Rocktron HUSH Super C Guitar Noise Reduction

Pretty simple. I barley read the manual. Just plugged it into my effects loop and fiddled with the nobs and in about 15 min. it was good to go.

This product does EXACTLY what it says it does. A few key points I followed.

It is made to be run as the first item after your pre-amp or as the first item in the effects loop. It tells you this in the instructions.

I run my guitar through various pedals into a Marshall VS100H which can get a bit noisy especially on the OD1 and OD2 channels. The Super C got rid of all the noise. At first it did nothing and I was worried that the reviews that gave this product low marks were correct. Once I turned the level on my effects loop to 10 however, I cut out all noise, buzz, hum, etc.

The noise gate is a nice addition, but not why I purchased the
Super C. It also works well, but only at gigging volume. At practice volume, (at least the volume my band wants me at) I needs to be turned down to the point where its effect is minimal or it will KILL your sustain. This dosen't make a bit of difference to due to the fact that the only time you really need a gate is during a gig. I give the Super C a 10 because it does exactly what it says it does, kills the noise and lets all of my tone through.

Seems good. I'm not crazy about a wall wart on rack gear, but time will tell I guess. I haven't gigged with it yet, but I feel pretty confident. I give it a 7 only because of the wall wart.

Never delt with Rocktron or GHS

Very Pleased. If it were stolen I would buy it again. I think it is a great value. I got it at GC cost because of connections I have there, but even at retail, you're getting a gate and noise reducer for a few bucks more than a single pedal performing only one of those tasks.

Pretty simple, two knobs and a couple of buttons. The manual is pretty basic, it just gives you a little bit of theory on how it works.

Ive been a high gain player for 15 years and have always hated it when I wasnt playing and i could hear my amp making noise. Not necessarily feedback but that hiss you can hear when you turn on your amp. Im currently using Esp M1 custom w/ EMG 81, Gibson Les paul Standard stock, Fender Usa Strat stock, Charvel model 6 w/ EMG 81, and Fender Katana w/ Emg 81 through MESA Triple Rec into MESA Rec 4x12. Guitar-Dunlop Crybaby-Racktuner-Dbx 166xl compressor/gate-Mesa tri-rec-effects loop-Hush Super C. Like Magic when I put it in the effects loop, I suddenly had a totally quiet amp!!( I also use furman pl-8 for power. Ive tried it into the input jack of the amp and I could still hear noise and Ive tried it with my compressor in the effects loop and I could still hear noise, but when I split them up totally quiet!!I have finally got the tightness in my overall sound thanks to the super c.

I would depend on this as much as any other rack gear.

never dealt with them

For metal with a high gain amp this is a must. Ive also used a Hush IIb and this preserves your tone MUCH better. Like everyone else says, the lack of a power cord is lame but the manual states that having a 9volt type pluggin makes the unit run quieter. Also I like anything I use to be footswitchable, and /or a bypass, wich this doesnt have. But, the bottom line is this works!! I seriously have tried a lot of other gear and still had to spend money because they didnt work. So cry once and spend the money on this and you'll be done searching. But you may have to play with it a little bit like I did to find where it sounds ( or doesnt sound) best.

I know I just sent one review a few days ago... but I wanted to retract the things that I said about the BOSS NS-2... because now I use the Hush in conjonction with the NS-2 and it's perfect ! That's the best of both worlds !

It's fairly easy to use... even better if you use it with the noise supressor (GATE) made by boss.

This unit is perfect to reduce hiss that came from the amp, the power, the pedals... but that's not that good to lower the noises when you are on the distotion channel (without sacrifying the sound on the clean channel!) or when you Boost your distortion for solos, or even when you use 2 overdrive pedals at the same time for a cool distortion (RAT+BB preamp)... it leaves some noise that don't deserves to be there ! (even if the gain is lower than 9 or 10 0' clock on the overdrive pedals).

BUT when you use the HUSH (TRESHOLD at 12 'o clock and GATE at 0) with the BOSS NS-2 (treshold at 3 'o clock and decay at 0)... IT'S PERFECT !!! No hiss no noises... and the notes fades naturally !!! (But the NS-2 compress a little your sound and makes it a little thinner... but that's a fair compromise that I can take to reduce the noises and I have boost pedals to reduce that "thin" sound anyway !).


PRO:
Greatly Reduce hiss from the amp,power and pedals & contributes to reduce the quantity of noise in the overall sound.

CON:
Don't attuenate enough of the noises... without sacrifying the sound (specially on the CLEAN CHANNEL).

for Recording and Shows I totally rely on it because it greatly reduce the HISS noises (the "ssshhh" sound of your amp, pedals, etc.).

I'm playing for 11 years now and I studied in Jazz Music... but I'm more into rock, blues and old metal (Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Metallica, Megadeth & Iron Maiden).

