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System Setup
This section explains how the BOOM-1 Tactile Transducer Processor can be integrated with
your Personal Mixer (from Aviom or third-party manufacturers) to create a powerful personal
mixing system. See the detailed User Guides that came with the Aviom products mentioned in
this section for complete information about their use, features, and setup.
Adding a well processed low-frequency tactile transducer (also known as a ‘bass shaker’) to a
drum throne, keyboard seat, guitarist’s stool, performance platform, or even to the floor of a
stage, allows the body to feel bass frequencies, adding realism to the mix. The BOOM-1 Tactile
Transducer Processor brings Aviom-optimized DSP to the tactile experience.
Being able to hear
and feel
your mix can significantly improve the user experience when using
in-ear monitors and/or headphones, providing powerful sound usually achieved only with high
volume and large, high quality speaker cabinets.
How To Use The Boom System
Since the BOOM System makes virtually no audible sound, it’s important to understand the concepts
behind its use to enable you to use it effectively in a musical context.
A little goes a long way.
Using a BOOM System device with your IEMs or headphones should add back that amount of vibration
that previously came from the sympathetic vibrations of the stage and its surroundings when acoustic
drum sets and/or amplifiers were being used. You don’t want the effect that’s used in a theme park or
movie sound system to shake everyone and everything during a high-energy action sequence. You’re
trying to complete a musical picture, no rebalance or re-mix it.
We always suggest that you start with the tactile system off (with the Strength knob at minimum) and
get a good stereo mix on your personal mixer first at a moderate listening level. Then, blend in the BOOM
System slowly while playing and/or singing. Set to a musically useful level, the BOOM System will enhance
your monitoring experience and allow you to deliver a performance with more energy and to do so at
lower overall monitoring levels.
Setup Overview
Adding the BOOM System products to most audio systems is easy. The three basic steps include:
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Connect headphone- or line-level audio to the BOOM-1 input.
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Set the DSP Profile DIP switches to match your tactile device.
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Connect the locking speaker cable.
You can use any of the tactile-transducer enhanced products instead of the drum throne or performance
platform shown in the example systems. Remember, the tactile component is supposed to musically
enhance your monitor mix; a little goes a long way.
