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so the last two things I need for my board are a Noise Gate/Suppressor and a Compressor.
I need something of quality, that's SMALL and not too expensive - what would you reccommend?

anyone know anything about the Mooer Spark Comp?

comps are hard to skimp on cause cheap ones are usually noisy. i'm guessing cheap noise gates are probably the same except that they have even less noise. geddit?

Why do you need a noise gate for a small board?

I started shopping
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Little-bear-NOI ... 461c8a48ee

As far as comps are concerned I think the Mooer stuff is usually pretty good
mod Tone makes a mini as well that is pretty cheap and I have always had good luck with their stuff


Also: If they can be close in the chain the nova dynamics has always been a super interesting pedal to me that I can never seem to get my hands on

you can easily find a used ISP Decimator for under a hundred bucks. it's by far the best guitar-specific noise gate i've encountered.

for comp, the Fairfield Accountant is stellar.

hbombgraphics wrote:Why do you need a noise gate for a small board?

I started shopping
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Little-bear-NOI ... 461c8a48ee

As far as comps are concerned I think the Mooer stuff is usually pretty good
mod Tone makes a mini as well that is pretty cheap and I have always had good luck with their stuff


Also: If they can be close in the chain the nova dynamics has always been a super interesting pedal to me that I can never seem to get my hands on

this is what I come here for. I'll have to check out that Small Bear Noise Gate - any experience or feedback on it? Anyone know about this?
haha and @hbombgraphics I need a small gate/comp for a LARGE board(s) with no room left on them. The gate I need cause my fucking T1M buffer VP Jr. hisses SO BAD in the heel position since the day I got it and that guy won't answer me on a fix or feedback. Worst company.

that Nova one is sweet, I always wondered why more companies don't do the Comp/Gate in one, but it's large. Probably going to bottom mount the gate.

I actually love the Mooer stuff too but the Gate and Comp are pretty expensive to just take a flier on since I haven't tried them

Haven't tried the small bear, but it's a gate, even the behringer one works ok
I have had good experience with T1M he is usually pretty good replying (that surprises me that he jammed ya up)
You don't have a tuner running of the volume pedal do ya?

voerking wrote:you can easily find a used ISP Decimator for under a hundred bucks. it's by far the best guitar-specific noise gate i've encountered.

for comp, the Fairfield Accountant is stellar.

I actually had, and sold, a G-String. They're not small and they're SUPER heavy. And honestly, didn't perform drastically better than an NS2

the FFLD Accountant is actually at the top of my list, just isn't very inexpensive. Rather the opposite, in fact.

snipejd wrote: the FFLD Accountant is actually at the top of my list, just isn't very inexpensive. Rather the opposite, in fact.

you can find one used right around a hundred. i don't consider that unreasonable (and i'm POOR)

voerking wrote:

snipejd wrote: the FFLD Accountant is actually at the top of my list, just isn't very inexpensive. Rather the opposite, in fact.

you can find one used right around a hundred. i don't consider that unreasonable (and i'm POOR)

well I didn't say it's unreasonable. And to each their own. Just more than I want to spend on a comp. Otherwise I'd bump up a few and get a Keeley C4, the used price has been coming down on them with the new Keeley Comp out. At least as I've seen on the bay.

Is the VP Jr. modded to account for tone loss on the long cable run? Personally I would get a volume pedal that functions correctly before spending money on a noise gate, unless you have other uses for the noise gate.

And the Accountant is tiny, seems perfect for you if you want a dirty compressor. No experience with it but the Biyang compressor is small and cheap. Behringer hbombgraphics already mentioned.

Dark Barn wrote:Is the VP Jr. modded to account for tone loss on the long cable run? Personally I would get a volume pedal that functions correctly before spending money on a noise gate, unless you have other uses for the noise gate.

And the Accountant is tiny, seems perfect for you if you want a dirty compressor. No experience with it but the Biyang compressor is small and cheap. Behringer hbombgraphics already mentioned.

the VP Jr. has the T1M mod (LED, buffer, tuner out, etc) - like I said, nothing when I hit him up for repair/fixes. The problem is strictly in heel down, when Volume is bypassed, there's a loud and distinct hiss which could be rectified by a gate which would also help with the single coil hum on my guitars.

Now, what do you mean by "dirty compressor"?

No direct experience, but the Accountant is known to have a mild breakup on your peaks.

dude, don't add a gate for a noisy pedal if the pedal doesn't actually improve your tone, just fix or replace the pedal.
I understand adding it for single coil hum but the first thing I always do for single coil hum is look around the room and figure out what they are picking up
if you have a cell phone on your amp or in your pocket
or if an old light balast somewhere is buzzy (there is a hallway light that people leave on where I play that interferes with my stuff so I just turn it off)

hbombgraphics wrote:dude, don't add a gate for a noisy pedal if the pedal doesn't actually improve your tone, just fix or replace the pedal.
I understand adding it for single coil hum but the first thing I always do for single coil hum is look around the room and figure out what they are picking up
if you have a cell phone on your amp or in your pocket
or if an old light balast somewhere is buzzy (there is a hallway light that people leave on where I play that interferes with my stuff so I just turn it off)

haha alright we are officially off topic.
The Volume pedal has a buffer and drives my initial line almost to the exact impedance I need to pass through my chain even, so it stays. Hiss in the heel when it's bypassed. Can't figure why. Also covers the single coil hum when I'm in between songs? Sounds like it all adds up and a gate fixes that all.

Also whenever Mooer gets around to releasing their Micro Treadles I'm getting the Vol pedal anyway.

Also, when I play out or practice in different places I can't really "look around the room to figure out what it's picking up"
in some venues the answer to that is 'everything'.

anyway, was just looking for suggestions on small comps and gates - like I said, anyone have any reviews on the Mooer Spark Comp? It's effing TINY.
http://www.mooeraudio.com/?product/201409194613.html

snipejd wrote:

hbombgraphics wrote:dude, don't add a gate for a noisy pedal if the pedal doesn't actually improve your tone, just fix or replace the pedal.
I understand adding it for single coil hum but the first thing I always do for single coil hum is look around the room and figure out what they are picking up
if you have a cell phone on your amp or in your pocket
or if an old light balast somewhere is buzzy (there is a hallway light that people leave on where I play that interferes with my stuff so I just turn it off)

haha alright we are officially off topic.
The Volume pedal has a buffer and drives my initial line almost to the exact impedance I need to pass through my chain even, so it stays. Hiss in the heel when it's bypassed. Can't figure why. Also covers the single coil hum when I'm in between songs? Sounds like it all adds up and a gate fixes that all.

Also whenever Mooer gets around to releasing their Micro Treadles I'm getting the Vol pedal anyway.

Also, when I play out or practice in different places I can't really "look around the room to figure out what it's picking up"
in some venues the answer to that is 'everything'.

anyway, was just looking for suggestions on small comps and gates - like I said, anyone have any reviews on the Mooer Spark Comp? It's effing TINY.
http://www.mooeraudio.com/?product/201409194613.html

Off topic is awesome!

The spark looks cool
all those spark pedals loook awesome
it eliminates the problem with small pedals in that you can't get em too close or you have stomp issues
I kinda want a spark board


you are right that a noise gate should solve many of your issues
is board mounted the only way?
can you toss one in your amps effects loop?
when I had a behringer it just sat in the loop on a battery
worked great light that