My actual rig is as follow:
Fender American Deluxe Fat Strat/Jackson USA King-V >
Boss Tuner > Boss NS-2 > ??VOX Wah > Xotic RC Booster > Xotic BB preamp > RAT distortion > EH Deluxe Electric Mistress flanger > MXR EVH Phase 90 > Boss Digital Delay DD-3 > Boss Chorus Ensemble > CARVIN Legacy 100 Watt Amp with a 4x12" cab.

THE ROCKTRON HUSH SUPER C IS PLUGGED IN THE EFFECT LOOP.

all my stompboxes are plugged to a Voodoo Lab Power 2 Plus power supply (except the Flange) and all the equipment is plugged in a Monster Power 1000 professionnal power center.

I think that HUSH SUPER C is way better than the MXR Smart and the BOSS NS-2 Noise Supressor to reduce HISS
but it lacks of reduction for "distortion noises" ... That's why I'm using it with the BOSS noise supressor...

I'm sorry about what I said before about the NS-2 !!!

Because the HUSH was horrible on the clean channel and fairly great on the distortion channel... but It doesn't have any footswitch with it and when you disengage it... it makes a really loud POP, so I tought it would be great to try it with the Boss NS-2... and it was !!!

SO if you already have a noise GATE and want to reduce the "ssssh" sound of the amp and have 200$ to spend... go for it... but I found it a little expensive for the use I made with this !

But if you want a really CLEAN sound with no noise at all it's perfect (with the NS-2 or Smart Gate) !

I'm giving it an 8... just because for the price, I think it's not fair that I have to use it WITH another noise gate.

Even if it's just a 2 knobs noise supressor... it's not that easy to balance the sound so you don't cut your clean sound. Because when you crank the gate knob pass 1 0' clock, the notes dies prematurely on the clean channel.

This unit is perfect to reduce hiss that came from the amp, the power, the pedals... but that's not that good to lower the hums when you are on the distotion channel or when you Boost your distortion for solos, or even when you use 2 overdrive pedals at the same time for a cool distortion (RAT+BB preamp)... it leaves some noise that don't deserves to be there ! (even if the gain is lower than 9 or 10 0' clock on the overdrive pedals).


PRO:
Greatly Reduce hiss from the amp,power and pedals & contributes to reduce the quantity of noise in the overall sound.

CONS:
Don't attuenate enough of the hums... without sacrifying the sound.

I totally rely on it, because even if it doesn't reduce the hums enough it's way better than nothing or with the Boss NS-2 or MXR Smart Gate that really compress your sound and cut the notes really quickly... in one word it sucks your sound ! So I think that the better NOISE reducer still the HUSH because the sound stay true (or natural) and doesn't compress.

I'm playing for 11 years now and I studied in Jazz Music... but I'm more into rock, blues and old metal (Black Sabbath, Metallica, Megadeth & Iron Maiden).

My actual rig is as follow:
Fender American Deluxe Fat Strat/Jackson USA King-V >
Boss Tuner > VOX Wah > Xotic RC Booster > Xotic BB preamp > RAT distortion > EH Deluxe Electric Mistress flanger > MXR EVH Phase 90 > Boss Digital Delay DD-3 > Boss Chorus Ensemble > CARVIN Legacy 100 Watt Amp with a 4x12" cab.

THE ROCKTRON HUSH SUPER C IS PLUGGED IN THE EFFECT LOOP.

all my stompboxes are plugged to a Voodoo Lab Power 2 Plus power supply and all the equipment is plugged in a Monster Power 1000 professionnal power center.

I think that HUSH SUPER C is way better than the MXR Smart and the BOSS NS-2 Noise Supressor, but if it has more reduction for "distortion noises" like those 2 noise GATE... but without compressing the sound... it would be the perfect match.

So that's why I'm giving it an 8.

easy to use, only 2 knobs to mess around with.

PURE TONE SUCKER!. Horrible addition to my rig. It doesnt really do much other than kill your sound. In order to get rid of my hum i had to sacrifice my amp tone. Therefor it does NOT sound good. I also have a boss ns-2. which works PERFECTLY compared to the hush. Also when i hit the on/off button it would make a loud pop noise.

wouldnt rely on this at all.

neve rtalked to them returned the unit asap

i own a boss ns-2 which is great, i just figured why not get a rack mounted noise reduction...Wrong decision. I have now gone and bought boss ns-2 for all my amps which DOES BOT suck my tone.

Dead Easy

Excellent - not a noise gate boys & Girls - a noise reduction system, A boss noise surpressor is a... gate not a noise reducer.

Gate = cuts off the signal until a amplitude threshold is met, the gate then will allow the signal through, along with hum & hissing.

Noise Reduction (what this is) = reduces hissing & hum in realtime.

