has anyone compared the FMR RNC to the OTO BOUM?
I’ve always loved the Boum at the end of my hardware chain, but i barely use the saturation (very very low, on the boost setting “1” if i do, with maybe 50% wet/parallel mix) and i dont like the 1 knob compression ratio/threashold very much. i dont love setting attack and decay separately in menu either, its not very intuitive for me with something as subtle as a compressor where i need to focus on how the parameters are effecting the sound in realtime. and i use a couple compressor plugins in ableton
lately, i’ve been bypassing it a lot because i get more “clear” mixes when i dont boost everything pre-stereo daw recording, and just do the compression and saturation more subtly and deliberately in the daw. still just one stereo signal, not multitracking, but i find the boum better as a “finisher” for adding heat and a nice overall character rather than a malleable glue for dynamics and “groove” the way an ssl bus comp or mjuc (or even decapitator) works in ableton. i wish the boum saturation had the sweet spot range of the culture vulture/decapitator, because thats out of my price range currently
i have a platform, which is actually more noticeable in some ways than the boum, but definitely not as much of a general “sweetener” like Boum is. i still love it, but i wish i had something a little more clear for hardware compression, and the fmr rnc always sounded nice to me in theory
maybe even the alesis would give me the control i need? so hard to tell what’s good until you actually try them out for yourself i guess, but this is especially true with older cheaper gear. you have to figure out whether its underrated & overlooked or rightfully passed over