Boss NS-2

This is the only noise suppressor/gate I have experience with.
I think that ideally a noise suppressor should be used only after common causes of noise have been dealt with e.g. not using isolated power.

I think a loop is a must have in a noise suppressor and this of course has one. You put this pedal first in the chain and put all the noisy pedals like distortion and such in the loop and have your delays and reverbs later in the chain.

The Boss NS-2 feels quite natural to play and has a musical way of cutting off unwanted signal when you are not playing. It has tweakable threshold and decay which allows you to dial in fairly aggressive or more natural suppression.

I have been using my NS-2 for over a year now and have been very happy with it, unfortunately the jack socket for the fx return has gotten weak and won't grap the jack properly, this problem is also causing really bad tone suck. I don't know if this is a common problem with the NS-2. I will have to fix it.

That aside, I think this pedal does the job and does it well. Good value for the price.