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Reply To: New Production?

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:28:41 +0000

Denis,

That sounds great, I look forward to see what you’ve come up with. Please sign me up for your new creation.

Cheers,
brandon

Reply To: Biscuit and Ableton

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 20:10:48 +0000

Hi.

Did you ever happen to find a solution to this problem? I have the exact same issue with Focusrite Scarlett gen2 and Biscuit? Or do I just need to buy a new interface. :)

Thanks!

Reply To: BISCUIT noise level. Is this normal?

Oto Machines — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 09:04:35 +0000

Hi,
The noise level seems normal for me (the 8-bit conversion noise is more obvious with simple sounds like sinewaves,…). You can upgrade the signal to noise ratio by increasing the DRIVE until you see the BYPASS switch going orange on peaks, and/or lowering the LPF frequency to remove the 8-bit noise.

Reply To: Der OTO midi note in

Oto Machines — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 08:54:09 +0000

Under Biscuit mode, check the MIDI filters (see page 28 to 30 of the Biscuit User Manual).
Filter nr 6 is the “receive note” filter. It should be permanently on.
You’ll also have to match the MIDI channel (page 29) of the Biscuit and your DAW.
When it’s set (both channel and midi filters), you can go back to Der OTO mode.

Reply To: Der Mask crumbling..

Oto Machines — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 08:47:02 +0000

Hi,
We won’t make Der Mask in the future, sorry !
Der Mask was a temporarly item sold in order to fund the dev of the Der OTO firmware.
You can make your own on a cardboard using the PDF file.

Reply To: Der OTO midi note in

Sat, 04 Jan 2020 23:20:21 +0000

Hey everyone,
I am experiencing the exact same thing that 5ifth member is. I upgraded the firmware to try and fix the problem but it is still persisting.

Pardon my naivety in regards to this post:
“Hi,
Maybe there’s a MIDI Note filter engaged or MIDI channels are not matched between Ableton and Biscuit (clock messages are sent on all channels).
Go to Biscuit mode (4 + 5 + BRAIN) and check the MIDI filters, specially nr 6, Receive note filter.
Should not flash.
You can also set the right MIDI channel.
Go back to Der OTO mode and check if it’s OK now.
Denis”

I understand as far as to get it to the Biscuit mode, and then how exactly do you check the midi filters? What is nr 6? Do I need to be looking at a computer to check the midi channels/filters etc or can it all be done through looking at the Biscuit?

Thank you, I am an amateur when it comes to this stuff. Cheers

Zane

Der Mask crumbling..

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:37:54 +0000

Hello good people of OTO Machines.
I got a Der Mask for my Biscuit. Which was nice, until when I recently tried to move it from it’s place and realized that it just crumbled into pieces, very much as a biscuit..
I don’t think that was the intention, was it?
Will you make more masks? In some better material maybe?

BISCUIT noise level. Is this normal?

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 17:56:37 +0000

I was using my Biscuit after not touching it for a long time, and noticed that it is much noisier then I remembered it being.

I understand that 8bit AD/DA conversion will introduce a substantial noise floor by nature, but in the recording this is much more then I’d expect. I’ve set everything to the most neutral position. LPF all the way open, without resonance. Clock knob all the way clock-wise, and effects off. Naked 0%, dressed 100%. I’ve set the drive to about 9 o-clock which seems to be unity level.

In the recording below you hear two notes played with OTO in bypass, and then the same audio with OTO on.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ufj5yzstkgiml85/OTO_neutral_noise.mp3?dl=0

Reply To: New Production?

Oto Machines — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 19:48:26 +0000

Hi to all,
Sorry for the long silence. OTO is still a small 2 people company, and we’ve been very busy with the release of BOUM, and increasing sales of our 3 products.
First, I have to say that we won’t release a reissue or a new version of Biscuit, I’m sorry to disappoint some of you. I prefer to spend my (precious) time to developp and create new products, and I have many ideas I want to test.
In 2018, among other things, I’ve spend a lot of time to listen and study 8, 12 and 16-bit audio and musical products released between 1976 and 1987.
These products were samplers (like the Fairlight CMI & IIx, Emulator II, Emax), drum machines (Emu SP12/1200, Linn LM-1, Oberheim DMX), or FX processors (delays, reverb, pitch-shifter from AMS, Lexicon, Publison, Eventide, Quantec, EMT, Korg, Roland, Ibanez, Bel).
I was lucky enough to try some of these machines in my lab, or going to studios equiped with them. When I had no possibility to listen to one of these, I built a prototype based on the original schematics (only the audio part).
I’ve studied the different 8 and 12-bit converters used in these products, and the techniques to improve the resolution of them (floating point conversion, uLaw ComDAC, analog companding, log + exponential amplifiers).
I cannot really tell you what the next OTO product will be (it’s too early for that), but I’m quite excited about it.
But I give you a small clue : this product could include a very close hardware and software emulation of Biscuit in it, among many other things…
The first prototype is planned for may, and if everything is OK we’ll start the industrial process in september.
Cheers,
Denis

Reply To: New Production?

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:39:00 +0000

salut denis

je serais évidement bien intéressé par le nouveau biscuit :)