TC Electronic SENTRY NOISE GATE Multiband Noise-Gating Pedal with Hard-Gate Mode and Built-In TonePrints*

TC Electronic never disappoints. This pedal is a quality investment that, if used properly, will remove the noise due to pedals from your signal chain 100% of the time. It'll also take care of any noisy cables you put inside of its loop, but you should check for and resolve any issues with noisy cables in your rig before buying a noise gate. To use this pedal, wire your noisy pedals (typically distortion/overdrive/fuzz) into its send/return loop, use the dip switch to select your gate, and fine tune with the knobs. It took me less than a minute to dial in; here are my settings: 'Hiss' mode, "Threshold" at 10 o'clock, "Damp" at 1 o'clock, and "Decay" maxed out. A note about the available gates: 'Gate' is a digital noise gate modeled to behave like a traditional noise gate - Think ISP decimator. You will hear the pedal's gate when it engages in this mode, but you're supposed to. It's great for heavy metal/djent. 'Hiss' is TC's proprietary multi-band noise gate, capable of removing low-frequency noise (60 cycle hum from your pickups) and high-frequency noise (pedal hiss) from your signal at the same time. You won't hear the gate shutting in this mode, either - It's transparent yet extremely effective. It's really quite magical. No matter which mode you've dialed in, when the gate is off or the pedal is disengaged, the pedal will not color your tone at all thanks to TC's true bypass. No cheap Chinese buffer circuits here. However, the feature that puts this pedal a level of quality above the rest is TC's TonePrint. Let's say 'Gate' or 'Hiss' are not doing the trick for you. Perhaps you want a multi-band gate like 'Hiss' with a hard shut like 'Gate'. Maybe you can't find your gate's sweet spot without sacrificing your guitar's sustain. Or maybe you just cannot find the sweet spot at all. With TonePrint, you have access to a significant amount of parameters inside the pedal, beyond the 3 knobs on top. The options are quite limitless and will allow you customize the perfect noise gate for your rig. TL;DR: Have you removed all cable noise from your pedalboard, yet are still stuck with annoying hiss when you aren't playing? BUY THIS PEDAL.

Cut the noise. Works great with high gain amps. Your band mates will thank you for getting rid of the hissing noise and you get the sound/tone you need.

This is my first noise gate. love this pedal. It will take a cheap drive or distortion and make it sound better. I really like the built in loo and selector switch.

If it wasn't for the jumpy encoders in the Windows toneprint software and the (currently, 2018-12) missing manual on the tc electronic website I wouldn't have hesitated to give this pedal 5/5 stars. Long story short - the pedal is by far the best thing that I could have added to my guitar chain and after some tweaking it converts any noisy high-gain amp and pedals into something controllable that is fun to play with. I wired my pedals and preamp into the send/return loop so most of the presets in toneprint may be too aggressive and it is worth spending an hour or two playing with the parameters until the pedal reacts as required. The result I got makes the SENTRY react as if it wasn't really there. No pumping, hissing or cut-offs left. My guitar rack now just feels like I would be playing with a super modern, extremely quiet metal amp. The hiss of my overdrive pedal and the quite noisy Engl E530 preamp are gone. However, even subtle hammerings on the fretboard are audible and ring out naturally. I haven't used the mac nor the iPhone & Android interfaces. Cons: - tc electronic using toneprint as one of their main selling arguments for their pedal range and not offering a user manual is a no-go. I think I am not alone when I say that it is not really self-explanatory why things react like they do in the interface. A basic 1 or 2-pager should be the minimum - 'encoders' in the Windows interface are very 'jumpy' and it is hard to dial in the desired value. Adding the value with the keyboard doesn't work either. That would be a nice thing to add/change in future versions (current version: 4.05) Pros: + Everything else. Still amazing value for money and absolutely recommendable

Well made, does s great job, and you can completely customize it. You must read the manual, and if you won’t, this pro pedal is not for you. Highly recommend, don’t listen to nay sayers. NOTE: Fix noise issues, AND use an input buffer for best results.

This product does what it says.

Great noise gate. Very responsive. I have used in 4 cable method and it responds really good.

