FINALLY someone big on RUclips reviews this awesome pedal. I've had mine since December and it hasn't left my flyboard, it is the most usable and malleable gate I have ever used and I own an ISP Deci-Mate G (which is better than their Decimator G String II). This gate's best uses aren't so much how fast it kicks in, it's how easy it is to dial in for each guitar/amp/feedback situation. I'm able to cut the chords right when feedback kicks in without chopping off the end of my chords, so they ring out fully, then cut off right at the perfect time. I bought mine for under 50 bucks in December, and have been telling everyone about it, and NOBODY has listened.
@@EVH5150iii I actually like the SophGate more for a few reasons 1) The TRS jack on the Deci-Mate G is EXTREMELY fragile and barely hangs in the cavity, and I broke my first one and I'm very feather-handed with my pedals. Was lucky to get a replacement free. 2) the SophGate having the 4 knobs and the quick/slow switch is what makes it so malleable of a gate, having only one knob to dial your gate in while it seems great due to how easy it is to control, is actually lacking and even with the built in effects loop on the ISP cannot negate feedback as efficiently as the SophGate does in my experience.
I have had this pedal a few months and I can say it works great and has held up well. i have three dirt pedals in the loop of it in my signal chain and it works flawlessly. love this pedal.
Came back to this video after a few more moths of use and can honestly say i love it and it is staying on my board. How can you get any better for the price, That being asked,Your not gonna get much better paying more.maybe a whole lot more but I have yet to experience this being financially challenged {poor as Hell}. Great product and Excellent review. Thanks again Fluff !!
Reviews have helped me in my decisions to buy or not buy a product, though I have not written much reviews for others... I'm new to guitar. Been practicing for the past 3 months and I owned a Donner Noise Killer mini pedal. It did its job but I noticed that the tighter the single knob was too the threshold, the closer I got to affecting the tone. Single knobs noise gates are quick inexpensive solutions but the Donner Soph Gate is a must buy. It took some tweaking but the settings are where I need them. Doesn't destroy sustain but you have to find your sweet spot because not all gain pedals are the same. I own Ibanez Super Metal Mini, TC ELECTRONIC MOJO MOJO, and TC ELECTRONIC DARK MATTER. Sometimes I stack them and the gain noise is out of control but not with Soph Gate. This gate is quiet. I mean quiet. You must go through it's effects loop to get the most of it but if you're not touching the strings and all pedals are on, you wouldn't know it. That's where the tweaking comes in, because once you touch the strings, you'll hear it... So play with the knobs till you get it right because when you do, this thing is fast and I mean lighting fast in stopping unwanted noise. You can have your over drive or distortion pedal on, turn the Soph Gate off and you won't hear them plus if you turn the gate on, your gain is ready to kick in while you play. This thing is absolutely TRUE BYPASS. Any who, I hope it helps. I have in this order, Guitar, compresor soph gate, loop : all my gain, then straight into the Joyo preamp house. There I use its effects loop for all my chorus, modulation, delay, and reverb. I hope it helps you decide. Check out Online reviews for knob description and how to play with the settings.
I ended up selling mine. No matter what, I could not tweak it to clamp my signal. It would have just a split millisecond of feedback at the tail end before clamping. It was way more prominent when using a boost. This was even with foam behind the nut and in the spring cavity. Idk I might have got a bunk one but I ended up getting a boss ns-2
Just picked one up and I’m stoked to use a great gate for a reasonable price! Awesome that it has so many features and you can rock the 4 cable method on it!
I'm a pedal head big time. Trying to get a RUclips channel started about the subject myself. I've been looking at Gates. It's one of the only effects I don't have. I want one that isn't insane.... sorta. Mainly one that works well and subtle but when I switch over to metal I'd like to be able to change that dramatically. This one seems like a really good start.
I picked this up a few months ago because it was cheap, on sale at Amazon one day for like $45, and was blown away... I had no idea how fantastic it would turn out to be!
