OBNE Releases Bathing Liminal Delay: Phaser Meets Reverb Meets Delay
A Dweller on steroids?
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With the Bathing Liminal Delay, Old Blood Noise Endeavors continues its journey into building the world’s weirdest-sounding pedals. After the Black Fountain Oil Can Delay and the lovely Dark Star Stereo, the company has opted for a rather unusual combination of effects for the third installment of the Square series: delay, phaser, and reverb. How does it sound?
Bathing Liminal Delay: A Phasing Delay? A Reverb-ed Phaser?
I have to admit, even after hearing all the different sounds from the release videos, I can’t completely grasp the sonic character of the Bathing Liminial Delay. But in a good way. It manages to stay in its own lane, especially once the phaser is dialed to 12 stages.
It’s not quite a blurry, lo-fi delay; it’s also not really a reverb. While it’s a pretty straight-forward affair on the technical, effect side of things, it can sound like a granular, like a phase-y room reverb, and even like the most spaced-out, analog delay. It’s almost like OBNE took the weirdness that made Dweller famous a couple of years ago, and dialed it to 11.
The pedal doesn’t just repeat your signal; it transforms it, reshaping time through a cascade of up to twelve allpass filter stages that smear, smear, and morph your sounds into entirely new textures.
It’s more than just a Phase(r)
At the heart of Bathing Liminal delay lies a deep modulation engine with Rate, Depth, and Shape controls. Choose from multiple LFO waveforms or even envelope modes that react to your playing dynamics. Combine that with the Dimension control, which adds a shimmering stereo chorus or mono vibrato to the wet signal.
In addition, the Stages control lets you determine how drastically the phaser affects the delays from subtle two-stage phasing to full twelve-stage smearing madness.
In terms of I/O, Bathing Liminial Delay offers both mono-to-stereo and a fully stereo signal path. It also includes analog dry-through, trails or true bypass switching, and full MIDI control over every parameter—including sync to external clock. And with a clever dual-function Tap/Aux switch, you can tap in tempos, trigger infinite repeats, or swap presets.
How much does the Bathing Liminal Delay from OBNE cost?
With an MSRP of $299.00 / £299.00, the Bathing Liminal Delay is certainly on the pricier, more boutique side of pedals. It also offers sounds and effect possibilities you get nowhere else. And that artwork is a sight to behold!
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