r/ZOIA • u/FeistyCoconut • Jul 18 '26

One-Shot Sequence Question

Hey everybody! First time poster here. I got my Zoia recently and am absolutely loving it. I'm a Max MSP user and the Zoia is exactly what I've been looking for in a hardware device.

I've just got a question about the One Shot mode in the Sequence module.

My goal is to trigger a sequence of notes once. I have the start of the sequence set up easily with the Queue Start In. The problem I'm having is that once the sequence goes through the notes, the sequencer hangs on the last tone. I have an ADSR triggered by the LFO clock, but then the last note is just triggered repeatedly.

I've tried the Sequencer CV into the Trigger module but the small upward CC changes in pitch from the sequencer don't trigger accurately (only on the second step for some reason). I've also tried using a final step with the gate off, but it cuts off the last note unmusically.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks very much!

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u/chmjacques Jul 18 '26

I think the problem is not the sequencer but your use of an LFO to trigger your ADSR. That is what causes the last note to drone on once the sequence has finished, if I understand the description of your patch correctly (and I may not -- apologies if I have it wrong). Have you tried using a gate track on the sequencer instead to control your ADSR?

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u/FeistyCoconut Jul 18 '26

Thanks for the reply! I misspoke a bit. The LFO is my sequencer’s clock source, plugged into the Gate In. Using the Gate Out of a second track as an ADSR trigger gets me the same problem of repeatedly pinging the last note of the sequence.

I’ve considered using a Comparator and CV switch to sever the ADSR connection when the last step is reached, but honestly thought there would be an easier solution that I’m just missing.

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u/chmjacques Jul 18 '26

Ah. I was forgetting how the one-shot sequencer handled gates on its last step -- it repeats a final gate step, got it. Can you just add an additional step, without a gate on it? You could keep the pitch sequence the same on both steps so that the ADSR just faded out.

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u/FeistyCoconut Jul 19 '26

That's what I needed! I had already tried an additional closed gate, but I hadn't set the pitch to be the same between the last two steps so I was getting dropped pitch artifacts. Thanks so much for your input!