it.

Never delt with them. Musicians Friend is very reliable though.

I pump gobs of distortion thrrough my amp and cant tell if their on unless i look at the pedals.

I recomend it over anything, and its not one of those huge rack space HUSH things either, its small and built to perfection.

Well, the manual has a couple of good examples about how to use de NS-2, and you can do many useful things with it, it is really easy to use, just be patient about finding your right settings.
But I'm really satisfied cause this pedal really does what I was looking for, of course, in my case.

Ok, I use some Ibanez guitars connected to a Shure wireless system, or a normal instrument cable, depending the situation; my effects are in this way: Boss CS-2 Compressor/Sustainer, Digitech XP100, Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive, Boss TR-2 Tremolo, Ibanez PH-7 Phase Shifter and The NS-2. All those pedals are mounted and routed in a Furman SPB-8 Pedalboard, and then to the front of my amp.
My main distortion sounds come from a Marshall TSL100, so I use a Boss DD-3 Digital Delay in the effects loop of the amp.
Well, as I guess you might know, the high gain that amp's distortion produce, can introduce a lot of noise to the signal, and also the use of wall warts, long cables, and effect loop pedals can intoduce more unwanted noises to the signal!!!!!!!, so, if you're having problems with ground loop noise for the use of many long cables or wall warts inductance and what not, do not hesitate and go for this pedal now. It really helped me to give a solution.
Some guys are worried about the sustain and the cutted notes, but, you just need to learn how to interact with the NS-2, it is not the class of gate that cuts out everything, you can visualize this with the reduction diode: when this diode is dim while you're playing, you don't have to worry about the sustain, even if you're playing softly, or with the volume of your guitar rolled back, just worry yourself about not getting noises while you're not playing.

Boss kicks ass.

Well, I play guitar since 10 years ago, and I like to play whatever, but rock is my main style, and as the years go passing by, I have been introducing new gear to my rig, I play live almost every week and I was really having problems with noise cause the way I use my rig, but this pedal is at this time the best solution I found for a good price.
I think this pedal adapts to the problem you're having, but its functionallity will depend on even how you play, in the use of your guitar volume, your amp settings, effects settings, connections between all your pieces of equipment etc etc etc. just find the right settings to the threshold and decay. Something great of this pedal is that it doesn't cut the sound abruptlly, it does the reduction in a smooth way, so you don't have to worry too much about the sustain, again, everything is up to your playing and your settings.

plug and play... loop the nastiness in and voila
absolutely necessary when using multiple voicings and filters

i run an extensive setup:
7-string>>pitch shifter w/ exp. pedal>>octave>>auto wah>>
bass synth wah>>ns-2>>compressor>>distortion>>
chorus>>phaser>>flanger>>ns-2>>delay>>delay>>reverb

this pedal takes care of all that unwanted hiss and squeal...or I can dial to squelch the noise...or I can dial to let it shreik: good stuff

personally, I'm not striving to sound like anyone...just the sounds in my head!

well, i can't very well get backups for all my pedals
of course, it's a BOSS... it's not goin' down any time soon

I play whatever: some would call it Nu-metal, some would call it ambient rock, some might call rap-core...depends on the tune...depends on the project...depends on the band

Just like any peice of equiptment,
takes a little bit of fooling around to find the perfect settings,,
but not hard at all.

Peavey 5150 II is a loud amp. The NS-2 takes away almost all noise. The only problem with this unit is that it doesnt just take away hums and squels, but it also cuts notes off early. To have the pedal work truly how it shoud and eliminate all noise, the nobs must be set in a manner that also cuts of notes that are ment to be sustained. it mistakes large bends at the end of solos as "noise" and cuts it off. The pedal does what it should, Suppresses noise, i just wish it could differentiate.

100%

never

it is essential for a live show to avoid loud hums and squeling feedback when the amp is at high levels.