Behringer NR300 Noise Reducer Reviews

Great noise reducer at a fraction of the price

I bought this pedal for my second guitar player in my band as he needed some noise reduction for his single coils in his electric guitar.

I use the boss version of this pedal so I can confidently say as far as sound both pedals are exactly the same to me ( no surprise there as Behringer has been known to copy)

The main difference being ( to be expected at the fraction of the cost) is the build quality - It being made of plastic it may not last as long as the boss. But saying that this is pedal that you will only turn on once and leave on - So there won't be much foot stomping so the pedal should last.

In conclusion if your looking for cheap noise reducer at a fraction of the price I would highly recommend.

Average noise reducer that does the job

It does what it's supposed to do. The casing is plastic and feels cheap, although I don't think it would just break by stomping on it. My rig isn't really noise, so I have it after the distortion with just a low reduction. Like this it just cleans up the signal a bit without cutting down sustain.

For that purpose, I think it works well.

Like other Behringer pedals in this price range, it does the job beyond of what you pay.

Do not care what they say, it simply works

First and foremost, this pedal does the job and does it well.

I play heavy riffs through a high gain amp which naturally has a lot of noise. The gain on my amp is almost always cranked up to the maximum. I have many pedals in my signal chain and each one of them contributes to the overall noise. When I turn this pedal on, there is a very noticeable and immediate silence.

I have read a few reviews that said that this pedal cannot reduce the noise enough.

I wonder what kind of noise they are trying to reduce. I assume that there is a misunderstanding on how a noise gate operates.

Please understand that a noise gate pedal will never reduce the noise of pedals or components that come AFTER it in the signal chain.

It will never reduce the sound of the actual signal, it will only reduce the sound/his/hum when you stop playing. As soon as you start playing, it will disengage and let all the sound/noise go through it. If you are trying to clean or shape the actual signal, use an EQ pedal instead. Please keep these points in mind and adjust your expectations from a noise gate pedal accordingly.

The pedal has send/return loop which is quite helpful if you know how to take advantage of it.

It has a plastic box and feels cheap. Although I must say that I have never seen a pedal that was broken because it had a plastic box. I think it is only a feeling thing.

I use this pedal before the amp or in the effects loop of the amp and both situations in performs well. No matter what I play I always find a use for this pedal. It’s worth the money.

Budget NR pedal, with budget quality

I went on and bought this pedal to eliminate some noise out of my distortion pedals. A lot of positive reviews made me buy it.

It seems not to eliminate a big deal of hiss and hum, it just cuts the sound given the threshold you dial in. In some situations, it actually adds up feedback.

It's certainly easy to use, but buy it only if you're having some really loud noise issues, not for hiss and hum cut.

Construction wise, it feels cheap too.

Reduces pops, cracks and sizzle

Reduces intermediate sizzle from stop riffs nicely

Affordable noise gate - just don't abuse it.

Well... It's a noise gate. It does what it says it does. With some caveats.

It works pretty good, but even at the slowest decay setting it can be a little slow to activate. There's 2 modes - mute and reduction.

Mute works by completely stopping the signal when treshold is reached, and reduce, just reduces the noise overall above a certain treshold. Both modes have their uses depending on what you need, but the decay on the mute setting is a little slow so i would not recommend it to someone who plays "djenty" riffs as it won't activate so quickly between the note rests.

For pretty much everything else, it's very usable. You do have to know what the controls do in order to utilize it properly (as with all gates) because it's not one of the "intelligent" gates. It works how you set it up. So if it doesn't work like you want it to, adjust the controls.

The quality is what you get from around $20 pedal. It's completely plastic, connectors are wonky at best and the on/off switch is really not suitable for freuqent stomping. You get what you pay for in this department. The knobs and the switches are ok though.

It has 2 ins and 2 outs so you can use the 4 cable method to even gate the preamp section of your amp through the FX loop. That's an amazing feature and it works well!

I recommend it to someone who either doesn't know if they need a noise gate or needs one that will stay firmly planted on the pedalboard and not stomped on too much because the stomp switch feels flimsy and will probably break with frequent use. Leave it on and forget about it, that's the best use of this pedal because it does the job, just won't stand up too much abuse.

Cheap noise reducer that works well

This very cheap noise reducer seems to work just as good as the older Boss version, but costs less. Set and forget, but make sure you use the send and returns. Played a gig and it worked fine.

