Too Complicated For Guitarists? | Empress ZOIA Firmware 5

[@LeonTodd]

Does the ZOIA excite you or terrify you?

[@Simeon_Harris]

neither. it intrigues me. not enough to go out and buy one, but i'm still wondering if i could do some interesting stuff with it. do you think the Axe FX 3 has most of this stuff covered?

[@AAAA-lt9hq]

Both this and the Kaoss Pad trigger my creativity and my non-existent epilepsy.

[@alexei_u]

Excite

[@JoshuaSimonson909]

Just intrigued, and that is a good thing in the long run

[@TheLesgumes]

Thank you for convincing me this can be used with a guitar. I wonder how it compares with an H90 and/or big sky, not the synth part of course.

[@johanneschristopherstahle3395]

This video reminds me of myself almost 30 years ago when I was playing around with my first guitar multi fx unit. Lots of crazy sounds, but not a lot I would actually like to use in a song.

[@peterjessop1878]

This is my favourite pedal of all time.

[@MrKadidle51]

Mine is arriving in the mail today. This is new territory for me. I really hope i can figure this thing out as it seems absolutely amazing.

[@sellesellout4732]

Had mine since they released it, well worth it if you are a bit of a tinkerer. Good to know for us that dont need the stereo functionality is that you can build patches that use the four cable method. Right channel can act as guitar in and out and left channel as fx send return. Opens up another set of possibilities.

[@LeonTodd]

Great point, having any option you like makes this super versatile

[@peterjessop1878]

@@sellesellout4732 yes I have had mine since release too. I’ve used it for so many things. At the moment it’s on my back up board in the loop of an HX stomp. The reverbs are better than the stomp and I create my own Tri chorus which again I prefer to the stomp. I also use MIDi to add controllers like LFOs and Envelope filters to the stomp algos. Then there is the sampler 😀 what a killer pedal!

[@stegil6455]

Far too complicated, but lots of flashing lights is good! You made it sing though. What a guitar hero!!

[@rutger4131]

6:37 mind blown

[@dantahoua]

My board is based around a Zoia from the time I bought it some years ago... Great pedal!

[@peterharvin2775]

My initial reaction was "WAY too many lights an buttons for my tiny aging brain." But then I thought, what better way to fight off atrophy of any kind than messing with something new and truly innovative? Especially when it it gives you a reverse delay that sounds like that.

[@Boris_Chang]

Good attitude !!!!

[@LeonTodd]

Tonal sudoku!

[@Boris_Chang]

Lt. Uhuru: Open a channel

[@bluesful]

That Fat Synth was awesome.

[@LeonTodd]

So impressed by that. You can turn extra functions on and off with the soft buttons for that one too.

[@picksalot1]

Some really interesting sounds and platform for the experimentalists. The thing that concerns me about this type of interface with 47 buttons and one knob is that each one is potentially a physical point of failure. Odds are high of something going wrong. I tend to prefer software over hardware when it comes to complexity.

[@Terry_Aki]

Go back to that really cool sound a minute ago... " I cant, I have no idea how"! 😂😂😂

[@endtimeguitarist]

This is like using the pad from native instruments and skrillex button options in a guitar pedal.

[@zadtheinhaler]

Dammit, what's the term for "I don't *need* it, I NEEED it?" Cheers from Canuckistan for making my wallet cry.

[@LeonTodd]

G.A.S!

[@zadtheinhaler]

@@LeonTodd *sigh* I guess, lol

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Spot on with the Dark Side of the Moon.

[@michaelallen434]

Looks like a control panel from a 1970’s sci-fi movie. Me like.🙂

[@LeonTodd]

Nostromo vibes

[@Saxby8six]

Zoia the Destroya oooo lights

[@bryantwalley]

Now plug the output of this into a Microcosm and see where it goes from there.

[@dougappel5924]

I'd get completely lost in this thing and forget to eat. They'd find my dessicated corpse a couple months later with some weird noises still coming out of my rig...

[@jrr832]

Too complicated? More than two switches? Probably 😂😂😂😂😂

[@LeonTodd]

🤣

[@ezdj]

🎸😎✌🏻

[@sheriewart8100]

The mikko pedal does all the same wired sounds

[@bryantwalley]

People can see that comment on the internet. 😂