When did a new isp decimator come out?

[Mike]

Well it sucks. It's no different than the decimator II g string. It's nothing like a key gate and does not track in a manner that I consider tracking i.e. like Zuul's/Zuul clones. To get a nice tight stacatto, start stop gating, you need to crank it to the -30, -20db setting (noon-1:00), but in doing so you get noticeable signal dregradation and those settings cause sputtering/instant cutting off of sustained notes as they fade out. So no the decimator x g string does not perfectly handle staccato and sustain through some intelligent detection. It's pretty much pick one or the other.

 

[TheWarAgainstTime]

Well it sucks. It's no different than the decimator II g string. It's nothing like a key gate and does not track in a manner that I consider tracking i.e. like Zuul's/Zuul clones. To get a nice tight stacatto, start stop gating, you need to crank it to the -30, -20db setting (noon-1:00), but in doing so you get noticeable signal dregradation and those settings cause sputtering/instant cutting off of sustained notes as they fade out. So no the decimator x g string does not perfectly handle staccato and sustain through some intelligent detection. It's pretty much pick one or the other.

Sad to hear it's not an improvement with that kind of configuration. I've never tried any "key" or 4CM gates like the Zuul or G-String since I've always gotten the results I want from two separate regular Decimator II pedals in different spots in my chain.

I do have to either kick the first one off or stand right near my cabinets to get super long sustain, but that hasn't been a huge hurdle since I've got different overdrive/gate combinations set up in midi presets on my switcher