A few minor things:

- It is a bit slow, you can hear that when playing a sharp attack note but for me that is not really an issue.

- Text wipes off after one gig, the "in" written on the right is amost gone already. Having the same issue with my other Behringer pedals.

Even with those negative remarks it is still a lot of pedal for your money and I would recommend it.

You get what you pay for

This pedal looks the part in pictures (similar to more expensive BOSS pedals), however that's about all it does. I tested this with 3 amps, a Marshall JVM 410H, Blackstar HT5R and ENGL Richie Blackmore and it was pretty useless with all of them.

I bought this as it had support for effects loop gating, however like the JOYO I had before it, it simply couldn't mute the hum enough without turning it close to all the way up and then it cuts too hard, ruins the sound and allows for little to no sustain. I mainly play hard rock and metal so maybe for lower gain setups it would work better but it seemed to be overwhelmed by my relatively small pedal board, most of the noise on which comes from a Maxon OD 808X and MXR Jimi Hendrix 70th Anniversary Octavio.

Now moving on to the build quality, I'll just start by saying this pedal is of plastic construction, so don't expect it to stand up to any abuse if you like to stand on or stomp hard on your pedals (I know some people who do). This surprised me as my cheaper JOYO is metal, although quite light and crappy metal, it still feels better than plastic. Although I ended up giving away my Behringer NR300 as it was totally useless in my setup and reverted to the JOYO which was ok in the effects loop but has since died while this one lives on. Although in the end my friend ditched this one and bought an ISP decimator II after getting too frustrated with this one

So in conclusion, if you are on an extreme budget, then this is an ok product I guess, but there are simply better noise gates out there for a little more or around the same price, so all in all I wouldn't recommend it unfortunately.

Pretty good

I seem to be cursed with Bass heads that hiss uncontrollably , I took a chance on this cheap noise gate, because even with my bass turned down, we could still hear my bass head hiss like an angry snake when we were taking at rehearsal. I stuck this in the effects look of my reidmar, and it does the job.

Great to have if you're playing live

I use the pedal as a noise gate in my setup to basically to clean up and tighten my overall sound. It dampens some of the unwanted noises that occur when you're playing at high volume and it does so without taking away too much of the feedback which is also quite neat!

Works as expected!

Nice, inexpensive noise killer. Enough features to set the response times and thresholds. In a noisy signal chain this one does eat some of the signal strength, but I can live with that, especially when I have it on all the time and can set my rig to compensate the signal loss.

Good value for little money.

Handy budget noise reducer

Our cajon pickup had a constant hum, using this pedal means the hum can be removed without effecting the sound. The pedal was easily adjustable to find the right threshold to get rid of the noise.

It does what it says on the tin... er,... box.....

Yes, it reduces noise. That is what one wants. What is NOT wanted is a additional loss of tone. It doesn't seem to affect it much, so I am very happy with this as it does the job for minimum bucks. How long it will last is another matter. I have a Behringer something or other.... oh, compressor.... and it seems to be OK after a few months.(They do seem tougher than the cheap HB pedals.) I'll do an edit if this one goes west, but my first impressions are it does just what I want for very little outlay - remove single coil hum (I don't rate noiseless vintage SC pups as they invariably lose much of the vintage tone.) So give this a shot. I don't think you will be disappointed!

Behringer NR300 Noise Reducer

This is a great pedal especially if you are into heavy metal, Djent, or just straight up high gain guitar riffage, It does the job that a more expensive pedal does, but at a way more affordable price.

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A-Okay

I got this pedal in hopes to reduce the feedback my single coil Strat makes when using gain and to possible reduce unwanted noise when using guitars in general at high gain. It didn't really do that. While it indeed reduced some unwanted noise, it also reduced wanted sound as well.

So now I use it not to eliminate unwanted noise, but to change the tone of guitar a little - to suppress it. You can get some interesting sounds with this pedal, but I feel it's a little different than what I wanted it to do in the first place, hence the 3 stars.

Build quality is good and all the knobs and materials are well put together. This pedal is quite affordable, so you can give it a try.

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.

Just as good as a BOSS Noise Gate!

They're so good, I bought two of them. I don't use them both, of course. I gave one to a friend I thought they were that good. She loves them too.

If you're looking for a NG that's cheap, well-built, and easy to use: Look no further! This is it! It saps the tiniest bit of tone, but you can overlook that for the amount of unwanted noise it saps in exchange. Really good product. BUY IT NOW!