The person who mentioned "Dolby" does not know what he is talking about. Dolby works when playing back a tape that has been allready recorded with dolby noise reduction. EG Dolby is not realtime the hush effect is. It's very complex but it's down to compression & expansion - so their is no way this person could have compared the hush effect to dolby.

Built like a rock

Again this is a subtle effect, guitarist meat heads will think this sounds like crap - this has allready been proved by the previous postings. The effect is not a gate, please try and read up about it before you review because you are doing possible buyers a diservice. This has been used by pros all over the globe for years. Boss do not have any effect that mirrors what this effect does as it is not a gate. How many times am i going to have to say it's not a gate?

2 knobs, couldn't be easier to use

Absolutely terrible. I toured with this in my rack, and it just didn't do the job it was supposed to. It either does nothing, or cokmpletely leeches your tone, in fact we ended up replacing this with pedal based noise gates as it was so bad. If you're looking for a rack based noise gate, then seriously avoid this, it is horrid, and the noise gate is worse than those you can find it rack based multieffects units.

The onkly thing this seems to be good for is gating the input. Truly a horrid unit.

Reliability is pretty good, although anything with an external power supply is not good reliability wise, and it was prone to the adaptor cable slipping out the back and I ended up having to use gaffa tape. other than that niggle it never failed while out on the road.

Never dealt with customer support :)

I play mostly metal and use a triaxis which produces a fair amount of noise, as such it couldn't deal with that. Other gear I own are several Ibanez universes and assorted other fun guitars, mesa triaxis, rivera TBR-1, tc electronics g-major. I've been playing about 13 years both in semi and fully professional capacity.

This unit does not do the job at all, and i tried to make it work, had guitar techs look at it, all in vain! Go and buy the hush pedal (blue metal casing) it is much better and a LOT cheaper! Or even the noise gate/noise reducer in a boss gt-5/gx-700 is better.

Doesn't get much simpler than this. Two knobs. As was posted earlier, it can easily squash your tone if not used with care. When used PROPERLY however, it is a very effective tool for killing unwanted noise from your rig.

I'm running Jackson guitars through a Peavey XXX head through the loop to: Furman Power Conditioner/Korg Tuner/Hush Super C/Lexicon MPX-550/BBE 482i/Shure SLX Wireless/4x12 Marshall w/Vintage 30's.

Obviously you want to put the Hush in the front end of the signal chain. I've had no coloration or deterioration of sound quality whatsoever. Again, it would be easy to destroy your tone if not used carefully.

Gigged with it for the first time last weekend and it worked like a champ.

Haven't had to deal with them yet.

I play in an Iron Maiden Tribute and it's basically loud, full on driving, gain induced madness most of the time. This unit helps keep my rig in line. I've been playing for 30 years using Marshalls, Mesa Boogies, Peaveys, but never had a hush unit in the chain before. I would recommend it to any regularly gigging musician who has to deal with the line noise sounds of different rooms.

Not much to this pedal. One knob, turn it till your hum goes away or is barable. One foot switch turns it off and on, also has a nice rescesed knob so you dont kicked it or mess with the settings while turning it on and off

From what I've read from other peoples reviews all over(not just from here), you have two groups of people. Thos who love this thing, and those who hate it. I've come to the conclusion thats its just a matter of taste and equipment. If your looking for something thats gonna dead stop all sound and signal at a certain decibal or frequency, THIS IS NOT THAT PEDAL, and its not this pedals intension. If you want that, check out the boss NS-2. This pedal is a noise reductor, not a noise gate. And it does just what it describes, it reduces the noise to a point that either cannot be heard, or much more bareable.

I personally love this little thing. It has never messed with my tone, and never cut off my sustain, unlike what you will get with the Boss NS-1 or basically any noise gate for that matter. Let me explain:

With a noise gate, you set a certain decible in which the pedal will stop putting signal thru to the output. With this puppy, you set the decible at which the pedal starts expodentionly reducing the sound i.e. if it were set at say -10 dbl it would reduce it to -12, as as the sound dims, the amount it dimms by increase so when its at -8 it will output say -4 and so on. I believe this option comes with the Boss N-2, but in no way compares (personally when I tried the N-2, it didnt even work at all).

I'm saying all this because I think people have the wrong idea about this pedal and what it is supposed to do. I'm gonna give the sound quality a 10, because I love what it does for me, reduces my noise and keeps my sustain and never cuts off my notes before my guitar does. If you test this pedal at a store, you will def hear the diff while turning it off and on.

Thing is a solid medal construction, don't realy see how it could break unless you were really abusing it. Rocktron has been making quality parts for years, so i would think the inputs, pots and switches will last.

Have not had to deal with them, and lets hope I never do.