If one will make a demo about a noise gate that is described as "fast", one must make a demo in which they show how the noise gate acts when a guitar player hold a key or chords then make it sustain until the sound becomes weak, how will the noise gate reacts in that kind of situation, will it make a stuttering sound when the sound reach a low threshold?
I didn't read all of the comments but is there anyone, except me, who isn't very happy with that pedal? I tried it in the 4 cord setup (Hi Gain) when switched off it also switches off the Distortion of my amp (however that's even possible) and if I dial the gate in, so it let's through a high single notes sustain, it closes much to slow, and if I dial it in so that it closes fast it wouldn't allow any dynamic playing🤷♂️ than I again tried the behringer multi gate 19" and that worked wonders
Wish I'd known before buying this that when setup 4CM it kills any pedals or preamp in its loop when you disengage it. So basically if I have a tight setting for rhythm then want to kick it off for more sustain on a lead line, it bypasses everything in its loop and I have a crystal clean tone. You sneakily showed the manual briefly where it says this but I feel you should have mentioned it properly.
This couldn't come at a better time! I've been needing a super fast gate to silence the hissing high gain end of my bass rig (think the bi-amped dUg Pinnick/Tom Petersen sound) between quiet passages that I use with my band. My MXR Smart Gate just isn't cutting it. This looks like it might just do the trick, so I just pulled the trigger on one. Thanks, Fluff!
Wonder if they intended for "input" to be spelled as "iuput"? Maybe it's a joke like their Stylish Fuzz pedal has a "Bustain" knob instead of "Sustain" one. :)
These thing have always confused me. I have a gate on my deluxe big muff. When I first plugged it in I couldn’t figure out what was going on with the pedal, why it kept cutting out. The damn gate was set at like three o clock. I had the volume cranked so when I turned the gate down, I nearly shit my pants lol.
I almost bought that gate but ended up buying the boss ns2. At the time there were very little reviews on the sophgate. So i went with the ns2 cuz i knew what it was capable of. Im happy with the ns2 but kinda wish id got the sophgate now.
Damn this thing is quick. I still prefer the Sentry from TC, which is a little bit more versatile, but to be honest, at the moment I don't use all those features. Should I need a noisegate just now, this thing is a serious contender. But something is weird. Some days ago, I looked up some noise gates for a friend and I stumbled over the Soph Gate for 50$. I told him Donner delivers good bang for the buck and that 50 bucks will probably a steal. If it sucks, he can still sent it back, but I would doubt it. He was still undecided. Now I looked it up again and BAMM 80$ ... I guess someone is now feeling a little bit silly.
Did you f ind while running this pedal 4 cable method it made the gain on your amp disappear while it was off? I’m running a kraken right now and the moment I turned the pedal off the gain went away
Ok so I got the pedal, but I don't get the setup with a boost pedal..I mean up until now it was Guitar - Gate input (send) boost (return) to gate and then output to amp input.. Is that 4 cable method the way to go?
Hey, I want to pick this pedal up but hate it when pedals pop... I have a few Donner pedals but they all pop when i turn them on and end up not using them after a while...
That thing is quick but what makes it cool is you can adjust the parameters. I use an ISP Deciminater II/ But i need to move it out of the chain N into the F X loop/ for $70 can't go wrong
My Donner Tuner/mute switch is phenomenal very bright and clear. Might have to check this out and replace the Boss NS2 on my board as i think i have too many buffered pedals right now.
I suspect he didn't show this because if you read the fine print in the manual he showed it tells you that when setup 4CM it kills anything in its loop and sends a clean signal through when you disengage the pedal.
I had a donner pedal crap out on me. I loved that little delay but won't buy anymore since that happened. I have an isp decimator g string and it does a killerrrr job and its built like a tank for 250 bucks. I will say if I played djent i would totally buy this as an effect pedal for choppy computerized sounds. Do the smart thing and buy the square 4 year replacement warranty for 5 bucks for this one.
So let me get this straight. Donner made a noise gate, which are mostly used by metal musicians, and they made it pink? Not hating tho, I think the design looks cool.
