Rocktron Hush rackmount, tone loss?

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Hey guys. Just wanted opinions on the hush super C rackmount. Does it cause tone loss? I am just not sure I want to dish out 400 bucks or so for the ISp decimator pro rack. I would like to use a rackmount preferably. Thanks guys!

chris
 
I do know the Hush circuitry in my Intellifex has an impact, which is why I leave it disengaged when using it. I think a rig can be put together such that one is not needed. Any gating or noise suppression is going to affect tone though, or anything else you put in the signal path. How much affect you can accept is the $64,000,000 question!

Steve
 
I used a HUSH for years including a Super C. The ISP is MUCH better with less tone suck and much better gating capabilities.
 
seems like the isp is really worth it huh? If I bought 2 decimators (running 2 amps, with an audio switcher, rg-16) would I run one pedal in front of the amps, and then one in a loop behind the amps? Would that be the way to go since they are both getting boosted?
 
I never tried the pedal version. You could try what you indicated but the stereo modded ProRack G is the way to go (that is what I have).
 
Laura":y4y0xjsd said:
I never tried the pedal version. You could try what you indicated but the stereo modded ProRack G is the way to go (that is what I have).
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I've had Hush the Pedal twice and sold it both times quite quickly b/c it does affect your tone and touch / feel of your playing. At least in my experience.

As for the ISP I have no experience whatsoever :confused:
 
i borrowed a buddies Hush Super C, put it in my rack and 30 min later took it out and put my mxr smart gate pedal back in.The MXR worked faster and didn't change my sound (as well as quieter then the hush)
 
The Rocktron Guitar Silencer was a good unit with two individual channels that you could footswitch. It was an improvement on the original Hush units. But I think the the Prorack is about the best that I've heard. They still mess up your clean channel though. You have to bypass it when your not in high gain mode.
 
A noise gate and noise reduction are two different things. All the gate does is kill the noise when not playing (if its set correctly). While you are playing all the noise is still there, just masked by the volume of your playing.

Noise reduction is active while playing and not playing. I used a IICX for a long time. Set correctly they work great. Incorrectly and they kill your high end. All these things are threshold dependent so going from a gain channel to clean channel doesnt tend to work very well without resetting.
 
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