I'll give the overall a 9, just so people don;t think I'm crazy and just giving all tens, one thing that would be nice on this would be seperate switch for a mute, the pedal deff has the space. Then I would def give this thing an overall 10

easy to use, no patches, no manual needed...... 2 knobs, you're retarded if you can't use one of these.

i give this a fair rating because i'm comparing it to alot of units... if you've ever used a boss ns-2, mxr or rockman smart gate, isp decimator's, ect... hush's are old technology and quite mediocre to most tonefreaks and audiophiles.

i used with many heads, preamps, poweramps, ect.. it's got a level of operation noise, and the gate can be a bit harsh and noticable on high gain settings. which i can't have.

but i've heard worse...

owned it for about a year, never broke down.... never had any problems.

never dealt with them.

it does mostly what it says it does... it's a noise gate, never had any big problems with it.

but i'm comparing it to other units in the same price range and honestly, it's nothing special.

Easy to use... only two knobs to turn.

Although you can hear what sounds like the unit reducing noise while adjusting the knobs when you are not playing, as soon as you play anything, you can hear the stupid thing sucking tone... and, when I finally couln't stand it any more and pulled the cords out of it, I realized I actually had less hum and hiss whith it out of my signal chain completely. Thank goodness M.F. has a great return policy.

No idea, I wouldn't gig with it even if I knew it was never going to fail.

Tried it with several vastly different guitars and amp combinations and did not find a reason to not hate it

Simple as anything to use, one knob, one on/off switch.

It totally ruins the tone. Stay well away from this pedal!
I use Ibanez Universe ->Hush-> ENGL powerball and although it does cut out the noise even at the lowest setting it completely ruins the tone. It sounds good for playing lots of fast muted chords (although with an entirely different tone to what I get with the unit turned off), but any speed picking passages turn into mud.
It's attrocious, I wish I had never bought it, and I trust Rocktron.

Sturdy as hell.

Don't know, havent used it

It cuts out noise AND tone, stay well away.
It might be good for some styles, but not for me.

Super easy to use, it's pretty much a no-brainer. Well duh!, there's only two knobs and a button.

I use an Ibanez Rg 7 string with really hot dimarzio's(not sure what model pickups exactly) and a Rivera m12o head(kiler amp) I really like this unit but I was disapointed with the hush when I got it. It wasn't what I've always geard it was. The hush works ok, but if you turn it up past 1/3 of the way it magerly sucks your tone, pretty bad.
but in a small, small dose it's kinda cool. Not at all like the rocktron HUSH pedle witch rocks!!! The noise Gate on this thing is REMARKABLE!!! THE BEST gate i've ever used. as subtle or sensitive as you want it! but i'm giving it a 6 cause the HUSH really isn't very good

I have had absolutly no problems. Rocktron is the Best Man, built like tanks!

This thing rocks, but it isn't what it's supposed to be, witch is a HUSH. But the Noise Gate is Perfect

Very Easy

It's simple the best noise reduction system for electric guitar EVER!
It doesn't change your sound AT ALL!!!!
It simple cuts all the annoying noises generated by over-drives, distortions, etc... but it keeps all the SOUNDS PERFECT with LOTS OF SUSTAIN and everything else EXCEPT NOISE!!!!!!!!

I Never had a problem with a ROCKTRON BEFORE. So far so good.

Never needed :)

I play basicaly Malmsteen songs, etc... I've got a Marshall Head 50 watts (1987x) 2 cabinets (1960AC + 1960BC), Fender ROC Pro 1000 Amp, Roctron Hush Super C, DOD 250, TC Electronics G-Force & G-minor MIDI Controller, whirlwind A/B selector, bunch of Monster Cables Studio Pro 1000, etc... My guitar? - 3 Fender Stratocasters YJM (scalloped frets) with Fender Strat Texas Special Pickups in the middle positions of all 3 guitars (those bridge and neck pickups are original *DiMarzio HS-3 and DiMarzio YJM)...

ITS NOT A HARD UNIT TO USE. ITS ALL STRAIGHT FORWARD AND TO THE POINT. KEEP THRESHOLD AT MINIMUM AND NOISE GATE AT MAX...THATS THE KEY. ONE PROBLEM YOU NEED A KEEN EYE ANSD KEEN HAND BECAUSE THE SLIGHTEST MISPLACEMENT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CLEAN SOLO AND BEING PUT IN A BOX. IF IT WASNT FOR CAREFUL TWEAKIGN ITLL BE A 10.

it killed all the hum and hissing from my amp. it was perfect. my distortion hasnt sounded so clean. yet again ill give it a 9 in this. well its more a 9.9 ......its great. the only issue is that if the threshold and noise gate arent balanced right itll kill your notes too early, leaving you stranded. this happens if you tweak it in front of the amp. i recommend tweaking it away from the amp or behind it because it is designed to kill noises and if you are right in front of the damn thing, youll need extensive and improper tweaking. in clean sounds itll deaden it faster only if you dont tweak it right. so consider distance. this is made for a stage use not your living room, so when you crank it itll make miracles from a distance.

