Empress Effects ZOIA Euroburo

If you’re familiar with the Empress Effects Zoia pedal then the Euroburo will be instantly familiar - it’s the Eurorack modular version of the Zoia. It lets you build effects, sequencers and CV processing by placing modules on the grid of pads. Multiple pages lets you build complex patches, and the Zoia can access 64 patches at a go. You can load and save patches onto an included SDcard. Best part; hundreds of user-contributed patches are available on patch-storage.com.

This is a large module, at 34hp you’ll need space in your case for it. It packs a lot in though, including MIDI sequencing, MIDI control of patches, CV input and output, and a virtual version of every Eurorack module you’re already familiar with (VCA, LFO, mult, logic gates etc)

Great build quality, great sound, great features and surprisingly easy to use.

Bought this module mainly to explore having a few more oscillators and some efects in my ststem. I was extremelly surprised with the amount of things I was presented with. The modules have great sound quality and one can create different patches quite fast and efficiently.

I was prepared for a lot of menu diving, but instead I found an interface that was simple to explore and easilly playable with just a few midi external midi encoders.

Zero regrets on buying that one. combined with a nice semimodular synth like Taiga, Mother32 etc one might have a very compact but full modular system.