Klowra South Zoo Voice Synth Pedal – Animal-Inspired Polyphonic Synthesizer | Where the Tone Blooms
Overview
A curious menagerie hidden in your signal chain. The Klowra South Zoo is a bizarre auditory illusion: you strike a string as usual, but what emanates from your amp might be animal-inspired synthesized vocal textures. Far from a mere novelty, South Zoo is an advanced polyphonic synth pedal that blends surreal character with sophisticated DSP architecture.
It abandons cold, clinical digital synthesis. Driven by a powerful triple-voice synthesis algorithm and smooth, low-latency polyphonic tracking, South Zoo acutely captures your picking dynamics, naturally blending bizarre animal vocal tracts with your guitar signal. This sound is no mechanical overlay; it interacts delicately with your notes, responding to every rise and fall through dynamic envelope decay.
Why Choose the Klowra South Zoo?
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Animal-Inspired Synthesis: Explore a wild sonic ecosystem with three distinct core voices: the vocal, wah-like filter sweep of the CAT, the rhythmic, pulsating croaks of the FROG, and the sharp, aggressive, high-frequency bite of the HORSE.
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Dynamic Interaction: The pedal responds directly to your playing dynamics. Every rise and fall of your picking intensity is translated into expressive synth textures via dynamic envelope decay.
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Advanced Tracking Modes: Use the Toggle Switch to completely transform how the pedal reacts to your playing. Choose from pitch-locked tracking, flat lo-fi noise, or moment-of-triggered chaos.
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Momentary Footswitch Mayhem: Hold down the onboard footswitch (or connect an external TS footswitch to the CTRL input) to activate mind-bending secondary functions, such as inverted pitch tracking or freezing the voice into a continuous, randomized wall of sound.
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Lofi Bloom Infinity Series: Features original artist hand-painted silkscreen artwork, bringing the bizarre menagerie to life on your pedalboard.
Controls Breakdown
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MIX: Adjusts how much animal sound is blended into your dry guitar signal.
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SPEED: Adjusts the loop speed of the animal sound.
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DETAIL: Adjusts the specific character and details of the animal voice.
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TAILS: Adjusts the tail length of the animal sound.
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VOICE Button: Cycles through three distinct animal-inspired sound profiles, indicated by the LED color:
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CAT (White LED): A vocal, wah-like effect with a dynamic filter sweep mimicking a distinct "meow" character.
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FROG (Blue LED): A unique modulation where sustain/trails transform into rhythmic, repeating frog croaks for a quirky, pulsating texture.
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HORSE (Orange LED): A sharper, more piercing tone with an aggressive, high-frequency bite that cuts clearly through any mix.
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Toggle Switch (Tracking Behavior & Footswitch Hold Function):
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Left (Pitch Follow): Voices perfectly lock onto your guitar's pitch. Hold Function: Activates Inverted Pitch Follow (low notes trigger high-pitched screams, high notes plunge into deep roars).
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Mid (Normal/Flutter): Severs tracking for flat, robotic, lo-fi noise. Hold Function: Freezes the animal voice into a continuous wall of sound while randomizing the SPEED parameter.
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Right (Normal/Stretch): Severs tracking for flat, robotic, lo-fi noise. Hold Function: Freezes the animal voice into a continuous wall of sound while randomizing the TAILS parameter.
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CTRL: External TS Footswitch Input (recognizes momentary triggers, identical to holding the onboard footswitch).
Key Features
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Triple-voice polyphonic synthesis algorithm
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Low-latency tracking that preserves picking dynamics
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Three bizarre animal voices (Cat, Frog, Horse)
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Dynamic envelope decay interaction
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Three tracking modes with unique footswitch hold functions
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External momentary footswitch support
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Premium DSP architecture
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Original artist artwork (Lofi Bloom Infinity Series)
Specifications
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Brand: Klowra
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Model: South Zoo
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Effect Type: Polyphonic Voice Synth / Animal Emulation
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Inputs: 1 x 1/4" TS Instrument jack, 1 x 1/4" TS CTRL (Footswitch)
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Outputs: 1 x 1/4" TS Instrument jack
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Power: Standard 9V DC (Center Negative)
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Bypass: True Bypass
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Chassis: Premium Aluminum Alloy
Ideal For
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Experimental & Avant-Garde Guitarists: Push the boundaries of what a guitar can sound like by introducing animalistic, vocal, and synth-like textures.
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Post-Rock & Ambient Players: Use the Tails and Speed controls to create bizarre, evolving soundscapes and rhythmic, glitchy pads.
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Live Performers: Use the momentary hold function on the footswitch to inject dramatic reverse pitch-swallows and infinite wails into your solos.
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Noise & Industrial Artists: Utilize the flat, lo-fi noise tracking modes to create mechanical, robotic sound walls.
Release the beast in your signal chain.