i recommend it in the fx loop because if the chain is guitar to hush to amp, you willonly clean the guitar not the amp sound in total. it will improve your overall sound, making it hiss free and clean. it doesnt colro your sound if you know hwo to use it. if you are a beginner and you dont have anyone to show you how to use it, find someone. only mediocre musicians say this thing sux entirely because they are doin it wrong.

i cant imagine a clean soudn without it. it has to be in my rig. i amp planning on getitng a backup in case. if you dare try to steal it, i am willing to sacrifice my POD (read my POd 2.0 review and i dont use it anymroe ) and launch at you just to i can hog tie you. afterwards id kick you senseless for making me run.I HATE TO RUN.it makes me sweat.

havent needed any so far so i cant say anything on this yet. god forbid that thier (stated above) drops it. then ill have to get pissed and make him/her/it call customer support for me and stay on hold for long hours while strapped to a chair.

this is a great unit overall. i cant use my amp without it. just prestine sound and doesnt kill your tone. the key is to know how to use it. its like driving a car. if you know how to drive well, you can be andretti but if you are a 16 year old girl just getting her restricted, watch out. once you find your sweet spot, its heaven. the setting may vary by amp. one amp is dirtier than the other, all pickups ommit different, and the space you have due to acoustics are conditions for differences. play around with it and you will sound professional.

i say every guitarist and bassist should have this unit. consider it a piece of your amp. you cant play without it

2 Knobs and 2 switchs. Can't get much easier than that. Manual is confusing unless you know the termnology, but once understood it make the use of it so much easier

I purchased the hush C for one purpose, no nosiy. I did its job with little effect to my tone. I've been playing through a Mesa boogie dual recto with a NS-2 from boss, I never had any feedback from the NS-2 and thats no damn fun. My guitar (LTD EC-300) is in perfect condition and has no fuzz but when i run it through a few pedals the dreaded nosiy comes out and now its gone. The amp fuzzes less now with the HUSH C. ALso through my bass setup, i had a fuzz like a digital fuzz coming out of my preamp and now its disappeared with no effect on my tone. Little or no effect on tone if you set it up proably and actualy play with it for more than an hour or so.

I've had it for a few days and as long as i do abuse it i feel like i could have it forever. I've never seen too many rocktron effects broken or worn.

Never dealt with them but i've heard reave reviews on their help.

I play just about any kind of music you could think of for about the past 6 years and if someone stole this i would kill them and try to claim some insurance on it so i could buy another for less setting up between bass and guitar. This product allows me to hear what i play with out fuzz or unwanted nosie while i'm trying to create.
If you have the money buy one because someday you will need it.

This is a very simple effect to use. If you can't tweak two knobs, you should stay far away from anything electronic. The manual is very confusing, and to be honest, pretty worthless. The only thing I found useful was that for most applications (my guitar setup), the REF must be set to -10. This is important because if the REF is set to 4+ it may not work the way you want it to. I'll give it a 9, because there are a few simple things that may be confusing.

I tested this out with a vintage Epiphone Les Paul w/ Dimarzio Virtual PAFS through a 1970 Fender "Silverface" Vibrolux Reverb. The amp needs new tubes and hiss emmits from it. My guitar has some hum and hiss to it as well. Together, they can be very destracting. It's even more annoying with pedals. I put this rackmount effect up to the test and it didn't let me down.

This is simply a noise reducer/gate, nothing fancy. The HUSH and gate knobs do what they advertise, deliver pure silence while NOT COLORING YOUR TONE! This is THE MOST TRANSPARENT noise gate/reducer around and has been used by countless professional musicians. Don't settle for the other flawed ones out there. MXR and the Boss NS-2 only work for certain styles, they are not flexible and will color your tone, even with extensive tweaking. Don't trust HUSH the Pedal either, it's useless and so is the rackmount original HUSH. The IICX or Super C are the best around.

I bought it broken and fixed it myself. After working on the Super C, it seems pretty solidly built. I wouldn't purposely start dropping it on the floor, but it does have a steel exterior (big plus, both cosmetically and reliability wise). My only complaint is that either the circuit board should be surrounded by some padding inside the steel case or fit it a wee bit better, it feels slightly flimsy. However, it still feels like it will last a long time and with it's contribution to my perfect tone, it will get use every single time I pick up the guitar.

The Customer Support was phenomenal. Jim who takes calls on the Super C, was informative, friendly, and really helped me. I needed newer pots (the old ones were a mess) and he sold me two official ones that were made specifically for that effect. He said they don't usually sell them, but the company did have a few left floating around, and after soldering them to the circuit board with my trusty $7 kit, I made out with a perfect product.

These people are understanding and very customer oriented. The only thing better would be to give me replacement pots for free, but very few things are nowadays. Pleasure to deal with!