Wow, that 4 cable setup could also be used as a way to get a "2nd channel" on a single channel amp like the mini Plexi and JCM 800. Gate off, will do the clean, while Gate on will give you the Amp's gain staging. You may need to add an EQ pedal to shape the signal going into the power amp when the gate is off, but hey, it's a pretty cool concept.
There's always a catch, otherwise this would cost 500 bucks and not 50 bucks! From a review on Reddit: " The two main drawbacks I’ve encountered with this gate are that even with the Attack control set at the minimum, there is still that 1ms latency before your signal comes through. It’s not completely horrible, and is kind of what happens with all gates, but it’s there, and for any playing with a light touch, it will be a bit noticeable. The second problem is, if you are using the loop to put your dirt pedals in, the on/off switch will take any pedals in the loop out of your signal chain entirely. " So here are the "catches", also inputs is misspelled on the pedal, look for it and you'll see 🤣🤣
I've been wanting a noise gate for some time, and while I have the shirt, the Cock-BLocker is out of my range right now (provided I can even find one on Reverb), and I was literally ordering this not 5 minutes after seeing this. It's supposed to be here Monday and can't wait!
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Sponsored or not you’re attitude shows that you really dig the pedal,about as genuine as a review gets
Thanks donner
Oh man perfect timing I was about to purchase a noise gate today and then this video pops up! $70 shipped yes please :)
FINALLY someone big on RUclips reviews this awesome pedal. I've had mine since December and it hasn't left my flyboard, it is the most usable and malleable gate I have ever used and I own an ISP Deci-Mate G (which is better than their Decimator G String II). This gate's best uses aren't so much how fast it kicks in, it's how easy it is to dial in for each guitar/amp/feedback situation. I'm able to cut the chords right when feedback kicks in without chopping off the end of my chords, so they ring out fully, then cut off right at the perfect time. I bought mine for under 50 bucks in December, and have been telling everyone about it, and NOBODY has listened.
I'm listenings.
Question: Do you use the four-cord setup (i.e. route it through the effects loop, in addition to in the pedal chain)?
I have the ISP. Soph gate vs ISP? I’ve been thinking of getting a new one
I have been after a new gate, and based partially on Fluff's review but MOSTLY on this comment, I just ordered this one.
@@EVH5150iii I actually like the SophGate more for a few reasons 1) The TRS jack on the Deci-Mate G is EXTREMELY fragile and barely hangs in the cavity, and I broke my first one and I'm very feather-handed with my pedals. Was lucky to get a replacement free. 2) the SophGate having the 4 knobs and the quick/slow switch is what makes it so malleable of a gate, having only one knob to dial your gate in while it seems great due to how easy it is to control, is actually lacking and even with the built in effects loop on the ISP cannot negate feedback as efficiently as the SophGate does in my experience.
I've been an ISP Decimator G String user for over ten years. This Soph Gate pedal is impressive!
Holy shit, Donner is killing it now
My Fiance just bought me 1, it works great! Great review, thanks!!
Zoom's noise gate is fast but wow. Donner is stepping up its game.
Dude thanks to this review I gave the pedal a shot, and I am absolutely loving it, its a great find!
I have had this pedal a few months and I can say it works great and has held up well. i have three dirt pedals in the loop of it in my signal chain and it works flawlessly. love this pedal.
Came back to this video after a few more moths of use and can honestly say i love it and it is staying on my board. How can you get any better for the price, That being asked,Your not gonna get much better paying more.maybe a whole lot more but I have yet to experience this being financially challenged {poor as Hell}. Great product and Excellent review. Thanks again Fluff !!
Reviews have helped me in my decisions to buy or not buy a product, though I have not written much reviews for others...
I'm new to guitar.
Been practicing for the past 3 months and I owned a Donner Noise Killer mini pedal. It did its job but I noticed that the tighter the single knob was too the threshold, the closer I got to affecting the tone. Single knobs noise gates are quick inexpensive solutions but the Donner Soph Gate is a must buy.
It took some tweaking but the settings are where I need them. Doesn't destroy sustain but you have to find your sweet spot because not all gain pedals are the same. I own Ibanez Super Metal Mini, TC ELECTRONIC MOJO MOJO, and TC ELECTRONIC DARK MATTER. Sometimes I stack them and the gain noise is out of control but not with Soph Gate.
