what do Noise Suppressor's really do

[jo jo]

ya what do they do

 

[fragility]

Supress noise..they eliminate unwated noise in your signal essentially

 

[nicosanchez]

It's a "noise gate" (or, if you want to go more technical, an expander), when the signal from the guitar (or anything else) drops below certain level (threshold), it shuts down the output, so no noise is heard, like the noise from cheap cables, transformers or just when you use tons of gain.

 

[jo jo]

so its mainly for doing live stuff?

 

[Javier B.]

No, you can activate it playing at your house too, ´cause many times interferences such as Electronic devices or even tv or radio signals can influence your guitar or amp sound.

 

[jo jo]

so does it make it sound like your playing a lot cleaner

 

[nicosanchez]

No, it just removes hum and other noises when you're not playing.