I got it for a steal. Bought it on eBay in "as-is" condition; it didn't work so I had to replace a few parts. Rocktron sent me the extra parts I needed, spent 45 min. total (after re-screwing the case and all) and had a very useful and functunional product. I bought it from a very kind seller who sent me $20 to cover my time and the pots. All in all, the total came to ~$80. Considering they retail for $200, I think I made out pretty well.

Sound wise it is everything I have ever wanted out of a noise reducer/gate. It is flawless when used properly. This is essential to anyone with a noisy setup due to high gain or vintage amps, people with single coil guitars (without full on shielding), crazy pedals that aren't true bypass (like the Boss AC-2 Acoustic Simulator, MXR Double Shot dist. pedal, Ibanez TS808 TubeScreamer etc.).

I love everything about this and for my setup, it's a necessity to have silence in between parts of songs. I did my research on these things and I'm glad I didn't settle for a second rate product.

It feels good to know I made the product functional and everytime I use it, I'll know that spending the time and money to fix it myself instead of giving up on it is priceless.

If I didn't have to tweak to get it perfect, it would get a 10. This is, of course, impossible at the moment for these types of effects to do, but when it does happen... it'll get my 10.

THis unit is pretty straight forward as far as operating it goes. The only problem is that the hush threshold doesn't really do as much as its supposed to. But everything else opperates nicly.

This is where things get bad for the super c. As far as I'm concerned, this is the best unit for the worst players. It does not allow for any volume changes or dymaics in playing what so ever!!! This unit will no allow for any onstage volume tweaks either!!! If you turn down just the slightest bit, the hush will cut off your notes early. If you turn up the slightest bit, the hush will not kick in when it is supposed to. This is absolutly the worst design ever!!!! If you must have a noise gate, i suggest purchasing one that is in pedal form and that can be turned off and on with a click of a foot button. That is a big problem with the super c. It can not be foot switched. This is absolutly the worst piece of equipment that i have ever bought. It DOES NOT do what rocktron says it does. Do not buy it.

i guess its dependable....i only had it for a few months b4 i sold the stupid thing so i really dont know.

n/a

I can't think of any situation where i would need this unit. In order to use it at all, every channel on your amp must be at the EXACT same volume...which we all know sounds horrible. So if u need a noise gate, get a pedal. DO NOT GET THIS ONE!!!!
feel free to email me with questions.

Super easy. One knob for taking out some hiss, and the other knob for setting the gate. Can be used as just a gate, or just a hiss remover, or both whichever you prefer or need. Manual isn't bad, but I suppose for non-gearheads it could be a little more layman term oriented.

I use high gain settings 90% of the time with EMG pickups. This unit keeps things under control pretty good without messing up your sound IF you set it right and use it the way it was meant to be used. I have this unit switched out at lower volumes and in for live use...I'll explain below.

Seems to be fine, everything I have by Rocktron is totally 100% reliable.

Customer support is top notch in my opinion. I've emailed Rocktron several times about various questions here and there, and they've always responded within 24 hours with the answer I need. These people definitely have their heads together.

The key to getting the most out of this product is to use it when you really have your rig cranked. It will disappoint you if you're trying to use the gate at low volume levels, as it will cut out your sustain. But the gate isn't really needed at those low volumes! This is for the most part, gear intended for the "pros". Before I got this, I had to have a "dead" patch on my pedalboard to kill the noise between songs. Few things are as annoying as having your rig shrieking at you from across the stage when the singer is trying to announce the next song! This is where this unit shines. Live playing at insane volume levels. My sustain is not affected one bit! Obviously the gate CAN be set so that it will affect it, but set it right for this situation and all is well. If you are standing too close to the speaker cabs, then you would end up setting the gate TOO tight. So set it to work for you when you are far enough away from the cabs to make the difference. This is why I feel that this unit isn't really needed unless you have a big stage and playing really loud. This unit absolutely does what it says it does, but I feel that it is very often misused by players who mean well, but just don't honestly need it for their lower volume situations.

It's the easiest piece of equipment ever! It should have a label in the front- "This is extremely easy to use and only shitheads who don't know what a noise gate should act like should get this amazing product"

Ha this unit totally fucks up all my sound. The threshold setting are excruciatingly vital in a product like this and unfortunately this product sucks dick at doing its job. When I tried out my Aelioan mode on this bitch (gain to the max on my Hughes and Kettner, plus Metal Zone MT-2) it made it sound like a fuckin detuned piece of shit acoustic guitar with no sound hole plus a crooked neck.

It's realiable yes it is. I hate this unit so much i shitted and pissed on it one day and amazinglyu it still worked. But when I ran it over with this fat girl off the street it went to hell.

Didn't have to deal with those assholes except tell them how the fuck they managed to make such a product. I am no engineer but the transistors and plexis in this concept could be worked on my a trained monkey.