This gate is quiet. I mean quiet. You must go through it's effects loop to get the most of it but if you're not touching the strings and all pedals are on, you wouldn't know it. That's where the tweaking comes in, because once you touch the strings, you'll hear it... So play with the knobs till you get it right because when you do, this thing is fast and I mean lighting fast in stopping unwanted noise.
You can have your over drive or distortion pedal on, turn the Soph Gate off and you won't hear them plus if you turn the gate on, your gain is ready to kick in while you play. This thing is absolutely TRUE BYPASS.
Any who, I hope it helps.
I have in this order,
Guitar, compresor soph gate, loop : all my gain, then straight into the Joyo preamp house. There I use its effects loop for all my chorus, modulation, delay, and reverb.
I hope it helps you decide.
Check out Online reviews for knob description and how to play with the settings.
I needed a noise gate. You just sold me on this one.
Just ordered one! I was looking for a cheap gate that works for metal and this sounds great!
I ended up selling mine. No matter what, I could not tweak it to clamp my signal. It would have just a split millisecond of feedback at the tail end before clamping. It was way more prominent when using a boost. This was even with foam behind the nut and in the spring cavity. Idk I might have got a bunk one but I ended up getting a boss ns-2
I actually bought one of these after watching your video. Thank you for doing the demo because I'd never heard of donnor before
I have the Donner Darkmouse distortion pedal and I love it!
Thank you. My noise gate went bad, I was looking at these this weekend.-Great as always.
Sold! What a great pick Fluff! Seriously, I was just getting ready to hunt for a gate today.
Just picked one up and I’m stoked to use a great gate for a reasonable price! Awesome that it has so many features and you can rock the 4 cable method on it!
Yep purchased it just now! I been looking for another pedal to add and the noise gate I have isn't quick enough so great you posted this! Thanks!
Amazing!!! Hope the pride does not jump too much over the pond. What about sound purity, does it change the original signal?
I'm a pedal head big time. Trying to get a RUclips channel started about the subject myself. I've been looking at Gates. It's one of the only effects I don't have. I want one that isn't insane.... sorta. Mainly one that works well and subtle but when I switch over to metal I'd like to be able to change that dramatically. This one seems like a really good start.
Awesome! I have this Pedal its amazing!
Just bought one after watching this. I’m excited to add it to my board!
I picked this up a few months ago because it was cheap, on sale at Amazon one day for like $45, and was blown away... I had no idea how fantastic it would turn out to be!
Follow-up, mine just recently started acting odd with the 4 cable method so I switched to the Sentry and very pleased.
If one will make a demo about a noise gate that is described as "fast", one must make a demo in which they show how the noise gate acts when a guitar player hold a key or chords then make it sustain until the sound becomes weak, how will the noise gate reacts in that kind of situation, will it make a stuttering sound when the sound reach a low threshold?
You sold me I ordered one today. Thanks for the info.
Picked this up during Prime Day along with a Donner ABY switcher - solid and cheap!
I didn't read all of the comments but is there anyone, except me, who isn't very happy with that pedal? I tried it in the 4 cord setup (Hi Gain) when switched off it also switches off the Distortion of my amp (however that's even possible) and if I dial the gate in, so it let's through a high single notes sustain, it closes much to slow, and if I dial it in so that it closes fast it wouldn't allow any dynamic playing🤷♂️ than I again tried the behringer multi gate 19" and that worked wonders
Wish I'd known before buying this that when setup 4CM it kills any pedals or preamp in its loop when you disengage it. So basically if I have a tight setting for rhythm then want to kick it off for more sustain on a lead line, it bypasses everything in its loop and I have a crystal clean tone. You sneakily showed the manual briefly where it says this but I feel you should have mentioned it properly.
This couldn't come at a better time! I've been needing a super fast gate to silence the hissing high gain end of my bass rig (think the bi-amped dUg Pinnick/Tom Petersen sound) between quiet passages that I use with my band. My MXR Smart Gate just isn't cutting it. This looks like it might just do the trick, so I just pulled the trigger on one. Thanks, Fluff!
