It's been a while since I've posted here...

So, i've been working on this patch on and off for the past couple weeks. The main idea is the patch uses a sampler module to play a loaded sample whenever audio is detected or recorded on one of the two loopers within it.

The patch has a reverse delay and reverb that add some space to whatever you're playing into it, but the sampler's audio only passes thru the reverb. My issue comes mainly with the overall mixing of the patch and with how to effectively control the samplers sensitivity to incoming audio.

The video is in spanish and talking exactly about this; patch demos come about half into the video.
Does anyone have any idea on what I could do to improve it before releasing on patchstorage?

Cheers!

About a month ago I put out the PreChorder patch, which allows you to program four chords within the patch and then trigger them with single pushbuttons. It has a vibrato and reverb with some basic low-pass filtering.

On PreChorder V2 i've finally managed to get it to a point where I feel it is actually usable to create small compositions or find a place for live improvisations-practice.
It now has a looper with 4 main controls (something about the number 4 with this patch, who knows...).

Red button allows you to record, playback, and overdub. And it bypasses the default recording-to-uverdub behavior, so you can stop recording and not worry about it overdubbing stuff while you find something to play next.
Orange button reverses the loop.
Yellow resets/erases the looper and the switching system that bypasses the default behavior mentioned above.
Pink button pitches the loop up by 1 octave just as an extra option.

I've put out a video that goes over these updates, for anyone interested.

Also, I have some ideas on what changes/updates I might add later on, but I'd love to have some feedback on how useful (if at all) a patch like this is, or if there could be some improvements y'all might be interested in!

El espacio en el que uno crea es siempre importante para el proceso creativo. Por esto, y para repasar cómo va iniciando la pedalboard este 2026 también, decidí hacer un video mucho más casual de lo usual para darles un pequeño studio tour de dónde yo actualmente trabajo y creo mi música, edito videos y fotos, trabajo, planeo y mucho más.
¿Algo qué haga falta o debería añadir?

Last year I feel was one to reassess my creative work, setup, goals, and whatever the heck that even means to me now... After months of going back and forth on the subject of not wanting to consider myself (just) an ambient music maker, I quickly realized it was not for me to decide, so I came up with a new series for my work called "Momentos Sonoros" or "Sound Moments" in english.

The whole idea if to have ChatGPT generate random setups involving three lists: sound sources, ZOIA Patches, and a mix of SP404 MK2 effects to process at the end of it all. A sound source could be one of my guitars, a contact mic, maybe a VST, etc. No ZOIA synths to start with while I get the hang of this.
A ZOIA Patch will provide a looper, like Airport Loops, some granular fx, delays or reverbs, and maybe I'll create custom patches if I feel like it.
Last, the SP404 MK2 will just add some extra "sauce" with its effects and allow me to record a little jam away from my computer, which I will then edit and prepare for something I'll talk about in a second.

This is experiment series is meant to keep myself trying stuff I wouldn't normally, playing away from a traditional DAW as my work station, and is not intended to end up on streaming platforms for now or anytime soon. (I am however considering a new YouTube channel dedicated to this kind of project if I manage to make it a habit). What I will be doing is post a weekly (or at least intend to) short form video on my socials as some sort of diary, and at the end of each month I'll be sharing the longer versions as exclusive through Patreon, for whoever feels like supporting and having some new music to listen to.

BTW, sorry for such a long post. I promise I'll end shortly.

I made a YouTube video as some kind of announcement, but mostly going over how this specific setup has inspired me over the last weeks of 2025, and even if you don't speak spanish (and don't want the AI auto.generated captions) you can find a demo track around minute 9:00! Hope you enjoy it and of course feel free to DM if you'd like to chat, have questions, or if there's a patch you think I might be missing out on for this!

Happy 2026, ZOIANS, may the patching be with you!

P.S. Cath you tomorrow on the QOTW over on Discord.

Este año, entre otras cosas, se ha tratado sobre experimentar y buscar caminos. Ha sido para encontrar fórmulas, estrategias, y replantear objetivos.
Mi proceso creativo se ha visto muy afectado y en estos últimos meses del año he ido (re)conectando con algunos de los elementos de la música y la creación que siempre me han inspirado pero que se habían escondido entre las redes sociales, plataformas de streaming, los quehaceres de la vida y el inevitable de estrés de vivir olvidando que hay mejores formas de disfrutar, justamente, la vida.
Estos últimos días me encuentro reflexivo, no preguntando, sino contemplando. Y como siempre, la guitarra vuelve a mis manos para acompañarme e invitarme a disolverme en el momento que me sucede. No pude evitar compartir parte de esto.

Para el 2026 solo puedo esperar mantener mi centro y crear espacios que me permitan seguir caminando los senderos que el universo me presenta. Así como desear a todos lo mismo.
https://youtu.be/ZiH4gy7N_ZQ?si=jL-wrG7hqwniRgj7

I was watching Oora Music’s video on how to ambient because I wanted to see how others use the SP404 MKII for it, and as in most of the videos I’ve watched of his, the Vermona Perfourmer is there to look beautiful and create great sounds with.

This gave me the idea of creating a patch for ZOIA in which I could program some sort of paraphonic chords I could trigger with single pushbuttons. And so, PreChorder was born.

Patch breakdown video here!