Oh I love this P.O.S. so much! It makes my guitar sound worthless and meek. The tone goes to shit and oh the noise gate works so well all the hiss goes through it like butter on corn. In other words get a fucking Boss or Behringer (only 100 dollars!) which will make this amazingly expensive shitty product look like my dead neighbors grandma Paul!

The hush pedal is extremely easy to use. It's got two knobs, and two buttons. It's a noise gate. It's not complicated.

This is the $10000 question isn't it??? I purchased a Hush Pedal not too long ago and couldn't box that little bugger up fast enough. It killed my tone completely. I hated that. My desire to get my money back barely edged out my desire to throw that hunk of poo against the wall. Now then, last night I purchased the Super C from a local guitar store and I love it. I run any one of 3 guitars with either Dimarzio Super Distortions or SD Invaders into a Marshall AVT150H. I play high gain crunch metal. Between the gain setting of '11' on the amp and the super-hot pickups I was skeptical of how this little feller would work. After tweaking the threshold knob a bit and chugging away I was floored. I could rip Zakk Wyldeish harmonics and flow Slayer riffs with mad gain and sustain. I even experimented with how long a bent note would sustain. I was absolutely floored. This unit is AMAZING!!! My sound was completely unaffected. I then tried my clean channels and was again very happy with the results. It's a shame I can only give this thing a 10 because it rules!!! Do not, I repeat, DO NOT BUY THE HUSH PEDAL!!!!! Save the extra clams and by this unit. You will be happy you did. It is more than worth it.

I've had it two days. I wouldn't gig with a backup because it seems pretty solid. We'll see how that goes.

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Playing aggressive metal that sounds like Hatebreed, Slayer, Pantera, and Sepultura, with a ton of gain and super-hot pickups I needed something that killed all the humming and hissing. I've played guitar for about 17 years and haven't been this satisfied with an effect unit. The fact that my tone remains intact has me sold. The hush pedal sucks, an Alesis Micro Gate won't work for the amount of noise, my Digitech RP10's gate chops off my notes. This unit destroys them all. If someone stole this unit I would beat them, wait till they healed and do it again. I will own this unit and/or it's successors as long as I play. BTW....I don't work for Rocktron. I was just extremely skeptical and now extremely pleased.

Very easy to use. The manual gives you everything you need and is not hard to read, i.e. not like stereo instructions.

Sounds really good and made a WORLD of difference in my noisy Crate BLue Voodoo Head... combined with my BBE362 for a nice boost.

I use it for all giggin purposes.

I bought this from Musicians Friend (big mistake). They sent it to me with a Euro adapter. When I called them back, they said this is how Rocktron ships them now so I had to deal with it and buy a USA adapter on my own.

I contacted Rocktron and they shot me back an email within 12 hours!! Jim said M.F. was full of shit and asked for my address so he could send me the right adapter ASAP (at no further expense to me, may I add). DO NOT ORDER FROM MUSICIANS FRIEND... THEY SUCK. This is the 3rd problem I have had with them... in a row. American Musical is just as bad if not worse. FYI: Go to your local dealer, show them the catalog price and, if they want your business, they will match it.

Great product, excellent service and very dependable. ROCKTRON RULES!

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Bought it from Musicians Friend (mistake #1). Got it (late) with an overseas adapter! M.F. insists I have to spend another $30 to buy one that will work in the USA. So why did they even bother sending an adapter in the first place??

This thing is set up as simple as can be. There are two knobs. One controls the HUSH section of the unit and the other controls the Threshold level of the gate. There are also two buttons that are for bypassing the unit completely when a gate is not needed and some other function that doesnt make sense to me. Overall i was up and running with it within a matter of minutes after plugging in.

This thing solved a problem i've bitched about for over a year now. I use the HUSH through the FX Loop of my Mesa Dual Rec. Tremoverb and I have it set up so the noise gate is on for both channels. For over a year now i've complained of my amp having too much noise. The high gain noise was one thing but i also started getting a buzz/hum sound through the speakers and I never was able to find the problem. A few months ago I bought a Boss NS-2 noise gate hoping it would be a cheaper problem solver but it wasnt. The thing helped a little but at the same time produced a more emphasized background hiss. I finally saved up enough to afford a HUSH and bought it. The thing wiped out all my high gain noise PLUS THE BACKGROUND BUZZING AND HUMMING. It also allows natural decay of notes much better than any other noise gate i've seen. I was very surprised. I even tested the unit by cranking my 100 watt Recto to high volumes and it still maintained an effective gate on my noise. I still need to tweak it to get it perfect but its solved my problem.

Bought it brand new. I'm not worried about the thing breaking cuz racks are tough and you have to really abuse them to make them damaged.

Never dealt with 'em

Overall i'd say that anyone that owns a high gain amp setup should own this thing. I didnt believe it would knock out the noise this well. Rectifiers have a reputation for being noisy and this unit is a must for it. The thing needs an on/off switch. I cant imagine what possessed them to make it without one.

