Help needed with the boss NS-2

[unclekadan]

Hi to all.

I need help from the tone gurus here in Soft.

I intend to get the Boss NS-2. Primary reason is to gate/suppress the noise that my drive pedals are generating and I intend to put the drive pedals in the loop of the NS-2. The NS-2 will always be on. If I were to follow the instuction from the Boss manual, it states that the NS-2 must see my guitar directly but that means my tuner, compressor, phaser and drive pedals will be in the NS-2 loop.

The way I plan to connect it is like this.

Guitar -> tuner -> comp -> phase -> NS-2 in
Dirt pedals -> NS-2 loop
NS-2 out -> delay -> amp

So my question will be, will the NS-2 function just as fine if I connect it my way or do I have to strictly follow the connection as suggested in the Boss manual?

Any help given is much appreciated.


Regards,
unclekadan

 

[VidaK]

in the end it doesn't matter, just experiment with different configurations until you find one with the least noise

e.g. 1: guitar > tuner > comp > phase (I prefer it after dirt but that's just me) > NS-2 loop in > dirt pedals > NS-2 loop out > delay > amp

e.g. 2: guitar > tuner > NS-2 loop in > comp > phase > dirt pedals > NS-2 loop out > delay > amp

e.g. 3: guitar > tuner > comp > phase > dirt pedals > delay > amp

 

[adidasman]

here is my setup for my board:

guitar > ns in > ns loop out > comp > high gain dist 1 & 2 > eq > ns loop in > ns out > amp sim > delay > comp boost > OUT

 

[unclekadan]

Thank you bro VidaK.

adidasman, with your set up, are you just suppressing/gating just your gain pedals? Do you always leave the NS-2 on? If you do, does it affect your clean tone at all?

Thank you in advance.


Regards,
unclekadan