- 95.9LEGITIMACY SCORE
- 96.4SAFETY SCORE
- 4+CONTENT RATING
- $7.99PRICE
What is ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer? Description of ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer 3722 chars
ZOA is a creative MIDI sequencer that is both immediate and immense.
ZOA uses a custom, musical implementation of John Conway’s Game of Life to generate melody, harmony, and rhythm. Up to four voices move through an evolving landscape of living cells, playing notes as they go. Each voice can move in a unique way, with its own pace and rhythmic pattern. ZOA includes unique features, such as note values based on the golden ratio for maximum generative fun.
Features:
- Interact with the Game of Life by touching the grid to toggle cell states
- Define your musical palette by configuring the grid settings
- Create a complex dance between four independent voices
- Free your hands to explore your synthesizers as ZOA plays them for you
- Includes ten factory presets to give you a feel for what ZOA is capable of
- Explore a focused, yet deep set of parameters
- Grid Settings
- Root note
- Octave shift
- Scale (see below for available scales)
- Octave range
- Game of Life Settings
- Grid size (8x8 and 16x16)
- Auto or manual generation advance
- Rate of new generations (in beat time from 16 bars to 32nd T)
- Auto or manual grid respawn
- Voice Settings
- Four voices with independent settings
- Enable/disable
- Rate of play (in beat time from 16 bars to 32nd T)
- Includes unique note values based on the Golden Ratio for maximum generative fun!
- Length of note (10% to 100%)
- Variety of rules for moving through grid (see below for list)
- Pitch offset
- Unique pattern control for creating rhythms and polymeters, now with step options
- Easily add holds, ties, accents (positive and negative!), ratchets, and trig conditions
- MIDI velocity and channel
- Flexible Connectivity
- Use in a compatible audio unit host like AUM, or in standalone mode
- Control multiple instruments at once with five MIDI outputs
- One for all voices together, and one for each voice by itself
- Set the key and octave shift on the fly with MIDI input
- Sync to the tempo of other devices using Ableton Link or MIDI clock (standalone)
- Send MIDI clock to external synths (standalone, experimental feature)
- Connect to Bluetooth MIDI devices
- Modulate ZOA's parameters in a compatible AUv3 host (audio unit)
- Eight unique MIDI CC outputs derived from ZOA’s game of life simulation
- Population density, fertility, mortality, stability, and per-voice random
- Includes macOS app!
IMPORTANT:
ZOA can be used as a standalone app or as an AUv3 plugin. There are some important differences between the two. The standalone app features a simple, toggleable "Sidekick Synth" so you can quickly experiment with ZOA. Of course, you can also send MIDI from the standalone app. Meanwhile, the ZOA AUv3 plugin does NOT generate sound. Instead, you use it to send MIDI (note messages) to other apps, plugins, or hardware instruments that do the actual sound generation. AUv3 plugins must be used inside a compatible host.
Available Scales
- Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic, Major, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Minor, Locrian, Blues, Whole Tone, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Chromatic, Diminished, Whole Half, Spanish, Super Locrian, Bhairav, Hungarian Minor, Minor Gypsy, Augmented, Prometheus, Pelog, Major Hexatonic, Minor Hexatonic, Hirojoshi, In Sen, Iwato, Kumoi
Available Voice Rules
- Up, Down, UpDown, DownUp, First, Last, Random, Walk, Rise, Fall
View manual: https://www.audiosymmetric.com/manuals.html
View tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Uka-nFom-pgTB-DftgDvA
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ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer Pros
✓ Very cool generative appThe special feature of Zoa, compared to other generative sequencers, is that there are two layers. The upper layer is the Life, which selects a complex sequence of notes to use, and which evolves slowly. The lower layer is the playheads which dance different patterns through the selected notes. These create plenty of motion even if the Life pattern only updates every few bars. You can configure the playheads appropriate to different instrumental styles. I was able to create a credible-sounding jazz trio this way..Version: 1.0
✓ Very very coolAwesome generative sequencer with a cool algorithm underlying everything. Having the play heads be different colours is the only suggestion I have after a few hours with it. Loving this!.Version: 1.2
✓ ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer Positive ReviewsZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer Cons
✗ Disappointing….only one channel midi out.Version: 1.3
✗ Really doesn’t do muchJust like the Conway’s life sim, it eventually settles down to one or more simple oscillations and either stops or does the same, monotonous pattern/s. Not all that ‘musical..Version: 1.0.1
✗ ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer Negative ReviewsIs ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer legit?
✅ Yes. ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer is 100% legit to us. This conclusion was arrived at by running over 54 ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer user reviews through our NLP machine learning process to determine if users believe the app is legitimate or not. Based on this, AppSupports Legitimacy Score for ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer is 95.9/100.
Is ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer safe?
✅ Yes. ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer is quiet safe to use. This is based on our NLP analysis of over 54 user reviews sourced from the IOS appstore and the appstore cumulative rating of 4.8/5. AppSupports Safety Score for ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer is 96.4/100.
Should I download ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer?
✅ There have been no security reports that makes ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer a dangerous app to use on your smartphone right now.
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Product details of ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer
- App Name:
- ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer
- App Version:
- 1.3
- Developer:
- Ryan Robinson
- Legitimacy Score:
- 95.9/100
- Safety Score:
- 96.4/100
- Content Rating:
- 4+ Contains no objectionable material!
- Category:
- Music
- Language:
- EN
- App Size:
- 11.54 MB
- Price:
- $7.99
- Bundle Id:
- ryan.ZOA
- Relase Date:
- 04 November 2021, Thursday
- Last Update:
- 08 December 2022, Thursday - 17:46
- Compatibility:
- IOS 13.0 or later
New in ZOA 1.3: - Add 16 new scales! See description for complete list. - Share your user presets with friends and other devices using AirDrop! - Refactor sequencer engine for better accuracy, stability, and to eliminate hung notes. - The standalone ....