I have Zumas powering both of my gigging boards and have never looked back. Hands down the cleanest and most effective power solution I've used. Worth every penny.
I had a Zuma, expanded my board in the meantime and could just expand the PSU along with it adding an Ojay R30 when I ran out of ports. Great! And silent, stable. Just superb!
Thank you Jon Gosnell and Steve Lukather for bringing me here. The reason why I got here because of the minor technical disaster during TOTO 2023 tour. Jon Gosnell diagnosed the problem really quickly: one of the Strymon power supplies was dead but the tech (Gosnell) was able to replace the power supply quickly yet under pressure at the same time! I gotta have one of these SOMEDAY!!
I love my Zuma except for one thing -- the power cable does not attach securely and will loosen from its connection easily. I had to substitute a specific different cable to get it to work properly.
Hey mates so this is Off topic but I wonder this so much: So I am a heavy volante user and I use volante also a lot for 100 percent wet tapemodulation without any delay for recording (record on killdry then move the delayed signal in the daw according to tap division) So I wonder why there is no fully wet mode on volante where you have all the modulation but on the dry signal. So essentially killdry but delay time is 0. The pedal itself is capable if it and espacially on tape mode with half time and heavy mechanics this sounds extremely insane.
I've got a small board alongside my main one, Zuma doing great on the mothership but I'm wondering whether to run a thru cable or just power it seperately with its own Ojai. The idea of doing it all off one Zuma is cool, though.
Aside from how many outputs you need, size would probably be the next consideration. Zuma R300 is more low profile than the full size Zuma, so if you have a smaller board or a low profile board that would be a good choice.
It’s a shame that the power cable at least in zuma rt300 does not lock in correctly. Strymon has been trying to sell this a “feature” but i have a hard time seeing the benefit of a cable that does this.
Well, since a nine-volt battery gives out roughly 500mA of current for about an hour before dying, you'd need nine nine volt batteries to be able to do what a Zuma does on just its onboard outputs (which doesn't count the 24V expansion bus), and it would only last for an hour. Batteries are great, but modern gear is current hungry, and it's just not practical for anything other than analog drives and delays. Hope that helps!
I have Zumas powering both of my gigging boards and have never looked back. Hands down the cleanest and most effective power solution I've used. Worth every penny.
Been using zuma for years, it's a fantastic piece of kit. Truly a backbone of my board. Will probably expand it with ojai soon.
I had a Zuma, expanded my board in the meantime and could just expand the PSU along with it adding an Ojay R30 when I ran out of ports. Great! And silent, stable. Just superb!
Zuma + Ojai expansions cover absolutely everything.
Thank you Jon Gosnell and Steve Lukather for bringing me here.
The reason why I got here because of the minor technical disaster during TOTO 2023 tour. Jon Gosnell diagnosed the problem really quickly: one of the Strymon power supplies was dead but the tech (Gosnell) was able to replace the power supply quickly yet under pressure at the same time!
I gotta have one of these SOMEDAY!!
I love the several Strymon power supplies I own! 👌🥰👍
On all my pedal boards….
I love my Zuma, but I need a lower profile PSU (like zuma r300) with at least 7 outputs!!
Love my Zuma. It's studio quiet. I Trust Strymon. They make great S _ _ T. oNe LoVe from NYC
I love my Zuma except for one thing -- the power cable does not attach securely and will loosen from its connection easily. I had to substitute a specific different cable to get it to work properly.
Have a Volante,then got an Ojai,single coil noise gone,very impressed
I will answer first.
Because they rule!
Hey mates so this is Off topic but I wonder this so much:
So I am a heavy volante user and I use volante also a lot for 100 percent wet tapemodulation without any delay for recording (record on killdry then move the delayed signal in the daw according to tap division)
So I wonder why there is no fully wet mode on volante where you have all the modulation but on the dry signal. So essentially killdry but delay time is 0. The pedal itself is capable if it and espacially on tape mode with half time and heavy mechanics this sounds extremely insane.
I've got a small board alongside my main one, Zuma doing great on the mothership but I'm wondering whether to run a thru cable or just power it seperately with its own Ojai. The idea of doing it all off one Zuma is cool, though.
Another question: Is the filtering sound in the song from the nightsky?
When will you update nixie?
What's the maximum wattage achievable via daisychaining with the Thru port?
How do you decide which one to get beyond number of simultaneous pedals needed?
Aside from how many outputs you need, size would probably be the next consideration. Zuma R300 is more low profile than the full size Zuma, so if you have a smaller board or a low profile board that would be a good choice.
Because they are reliable and silent.
It’s a shame that the power cable at least in zuma rt300 does not lock in correctly. Strymon has been trying to sell this a “feature” but i have a hard time seeing the benefit of a cable that does this.
You can use batteries and isolate your pedal board from everything the way they were intended to be used.
Well, since a nine-volt battery gives out roughly 500mA of current for about an hour before dying, you'd need nine nine volt batteries to be able to do what a Zuma does on just its onboard outputs (which doesn't count the 24V expansion bus), and it would only last for an hour. Batteries are great, but modern gear is current hungry, and it's just not practical for anything other than analog drives and delays. Hope that helps!
They seems really super nice, but i miss the option to power from a powerbank (or mobile charger) like the Cioks 4 for instance...
I doubt that would be able to power all the high current outputs