OTO Machines FX - BIM BAM BOUM

[circuitghost]

I started a thread here on the search for a very specific delay, and figured I’d love the opinions from you OTO bunch -

Please help me find a haunting piece of dirt delay

Have you considered getting an Octatrack again? You could have many different weird delays for sure… And all the grit you need!

[chiasticon]

@wym

my audio interface is on 24/7 and my other samplers and synth including vintages are always on most time except when i’m away for more than a day or two.

why? I can’t comment on the electrical side of it. seems kinda wasteful though. guess you don’t pay the electric bill in your house! I generally turn lights off when I leave a room. can’t imagine leaving all my synths on!

[berlin]

BIM is cool.

Buy BIM.

Expensive though.

But money is less cool than BIM.

[wym]

of course i turn lights off lol i think i just like my musical gears always on so i can quickly do something whenever i want and electric bill is not that bad and for winter time, i don’t need to turn my radiator on lol

[TobySD]

BOUM - would like to order one as an end of chain > PA
How good is the compressor as a limiter? Need a wall, don’t want to trash hearing abilities with uncontrolled live electro acoustic frequency spikes and feedback hell.

Also, do I need a DI box (passive stereo) from the BOUM to the PA? (I can’t predict the distance(s) that will occur at the venue(s).

Thanks folks!

[mar.beso]

I have purchased one with the same intention. But it is not capable to make proper limiting. You cannot adjust the input gain. Even in the lowest setting it will smash everything. Also no gain matching with drive and output knobs.
Good posts here:

Small form factor Limiter for live use?

Yeah that’s true. It really depends on how preconstructed your set and how even your levels are. I remember reading somewhere on elektronauts that somebody used the fmr rnla parallel on a seperate channel of the mixer which led to a nice and punchy mix. Though i don’t know how he took care of level spikes on the main channel.

Now I use it as a low cutted compressed enhancer with mix around 40%.
Afterwards EHX platform, works great as limiter and you can adjust gain to PA. Yes, it’s digital but check here:

Analog mastering limiters - Gearspace.com

I use it as master insert in Xone96, so no DI needed.

[Dymaxion]

The Boum is balanced, so you won’t need a DI.

[TobySD]

Will get an EHX Platform and give it a shot for brick wall limiting.

[mar.beso]

Is Boum not unbalanced?

[zollenz]

@Dymaxion

The Boum is balanced

Unfortunately, no.

[Dymaxion]

Bizarre, I stand corrected — I could have sworn it was.

[Marek]

should be balanced, at least the inputs…

OTO Machines FX - BIM BAM BOUM

I also discovered something more mundane but probably more useful to most people. I couldn’t work out why the 100% dry signal in active mode was louder than the bypass mode. It may be obvious to most people but it wasn’t to me so I’ll put it here in case it helps someone. You really need to use balanced cables for the input to the Boum in order for the Boum dry signal output levels to match when in bypass vs active mode (with ‘mix’ at 100% dry). You can test this by having 100% dry signal mix…

[generalkustard]

Used OTO Machines Boum Effector Stereo Warming Unit With Power Adapter Rare ...

then add VAT and import duty.
Crikey… I’ll let mine go for half that price… PM me if interested.

[AldoVino]

lol, I never know if they’re joking or not!

[generalkustard]

Yeah I see the rest of their prices are similarly obese. Perhaps it’s a comment on the true value of the dollar…

[ericd]

Dennis from Boum suggested using balanced cables, which did fix the problem I had with the bypass outputting a different volume compared to the 100% dry signal in active mode. I’m not really technically minded enough to add much more to the balanced/ubalanced question, other than this did fix the problem.

[CitizenJ]

I swear to Almighty Steve the whole balanced vs unbalanced thing and under what circumstances it makes a difference (and to what) still leaves me utterly confounded.

(Sorry for the derail rant but it’s been a tough day and I needed a safe place to vent. I love you guys.)

[p0k]

• 1 on this as well, i messaged them about purchasing new knobs because i wanted my BIM BAM BOUM to all match and he sent me the ones i needed free of charge!

[ML]

just got the BIM and the BAM … i have the audiofuse studio and ableton live … can’t figure out how to connect the pedals to audiofuse inside ableton so i can use them with my instruments software … and audio tracks … any idea ?