BOSS NS-1X Noise Suppressor | Next-Generation Noise Reducer & Ultra-Fast Gate for Guitar, Bass & Other Instruments | BOSS MDP Technology | Reduction Mode | Intuitive Operation | Send/Return Loop

When I originally got this pedal, I was extremely disappointed in it. I run my pedalboard in four cable mode, with my boost slamming the front of my EVH 5150 50S and all my effects in the effects loop of the amp. However, when I originally hooked this pedal up in the configuration I intuitively thought it should go, there was a noticeable tone-suck going on. So I relegated it to the graveyard of my ever-growing useless pedal pile and went back to using my cheap Bezos Noise-Gate pedal. A few days ago I stumbled on a video that showed me how to do 4CM the correct way with this pedal - namely ‘X’ pattern 4CM - and when I tried it out, WHAMMO! It took a bit of doing, but no more tone-suck and, with a bit of tweaking of the settings, I got lush, articulate, noise-free guitar tone in return. For me, being a high-gain player, this is an always-on pedal. But there’s another secret that I love. When you select the ‘mute’ mode and shut the pedal off, it defaults to one of the other two modes, Gate or Dampen, automatically. You can choose which mode you want to be the default and it remembers even after you shut it off. Kick the pedal on again and it does what it says on the tin, mutes the signal. Why is this a good thing? No extra tap-dancing steps when you power the entire board on. It’s already in the correct mode with my settings active when everything else comes up as well! It’s just one less hassle before getting down to business and I love the attention to detail that went into the design. So, if you are experiencing tone-suck from this pedal in 4CM, short and brutal, you’re doing it wrong. Look up some YouTube videos to see how to do it correctly. I went from angry that I had bought an expensive, but useless pedal, to thoroughly stoked, with this one little adjustment.

Simply amazing! Might by one for the other side of the rooms stereo amp. Shhhhh it’s that good. Make sure you use the loop method with your distortion and compression pedals. You will need more cables. Google it.

Response quickly, works for any music, you can really dial these into playing really tight gjent music. easy to use, look up a YouTube video if you need help. Worth the money for sure especially if you play a lot of metal or distortion

It works. It does not have the ease of use that the regular Noise Suppressor has. It does work better, but that also comes with a bit of a learning curve and how it best works in YOUR rig. Depending on your settings, it can work too well or not enough. It's hard to know if you're ever truly dialed in sometimes. If you switch guitars a lot, it might require a lot of adjustments. With the wide range of settings, it is versatile. I got mine for $199, now I see them at $219. I have it installed in a wet/dry rig with 2 Marshall DSL40CR's. I have the efx chain in the loop in the wet amp and the efx chain in the front covered in the four cable method. At $199-219, it's not cheap, but it does what I want it to do which is clear up my sound from hissing and to only hear the guitar. It's your money, so spend it as you see fit. Also, this is the second one I bought as the first one was a dud. BOSS makes good stuff, but it happens.

Works great

I wanted a noise gate to help stop single coil hum for when lining the body in copper foil isn't enough. After trying other offerings, I found myself in a world that is totally satisfactory for medal playing, but left a lot to be desired when you turn the gain down. Most of them chop the signal short, latch too soon, or aren't responsive and dynamic enough to let dynamics and sustained notes through while blocking the noise. This...fixes that. Single coils, humbuckers, high gain tones, radio broadcasts, etc. Plug the input in right after your tuner so the pedal knows when your guitar is making noise. Set up a dirt pedal chain in the send/return loop, and connect your output to your modulation section or amp. With a few knob tweaks, you're missing the noise...

This is a one amazing must have pedal, makes the whole world of difference once used in a 'loop' or 4-cable setup model through pre-amp. Eliminates all the static and other noises to a point of me forgetting to turn off an amp at times. I use this now all the time with heavy distortion pedals like MT-2/ML-2/DS-1. I've tried previously NS-2 model, and this is far superior due to having both gate and reduction modes that operate differently.

This is definitely a high quality professional pedal. You can use it several ways. I'm using it the simple way and it works great! It costs a little more, but this one is worth it!

This pedal is a game changer. One of the best noise reduction pedal you can find. But YOU HAVE to use the 4 cable setting using the FX loop on your amplifier is you have one. I play at home and I can't stand noise coming from my amplifier when I use the overdrive. And when I pass 8 on my volume guitar I get some noise. I use a lot of tremolo in the FX loop. And if I engage the pedal it starts to pulse the noise which comes before, same thing for some other pedals plugged into the FX loop. But with the boss ns1x you can handle ALL the noise that came before your modulation pedals. The noise reduction setting is amazing. Once you set the pedal up, you can pass from clean, low to high gain without even touching the settings, it will track the signal of your guitar and adapt the noise reduction automatically. Plus with the decay knob you can still have a very smooth decay before the signal ends which is great and very "natural" inline some noise gate spedals which are too abrupt. Best purchase I made by far.

It creats extra sound only during playing guitar (means guitar tone+extra hiss tone) otherwise quite when not playing

Esta increible, tiene muchos parametros de control, me encanto

I love this product. Shipping was lightning fast.

Este pedal elimina zumbidos por pedales de distorsión y retroalimentación, la verdad no había tenido un pedal como este, probé otras marcas pero este es el mejor sin duda!