turnbullac wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:22 pm Was looking for a compression pedal/unit to use on some of my more harmonic output. Found an OTO machines Boum (from France ooh la la) and its really awesome. It really imparts character to just about everything, and its pretty intuitive and playable, much more so than a DAW or whatever would be needed to combine shit in this particular way IMO. I like it so much that I’m sourcing the other two effects units they have, the Bim and Bam.



BIM https://www.otomachines.com/product/bim/

BAM https://www.otomachines.com/product/bam/

BOUM https://www.otomachines.com/product/boum/

Also plenty more demo videos up for the trio google is your friend.

2-1/2 years later! Are you still happy with them?

I’m really interested in these - particularly their Oto Boum compressor and Oto BIM delay. Most of the samples out there seem to focus on electronic music, which I don’t do.

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turnbullac wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:22 pm Was looking for a compression pedal/unit to use on some of my more harmonic output. Found an OTO machines Boum (from France ooh la la) and its really awesome. It really imparts character to just about everything, and its pretty intuitive and playable, much more so than a DAW or whatever would be needed to combine shit in this particular way IMO. I like it so much that I’m sourcing the other two effects units they have, the Bim and Bam.



BIM https://www.otomachines.com/product/bim/

BAM https://www.otomachines.com/product/bam/

BOUM https://www.otomachines.com/product/boum/

Also plenty more demo videos up for the trio google is your friend.

2-1/2 years later! Are you still happy with them?

I’m really interested in these - particularly their Oto Boum compressor and Oto BIM delay. Most of the samples out there seem to focus on electronic music, which I don’t do.

I have all three units now and I love them and use them all the time (for electronic music). They are solidly built but definitely desktop/FX loop units (no stomp switching unless you have finger toes). They also play well together in series.

I got a deal on a FMR RNC 1773 racked up with the RNC RNLA7239. I was already familiar with the RNC but have never used anything else they make and I'm a little confused at why the RNLA doesn't get the props that the RNC gets. The RNC does a great job of being a really light handed compressor and does it's thing almost invisible, but the RNLA sounds really good. The "Log" Release button (seems to kinda soften the opening of the compressor a little, slowing it down without slowing it down) is sweet as fuck and I kinda which every comp had that switch. Not positive of what it is doing but I like it a lot. Weirdly overlooked piece of budget gear and I wish I had bought one forever ago when they came out. I wish FMR made a half rack stereo 3 band a la a the Trident 3 Band cause I would love to build a RNC Chain with their Preamp, one of these comps. It would probably be the best quality channel strip on the market for the price. I'm just going to park them on 2 of my console busses for parallel comping. They are really nice.

Kniferide wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:09 pm I got a deal on a FMR RNC 1773 racked up with the RNC RNLA7239. I was already familiar with the RNC but have never used anything else they make and I'm a little confused at why the RNLA doesn't get the props that the RNC gets. The RNC does a great job of being a really light handed compressor and does it's thing almost invisible, but the RNLA sounds really good. The "Log" Release button (seems to kinda soften the opening of the compressor a little, slowing it down without slowing it down) is sweet as fuck and I kinda which every comp had that switch. Not positive of what it is doing but I like it a lot. Weirdly overlooked piece of budget gear and I wish I had bought one forever ago when they came out. I wish FMR made a half rack stereo 3 band a la a the Trident 3 Band cause I would love to build a RNC Chain with their Preamp, one of these comps. It would probably be the best quality channel strip on the market for the price. I'm just going to park them on 2 of my console busses for parallel comping. They are really nice.

Yeah I really do love that thing. I have another RNC that doesn’t get used nearly as much, but the RNLA and PBC6A I use on pretty much everything that needs compression on every song. I have thought about getting another RNLA but there’s always something else to buy. On some sources, where the RNC isn’t as transparent as it’s supposed to be, the RNLA always works. And whenever I try the RNLA on something, I rarely ever take it off.

It’s cousin, the PBC6A, has more character and is supposed to be similar-ish to the Distressor, but my favorite use is for those blooming, thonky 60s and 70s direct sounds where the bass is it’s own center of gravity, kind of like you’d hear on that era Bob Dylan record or something. Where the playing is sparse, but upfront and kind of heavy. That and basic Pultec style low end cleanup and a cool bass sounds like a record.

