16 Apr 2020
The Zoia is a pretty fun and versatile way to design custom effects for your setup in a way that other hardware just can't. For example, I often run audio through multiple pathways using a variety of vibrato, amp simulation, delay, and reverb, to create a unique, degraded tone. And on top of that, you can use LFOs to control any particular aspects of the settings along the way. Setting up a patch only takes a minute or two for effects.
It does have some pretty substantial limitations; the CPU can't handle too many effects at once, editing patches is a mental pain, complicated patches are basically inscrutable, the effects modules aren't as comprehensive as I'd like, and, notably, doing things other than effects basically feels like you're going against the design of the thing. But for a way to quickly generate boutique effects in that fun Reason way of wiring things together, I think the Zoia is totally worth giving a shot.