Wonder if they intended for "input" to be spelled as "iuput"? Maybe it's a joke like their Stylish Fuzz pedal has a "Bustain" knob instead of "Sustain" one. :)
is it analog or digital? if digital is it analog dry through?
That shirt had me lol!!! Awesome!!! I like the more traditional control surfaces on these type of pedals.
Can you compared this to the noise Killer? The green small noise gate. To see what's the fastest?
I have yet to get a donner product that wasn't a good deal. Got my sophgate for $42 shipped on sale.
These thing have always confused me. I have a gate on my deluxe big muff. When I first plugged it in I couldn’t figure out what was going on with the pedal, why it kept cutting out. The damn gate was set at like three o clock. I had the volume cranked so when I turned the gate down, I nearly shit my pants lol.
Fluff … how does it compare to the SMG CB?
How does this compared to tc entry?
I wonder if it will allow sustain with out noise. I do not play the same stle of misic that you do.
Is it so fast that it will prevent any wrong notes from getting out? :P
How it is for you compare to the Fortin Zuul ?
Awesome, laser velocity AF indeed!
The question is how much it takes away from the tone and if it's good enough to be used in the studio.
hey man, how does this do with long chords; feedback etc?
How would you say this compares to the TC Sentry? Similar, better?
which one did you get? do you play metal?
@@oshe1598 I've had a TC Sentry for over a year now and it's really good.
I almost bought that gate but ended up buying the boss ns2. At the time there were very little reviews on the sophgate. So i went with the ns2 cuz i knew what it was capable of. Im happy with the ns2 but kinda wish id got the sophgate now.
where can I get that shirt
Damn this thing is quick. I still prefer the Sentry from TC, which is a little bit more versatile, but to be honest, at the moment I don't use all those features. Should I need a noisegate just now, this thing is a serious contender. But something is weird. Some days ago, I looked up some noise gates for a friend and I stumbled over the Soph Gate for 50$. I told him Donner delivers good bang for the buck and that 50 bucks will probably a steal. If it sucks, he can still sent it back, but I would doubt it. He was still undecided. Now I looked it up again and BAMM 80$ ... I guess someone is now feeling a little bit silly.
Did you f ind while running this pedal 4 cable method it made the gain on your amp disappear while it was off? I’m running a kraken right now and the moment I turned the pedal off the gain went away
Does it suck you ton at all?? the old little ones did really bad
Comparison to TC Sentry?
Ok so I got the pedal, but I don't get the setup with a boost pedal..I mean up until now it was Guitar - Gate input (send) boost (return) to gate and then output to amp input..
Is that 4 cable method the way to go?
Hey, I want to pick this pedal up but hate it when pedals pop... I have a few Donner pedals but they all pop when i turn them on and end up not using them after a while...
That thing is quick but what makes it cool is you can adjust the parameters. I use an ISP Deciminater II/ But i need to move it out of the chain N into the F X loop/ for $70 can't go wrong
what the heck happened to this pedal? not on amazon, reverb....
i have the Zuul but i think i might get this one too because of the other knob option for less price. good review
Now they sell out within 2 seconds in the US had to order one from the UK lol. Should be worth it though
Sold out everywhere.
I can not find this any where ? HELP !
I'm glad I got these back when it was about a little over 50 bucks
How does it compare to Fricker's C*Blocker?
My Donner Tuner/mute switch is phenomenal very bright and clear. Might have to check this out and replace the Boss NS2 on my board as i think i have too many buffered pedals right now.
How’s it compare to the cockblocker?
this or the g8?
just scooped one!
yeah thats good
Sneaky Dirty Tree 😜 💣💥🚀
Would have been nice to see a comparison of it turned on and off...maybe next time.
I think at 2:55 that's all you need to hear as far as how much noise it removes
I suspect he didn't show this because if you read the fine print in the manual he showed it tells you that when setup 4CM it kills anything in its loop and sends a clean signal through when you disengage the pedal.
