This is a great little Noise Gate from the folks at Artec. Nothing sterile or Digital sounding, just a great old school type of Noise Gate that will keep your effects line under control by eliminating annoying feedback ticks, pops and buzzes that can rob you of tone or even worse, take away from your performance. When engaged, the gate can be set to respond to your dynamics and will render your signal dead quiet when you need to shout out at an audience.