Zebu Puns

Has anyone tried to set up a delay that is able to sync to a CV clock source? Is it doable?
Most patch storage online are for Zoia pedal... Much appreciated if any pointer or any good patch I can download and modify for that purpose.

I have 11 acres total with roughly 6-7 acres of grazing land that I’m looking to rotate animals through. I’ve considered goats, sheep and cows as potential animals.

Anyone have experience with Zebu cattle they can share with me? I’m in central TX so the heat resistant properties are attractive to me. I am a little worried about another heavy freeze like we had though, wondering if they’d be ok with shelter in those temperatures.

Thanks!

Stumbled on this, courtesy this thread:

https://twitter.com/GemsOfIndology/status/1284782717800984576

>House mice usually live in proximity to humans, in or around houses or fields. They are native to India,[57][58] and later they spread to the eastern Mediterranean about 13,000 BC, only spreading into the rest of Europe around 1000 BC.[59] This time lag is thought to be because the mice require agrarian human settlements above a certain size

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_mouse#History

>House mouse M. musculus originated in the northern Indian subcontinent, from where it radiated in several directions to form the well-described peripheral subspecies (M. m. domesticus, M. m. ~~lusculu.s and M. MZ. custuneus). On the basis of the present result and the nuclear data (Din et al., in press), we propose that M. musculus originated in the north of the indian subcontinent. Our calibration of the evolutionary rate of mtDNA in mice suggests that the mouse settlement in this region could be as old as 900 000 years.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1929145/figure/F1/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1996.9040391.x

>Analysing series of fossils from stratified cave fillings from 120 000 to 12 000 BC in Israel, Auffray, Tchernov & Nevo (1988) highlighted the presence of the house mouse on the shores of the Eastern Mediterranean starting from 12 000 BC only. This successful settlement must be considered to be a consequence of the development of human sedentism (small villages) and of systematic cereal harvesting and storage, more than as the result of global climate change (Tchernov 1984, 1991, 1993, 1994). The westward progression from this point, following human migrations, is presumed to have developed following two different routes, the continental one (‘Danubian route’), which brought the M. m. musculus subspecies into Eastern, Central and Scandinavian Europe, and the Mediterra

I'm planning out a system right now with Zebu as the foundation, and I want to be able to add guitar to my eurorack jams. I haven't received my Zebu yet (it is ordered), so I wanted to ask: Does Zebu work in place of something like MI Ears? Can I do envelope following, gates, and direct audio all from my guitar signal?

I want to hook up my Zebu to take in audio from a synthstrom deluge I just ordered for effects, or from other line level sources. It’s ok if I can’t do this, because I bought it for a lot of reasons, but does this work? And how well?

I want to send some audio from the Zebu to some other modules then bring back the audio into the Zebu audio inputs and hear the end result through the Zebu Headphone output.

But it seems everything that goes through the main outs is always mirrored on the headphone outs which kind of makes sense because otherwise the Zebu would have 4 audio outs and not only 2. Or is there a way to disconnect the headphone from the main outs?

The day has finally come - ZOIA Euroburo (Zebu) pre-orders are open, with an expected shipment date of September 17th! See the product page for more information.

Myself and /u/chmjacques had the privilege to be beta-testers for the Zebu and we'd be happy to answer any questions and share our experiences with you down in the comments (or over on Discord).

If that wasn't exciting enough, there's a new ZOIA firmware available today! All firmware files going forward will support both products, with the goal being complete and equal parity in their features and patches. See below for the full changelog.

Helpful resources
Link to the previous FW 2.1/FAQ thread

FAQ - an updated and organized list of frequently asked questions

Our subreddit wiki - all of the sidebar info, plus a variety of written and visual content about the ZOIA

Our subreddit discord - come join the discussion about all things ZOIA!

Voting and idea forum - login required, email support @ Empress Effects with your ZOIA serial # and photo to gain access

App updates
The ZOIA Librarian version 1.1 is available now, see here for details. Development on version 1.2 is going smoothly, no anticipated release date yet.

Firmware v2.2
2.20 ( August 30, 2021 )

• Product Addition:

  • Firmware updated for compatibility with the Euroburo.
  • Euroburo comes with a new set of factory presets.
  • When using ZOIA with a patch created on the Euroburo, a new page will appear at the top of the page list. This 'Euro Modules' page contains the modules that are bound to Euroburo specific buttons that don't exist on
    ZOIA (CV Ins/Outs, headphone, etc). The modules on this page will connect to other modules and can have their options changed, but they cannot be moved, copied, or re-added once deleted. Deleting the entire page will remove it from the list completely.

• New Featu

Hi,

I'm getting my Zebu legs and trying to get some of my Zoia faves into my eurorack. Is there any quick way to find out where Zoia's footswitches were assigned in patches besides reverse engineering them using the zoia?

thx,

B

So it seems that the Zoia Euroburo with desktop enclosure is sold out already, and now it seems only the pure eurorack version is available.

