I'm very proud to present this epic showdown of (almost) every noise gate currently, or formerly, on the market. A few months ago, I was contacted by a true noise gate collector, David Howard, who lent me these noise gates, and we've got 22 in total!

In addition to testing their release times, (how fast they mute) I also collected a whole lot of other data in the effort to make this the most comprehensive resource I can on the topic.

You can find the test files and spreadsheet here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

My Original Shootout:    • Testing Noise Gate Pedal Release Time...  
My Mini Pedal Mod:    • Modding my $20 Amuzik Noise Gate into...  

After I was done editing this, I further modified my Amuzik gate and my Decimator I in the same way I showed in my mod video above. For the Decimator I, I lowered R8 to 330k and R12 to 3.3M and cut the release time down to around 45ms. Similar to the Decimator II G-String. For the already modded Amuzik, I further lowered R8 to 150k and R35 to 1.5M and got the release time down to 55ms!

0:00 What's the Plan?
2:27 Test Method
2:59 Terminology
3:52 4-Cable Method
5:45 How I Measure
7:02 Disclaimer About Release Times
9:12 Audio Test with Every Gate
10:45 Winner's Circle Guitar Testing
14:00 My Recommendations
23:36 The Sentry and Software
24:22 NS-2 and the NR300
25:47 Chinese Mini Pedals and Modding
26:40 Used Market Recommendations
27:05 Gates to Avoid
30:41 Honorable Mentions

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