Behringer NR300 Noise Reducer 4-stars Reviews

It does the job on an affordable way

It still may have an extremely low amount of noise on higher volumes but it else does the job pretty well, knobs could be a little better from the feeling and it's built in a plastic case, else well it's good at what it's supposed to do, even if i grab my noisy compression-sustainer-pedal, so all in all price to performance is pretty well especially considering how cheap it is

does the task great

dont let the "cheap" price fool you it works great and does exactly what is needed from a noise pedal

does it job at some point

its really good does its job , there are no extra sounds from using it but , when i use my metal muff top boost it makes a disturbing noise, if you dont have a feature like that on your distortion pedal you will be alright, i would buy again and that on its price

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.