Very curious about how it works with ZOIA integration. Keep the updates coming
Those wood builds are lush.
I’m suprised they didn’t go with those mini midi jack like on the Zoia…
It’s not (that I can recall), and I would support it.
I would also like it to be applicable to audio outputs (currently, the basic oscilloscope is only able to visualize CV).
I just posted it to the voting forum here. (Link probably won’t be accessible to non-Zoia owners, FYI for anyone wondering)
I’m suprised they didn’t go with those mini midi jack like on the Zoia…
They did: “sixteen CCs over minijack midi (with switch to swap between standards)”. You’d just plug in a stereo 3.5mm cord between the Zoia and the 16n.
Ah I thought minijack plus lookin at the pics it meant mini usb or something. Sweet.
I doubt between the Zoia and the Black Box to companion my Deluge. I read a lot about the 2 boxes but find it difficult what is the best companion for my Deluge. Any advice?
I know the Zoia is a effect-box, but i can’t place the Black Box. Or is the Deluge capable enough without those 2?
I thought the blackbox was a sampler. With the Deluge you would seem to have lotsa sampling capabilities. I doubt either of them can match Empress quality fx and the customization abilities of the zoia (but could be suprisingly wrong).
You can get very far with a just single Deluge… What are you missing exactly that you feel the need for a companion?
It’s not a 100% need, but I think that sampling would be easier on the Black Box because of the touch-screen. For the rest I see not much advantages. Or are there?
No experience with the Blackbox, but I think samples do sound great on the Deluge… I like using samples on the Deluge much more compared to using the internal synth engines and with the upcoming update (audio/cv/midi looper and what have you) I suppose sampling will become just as easy with a single button press. I would either invest in a external midi synth or fx box to accompany the Deluge… Not a sampler.
So, the Zoia would be a good companion? That is a FX box
But, maybe you are right. First push the Deluge to its limits, buy a good sample/sound pack.
I would prefer the Zoia as a companion compared to another sampler or perhaps an Analog Heat to beefen up the whole signal
I like the Zoia for it’s flexibility, a lot of modules and great support. Also the portability is very important for me. I just switched from a Octatrack to a Deluge, for that reason.
The Zoia would add some good FX, that the Deluge does not can or does not have.
ZOIA needs a PSU though. Not provided, btw.
I know, but can be powered by a powerbank with a USB 9v adapter cable, just like the Deluge.
Zoia cannot load samples, so Blackbox beats Zoia there. Any demos you hear of Zoia processing a sample was done with the sample at the Zoia audio input, not loaded from the SD card.
OTOH, Zoia is a modular-in-a-box, with the flexibility one would expect from a modular. This modular includes actual synthesis modules. There are several polysynth patches for it - of course you have to plug in a MIDI keyboard or something to play the synth or play the onboard buttons, but it works and sounds surprisingly good imo. Most polysynth patches are labeled as 4-voice poly, though apparently the theoretical limit for voices is a little higher.
The limit of a single MIDI note in module is eight voices, but it does allow for splits/layers (in theory) which would exceed that limit.
That said, reaching eight voices within the limits of CPU is difficult, unless the voice is very simple and/or uses paraphonic elements (shared filter and/or shared VCA). On most occasions where I have ended up with four or six voice patches, I’ve started with a high number and whittled back as I realized things like, “Oh, hey, velocity would be nice,” etc.
Currently Zoia’s sweet spot seems to be designing your own loopy glitchy ambient stutter pedals - in a MOOD, Zellersahn, Blooper redux paradigm with extravagant delays, warped reverbs, chorus, distortion, phasing or a mix of all of the above.
So in my mind it is first and foremost a totally customizable fx box rather than ever a go-to synth. However you can put an osc at the start of the chain if you don’t want to use an input.
That’s still a whole vast world of its own if you are a guitar jammer, or as a creative outboard to an OT; as a beats processor or any sound.
So yes it is a ‘modular’, but moreso in its approach to FX building blocks rather than it equates to what you’d create with a 84hp rack.
It can also do a pretty good job as a minimalist sequencer, midi remapper, generator etc
Users expecting it to replace €1500 of budget eurorack modules might be disappointed; but it covers a lot of ground nonetheless
I’ve no doubt about the amount of thought and time you’ve put into control schemes for a given patch.
I will explore what a combination of the onboard stompswitches, button switches, and analysis modules can do for me, before investing in an outboard controller such as a Faderfox, MIDI Fighter Twister, or something of the sort.