Muzzle NG versus Zuul NG

[guitarbruno76]

Hi to all,
I' ve got the Muzzle noise gate from Musikding, a good one.
For some reason, I'd prefer to avoid the FX loop of my amp , cause adding too much jack cables in the circuit...
So I'd like to choose Fortin Zuul+ method, 4 cables with no FX loop.
When I experiment it, it doesnt work fine, I have sound, but the noise gate is too drastic! It cutter the buzzes when I use disto, but the sound is hesitant. Also when I use clean sound, the sustain is bad.
So I can only use the Muzzle, with simple option ( no side chain) or 4 cables option with FX loop of my amp.
The pedal chain with problem is:
Guitar _ Side chain in - Side chain out - All noisy pédals (wah, comp,od, dist) - Noise gate in - Noise gate out - All space and mod pedals ( chorus, revers, delay...) - Amp.
So do you encounter same problem?
Thx to all, greetings from France.
Bruno

 

[Elijah-Baley]

I got twice a defective chips. The pedal doesn't work fine, especially with the four cable method in the FX loop, the one that should be the best. In general in the FX loop it doesn't work good at all.
I couldn't use the noise gate, because it cut hum and sound.
The first one I built the Muzzle, the one with the original chip no smd, was perfect!
The third smd chip I received worked better.