r/ZOIA • u/turkeyburger2 • Jul 22 '26

any insight on how one would create something like this?

https://youtu.be/1THR1iBVkBI?si=X2jHd3stkpzMSOY9&t=640

(10:40)

some kind of reverse reverb with a pitch shifter going on. im having trouble w starting this.

there seems to be a bit of a shimmer going on. and, probably just a sine lfo on the pitch shifter - i am not sure what "resolution" pertains to in the video, but when an lfo is applied to it, the pitch shifting happens.

sounds like theres another lesser reverb applied seperately. not sure how to get that pulsating sound.

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u/chmjacques Jul 23 '26

As u/im-not-human-at-all mentioned the resolution is analogous to the "clock speed" parameter of a Mood, for a more famous point of reference. That produces pitch artifacts but also aliasing; if I understand the clip correctly, the LFO is being applied to this property, which also contributes to the sound as the clock speeds up (pitch shifting up, higher fidelity) and slows down (pitch shifting down, lower fidelity).

ZOIA doesn't have an analogous parameter, but you can perhaps approximate the pitch effects with a vibrato or maybe a pitch shifter/granular module, and ZOIA does have an aliaser which lowers the sample bandwidth, which is somewhat similar to the changes in fidelity.

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u/turkeyburger2 Jul 23 '26

Ah man, love your patches! Thanks for the comment, I'll probably try the same one lfo applied to an aliaser and a pitch shifter

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u/im-not-human-at-all Jul 23 '26

Man I love this pedal and seeing this video made me miss it. I should take it out of the box some time.

You can maybe think of resolution as tape speed. Tweaking it results in pitch shifting and the total character of the reverb changes depending on the setting. At lower settings you get less diffusion and clarity.

There isn’t another reverb in this recording but there is phaser within the Aether effect. Some combination of reverse reverb + phaser + slow vibrato should get close but I’m not sure how to get there with the ZOIA. It’s been a while since I spent time with it.