Looking through the Module Reference Guide. Lots of cool stuff here.
Some random stuff:
- You can play the grid buttons like a keyboard.
- There is a CV out you can configure.
- There is a diffuser audio module
- It’s got a ton of CV functions – as for instance a quantizer.
- There is an envelope follower.
References:
From the Zoia Module Reference Guide:
Keyboard – Turns grid buttons into a keyboard you can connect to an oscillator and play. No external MIDI controller necessary! Tune each keyboard button using the knob to have it play your desired note.
CV Port Out – This module interprets internal CV and sends it down the ring of a 1/4" TRS connector in the control port as a standard CV signal of 0-5 volts. Remember to set CPort to cv in the Config Menu.
Diffuser – Diffuser spreads your signal across the galaxy like so many shimmering little stars. On it’s own it sounds like a modulated slapback delay with no dry signal, but it can be used to construct many a tonal/atonal masterpiece.
Quantizer – Quantizer will interpret incoming CV and send its nearest equivalent note as a CV output.
Envelope Follower – Envelope Follower will interpret an incoming audio signal as a CV signal based on its signal strength. Use this to trigger filter sweeps, audio effects parameters, LFO rates, etc. The connection strength can act as a sensitivity control.
I’m looking in the RG to see if there might be a way to use the Zoia as a midi event processor – i’m thinking of ways to do it through the CV processor modules. Also thinking about refining the quantizer to select chordal notes only and making an arpeggiator. (You can also set the grid up as a keyboard to only play chordal or scale notes only if you want.)
I also have been thinking of all my various midi controllers as now integral part of some sort of musical patch with something cooked up in the Zoia.