Both work great, and I pretty much never compress more than a few db unless there’s a problem area somewhere in the song, and at that point I might try to poke it down a little with automation anyways. I know there’s character in both of those boxes, probably more so w/ the PBC6A, but I don’t use them for dirt or blown out sounds. They just sound good.

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:41 am Both work great, and I pretty much never compress more than a few db unless there’s a problem area somewhere in the song, and at that point I might try to poke it down a little with automation anyways. I know there’s character in both of those boxes, probably more so w/ the PBC6A, but I don’t use them for dirt or blown out sounds. They just sound good.

Yeah, sweet spot seems to be with them just tickling the -2dB light between 2-3:1. Ill buy one of those PBC6A someday but I really don't need any more outboard comps. Just thought it was funny that when you hear FMR you only really hear about the RNC.

Deucetone Rat - had it since Christmas and have used it extensively. Love the You Dirty Rat and the Turbo Rat together. Doofy that the switches are so close to one another, but it's awesome to hit both and hear drummer go 'Oh Shit'

Kinman Thickmaster Jazzmaster pickups: hotter and significantly darker than the AV65 pickups in my other main JM, but in a very musical way. Less hum than most of my humbuckers. Expensive. Worth it. Have now spent almost as much upgrading this MIJ Jazzmaster ($750) as I did buying it ($850), but I have no regrets. Well, I have mostly regrets. None about this, though.

Sequential Pro-3 got here today. They've started using a darker varnish on their wood cheeks and the finish detail was pretty rough buuuuut I planned on replacing those with something cool anyhow. The dark is growing on me. Might as well fire it up and see how it so--..

Holy shit, three hours later I just came up with air. Feels like the first time I played a really nice guitar. Ran in mono and then stereo through two 150w amps and it sounded like the beginning or end of the world.
I bought the Behringer Pro-1 when it came out to dip my toe into mono synths and loved it, wrote a bunch of stuff but realized my brain and playing live needs to save settings on the device. I had that and an old ESQ-1 that rips, and was our main gigging synth until I got the Sequential Rev2 and became a (warning) fanboy. I love the Rev2 and it sounds killer in our 2-guitar/bass/synth/drums band

I do not want to become a collector, or duster of synths, so the Pro-3 was strategic because it covers a lot of ground and I can feel 'done'. I wanted one singular mono synth that could save patches and make terrifying noises - this delivered and then some. The keybed is beautiful feeling, something so many synths lack, and as turns out my spouse/synth player is a real snob about "Because someone actually plays piano instead of making weird sounds". The three filters sound amazing, the controls are super simple, the sequencer is fantastic, it's super deep what you can do but also easy to get really good stounds - everything sounds good? The rubber knobs turned me off at first but then I kind of liked them, they're comfy.
This thing is expensive, but for how much sonic range it has, super happy.

Blumes - probably does exactly what you’re hoping it will. Three modes are different enough can probably find something that works for whatever you’re doing #2 is my jam. J-bass players would probably love the options.
Best part? They didn’t use the same mega-ultra bright LED that the plumes did. That was way too much for any kind of low light.

TylerDeadPine wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:29 pm Blumes - probably does exactly what you’re hoping it will. Three modes are different enough can probably find something that works for whatever you’re doing #2 is my jam. J-bass players would probably love the options.
Best part? They didn’t use the same mega-ultra bright LED that the plumes did. That was way too much for any kind of low light.

I got mine yesterday, but I haven't had time to try it out. There's a Youtube channel that I really like, specifically for bass, called Bass the World. They did a review on it and the one thing they said that stood out was that it can pretty much do everything you want and they believe it's going to be a go-to pedal for bass players because of it's versatility. So, good to hear that you came to a similar conclusion.

You asked earlier about the JHS Series 3 Screamer: I finally got it in and played around with it. I compared it to the Walrus Voyager and TS9. I don't like the Screamer at all, it reminds me of Plumes. It just doesn't have enough headroom for me, even on both clipping settings. I like to have a little drive, not a lot, for better articulation. The Screamer is very bright and breaks up too quickly, I found it only useful for me with the drive set at 0. Maybe it's my guitar, which has double humbuckers, maybe it's the amp pedal. The Voyager I like to set the drive around 9 or 10 o'clock, it sounds well driving with good articulation; the tone knob is somewhere around 3 o'clock. So, I think I might be selling it. (I think I might need to buy another Voyager because the switch is giving out on mine and it's probably not worth fixing, consider the price of pedals these days.)