Best Noise Gate: Fortin Mini ZUUL - Unboxing, Demo vs. TC Electronic Sentry

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I've never watched your videos before, but your approach (as well as your cat) sold me straight away. Subbed!

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

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[@mm1982]

I'm in agreement, that little Zuul is pretty killer. It definitely does its job in a far less interfering manner. The extra brightness when you hit those chords made it apparent.

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

Metal Massacre I’m glad you can hear the small difference! When you’ve gone this far down the rabbit hole, every little bit helps.

[@joeysimoneau]

How does it compare to the normal zuul?

[@erichfrederick9229]

Cool review. I'm playing on a mooer noise killer right now, and been thinking about getting the mini zuul. I was holding back because i wasn't going to use the key input. But this video shows you don't need to use the key input and just use the input and output like the noise killer. I just need it for my pedalboard.

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

@@erichfrederick9229 yep I’m still using it in this way and it works great!

[@harrytuttle8161]

There are two , ok Three pedals I never wanted or knew I needed until now , #1 Noise Gate , #2 Compressor ,and #3 BBE / Aural Exciter .

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

Yeah not the most exciting effects but they can be useful! I never tried an aural exciter but did use a sonic maximizer briefly back in the day

[@grantusguitar1269]

The tc sentry could be filtering out certain eq because it has a three band noise gate to adjust. Cool video though

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

Good point! The Sentry has lots of tweakable parameters that I never got into

[@grantusguitar1269]

@@DrDannyMannGuitar That's kinda the plus for the zull though is if you got a splitter its just crushing from the "gate" haha

[@BLEMUS1211]

Great Vid! I'm glad you compared the Zuul with the Sentry, I've been wanting to try the Sentry but now I'm pretty sure I'll be picking up a Zuul! More comparison vids!

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

Balmore Lemus thanks bro! Sentry served me well for years, but I think ZUUL is king right now

[@JRP3music]

I like a noise gate at the input and at the fx loop. Made a huge difference.

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

JRPowell3_Music yeah I used to do this as well. I got a less noisy amp and goin with a more simple rig

[@kevinfeatherstone6062]

good kitty...I'm on a mini pedal kick right now and I just might have to get one of these. good video dude!

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

kevinfeatherstone thanks! You won’t be disappointed with this one!

[@edouardbleed1682]

very nice so imagine with the key input in the fx loop..

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

Edouard Bleed yes that would give you mega silence!

[@edouardbleed1682]

@@DrDannyMannGuitar Yeah but it's not for all configuration I use this method because i play with high gain amp and overdrive pedal but with your sound it's perfect like that !

[@HenryKhiev]

Love it!

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

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Sick riff! Is that a Sorizon song? 1:30

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

Thanks man! Yes its from the song Thanatos Rising

[@mikehunt576]

not sure which to choose, the sentry has software to allow long chords and feedback to ring long with no cutting off, the zuul should be used with the key in out to amp to also allow long chords but no one has showed a video of this been successful

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

I just turn any gate off when I want things to sustain forever. That’s the beauty of a pedal!

[@adriankalebra666]

I run my sentry through the chain and the fxloop and its silent. I have a zuul as well but I wish I would have saved the money and got the sentry first. It's the same to me

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

adriankalebra666 cool dude whatever works for you!

[@adriankalebra666]

@@DrDannyMannGuitar yeah I mean its preference really. The zuul is an amazing pedal. The good thing about it when I first got it was I used the fx loop and used the key input to my signal engaged it with the threshold all the way down and it was silent. That's pretty nuts. The sentry I had to mess with for awhile to get it to do the same thing. And hooking it up to the signal chain and the fx loop is a bit confusing you cant just got input output through the signal chain then send and return to the fx loop it doesn't work. Overall its just a good pedal for the price point is what I was really trying to say. I'm not knocking the Zuul cause it is a very powerful noise gste

[@tommann876]

Great helpful video, awesome cat!! 🤘🏻😻

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

Tom Mann thanks bro! Awesome last name ;)

[@wesliggett2454]

Hey man! Just got a Zuul and am not liking it too much. I’m using a Bogner uberschall. The Zuul doesn’t do much in front on the amp, where most of my pedal noise comes from. In the loop with the key it doesn’t work with my delay. Any tips??

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

Hey Wes, sorry to hear that you're struggling with your noise. It sounds like you want to have it in the effects loop using the key. Are you running your delay after the Zuul? I think that could solve the delay issue.

[@wesliggett2454]

Dr. Danny Mann thanks so much for your reply. I have no idea what happened, but after fighting with it for hours last night, I gave up. No one touched it while I was at work. When I got home, it all worked perfectly! The key input really makes the thing react differently. Thanks for the help and awesome vids! I think I’m really going to like this gate now!

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

@@wesliggett2454 hell yeah! Congrats dude

[@timothymailloux7257]

Say I'm running 2-3 distortion pedals at once for my lead sound (amps totally clean), would the Zuul be better in the effects loop or after all the distortion pedals and going straight to the front of the amp?

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

Timothy Mailloux Zuul will cut the most noise in the effects loop, but if your loop isn’t super transparent then just going through the loop could add some tone suck compared to not using the loop. If you get one, there’s nothing better than experimenting with it in different spots in your rig

[@toneconsultant]

I'll admit, I was going to roast your and your post because the Zuul needs a bit more explanation in it's setup. I, however, would actually hear the differences. With that said, it was a bit more informative than most Zuul review.

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

Toneconsultant gmail I hope this helped in some way!

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[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

ShiftStyle lol! I’ve gotten that before. Thanks for checking out the vid

[@ShiftStyle]

Dr. Danny Mann no problem bro thank you for the useful information I’m looking for a noise gate for my Mesa jp2c so I definitely am leaning to getting this mini thanks to your video

[@DrDannyMannGuitar]

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