When did a new isp decimator come out?

[Mike]

Cause they are not marketing this thing at all and I can't find any demos of it.

ISP Technologies | Pro Audio Solutions | Decimator Guitar Pedal

Elevate your performance with ISP Technologies' cutting-edge Pro Audio gear, including the groundbreaking Decimator guitar pedal, speakers, amplifiers, and effect processors. Experience unmatched sound clarity and control for musicians and sound engineers worldwide.

www.isptechnologies.com

Their description (aside from all the nonsense marketing jargon) actually makes it sound like it's utilizing some type of key input like the most recent wave of zuul/modified zuul/2203kk gates. I know the previous decimator II G string said it also tracked but I owned one and call bs. It never felt like it tracked squat compared to how key gate pedals are able to open and close using a clean signal feed.

I've owned all of the decimators and have a love hate relationship with them. Tempted to try this one anyway though and see if it's truly some type of combination of current gating tech with ISP's noise detection expertise.

Edit: Also found a longer write up on the new pedals technology in the news section of their site (so I suppose that answers the when lol):

The All New Decimator X Adaptive Noise Reduction Pedal

Elevate your performance with ISP Technologies' cutting-edge Pro Audio gear, including the groundbreaking Decimator guitar pedal, speakers, amplifiers, and effect processors. Experience unmatched sound clarity and control for musicians and sound engineers worldwide.

www.isptechnologies.com

 

[Grindspine]

This is news to me. I've got 2x Decimator II pedals on my Triaxis board (one after input buffer, one after boost pedals) connected via the 1/8" link cable; the 2nd gate does follow the input signal from the link. I've got a Decimator II G-string on my Mark 525 board. That one also tracks the input from the buffer. I don't even use the loop out on that since my Fryette buffer has two outputs.

I also have a Decimate X on my solid state Crate board. That is just a single-ended gate after the input buffer since I didn't want to invest heavily in it. All three Decimator setups I use (four pedals) are superior to the Rocktron Hush or the Electro Harmonix Silencer pedal that I tried.

I wouldn't mind looking into this new X version just to reduce the number of pedals on my Triaxis board from the 2x Decimator II pedals down to one pedal.

 

[rexbinary]

The Deci-Mate X mini and G mini came out in 2018. The full-size Decimator X and G came out last month.

 

[TheWarAgainstTime]

I use two Decimator II pedals in my main rig and have been considering swapping at least one of them for a Deci-Mate to save some space. I'd be interested to see how the X differs from the II as well as how the mini pedals stack up. I've never gotten a clear answer about which "version" the mini pedals are between the I or II, and now I'm wondering if they'd be more similar to the X

 

[rexbinary]

I emailed ISP back in 2018 and asked them about the DECI-MATE:

How does the new DECI-MATE compare to two linked Decimator II pedals? Does
one clearly out perform the other?

Sorry for the late reply. There is no question that 2 of the Decimator II units linked will provide higher performance than a single Deci-mate pedal. The big advantage of the Deci-mate is the smaller footprint and we have made a new improvement in the release time response. This new Decimator X technology, as we are calling it, has an improvement for long sustained notes. There was an improvement in release response when we went from the original Decimator to the Decimator II and now the new Decimator X technology provides the smoothest release yet with virtually no ripple in the decay of long sustained notes. It really depends on playing style, some players who play metal may not notice this difference with more staccato type of playing but other playing styles like rock, blues etc will find this adds to the transparency of the Deci-mate.

The actual effective noise reduction will still be better with two units linked, which you cannot do with the Deci-mate pedal.

Let me know if you have any other questions?

Buck Waller
ISP Technologies

 

[Grindspine]

The link feature really made the Decimator II special, since 2 pedals could be linked to react to the input signal, so 2x Decimator II pedals could perform like a G-string pedal.

On my Mark 525 rig, my Decimator II G-string does have some of the flutter mentioned as a sustained note reaches threshold. I never noticed any of that with the Deci-mate X pedal that I have, but that is less capable since it is set up as a single-ended noise reduction.

I will probably get at least one of the Decimator X G-string pedals to replace the Decimator II G-string.

 

[Mike]

I attempted to run 2 Decimator II's linked when I had a 6505+ (one after dirt, one in the loop before delays/modulations) and unfortunately for whatever reason when linked, there was a terrible hum like there was a ground loop somewhere. I love the idea in theory but it just did not want to play nice for me and I tried everything to resolve it.