Detail 01
Noise gate, not a filter
It mutes the signal below a threshold. It does not remove noise while you are playing.
Product detailSKU #1296155736090
MXRM195 Noise Clamp Noise Reduction Guitar Effects Pedal
Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
A noise gate that runs your whole pedalboard through its sidechain, cutting hiss and hum between notes. For high-gain rigs with noisy pedals.
Strong match
Who this is for
- High-gain amps that hiss loudly during pauses
- Boards with several fuzz, distortion or overdrive pedals stacked
- Single-coil guitars picking up buzz on stage
Consider the trade-offs
When to look elsewhere
- Clean players with quiet rigs and no hum problem
- Anyone wanting long ambient decay tails to ring out
- Fixing bad cables or a grounding fault at the source
What matters in use
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Detail 02
Send and return loop
Noisy pedals sit inside the loop, so the gate reacts to your dry guitar instead of their output.
Detail 03
Runs the whole board
One unit handles the accumulated hiss of a full chain instead of gating one pedal at a time.
Detail 04
Trigger threshold control
Set it just above your noise floor. Too high and quiet notes get chopped off.
Detail 05
Compact MXR housing
Small footprint on a crowded board, but it needs a spot near your gain pedals.
Final check
Know before you order
- 01No power supply or patch cables included; you need two extra cables for the loop
- 02Placement matters: gain pedals go inside the loop, time effects after
- 03A gate hides hum, it does not cure it; check your cables first
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01Where does it go in my signal chain?
Put it before your gain pedals in the main path, then run those noisy pedals through the send and return loop so the gate keys off your clean guitar signal.
02Will it cut off my sustain?
It can if the threshold is set too high. Dial it just above the noise floor so held notes decay naturally before the gate closes.
03Does it work for bass?
It gates any instrument-level signal, so a noisy bass rig works. There is no bass-specific voicing or filtering here.
04Can it fix a 60-cycle hum from my single coils?
It silences that hum between notes. While you are playing, the hum is still there under the signal.
Reference
Full specifications
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1 detailsBody & build
- Color
- Red