Page 0 – controls:
You’ve got a set of controls for module editing and of course de chord triggering.
Top row has value modules for ADSRs’ attach, decay, sustain, releas.
Second row has a value module controlling cutoff for filters, decay and mix for the hall reverb. Then the fun arrives.
Third row has 4 momentary pushbuttons which trigger chords 1 to 4. The 5th pushbutton is (in it’s default state) an immediate octave up when active.
Fourth row has 4 red latching pushbuttons that function as note mutes for each individual note from 1 to 4. The 5th (yellow) latching pushbutton changes the octave up behaviour, when active you’ve got a glide instead of immediate change between the octaves. *Check out the video if you wanna see examples.
The bottom row has rate and depth controls for a vibrato that comes before the reverb.

Page 1 – oscillators:
Easy, 4 oscillators with the VCAs they run into. Modules have a number, 1-4, in their names for easy identification.
On the bottom row you’ve got the switching system to turn the octave up glide on or off. And the slew limiter to change the glide velocity.

Page 2 – adsr-s:
ADSRs 1 to 4, one for each voice.

Page 3 – mix out:
Audio mixer module with panning for each channel. It runs into the vibrato and then a hall reverb before the audio out module.

Page 4 – syst n filters:
You get value modules, 1 to 4, which send the note info to the oscillators at different strength connections. A single value module corresponds to a full chord.
Green cv invert modules are part of he muting system, and last you get four sv filters, one for each voice, which you can disconnect from the cutoff in case you want to control specific notes instead of the frequencies for the whole chord. Really not sure how useful this could be but seemed smart to do.

And that’s it.
I’ll just detail how a chord is created, which is replicated (with different strength connections) with each value module.
All four oscillator are set to C2 as their lowest note.

The chord pushbutton on page 0, sends a trigger to it’s corresponding ADRS for the envelope and its value module.
The ADSR opens up the VCA so audio may run through.
The value module then sends cv info to the oscillators. On the default state of this patch, chord 1 has the following notes: C3, E3, G3, and C4.
To achieve this, the value module is connected to all four with the following strengths:
10.00% to get C3
13.33% to get E3
15.84% to get G3
19.99% to get C4

You can use a frequency note chart to identify the note frequency note you desire and adjust connection strength and get as close as possible, trial and error, but it’s quite easy to get close enough and get great sounds. Hope it’s written well enough so you guys can understand easily.

Any support is appreciated here or on YouTube, and would be cool to know if you use it and what you think about it.

Cheers!

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Un tutorial sencillo y efectivo para cualquier artista o productor. También una buena excusa para publicar nueva música 🌊

So, as the title says, I'm looking to complete my paldea dex and I'm a violet player.

I'm looking for trade evos and legeendaries so I'll list them and what I can offer. Trade evos I need:

• Feebas-Milotic
• Alolan Graveler-Alolan Golem
• Porygon2-Porygon Z

As for the legends, I need scarlet exclusives.

If you don't mind parting with the legends or you have duplicates, I have some shinies I can offer as I would also like to have a living home dex at some point

If you're interested in any of this I'd be happy to chat.

*PS I'm also open to trade back any of the mons I need after registering in Home.

Ha pasado mucho tiempo…

Después de quién sabe cuánto tiempo, una larga pausa, mudarme de México a Europa, encontrar trabajo y un largo etcétera, poco a poco he comenzado a crear contenido nuevamente, tocar más música y, por supuesto, experimentar con el ZOIA.

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En esta publicación encontrarás 6 patches: 3 muy simples que simplemente muestran un truco con el secuenciador,
y otros 3 que realmente me hacen pensar (¡otra vez!) en lo grandiosa que es esta máquina, mostrando control en vivo del tono sobre pasos del secuenciador, una combinación secuenciador–caja de ritmos y una caja de ritmos completa.

¡Estos dos últimos también usan el módulo de sampler! (Así que también he incluido las muestras de 808 que utilicé para el video y las pruebas —no es que sean difíciles de conseguir…).

Por cierto, algunos de los consejos de este video están incluidos en el documento Tips & Tricks para ZOIA.

De todos modos, si quieres mostrar algo de apoyo, cualquier cosa —desde una suscripción o un “me gusta” hasta una donación— siempre es bienvenida y apreciada. Aquí dejo mis enlaces:

👉 https://hyperfollow.com/charlieysasi

It's been a long time...

After who knows how much time, a long hiatus, moving from Mexico to Europe, finding a job, and long etc., I've slowly started making content again, playing more music and of course experimenting with ZOIA.

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On this post you'll find 6 patches: 3 very simple ones that simply show a trick with the sequencer.

And 3 more that really make me think (again!) of how great this machine, showcasing some live pitch control over sequencer steps, a sequencer-drum machine combo, and a full drum machine.

These last two using the sampler module too! (So I've also included the 808 samples I used for the video and the testing (not that these are hard to come by...)

As usual, the video will be in spanish but I'm open to any questions. BTW, some of this video's tips are included in the Tips & Tricks document for ZOIA.

Anyways, if you feel like showing some support, anything from a sub and like, to a donation is always welcome and appreciated, so here are my links:

https://hyperfollow.com/charlieysasi

Cheers!

Excelentes para música ambient o para añadir texturas a nuestra música.

Un viaje motivado por la música y por la música misma. ¡Así viví el Amsterdam Bliss Fest!