#249

The inputs and outputs on the Zoia do not have a predefined use, so you can set one output to be a send and one input to be a return and still have a mono input and output spare to do with as you wish! I also noticed a headphone output on the Euroburo that is not on the pedal. Whether or not the function of this will be open I’m not sure, but it is interesting to wonder!

#250

I was wondering the same thing. From the interviews with Mitch Lantz I’ve seen, it looks like the headphone out is tied to the main outs, and can’t be isolated for its own purpose. Maybe that’ll change?

#251

Those are stereo I/O, you’d have to break them to mono and join them again to input and of course loose any stereo processing the module offers, unless I am getting this wrong. Clearly using additional send/return would be a better choice. The headphone output though might be a way if it is not predefined as well.

#252

Hey! I recently made a ZOIA patch to turn a three-head tape machine into a tape delay. Thought that might be interesting to some of you. Here’s the patch: https://patchstorage.com/tape-delay-helper/

And a video about it: https://youtu.be/k6Ec86hfRK4

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#254

Does Zoia come with a power supply?

#255

No in 20 characters.

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#256

That’s cool in 20 characters

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#257

how is everyone liking zoia after a year or so of using it? I have a small fx modular setup for processing a prophet 6 and the euroburo caught my eye for replacing an erbe-verb/stages pair. I really enjoy the workflow of the er-301 and think I’d gel well with this. tons of sound demos out there but I haven’t seen too many posts of actual experiences after using it for a while or how the quality of the effects stack up to something like erbe-verb or magneto - definitely like what I’ve heard though

#258

I’ve only had one for about a week now so this may not mean much, but I really like it. just got out of euro - I found myself using it mainly for external processing (total overkill for cost) and wanted to really slim down my gear to a pedal or two. first couple nights I messed with community patches, feeling my way around. tonight I made a few patches and my appreciation grew exponentially. really intuitive system.

the fx quality is good- initial impression is better than I maybe anticipated, but not on the level of $300+ dedicated fx like Volante/Magneto as far as the specific algos (tape delay, in this case) go. it does so much that I was willing to accept that (and I have Volante to cover that), so ymmv.

it’s perfect for me as the middle layer between guitar/bass/synth and norns, and I plan on writing norns scripts to control Zoia, and vice-versa.

curious to hear thoughts from longer-term users as well.

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#259

To my regret I have to say that I’m not using it so much. I really like it and I have a ton of ideas of patches to build that would be really useful for me. But when it comes to it I grab some other ‘ready to use’ piece of kit, or build something on my laptop.
I will probably keep it though. Should just spent a few days completing the Idea of a multiple looper setup Idea I have for it, and then use it specifically for this.

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#260

This is pretty much my place with it too.

I do think it’s great - sounds fantastic and has great utility options - and has infinite potential, so it stays. However I have not been doing a very good job at seeing it through to its potential. It requires one sit down and spend some time working out their ideas. It becomes a lot easier and faster to work with the UI after spending some time with it

The user patch library is really nice but my ideas are different.

If “user delay” won’t be an issue for you, definitely go for it. When I do finally wrap something up, it’s soooooo good. A brand new pedal.

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#261

Does the pedal version have the sampler module ported over or not?

#262

Yes. The two will share the same OS.

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#263

I’m in the same place as several of you. Its capabilities far exceed the amount of time I have to leverage toward learning it. And with a teletype on the way, probably time to head on over to the trade thread and call a spade a spade :joy:

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#264

I’m sticking it out, also too as an antacid: knowing I can emulate any digital fx in existence results in a significant reduction of GAS.

Really looking forward to what sampling has to offer.

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#265

I’ve had my Zoia for a little under a year and I really like it. As others have said, the individual delay and reverb effects don’t quite stand up to comparisons with similarly priced units specialising in those areas, but they are more than good enough for most purposes. I use it mostly for looping and creative delay line effects and for that stuff it really shines.

I personally find the workflow really easy, especially after I created a couple of patches at the top that are filled with pages of the building blocks that I commonly use when creating new patches. That way I can copy and paste whichever pages I need into the patch that I am making to speed things along.

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#266

Speak of the devil

(No. No sampler in this one.)

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#267

A very good librarian was released that eases a lot of the more cumbersome issues with the Zoia. Recommended.

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#268

tonight I wanted to try to make something like the Earthquaker side of this - as more of an exercise than to replicate - and ended up making something that takes my guitar into instant Oval/Microstoria territory. ie not at all what that pedal sounds like but I love what happened instead.

roughly, audio in -> pitch detector & compressor -> overdrive -> tremolo -> granular (stereo) -> dual bit crusher & alias -> ping pong delay -> out

pitch detector + negative cv modulating granular pitch (sub octave). lots of other modulation being passed around

#269

So what are peoples opinions on Zoia given the time that has passed since release.
I’m mostly inrerested in loopers, lo-fi stuff and noisy/eerie aesthetics. How does it fare it that regard?
Also i have a feeling that euroburo which i was initially going for is going to be completely different due to living inside modular.

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