Ahhhh
bingo bango bongo!
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I have been told this is normal .
Denis told me that the OB6 sound generates too many harmonics beyond 5kHz.
He was able to reproduce the “problem”.
Part of the reason is reducing filtering to create aliasing.
So My BIM is for sale, im not happy TBO.
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Wow ! Very surprising and disappointing. Hopefully, my gear seems to not produce to much high harmonics.
Feel sorry for you.
I haven’t noticed it on my unit. Although i never have tried it out directly connected to any of my instruments, I like what its doing to my aux send bus.
Not a fan of the data encoder behavior, the way it “jumps” to the value based on the current location of the knob. Anyone else feel the same? Would rather have it start changing value once you “hit” that value when turning the knob. Considering reaching out to see if they can maybe implement a menu option to change encoder type/style… worthwhile?
edited as this was switched from another topic
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definitely annoying with the data knob on the boum as it just skips to the extreme distortion. can’t beat the sound of either bam and boum to my ears though - and i dont even tweak the machines all that much
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Yeah, it’s especially prevalent on Gain on the BAM (the only one I have)… it sounds like you like the BOUM, been eyeing that recently… ha ha amongst a bunch of other stuff of course.
Can that knob be replaced by midi CC? Also does the compressor sound like a DBX160? Can it do 4:1 and 2:1?
To avoid data knob annoyance, pre-tweak it to zero before pressing the mode button 
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I’ve kept my BIM finally. I’ve learned that you need to be careful with level otherwise you get digital artifacts so i never use the boost lev function. I use it as a send FX on a Radial Keylargo which have plenty of level. As a chorus it is incredible !
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Yes. I route my maschine mk3 and go -20DBFS. Then I tap the gain a little at a time. If I get too much artifacts I drop the mix knob to 20% and creep up a little. If your input is low but almost no artifacts you can amplify it when recording your result.
This also happens on my EPS though. If I am sampling at 22khz with a max filter frequency of 20khz I can cause artifacts if even one point in the peak hits the overload. I have two options drop the filter frequency to 14.5 I can drop the harshness. The other option is to come into the EPS -20DBFS and amplify the output into my AD box.
This BIM is amazing as a bit crusher but the delays are nice too. Now I want a Boum. Hahha
yes, I don’t know and no.
it only does 1:1, 5:1, 10:1 and a few more with negative ratio as well as limiting (inf:1) - you should check the manual if you’re interested
sadly I can’t compare to any other hardware comp as this is the only one I use (it’s much more agrressive than the (virtual)API2500 one that i use through UA console) - the boum sidechain is really cool - can be both triggered by a 1/8" audio jack or midi. overall the boum is not shy of character so if I only need some technical compression I go virtual. no specialist by any means on the topic though
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Thanks I was just thinking of it for drum buss duties. (Kicks and snares especially)
that’s exactly what i use it for - it’s wicked good!
(that and all sorts of crinkle textures)
my fave and special sauce is running my ND2 through the dirty Knas Moisturizer with just a tad of reverb tail which I then compress ‘up’ with the boum (longish attack so I keep the transient and medium release to just bring up the tail) - reveals all the dirt from the Moisturizer. heaven to my ears
oh and then my perfourmer doing sine waves distorted through the boum.
I really love the boum, took me a while to figure it out though (like any compressor)
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Any new insights and opinions now about the Oto Boum after now some time in the wild ? Would like to use it on the master insert for some techno pump and lightly “heating up”. Don’t need it for crazy distortion. For that I have other things. More interested for it gentler side. I am now using a FMR RNC (+Bass EQ in Sidechain thx @AdamJay !) and the Heat on the Master. Its a fun combo, but they together created a bit of a groundhum and I am not so happy with the noisefloor of the heat. I know it´s distortion unit, but I just want to warm it up a bit with clean boost. Curious if the OTO Boum could replace that combo with one box. I absolutely love my Bim & Bam.
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Seen a video recently of surgeon using it at the end of the chain in his live sets
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God, midi side chain. How did I miss that function??
I have a Boum, and somehow completely missed that it could do this.
How are the results in practice?
My audio kit is all in storage at the moment, but can’t wait to try this when it comes out.
Thinking how cool it will be to triggering this from the cirklon with aux events etc.
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I missed this too. If you look at the offical site at the back you will see! It explains why it is a bit more expensive as well compared to bim and bam!
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So guys you are happy with the Boum ? I know many asked for a comparison with the Heat but I couldn´t really find an answer. I know I don´t need Overbridge and the modulation-stuff. I have enough of this in my Eurorack-setup. Guess I need to try it myself. It´s also a taste thing i think.