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Diving Into The Empress ZOIA.

Benn Jordan | January 26, 2026



The ZOIA is finally available for preorder, and I’m finally able to talk about it after secretly having it follow me around for quite some time.

https://empresseffects.com/products/zoia
My music ($upport me!): https://theflashbulb.bandcamp.com/

Written by Benn Jordan

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  1. @Inputsignwave

    January 26, 2026 at 10:33 pm

    Iv been in a real state of indecision for a month over what to buy for my first semi modular hardware as trying to build a away from DAW rig and I think I’m going to make the ZOIA the heart of this new tabletop project. Its dam fantastic ❤

  2. @TheMirolab

    January 26, 2026 at 10:33 pm

    If I were younger, and didn't need to sleep at night, I'd be all over this thing! Sadly, I already have a real modular synth that doesn't get enough love.

  3. @watchaddicts1213

    January 26, 2026 at 10:33 pm

    Well, I was about to click "BUY" on an Empress Reverb and now I found THIS video. So, Desert Island Time: my guess is that goes with you and poor Empress Reverb is left behind, seeing as how there's only room for ONE pedal. I suppose you'd say that ZOIA is the No Brainer choice, yes? Thanks Benn.

  4. @raoul355

    January 26, 2026 at 10:33 pm

    i think you should get 40 zoias, and then get a controller with a 6 by 8 button grid that runs zoia patches like the effects modules inside zoia 🤯

  5. @PseudoThief

    January 26, 2026 at 10:33 pm

    25:29 "It almost sounds like vinyl. Sorry about that!". Meanwhile I'm thinking "Cool, that's a neat vinyl crackle you've got going on there" XD I hope they didn't patch that "effect" out of it!

  6. @paulw2604

    January 26, 2026 at 10:33 pm

    Great video, thanks, I have got to get a Zoia! I am a guitarist who also is into synths. How do you connect your guitar, do you have a guitar amp direct ss well as a ful Grande amp and can for the Zoia, or does it all just go through the Zoia into one full Grande amp system?

  7. @riloh58

    January 26, 2026 at 10:33 pm

    Every time I look at anything about this thing (I'm not entirely sure what to call it so will stick with "thing") it just blows my tiny little mind. What an absolute bumper box of joy. Being a guitar and synth guy I feel that this pedal and I were meant to be together. Just a matter of time.

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