Mine did seem louder at first. I had to adjust it to get the best results. On my bow it has to be just touching the string, on my buddies Hoyt it has to be about 1/16" off the string. I had to play around a bit but am very pleased with the results. Give that a try, on the string and then just off. BTW the noise I got was more of a thud than a rattle for what its worth.