OTO Machines

Also known as: OTO

OTO Machines is a French boutique audio hardware company based in Paris, founded by Denis Cazajeux, a sound engineer trained at the École Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière who spent years working in a studio equipped with vintage gear before starting the brand. All units are designed, assembled, and tested in the company's Paris workshop using parts sourced from local suppliers, and the catalo...

4 Products · Used by 38 Artists

Oto Machines Bam Effects Processors

$571.49 - $689.00

2 available stores

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15 artists using

OTO Machines Biscuit Effects Box Multi Effects Pedals

$1,064.91

1 available store

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11 artists using

Oto Machines Boum Effects Processors

$569.88 - $699.00

2 available stores

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14 artists using

Oto Machines BIM Effects Processors

$541.31 - $659.00

2 available stores

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The company's first product was the Biscuit, an 8-bit effects unit and analog filter that gained a reputation for its gritty bit-reduction character. It was followed by a trio of 12-bit digital/analog hybrid desktop processors: the BIM (a 12-bit delay unit), the BAM (a space generator/reverb handling plate, hall, room, spring, and ambience algorithms), and the BOUM (a warming unit combining saturation, analog filtering, and VCA compression). The product line also includes the Bébé Chérie, a compact analog mixer.

OTO Machines is generally associated with the boutique end of the studio and electronic-music market, where its units are valued for pairing digital DSP with analog signal paths and hands-on, single-purpose front panels. The gear is frequently discussed alongside other desktop effects used in Elektron, Eurorack, and dub/techno workflows.

OTO Machines has 4 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Effects Processors and Multi Effects Pedals. Their gear is featured by 38 artists, with the strongest followings in Electronic, Rock, and Pop. Notable users include Ela Minus, Lasse Marhaug, and Stephen O'Malley.