I just bought a used Boum and testing it out.
Getting a lot of noise and I don’t know if it’s normal behavior.
The Boum is inserted between my mixer and my daw. The input gain is at the lowest level. The noise is louder with harsher distortion and pumps with compression. The noise is very audible with the output at 100%, better at 75, but still there.
When I unmute some hats I instantly hear continuous noise behind the hats. The noise continues even if I stop the sequencer.
If I mute the hats and unmute a synth, I don’t hear the white noise.
I don’t hear any noise in the dry setting. I also reproduced the noise with a drum machine direct into the daw without the mixer.
The Boum seems to be very highly regarded and I don’t see a lot of similar complaints online. Hope the problem is me!
Any Boum owner experience? Is this normal and I just need to use heavy noise gating with distortion? Doesn’t seem like it should be necessary