El mejor pedal para puerta de ruido, muy util su función de reducción de 3 bandas, tambien se puede ajustar como buffer para reforzar o recuperar la señal de la guitarra, si no te quieres complicar simplemente lo puedes usar como una puerta de ruido tradicional

Wowsers, this pedal works. I play my guitar through my computer mostly and as such have come across alot of unwanted rfi from the computer itself picked up by my pickups. I've tried alot of things to remove this such as faraday cloth over the computer, basically modifying and lining a small cabinet with copper foil(and earthing it) to put the computer in, power conditioner, pedal psu with isolated outputs and even an ifi silencer to break power to the soundcard and provide it with seperate power from the conditioner(there's more I've done I'm sure but can't remember what) and nothing has worked. Although this pedal isn't going to completely eradicate the noise it does a damned good job trying. I use the hiss setting(toggle switch down) and have the damp and threshold about 12 o'clock and the gate cuts perfectly and the hiss is massively quietened, it's basically working as a filter but doesn't seem to affect tone too much(I also have it set to bypass not buffer mode, pretty sure I have other buffered pedals on my pedal board and one pedal is on all the time so it acts as a buffer anyway). Straight out the box I managed to very simply get what I wanted from this pedal so I'm really impressed, I've replaced an ehx silencer with it and though that pedal would work fine without the pc's rfi it didn't work as well as I needed it to. The only thing I haven't really liked so far is the toneprint software. The interface is easy to use but I think the options could have been named better, it quite often didn't seem as straight forward as I'd have liked and found that I wasn't able to get as good a setup as the hiss option. I also found that the the pro guitarist toneprints didn't work for me at all, I couldn't get anything past the gate(and I stack pedals when possible, I had an overdrive set at mid gain going into a distortion pedal at near full gain going into a bass od pedal that I use as a kind of preamp). Not a major issue and as I'd only had the pedal for about an hour by then I was maybe doing something wrong. So far this is the 3rd noise gate I've owned and it is definitely my favourite. It works extremely well, has a ton of features on toneprint that you could take the time to learn about and hasn't affected my guitar tone at all. I would strongly recommend this pedal to anybody struggling with unwanted noise in their signal

Les réglages sont super précis pour s'adapter au mieux à la guitare et la boucle permet à la fois d'inclure à peu près tout ce qu'on veut dans la chaine à "rendre silencieux" tout en se basant uniquement sur la sortie de la guitare pour le seuil (donc indépendamment des pédales de drive/disto/boost allumées ou éteintes) Attention, impossible de mettre une pédale fuzz de type vintage/germanium dans la boucle (mais c'est "normal", ça ne supporte qu'une impédance de guitare en entrée)

Riduttore del rumore eccezionale! Come tutti tende a fare calare il volume generale e quindi consiglio di mettere un pedale eq nel loop interno dei pedali drive per recuperare il volume perso.

I don't have any other noise gate to compare this to, but here's my setup. I have a Nu Tubescreamer, OD-1X, DS-1X, Eartherquaker Hoof Fuzz along with MXR chorus and TC HOF2 reverb pedals. The gain pedals create quite a bit of noise. Love all these pedals but the noise was getting to me so it was time to get a noise gate. I also have p90 pick up and so there was quite a bit of humming going on. I researched a lot. And after a long time decided on the Sentry. I've only had it for one day. But I'm already really blown away by this pedal. With the setting all set to 12 o'clock and the pedal put in after the gain pedals it was eliminating almost all of the noise. But if i had both overdrive and a distortion pedal on I'd get some noise still and I wanted to see if i could eliminate all the noise without destroying the tone. Then I changed things up and tried the included effects loop (see the manual for how to use it properly with you're pedals). Still have it set to 12 o'clock and voila, noise completely gone even with all four gain pedals on!! This thing is very impressive. No question this is a good purchase; it works really well for noisy pedals and those humming p90 pickups. I had read this before but couldn't appreciate it until now: playing against the backdrop of a dead silence is beautiful. This might not seem like a "fun" pedal, but it'll do more for your sound and playing than most pedals. So excited to play and use my pedals more now without having to worry about noise anymore. Can't even tell this pedal is on. Great pedal, zero complaints!

The Sentry Noise gate is an excellent pedal, I have received the pedal today, It took its time to deliver but I had my patience. The Pedal build quality is decent TC electronics has not left any chances to blow any Bells and Whistles. I was a BOSS pedal fan I had couple of Boss, DOD's and Katana Amp 100 with Boss ME-80 processor. This Pedal is a game changer, Though I had the BOSS NS-2 Noise. But this pedal is far better that the BOSS NS-2 in my personal opinion. I am using it with Single coil Squire Telecaster. Telecaster and single coils are known for their notorious nature with Humming and scrambling noises. But this pedal tames my Tele and brings out the beauty of the Telecaster Guitar tone. I have become a fan of TC electronics now. Yes I do want to bring into your notice that I have been using the pedal using the 4 Cable method with the Send and return effect feature with both BOSS NS-2 and now TCE Sentry within my guitar amp. This pedal also delivers good quality with Daisy chain methods as well. But the beauty of Noise suppression only comes out with effect loop and 4 cable method. Personally I did not found any cons with the TCE Sentry Noise Gate Pedal. It's a best bang for buck. Go for it if you are looking for a perfect Noise Gate pedal. People only write such long reviews in 2 cases if they are extremely Happy or in worst case scenario's. Am extremely Happy and satisfied with the Guitar Pedal. Once again, Thanks TC electronics for the Pedal.