NR300 Noise Reducer : A very quiet noise

This pedal has the standard in/out jacks, as well as send/return jacks (for an FX unit that is too big for your pedalboard, like a guitar amp modeller or a big rack unit).

There are three controls: mode, thresh (threshold) and decay. The mode switch offers the choice of either mute or reduction. The odd (in a good way) thing about the mode switch is that when the pedal is switched off and the mode switch is flipped to mute, noise reduction is turned on. This neat feature is not mentioned anywhere in the instruction paper sheet that comes with the pedal or even on the packaging. I thought I'd mention it here so people will learn about it.

The threshold sets the level below which noise will be removed. The noise reduction of this pedal is very effective; I only have it set at a few millimeters from the lowest possible setting. That's enough to turn off the noise of my phaser, chorus and flanger pedals in between the notes I play. The decay control sets how fast/slow the noise reduction will turn off when the guitar is louder than the threshold. There's two LEDs; one indicates when the pedal is on and the other lights up whenever any noise gets reduced.

Overall it's a pedal that offers a necessary function at a very reasonable price. I'd give it all fives if it was made of sturdy metal instead of weak, flimsy plastic, but I guess we can't get everything the way we want it.

If you need a noise reducer with an FX loop I recommend this one.