christopher-h-m-jacques
I create instruments for the Empress Effects ZOIA. -/Z/-
I also curate a ZOIA Tips & Tricks page, which can be found here: https://bit.ly/2KXIT0H -/Z/-
If you use one of my patches in something, please consider sharing the work in the comments for that patch -- so that others can get a sense of what the patch can do -- or tagging me in your social media posts. -/Z/-
If you want to get in touch with me, you can find me on the ZOIA Discord (@chmjacques; invite: https://discord.gg/tWqUWdFSE8). You can also ask patch-specific questions in the comments section of the patch's Patchstorage page or YouTube video (if a corresponding video exists). I no longer take questions via private message/direct message. -/Z/-
This is my Bandcamp; lots of ZOIA generative music to be had: https://christopherhmjacques.bandcamp.com/ -/Z/-
The answers to the two most common things people ask me about myself:
1) I am not an Empress employee.
2) My background/training is in literary analysis (specifically American antebellum novels and political tracts). I only passed pre-calculus because my teacher liked me/took pity on me. My experience with modular synthesis was pretty meager before encountering ZOIA. -/Z/-
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christopher-h-m-jacques 4 months ago
VLD — very large delay, which is mostly just sort of a pun on the…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 7 months ago
A simple FM synth that makes neat little plucky arpeggios or chord organ-y stuff, using…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 8 months ago
Coatlicue is the proposed name for a theoretical hyper-giant star whose violent winds compressed the…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 10 months ago
The grid of ZOIA has always had some allure as a sequencer programming interface, but…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 10 months ago
Get Bent is a take on the buffer manipulation end of circuit bending: glitches, stutters…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 9 months ago
Recombinator is a crazy whirlwind — drawing from probability and randomness to mangle and reshape…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 9 months ago
Recombinator allows you to take a buffer, mangle it into an absolute mess, and then…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 10 months ago
Useful for complex rhythmic delays, evolving ambient soundscapes, and arpeggiating quasi-shimmer reverbs, TimeChasers uses three…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 10 months ago
Microtoner is a patch that can help you craft eerie sci-fi soundtracks or just explore…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 11 months ago
Ersatz Grainz — granular (delay) without granular (modules) So, Ersatz Grainz is sort of a…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 12 months ago
Noumenon is a drone synth. It’s kind of inspired by the drones I’m getting out…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 12 months ago
Drawing from a study of the Make Noise Mimeophon and Vongon Polyphrase (which, in turn…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 12 months ago
Twin Paradox is a dual stereo looper that decouples pitch and speed, allowing for time…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 1 year ago
Noise arts — a versatile noise source/sound design tool Noise arts is the result of…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 1 year ago
Specks is my frequency/spectrum analyzer patch. There are already some frequency analyzer patches on Patchstorage…