Hush Noise Reduction Pedal

The media could not be loaded.  This review is for the Hush Super C rack mount unit. My first impression was "hey, it's metal". Except for a clear plastic overlay on the front, it is all metal. That's nice for a rack unit. It has no feet, so a "non-rack" installation will require some rubber stickon feet. The unit is a stereo device, but has a single input marked "mono" if you only have one lead, as you would with a guitar. My main interest for the use of this device was in my digitizing studio to remove noise from really noisy sources, like old cassettes or noisy LP records. There is an input switch labeled for guitar or audio. All my tests were done with the switch in audio. The noise reduction is quite impressive. The manual states that the Hush can be configured to decode Dolby B recordings. The noise reduction available can be compared to a dbx. This is a single ended device, meaning no encoding is necessary. That being said, if you're not careful, the adjustments can be overly aggressive and make the source sound dull. My method of adjustment was to play a blank tape without Dolby and set the threshold control to just where the noise was down about 20 db, then adjust the gate so the light was just on, a nudge past where it was flickering. This achieved, to me, the best performance without degrading the original sound and taking away too much shimmer from the highs. The difference between on and off is striking. I have several other single ended noise reducers. Phase Linear, BSR and dbx, and none of them are as good as this HUSH. Rocktron claims some patents for the HUSH. These guys have it right.

Completely and totally worth the money. I purchased an effects pedal for use with an ongoing school video project and it was noisy. A Rocktron ground loop isolator really quieted it down but it didn't completely hit the mark. This item was recommended so I tried it even though it was somewhat pricey. It worked exactly as advertised and killed the remaining noise quickly and efficiently without distorting or damaging the voice channel going through it. I now am a believer!

I have an original "HUSH The Pedal" from the 90's. It's huge so I bought this one to free up a bunch of space on my board. It gave me space for another pedal with room to spare. The noise cancellation works admirably, even with single coils, electrical interference, and noisy pedals. I note, however, that there is more high end roll-off compared to my original pedal. With the original, high end loss is barely perceptible up to about 1:00. With the MicroHUSH, it's absolutely perceptible at every setting. For the style of music I play and for playing live it's acceptable. Doubt I would want it in my chain when recording though.

All I can say it doesn’t seem to work like in the videos, I’ve been a technician, sound technician, guitarist, musician for 40 years. Maybe I have to play around with this more but not really doing what I expected it to. I have to test it a little more and I’ll update this. If I find I have no use for it maybe I can sell it to you, LOL.

My duncan jb pickup has traditionally been so hot, that, at rest, I always have a loud hum, despite rewiring the pickup and pots.This may be helpful with anyone with a similar need to get it working perfectly (im using the rack unit)...First of all, my stack :Guitar -> Marshall jmp 1 preamp -> rocktron Xpression (effects loop) -> mesa 50/50 power amp -> Madison 4x12 cab1) adding this unit at the end of the chain in effects loop (as the standard suggested setup) did nothing to fix the hum at all (not sure why).2) adding this unit outside the effects loop, just going series between the preamp and power amp solved the hum, but as I feared, cuts the reverb and delay from effects, despite any configuration of the gate and threshold, so that was useless.3) interestingly, moving this unit to the first thing in the chain, before the preamp, works perfectly. This means that the guitar goes to channel A input on the hush, and channel A output goes to the preamp input. Effectively, im using this to clean up the raw guitar input before anything else, and the rest of the stack remains as it was.TL;DR:Guitar -> Hush -> jmp 1 preamp -> Xpression (effects loop) -> mesa power ampI'm my case, there's 0 noise or need to clean up the signal coming from the preamp, so this arrangement is perfect.Its worth mentioning im also using a low end Furman power conditioner, so even with low end, i get no ground noise, which might be why post-noise suppression isn't necessary. The hot signal from the jb bridge pickup is what needed to be cleaned up before anything else.Hope this may be useful to someone. 5 stars because it solved my nose problem I had for years, and for a good price point. In general, this unit may be perfect at the price for just cleaning up raw input. Perhaps a higher end suppressor makes sense if you need something at the end of the chain that doesn't fit your effects out though.

I tried this pedal for a day and sent it back. It was no more effective than a regular noise gate. I have the rack mount version now which is much more flexible and effective at controlling noise.

Does a great job of quieting my Tube screamer pedal!!!! Love the micro size!

In the guitar world any accomplished player uses the kiss method ( keep it simple stupid). This pedal is excellent with one adjustment for threshold and Roctron quality. RIP DIMEBAG