Getting this unit setup to sound right at first was sort of annoying. I run it through the effects loop of a Mesa Dual Rectifier on the red channel only. Getting the send and mix of the fx loop set right along with the volume and the noise gate was aggrivating. But once set it was easy. Manual is pretty useless.

I swear by this thing. I have not found another noise gate that can touch it. The HUSH really only effects your tone if you have it past 1/3 the way up. Between that and the threshhold you can have this thing set to let a note naturally decay and feedback all night long, but as soon as you mute the strings it shuts up instantly. I can even roll back the volume and it still doesn't chop the note (obviously as long as I don't roll to much off). This thing totally kills unwanted feedback between chops and pauses when you mute the strings. For the high gain stuff I play this thing is a life saver. Like I said I swear by it.

I've had it for 4 years and never had a problem. It's been left on overnight numerous times (it needs an on off switch) and has many hours of play on it. I really don't worry about it screwing up.

Never dealt with them.

I play mainly heavy stuff, but I would recommend this unit to any one who plays high gain stuff or noisey amp and doesn't like to deal with unnecessary feedback. I've been playing 11 years and I'm a tone freak and I use this thing, so just to let you know this thing can be set to not screw your sound. My only squabble is why in the hell is there no on off switch? You always have to unplug it. I would definetly buy one again it got jacked. I gave it a 9 because of the switch. Rocktron did a really good job with this unit.

This unit is very easy to use. It takes only minutes to fine tune the HUSH and the noise gate to your system.

I use a Peavey EVH Wolfgang and a Tele with EMGs. They go straight into a TriAxis. I use the Super C between the TriAxis and a Rocktron Replifex. The Replifex goes into a Mesa Boogie Simul 2:Ninety.

When you use the HUSH you can hear a difference in your guitar's tone; it's not always what you want it to do, but I've found the HUSH filtering to help reclaim some of my TriAxis patches that seemed too noisy. The gate on this unit is essential for players using high-gain guitar settings at loud volume levels. Unlike the other reviewer who said this unit cuts off his guitar at the wrong time, I think that once you have it set up properly, it will work well. Personally, I like the way the gate clamps down the signal when I stop playing. My TriAxis is noisy when set on high-gain patches, and the Super C does exactly what it's supposed to do.

I think you can depend on it and wouldn't need a backup. If you or your road crew takes care of your rack, this unit shouldn't break.

I haven't dealt with the company for customer support

I play hard rock and heavy blues for over 20 years. This unit is a great match. If it were the only thing in my rack stolen, I would definitely buy another, but would check out the competition carefully. I wish this unit had MIDI control, because like the other reviewer, the Super C has one setting, and you have to modify your clean and dirty sounds to use this unit on both tonal styles.

It's really easy to use. It has 2 knobs on the front. One for the HUSH section, and one for the GATE section. The HUSH section is useless, but the gate section is great. The only thing I don't like is you can't use it with different channels if the levels are a lot lower. The only thing I don't like is the length of the adapter cord. It's about 5 feet, but I don't have it in a rack and it's kind of a hassle somtimes.

I use Ibanez guitars with DiMarzio pickups (x2n, pro-track, and a super 2), into a Crybaby, into a Peavey Special 212. I also run a Boss GE-7 in the loop. I use Monster Rock cables from the guitar to the wah and the amp, and Monster 100's for my loop. It's very quiet (it's a noise gate!!), and does it's job well. That other dude doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. A lot of the top names in music use this unit (that shouldn't really matter, but it proves it's not a toy). The gate section is great, but it doesn't work like most gates. It won't cut off a note if it's set right. I can hold bends infinitely (with enough distortion and volume), and it won't cut them off. I play brutal metal and it kills all of the noise I get from using a ton of distortion.

I've gigged with it a number of times, and use it at practice all the time. It's never given me any shit. I don't even have it in a rack either!

Never had to deal with the company, and I hopefully never will.

It's a great unit, and does it's job well. It helps you sound a lot more professional. You can see the unit being used at my bands shows. Go to www.geocities.com/fallout570 for more info.

Too simple, not adjustable enough...

LAME, it is a BAD NOISE-GATE...It ruins the ENVELOPE of your guitar
and to get rid of HUM is impossible...USE A "BOSS NOISE SUPPRESSOR"
INSTEAD...It can stop his when you squelch it out and cut down on
clarity...WORSE THAN "DOLBY"(tm) NOISE REDUCTION...Too EXPENSIVE
and definitly not worth it...

I sold it!!!

RUGGED and DURABLE piece of junk...Worthless...
GET A "BOSS NS2 NOISE-SUPPRESSOR" OR A "BEHRINGER MULTIBAND-DENOISER"
"SNR2000"...I have no use for this unit at all in any way ever...