Mooer Noise Killer

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Electric guitar effects pedal

Noisegate
2 Working modes: Hard or Soft Reduction
Threshold control (-70/+10 dB)
Jack in- and output
Status LED
True Bypass
Requires 9V DC power supply (not included)
Dimensions (LxWxH): 93.5 × 42 × 52 mm
Weight: 160 g

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Effect Types Noise Gate

849 kr

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Mooer Noise Killer Bundle PS K1

1.055 kr

Mooer Noise Killer Bundle PS K1 RB

1.079 kr

The sound of silence

The Mooer Noise Killer pedal, which comes in the popular mini format and features true bypass, two operating modes (Hard and Soft), and a control knob for adjusting the threshold, allows all signals below the set threshold value to be automatically muted out when switched on. Users can select between two noise gate operating modes to control how fast signals below the threshold are muted – either almost instantly in Hard mode or more smoothly with a slight delay in Soft mode. Thanks to its generous dynamic range, which goes from -70dB to +10dB, the budget-friendly Mooer Noise Killer lends itself to a comprehensive range of practical applications. Thanks to the powerful status LED at the centre of the user interface, guitarists can always tell in the blink of an eye whether the noise gate is active or not – even during live gigs on a sparsely lit stage.

Mooer Noise Killer pedal for electric guitars

Sparkling clean signals

The Mooer Noise Killer eliminates unwanted noise from an electric guitar or bass signal by completely suppressing signals that are below a given threshold level. After turning up the volume on the guitar setup, the threshold control knob must be rotated in a clockwise direction without playing the guitar until the noise gate shuts down and the unwanted background noise is no longer audible. The Hard/Soft toggle switch serves to determine how quickly the Mooer Noise Killer cuts off the signals that are below the selected threshold: The Hard setting triggers instant attenuation and leads to an abrupt cut-off effect, which is quite customary in certain musical genres, whereas the Soft setting allows the unwanted noise to be attenuated more smoothly over an extended period of time. The Mooer Noise Killer is best placed after any distortion/overdrive effects and before the delay and reverb effects in the signal chain.

Control knob and toggle switch on the Mooer Noise Killer

A must-have pedal

The noise gate is the only effect that remains virtually unnoticed when it is active, and has therefore become an integral part of every decent pedalboard and an absolute must-have effect in every professional signal chain destined for live performances. Any guitarist who performs live will know how quickly the background noise of a lighting cable or other source of interference on stage will ruin the impeccable sound of their single-coil guitar. Thanks to the Mooer Noise Killer, they can eliminate that unwanted noise and concentrate only on the music with a single press of the footswitch. Its dynamic range of 80dB makes the Noise Killer a versatile tool for both beginners and ambitious musicians that will capably handle a large variety of applications. Those who are looking for a noise gate pedal for professional Metal sounds, however, should opt instead for a model with attack and release times.

About Mooer

Mooer is based in the Chinese city of Shenzhen and has been making products for guitarists since 2010, which include compact single pedals through to multi-effects units and compact amplifiers. The company initially produced a range of mini pedals before making perhaps its most significant breakthrough in 2016 with the sophisticated Ocean Machine delay pedal, which was designed in collaboration with Devin Townsend. Mooer's product range now also includes solutions that feature amp modelling, IR-based speaker simulation, and matching equalisers, and the company's focus remains firmly on the use of digital technology.

Fast and hard

A fast-acting noise gate is absolutely essential when it comes to high-distortion Heavy Metal and Hardcore sounds. A tightly played palm mute riff will only sound tight when it is followed by absolute silence – and when the gain reaches a certain level, this can only be achieved with a noise gate that has a fast and hard attack. To this effect, some manufacturers even offer distortion pedals with an integrated noise gate. However, the Mooer Noise Killer will also capably handle a wide range of other applications on stage, in the rehearsal room, and in the studio that require unwanted background noise to be reliably eliminated from a guitar or bass signal. It is even possible to create a gated reverb effect by integrating the Mooer Noise Killer pedal into the FX loop behind the reverb effect.

