Modding my $20 Amuzik Noise Gate into an Killer ISP Decimator Clone!

In this exclusive mod tutorial, I show you just how easy (or not) it is to swap a few parts and turn the cheapest noise gate I could find on Amazon into a near-perfect clone of the ISP Decimator - and prove it! This pedal wasn’t bad, but it was too slow, and after some research, I found out the circuit is actually based on the ISP Decimator thanks to the study of this pedal done by Toshi Okada at: Check out the original test that inspired this! More info and schematic here: The components I changed in the Amuzik Noise gate are -R8 (stock 1M) lowered to 470k -R35 (stock 10M and R12 in the Decimator) lowered to While this gets extremely close to the release time of the Decimator, it’s very possible that you could make it even faster with lower values, just keep them 10x apart, such as 330k/, etc. Below a certain point, it may sound unnatural, but I haven’t tested that. The ISP Decimator v1 is also through-hole, so I may try lowering the values of R8/R12 on that too - that would be a much easier mod, though more expensive if you don’t have an original Decimator! 0:00 The Mod 8:34 Audio Tests 11:42 Should You Do This Mod? #elecronics #guitarpedals #musicproduction Come hang out on the Discord and download my free IR’s: If you want to help support this channel, buy my music on bandcamp! ____________________________________