Noise Gate Pedals: What's Your Poison?

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I know there's already Orv's "Noise Floor" thread, but I wanted to make one about dedicated gate pedals, mainly because I'm currently shopping for one.

I thought my rig was "complete", and now I've successfully managed to find another loophole to keep buying pedals. Congrats to me, eh?

The gates that I've narrowed it down to:

- Ibanez PT Gate (probably top contender)
- Joyo Legal Done (Revv G8 clone, looks terrible though)
- TC Sentry (nice but digital and I'd rather avoid Music Tribe)
- Boss NS-1X (nice but digital, a tad above my idea of a budget)

ISP stuff isn't really an option due to their steep pricing.
The good old Boss NS-2 is probably legit but seems outdated in some aspects.
Fortin: not sure, tbh

I'm certain that I want one with loop/"key" in/out jacks that can do 4CM stuff, so a simple gate that doesn't have those is not for me.

I'd want to stay under 150€, ideally somewhere around 100€, which should be doable.

There's no interesting Black Friday deals on gates yet from EU retailers, tho. Maybe during the next few days, I'm not in a rush (but GAS, y'know).

Any good/bad experiences you'd like to share?

Is there even a big difference between analog and digital signal paths in a noise gate? I've read the Sentry introduces a few ms of latency - probably not noticeable, I'd guess.

What are your favorite and somewhat affordable gates?
 
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I’ve got one of these on the way right now. It was recommended by @Blix

It is ISP, but it wasn’t expensive. I got mine for around $100


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Yeah, I've seen this but ruled it out since it has no loop. Awesome gate otherwise, I'm sure about that.

They do have a G version with a loop. I don’t know anything about the loop part, I think I heard around here that it uses kind of an annoying y-cable though

 
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