I really liked the desktop enclosure due to its small form factor and that it seemed to be easy to power with a battery bank. I love that kind of portability and I don't have any plans on doing some eurorack setup. I already own the Zoia pedal (and really love it), but the Zebu makes much more sense in my setup, -and again the slim form factor looks so nice!

In case Empress Effects decide not to produce anymore of these desktop enclosures, I might still buy the pure eurorack version and start searching for a slim eurorack housing for it. Ideally I want to be able to power it from a power bank.... I don't know much about eurorack, and don't have any plan on buying more eurorack.

Does anyone have suggestions for some slim portable eurorack housing for the Zebu?

This is the best fitting case I have found so far https://4mscompany.com/p.php?p=974, but it seems to have double as much depth as what is needed by Zebu... Hope to find something more slim... If I don't find any good slim alternatives, then I might try to buy some small eurorack power supply and hack together my own slim housing made of plywood, so suggestions for a small standalone power supply would also be nice :)

Quick firmware turnaround following the Zebu release! Plus a link to our livestream about the Zebu which was held last night (timestamps in the video description/timeline).

Zebu livestream with /u/chmjacques, myself, and Mitch Lantz (Dealers rep for Empress Effects)

Helpful resources
Link to the previous Firmware/FAQ thread

FAQ - an updated and organized list of frequently asked questions

Our subreddit wiki - all of the sidebar info, plus a variety of written and visual content about the ZOIA

Our subreddit discord - come join the discussion about all things ZOIA!

Voting and idea forum - login required, email support @ Empress Effects with your ZOIA serial # and photo to gain access

App updates
The ZOIA Librarian version 1.1 is available now, see here for details. Development on version 1.2 is going smoothly, no anticipated release date yet.

Firmware v2.3
2.30 (September 24, 2021)

• New Features:

  • CV Delay module: added an option to control the delay time with CV input scaled linearly.
  • MIDI Note Out module: display the note number being sent out, rather than the module CV input value.
  • SV Filter module: added an option to allow instant frequency changes.
  • MIDI CC Setup: on/off (config option) on (default): Loading a patch with MIDI CC Out modules will send MIDI Controller Change messages with the initial values. off: Loading a patch will not send the initial MIDI CC messages.

• Bug Fixes:

  • Oscillator and Ring Modulator modules: when the frequency control is set to display the note (set by pressing the knob when viewing frequency) the lowest note displayed would be A0. If the CV at the input is negative, notes ranging as low as A-10 will now be displayed.
  • Updated Device Control module description and option choice text.
  • The pa

>Together with their sister subspecies Bos taurus, zebu cattle (Bos indicus) have contributed to important socioeconomic changes that have shaped modern civilizations. Zebu cattle were domesticated in the Indus Valley 8000 years before present (YBP). From the domestication site, they expanded to Africa, East Asia, southwestern Asia and Europe between 4000 and 1300 YBP, intercrossing with B. taurus to form clinal variations of zebu ancestry across the landmass of Afro‐Eurasia. In the past 150 years, zebu cattle reached the Americas and Oceania, where they have contributed to the prosperity of emerging economies. The zebu genome is characterized by two mitochondrial haplogroups (I1 and I2), one Y chromosome haplogroup (Y3) and three major autosomal ancestral groups (Indian‐Pakistani, African and Chinese). Phenotypically, zebu animals are recognized by their hump, large ears and excess skin. They are rustic, resilient to parasites and capable of bearing the hot and humid climates of the tropics.

>According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2019) approximately 1.48 billion cattle are reared worldwide, and over half of this population is concentrated in only eight countries (Fig. 1). Brazil currently tops the list with the largest cattle herds in the world, having 218 million head of cattle and a cow‐to‐person ratio of approximately 1. Following closely is India, with a herd of 186 million animals. Importantly, the vast majority of the cattle found in these two countries are either B. indicus or carry substantial zebu ancestry. To illustrate the magnitude of that figure, the global buffalo population is estimated at no more than 200 million. Therefore, there are twice as many zebu cattle in Brazil and India alone as buffaloes in the whole world. This datum highlights the importance of the B. indicus subspecies, and justifies this review article's interest in the population genomics and evolutionary history of zebu cattle.

>The Indus Valley was the domestication site of B. indicus cattle about 8000 YBP (Loftus et al. 1994; Meadow 1996; Bradley et al. 1998; Patel 2009) (Fig. 3).

Zebu is perhaps the most common animal on Indus seals & figurines next only to unicorn leading many historians to conclude that Zebu cattle were worshipped by IVC like worship of Nandi baba today.

>**Although B. indicus cattle are not prevalent in modern‐day Europe, molecular data show a clinal variation of zebu intro