Gasalcoholics anonymous? whoever said this was a help group?

[alexsga]

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[alexsga]

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[Tall Walls]

Six years later, I decided to try out a Zoia. When it came out, I thought I would probably struggle with the pushbutton interface and the tiny screen, so I got a Beebo instead, to scratch that modular itch. Beebo has been very useful for me, but mostly as a kind of utility tool--my default Beebo patch doesn't process guitar at all, it just has a drum machine, MIDI controls for other pedals, and a stereo insert so I can connect a CD player or radio or what have you.

A week into my Zoia journey, I've sifted through all 1500 patches on Patchstorage, looking to see what's possible and what's already been done. Kind of exhausting, but ultimately worth it. Yes, I'm struggling with the interface, but it sounds like everybody does when they're trying to understand a patch made by somebody else. I have gingerly poked around in the Patch Librarian software, and I have some faith that someday I'll understand what's going on. The main issue I've encountered early on is that a lot of patches are mono, and I'd prefer to have my Zoia in the stereo part of my chain. I'm figuring it out, but on Beebo it's a much simpler process.

Even if I end up just using it as a multieffect curated by other people because I'm too dunderpated to create my own patches, I think it'll be worth it. It's already helped me resist the siren call of the b-stock Lost & Found.

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

The main issue I've encountered early on is that a lot of patches are mono, and I'd prefer to have my Zoia in the stereo part of my chain. I'm figuring it out, but on Beebo it's a much simpler process.

Yeah, stereo-fying patches is a mild annoyance, but not too tough once you know what you're looking for. From experience I will be say make sure to back up any patches you update to a separate folder on the SD before you add other patches, as it's easy to overwrite them.

Otherwise, have fun! I dearly love my Zoia. I wish I had a second one.

[Pepe]

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Congratulations! This is such a great looking series! I have never had the chance to try one.

[alexsga]

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Congratulations! This is such a great looking series! I have never had the chance to try one.

i had the mightyMicro delay a few years ago, but someone wanted it in a package trade for his Digitech XP300....was great, like an improvement over the old MD2/3, cute enclosure but very heavy duty! amazingly theres a battery compartment in there too.

this one should be cool, seems like a Exciter circuit w a nice input attenuator

[Blackened Soul]

Finally couldn’t resist getting a MXR basssynth… someone was selling one for $25 less than street..

[moozz]

Just received Industrialectric 4046-M. Only tried it for a couple of hours but it's a beast! And it weighs a ton. Like beasts do.

[dubkitty]

unusually for nowadays i have a couple of things coming in. i sold/traded my Instant Lo-Fi Junky for a Electric Mistress clone…i’d have preferred cash, but i’ve never had that flavor of flanger. i also ordered a Donner looper that was less than $100 on Facebook. i’ve always been suspicious of cheap Chinese pedals, but this seemed legit. i don’t care for Jack White at all, but figure he cares enough about his reputation to not endorse/sig model garbage. it has way more memory than i need and also does drums and metronome. i mostly wanted a freestanding looper for times i want to loop without dealing with the big setup. there’s also a cheap Vevor molded Strat case downstairs i need to unpack, which will go with the green Player II Strat. i wanted a case different from the other flat cases so it’s easier to tell them apart.

[dubkitty]

the case is decent for a $90 molded case. workmanship is good, aluminum channel edging looks pretty flawless. nice and light. i wouldn’t necessarily trust it if someone threw a mic stand like a javelin like Mark E. Smith, but it should be fine in the back of the Outback. detriments: no inner compartment lid, unreinforced feet with just the ABS contacting the ground. positives: light as the cardboard cases we used on acoustic guitars in the 70s, quite cheap for a molded case with aluminum runners.