The most classic scenario here would look something like Instrument–NR300 Input––NR300 Return. Just like the Boss NS-2, the Behringer NR300 has and input and output, as well as a send and return, meaning that this pedal essentially has its own loop, in which you can put all of the effects that you would like the gate to act on. As you stop playing, the reduction light fades back on as the gate closes again. When you play, the gate opens to let the signal through, and the reduction light dims. What’s happening here is the light is giving you real-time monitoring on the status of the gate. Now, you will notice that the reduction light fades off and on as you play. As long as this light is on, the gate is on and working.
To help clear some of this up, this pedal features a second light, labeled REDUCTION. So actually, in mute mode, the pedal is actually always engaged, and the MUTE/BATT light at the top of the pedal does not indicate that the pedal is turned on, but rather that the mute function is engaged. The MUTE mode is a bit different: when the pedal is engaged, the input signal is completely muted, and when the pedal is disengaged the noise gate is on. REDUCTION represents the noise gate mode, meaning that when the pedal is engaged, the gate is on, and when the pedal is disengaged, the gate is off. The mode knob allows you to toggle between the pedal’s two different modes. Theoretically, setting the THRESH at minimum and the DECAY at maximum will give you the most natural sound, while the opposite will give you an aggressive, fully gated sound. The higher the decay knob is set, the quicker the gate will close. The decay knob controls the speed with which the gate swings shut. The THRESH knob controls the level at which the gate will kick in, and so the higher this knob is turned, the greater the incoming signal needs to be to keep the gate open.
The interface of the NR300 is almost identical to that of the NS-2, and features a THRESH (threshold) knob, and a DECAY knob, as well as a switch to toggle between the MUTE and REDUCTION modes. He does a great job explaining the whole thing, and is quite thorough in his discussion of the whole line of Behringer’s clone pedals.
The primary manufacturing site occupies its own city in China! Josh from JHS pedals recently made a video in which he details some of the inner-workings of Behringer (embedded below). How does Uli Behringer (the company’s founder) achieve this? Well for one thing, his company is absolutely enormous. at Behringer that is, it is common to find copies (often practically exact) of well known products at significantly lower prices. In fact, this offering from Behringer functions much like the Boss pedal, although it can be purchased for a significantly lower price. The NR300 from Behringer is a two-knob noise gate that bears a striking resemblance to the Boss NS-2.
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