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The first way to think of Zio is as a signal conditioner that optimizes your guitar signal and brings it to the very best tone possible for feeding the rest of your signal path. The second function for the Zio is as a traditional solo boost to lift your signal and push your amp. The Zio was designed in conjunction with Chris Ventner, the sole proprietor and genius behind Shoe Pedals, one of my all-time favorite pedal companies, and the man behind the now legendary Savior Machine overdrive among others. You can set the true bypass pedal switch for on/off or mute your signal to switch to the tuner output. It’s the first all-analog pedal from Source Audio and the basic idea was simply to make your guitar sound better and they’ve achieved it in spades. True to the Source Audio pedigree of giving you more for less, it’s essentially 4 pedals in one: a one meg buffer on the input, a 150-ohm output impedance on the output for feeding other pedals and amplifiers, a second output for line-level or tuners, a built-in preamp circuit for four different voicings with up to 20db of gain on tap and a tone or capacitance control that replicates the effect of plugging into different lengths of guitar cable. The Tone capacitance control allows you to compensate for having that super-clean buffer if you so choose. Now comes the Zio analog front boost pedal. Simple right? But ah, as always with Source Audio the Zio has much more built-in. Z stands for impedance, I for input, and O for output. Not content to create amazing-sounding pedals and deep controllers, they go the extra mile and afford you what is quite possibly the most extensive software app experience in the business. We’re talking three to four levels deep and beyond the simple surface control of their pedals. Certainly, the most elaborate care in the industry. My chain is already highly evolved with 3 tone-enhancers working in tandem across slots #6, #7 and #8.Source Audio is an extraordinary audio device manufacturer. This could be a possible alternative / replacement for my JA Prism on slot #6. The Switch toggle acts as normal True Bypass to the left, and when on Mute it Mutes the main Output, while the Tuner / Line Out socket remains in play. Players of single coil guitars in particular often use longer cable runs to soften the output of the guitar and make it less bright and icy. The 3-way Tone control is a sort of Cable Impedance Simulator - where Bright is Short, Medium is Moderate, and Dark simulates Long cable runs / lengths - each of these has progressively rolled-off highs or a sort of high cut. E-Plex : 1970’s Echoplex style preamp - a vintage-style FET buffer / boost which delivers a warm, clear and just a touch dirty tonality.Studio : deploys the famous ’Pultec Trick’ which provides a low mid cut, gentle presence boost in the upper midrange, and a natural sounding high pass filter to deliver a more focused output.Low-Cut : removes excessive low frequency rumble and buildup to deliver improved headroom and a tighter sound.
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JFET : delivers similar character and behaviour to a clean tube amp.
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The core of the Zio is 4 different tone-enhancing Circuits : As soon as I saw the Zio, I was reminded of my JA Prism which kinda sorta does similar things as a Buffer, Boost, EQ and Preamp.Ĭontrols - Output (+20dB), Circuit : JFET / Low-Cut / Studio / E-Plex, Tone : Bright / Med / Dark, Switch : Bypass / Mute. Source Audio’s new Zio is a rare fully analog pedal for them - where they’re much better known for their wide-ranging 56-bit processing One Series DSP Stereo Pedals.