Too Complicated For Guitarists? | Empress ZOIA Firmware 5

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  • @LeonTodd
    @LeonTodd  Місяць тому +5

    Does the ZOIA excite you or terrify you?

    • @Simeon_Harris
      @Simeon_Harris Місяць тому +3

      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
      @AAAA-lt9hq Місяць тому

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

    • @alexei_u
      @alexei_u Місяць тому

      Excite

    • @JoshuaSimonson909
      @JoshuaSimonson909 Місяць тому

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

    • @TheLesgumes
      @TheLesgumes Місяць тому

      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.

  • @tristanseume
    @tristanseume 5 днів тому +1

    Preset 26 - Floating Seeds. I made that one! Thanks for giving it a play. The left footswitch freezes the granular loop for some more Microcosm vibes :)

    • @tomfoolery4077
      @tomfoolery4077 4 дні тому

      microcosm you say?!

    • @tristanseume
      @tristanseume 4 дні тому +1

      @ Floating Seeds was loosely based on one of the micro loop presets in the microcosm (preset C, I think - I sold my MC a while ago!). It’s basically two granular modules, one at pitch, the other an octave higher, with a very slow lfo sweeping the filter. There’s also a dual delay going on, and some reverb for good measure.

    • @tomfoolery4077
      @tomfoolery4077 4 дні тому

      @ feels like this zoia can really replace a lot of different pedals.

    • @tristanseume
      @tristanseume 4 дні тому

      @ yep. It’s also a brilliant problem solver for other things like creative audio routing, sampling, MIDI controller, it’s so handy.

  • @johanneschristopherstahle3395
    @johanneschristopherstahle3395 Місяць тому +4

    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.

  • @sellesellout4732
    @sellesellout4732 Місяць тому +4

    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
      @LeonTodd  Місяць тому +2

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

    • @peterjessop1878
      @peterjessop1878 Місяць тому

      @@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!

  • @peterjessop1878
    @peterjessop1878 Місяць тому +5

    This is my favourite pedal of all time.

  • @Jin-Hu
    @Jin-Hu Місяць тому

    Holy bob! Just bought a used one for my synths, not for a moment did I think of this in a guitar situation, thank you! 🙏

  • @MrKadidle51
    @MrKadidle51 Місяць тому +1

    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.

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  Місяць тому +1

      It's a new kind of beast for sure, but a lot of fun once you dig in.

    • @MrKadidle51
      @MrKadidle51 Місяць тому

      @LeonTodd ill be binging your channel among others on insight on how to work this thing. Appreciate what you do. Keep it coming

  • @peterharvin2775
    @peterharvin2775 Місяць тому +5

    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.

  • @sahong
    @sahong 5 днів тому

    Your contents are pure gold thanks a lot!

  • @stegil6455
    @stegil6455 Місяць тому +2

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

  • @rutger4131
    @rutger4131 Місяць тому +2

    6:37 mind blown

  • @THINJIMI
    @THINJIMI Місяць тому

    I love to play with pedals, and love to play guitar also…seems like I would love this baby! I have so many pedals, I only buy very unique ones these days! Thanks Leon….I love your videos, they have influenced my purchases many times!

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  Місяць тому

      It's a fantastic pedal if you're looking for something unique it's like a whole room full of fx in one

  • @dylanknight4847
    @dylanknight4847 Місяць тому

    Damn, well done! The intro riffs were top tier tasty.

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  Місяць тому

      Much appreciated!

  • @dougappel5924
    @dougappel5924 Місяць тому +3

    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...

  • @ArnelCasabar
    @ArnelCasabar Місяць тому

    Just bought one, didn’t realize it doesn’t include a powersupply. Well time to learn this promising pedal

  • @dantahoua
    @dantahoua Місяць тому

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

  • @Allan-ts1ux
    @Allan-ts1ux Місяць тому

    Oooo good 13 mins of this... You know Leon you should be the out- back law with your legend known throughout the Aussie sands... Did you listen to glen fry live in dubin 1992 , what a bass player and did you recognize the saxist ? Played on Al stewarts year of the cat ..Lupin did 😺 😺 sounding like Jimi there ....pretty impressed by you and that empress.. you are definitely the desperado tonight gunning and grinning down alot of riffs sounds of your own into your own again ... Went by way to fast mate 🌏

  • @endtimeguitarist
    @endtimeguitarist Місяць тому +2

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

  • @chrisdaviesguitar
    @chrisdaviesguitar Місяць тому

    Spot on with the Dark Side of the Moon.

  • @bluesful
    @bluesful Місяць тому +1

    That Fat Synth was awesome.

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  Місяць тому

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

  • @picksalot1
    @picksalot1 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @PatternRecognitionMusic
    @PatternRecognitionMusic Місяць тому

    I really like that Glitchy Tape. Some of the sequenced stuff reminds me of the AdrenaLinn. I don't think there's a place in my rig for this, but it's pretty neat - between the Axe FX and my various synth bits, probably redundant and too much overlap to justify.

  • @Terry_Aki
    @Terry_Aki Місяць тому

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

  • @Boris_Chang
    @Boris_Chang Місяць тому +2

    Lt. Uhuru: Open a channel

  • @michaelallen434
    @michaelallen434 Місяць тому +1

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

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  Місяць тому +1

      Nostromo vibes

  • @joebowbeer
    @joebowbeer Місяць тому +1

    And then there's the whole MIDI side, incl. pitch-to-MIDI and polyphonic synth building blocks. And then there's the sampler.

  • @zadtheinhaler
    @zadtheinhaler Місяць тому +2

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

  • @Saxby8six
    @Saxby8six Місяць тому +1

    Zoia the Destroya oooo lights

  • @alexandruv
    @alexandruv Місяць тому

    Hey Leon, is there any way you can show us how you are plugging your Zoia into the AXE FX? I have everything in the fx loop of the Axe FX 3, but I have no idea how to run the effects before the amps - like the drives of the Zoia. Thank you!

    • @LeonTodd
      @LeonTodd  Місяць тому +1

      Basically a variation of one of these - studio.ua-cam.com/users/videoyc5q9tzoUGQ/edit

    • @alexandruv
      @alexandruv Місяць тому

      @LeonTodd Thank youu!!!

  • @bryantwalley
    @bryantwalley Місяць тому +1

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

  • @ezdj
    @ezdj Місяць тому

    🎸😎✌🏻

  • @jrr832
    @jrr832 Місяць тому +5

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

  • @sheriewart8100
    @sheriewart8100 Місяць тому

    The mikko pedal does all the same wired sounds

    • @bryantwalley
      @bryantwalley Місяць тому +1

      People can see that comment on the internet. 😂

  • @Allan-ts1ux
    @Allan-ts1ux Місяць тому

    Oooo good 13 mins of this... You know Leon you should be the out- back law with your legend known throughout the Aussie sands... Did you listen to glen fry live in dubin 1992 , what a bass player and did you recognize the saxist ? Played on Al stewarts year of the cat ..Lupin did 😺 😺 sounding like Jimi there ....pretty impressed by you and that empress.. you are definitely the desperado tonight gunning and grinning down alot of riffs sounds of your own into your own again ... Went by way to fast mate 🌏