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A Great Asset

Anonymous 19.12.2015

This review may be a little unusual because a drummer writes about the pedal for guitarists / bassists.
I play drums in Alternative Rock / Industrial band where guitarist plays Fender Telecaster using Vox AC-30 amplifier, and a bass player plays Gibson Thunderbird using Trace Elliot (4x10), and both have huge pedalboard with a bunch of pedals.
While playing, everything is great, but the minute we finish playing the song, then starts an abnormal noise, howling and humming.
Anyway, I find it really unbearable, so I decided to buy them both something to kill that noise.
The name of this pedal sounded promising to me - Noise Killer :)
Unfortunately, I'm not able to give you the technical details, but what I can say is that there is no noise in pause between two songs - AT ALL!
Sound of guitar and bass remains the same and you can really find that sweet spot on the pedal knob to kill all unwanted noise, but there's still a great sound with lot of sustain.
Everyone in the band are very pleased and Mooer Noise Killer proved to be excellent for the live performance too. Using two of those, now we have really clean sound and even some more complicated and fast phrases are more clearly heard because there's no additional noise.

If you play in really loud band and you like to talk with your band members between the songs - than you need this!
Mooer Noise Killer is really a great asset!

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Not perfect

Anonymous 01.02.2016

It is a solidly built pedal with metal chassis and sturdy switches. Does not use batteries, but if you need a noise gate, that means that you have other pedals thus needing more batteries... which is heavy for the wallet, so I guess that a sensible person always uses some kind of external power. I like the size of the pedal, because it drastically reduces the space needed on the pedalboard.

One problem I have with the pedal is that it's treshold potentiometer doesn't really do anything until I crank it around -20 or -10 dB, and then it eats my sustain.

Mind you, I use high gain amps (Peavey 5150, Jet city JCA22h and H&K tubemeister 18) with OD units in front, so I should have lots and lots of sustain. I don't crank the gain all the way up, but around 4-5 which, combined with a tubescreamer-type pedal, gives a good, sturdy sound needed to play metal.

This pedal manages to eat it all. I can't find the perfect spot where it cuts the noise when I play staccato and let's enough sound to be able to let the chord ring at the end of a song, so I am forced to constantly turn it on and off which is off-putting. This problem occurs on the "soft" setting. The other one is unusable.

Long story short - it shouldn't retail for 66 euros, it works like a pedal that's half the price.

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Does the job right

Bogdan M. 26.04.2014

If you are single-coil player and suffer with an ungodly hiss, this will work for you perfectly. I have a setup of pretty big pedalboard, where hiss and hum are amplified with distortion, overdrive, phaser and octaver into something horrible. But this little device helps 100%.

I like it is very small (it is THAT small), it actually does not affects your sound (as long as you find the right settings) and it works real good, getting rid of hiss/hum entirely.

Tried with active and passive single coil jazz basses, piezo pickups with electric violin and electric upright bass (kontrabass), passive single-coil guitars. In each case hiss and noise is always different, but the Mooer Noise Killer can deal with each of them and does the job perfectly.

I would definitely recommend this gear to anyone.

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Mooer Noise Killer: excellent

Fabio992 01.10.2014

I have other noise gates/ suppressors e.g. Boss, Artec, MXR, some of which offers more features. Fact is, I personally like simpler devices with minimal adjustments. This does the job that is expected. I cannot detect any tone alteration. The threshold knob basically works as a control for the reaction speed of the device.
I use it in a basic set up: single coil guitar (Tele or Strat), Boss Vintage Reverb, and Orange Micro Terror amp. Already at medium gain settings, the noise was far to high for my taste. I was not sure where to place a noise gate in this simple chain, as it should go after the distortion effect, before any delay (reverb). In my set up, distortion is produced by the the amp.
I just tried after the reverb effect, before the amp, and it works great. At medium gain setting, I set the threshold knob at 12 and any noise is cut as I stop playing.
I can only recommend it. Just consider it is very small (sort of cigarette pack size), so perhaps the best way to hold it to a pedal board is through plastic clips.

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Electric guitar effects pedal