I had a donner pedal crap out on me. I loved that little delay but won't buy anymore since that happened. I have an isp decimator g string and it does a killerrrr job and its built like a tank for 250 bucks. I will say if I played djent i would totally buy this as an effect pedal for choppy computerized sounds. Do the smart thing and buy the square 4 year replacement warranty for 5 bucks for this one.
Would this work better than a tc iron curtain?
Do a video on the Greenchild Striker guitar pedal! I want to hear you opinions and I want to hear it on bass!
Would you rank this up there with the more expensive ISP Noise Gate?
Fluff....Is that a ((Sunn Model T in the background? Looks like an original not a re-issue if so....
Noise gate shoot out?
Does it effect the guitar tone ? Cuz a good gate doesn’t
No it doesn't
WAIT, it also has an effects loop?
Yep.
No it doesn’t! You can hook it up in 4cm into the front and fx loop of your amp
@@MetalheadOv666 Yes it does, hence the send and return inputs.
Might just buy one eventually 👀
WHERE IS THIS SOLD ???????
Is it available in Europe ? I'm French
I know it's available on Amazon
Quick setting / Attack 0 / Return 0 Just the setting I wanted to hear - THANKS!
Sold
Hip To Be Square🤘
So let me get this straight. Donner made a noise gate, which are mostly used by metal musicians, and they made it pink?
Not hating tho, I think the design looks cool.
Of course!
You have to be very secure of yourself as a musician to wear pink.
My Rivera Metal Shaman noise gate is that quick...🤘🤪
great, cant get it in Canada :(
Wow, that 4 cable setup could also be used as a way to get a "2nd channel" on a single channel amp like the mini Plexi and JCM 800. Gate off, will do the clean, while Gate on will give you the Amp's gain staging. You may need to add an EQ pedal to shape the signal going into the power amp when the gate is off, but hey, it's a pretty cool concept.
I don’t think it works like that
@@PigglyWigglyDeluxe Pause the video where Fluff shows the schematic of the 4 cable setup and read through.
Negative.
Maybe they took their time with the one they sent him idk mine sucked so I bought a sentry
What about tone coloring? Does it rob the high end like a boss ns2?
No, it does not. :)
@@FretLevelMidnight that settles it then, I'm getting one
RIP Fortin Zuul
Have you ever made your intro riff into a song?
Yeah
Still the Sentry Noisegate. But this is great too
Dope
That pedal seems great but, holy crap what a tee shirt.
I was 👍 number 666 🤘
Also, Im gonna go buy this now.
I bought one new earlier in the year: £41 delivered...
I have yet to find anything that beats the Boss NS-2
have you tried this pedal or the ISP Decimator G String?
The NS-2 is old school, but good. It’s nowhere near the new generation gate if you have a metal type tone.
TC Electronic Sentry.
@@grimm26 of course.
Ahh yes, the output and the iutput🤣
Wait what? A pedal that works and doesn't cost a kidney 😐 shut up and take my money 🤘🏻
There has to be a catch, right? RIGHT?!
@@bbck15 There isn't a catch, I've owned and used this pedal thoroughly for over half a year, the hype is BEYOND real.
There's always a catch, otherwise this would cost 500 bucks and not 50 bucks!
From a review on Reddit:
" The two main drawbacks I’ve encountered with this gate are that even with the Attack control set at the minimum, there is still that 1ms latency before your signal comes through. It’s not completely horrible, and is kind of what happens with all gates, but it’s there, and for any playing with a light touch, it will be a bit noticeable. The second problem is, if you are using the loop to put your dirt pedals in, the on/off switch will take any pedals in the loop out of your signal chain entirely. "
So here are the "catches", also inputs is misspelled on the pedal, look for it and you'll see 🤣🤣
I've been wanting a noise gate for some time, and while I have the shirt, the Cock-BLocker is out of my range right now (provided I can even find one on Reverb), and I was literally ordering this not 5 minutes after seeing this. It's supposed to be here Monday and can't wait!
DONNER 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻☮️