Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Ultimate Dynamics Effects Pedal

I bought the Behringer NR300 Noise Reducer and the Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer at the same time. (My comments are identical for both pedals.) For me, this pedal does a great job at 1/4 the price of the popular competing brand. My official rating is 4.5. I'm docking 0.5 point for the difficulty in replacing the battery (details later in this review). By all means, check the other reviews for their impressions of this effects pedal. I'd like to address some things I haven't seen in other reviews. Based on my experience, you MUST power this pedal with a FRESH 9V battery. And remember, batteries don't last forever. As the battery reaches the end of its useful life, you will begin to hear unpleasant distortions. That's the time to put in a new battery, or switch to a 9V adapter. Beware, though, that sound may be degraded if you power the pedal with a garden variety 9V adapter. I tried a random adapter that was lying around, and I got the same gravely sound as I did from a dying battery. My theory is that cheaper adapters may have significant amounts of AC coming through on top of the DC, and that AC can leak into the signal processing circuitry and affect the sound. Some AC on the DC is okay if you are a powering a lamp, but not if you want unadulterated sound coming from your guitar. So use only a high quality adapter. I use the Visual Sound One Spot Adapter, available here on Amazon. I can't detect any of the distortion I heard when using a dying battery or cheap adapter. Yes, the One Spot is more expensive than other adapters, but it's designed specifically to power effects pedals. While you're ordering the One Spot Adapter, get a Visual Sound One Spot Multi-Plug Cable so the adapter can power multiple effects pedals. There's another reason not to use batteries. You must remove the pedal from the base to get to the battery compartment. The pedal is very difficult to remove and replace. The pedal pivots on two spring-loaded pins that are an exact fit into the holes in the pedal. Removing the pedal is awkward, at best. When replacing the pedal, it's difficult to get the pins lined up with the holes. If I were regularly using batteries, I would chamfer the inside corners of the holes, or carefully drill out the holes to make them a few thousandths larger. One surprise was the battery connector. It's a hefty plastic unit, unlike the cheesy 9V connectors found on most products—you know, the kind that are wrapped in vinyl and feel like they will break when you are trying to pry them off the battery. Frankly, this is the first product I've encountered with a high quality 9V battery connector.

This compressor is great for studio/recording settings, as is the case with other behringer products. The case is plastic so might not be the most durable pedal for live performances, but to me the sound is well worth the $30. I use this on my electric 6 string and 12 string guitars, and it sounds great recording with garageband with a touch more software compression! It adds plenty of jangle and sustain. Also works very well with bass guitars. My only complaint is that it gets a little noisy when increasing the sustain, but there is plenty of headroom and it's not enough to take away a star in my eyes.

I have another compressor pedal which I use a lot, but it lacks a good sustain. This pedal is a decent compressor, but the big thing about this pedal is the sustain, which is truly outstanding. I put it in the front part of a pedal chain, turn up the sustain, and the sound is fantastic. The price is very friendly. The only issue I have is that it’s made of plastic, so I don’t know how it would handle long-term heavy use. But for recording purposes, it’s a real gem.

I been playing music professionally for over 40 years and I also have two massive pedalboards. I had one board without a compressor so I said for 25 bucks who can go wrong. WOW!!!!! it sounded so Amazing till I order another one to replace my order compressor and since this pedal is ALWAYS on I don't see in the future of having any problems with the Heavy duly Plastic housing. Keep up the Great works Behringer and by the way I also install audio systems in Houses of Worship and 9 out of 10 use Behringer X-32 boards..

I tried recording my drums with a mono overhead wa-47jr mic through a GAP 73 then re-amped thru the Behringer CS400. Overall I’d say it’s a solid budget solution for this application. Would you be better off dropping the extra $$ on the Boss CS-3? Probably. As far as build quality. The pedal has a plastic housing with a metal base. The knobs feel good and firm. My biggest issue with the pedal and main reason it got 3 stars rather than 4 is due to access to battery compartment. The fact that you have to jam a ballpoint pen into each side of your pedal just to open it up as absurd and in addition, the pressure that you need to apply just to get the housing to snap back together seems like a recipe for disaster.

Behringer, like many other pedal makers out there, makes clones of other pedals. The difference is that Behringer isn't a greedy and doesn't as much or more than the original pedal. Most of Behringer's pedals are modeled on BOSS pedals and you can't go wrong with that! This one is a quality Compression/Sustainer pedal and like with any good pedal, if you can't get great tone out of it the problem is with you. This is a full size (think BOSS) pedal. Some are overly critical of the plastic housing, but it's a solid housing and I can't imagine what you're have to do with it to break it. Speaking of which, have you ever seen a picture of a Behringer pedal with a broken housing? Me Neither. My only suggestion is that you research compressions pedals a little before buy this or any other. It's not just a case of turning a knob and getting endless sustain. It's a little more subtle that that, with more parameters to play with.

Ive been using this compression pedal for a while now and I’m really impressed it smooths out my playing nicely keeps the volume consistent and adds a nice touch to my tone without sounding artificial The controls are easy to adjust so I can dial in exactly the sound I want.

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Excellent

This compression/sustain pedal is basic but very nice, also very reasonably priced. It gives the guitar a sweet, lingering tone, good for jazz as well as rock music, specially when playing lead. It really brightens up the clean tone of a Strat using the neck pickup. It also gives a nice long sustain when coupled with a distortion pedal at low or medium distortion. I don't think it's very useful at high distortion though.

Excelente para pedal, la función de sustainer es lo que más me gusta, es una diferencia notable cuando esta encendido, siempre se siente la diferencia en lugar de escucharse, recomendado para usos específicos.