{"id":153547,"date":"2026-05-22T15:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=153547"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:24:15","slug":"midiphy-zetasid-update-adds-new-bassline-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/05\/22\/midiphy-zetasid-update-adds-new-bassline-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"midiphy zetaSID Update Adds New Bassline Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"midiphy zetaSID: bassline engine (new firmware v1.5)\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/55y4tisxaN8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>midiphy<\/strong> has updated the firmware for its <strong>zetaSID<\/strong> chiptune synth Eurorack module to add a new bassline synth engine.<\/p>\n<p>In the video demo, above, two zetaSIDs linked via phybus create the stereo bassline, using the latest firmware.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s new in firmware v1.5:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>zetaSID bassline engine: 303-style 16-step sequencer, eight patterns per channel, per-step note \/ octave \/ gate \/ slide \/ accent \/<\/li>\n<li>one freely assignable parameter, two LFOs and an additional envelope with curvature<\/li>\n<li>three new input sockets per module: SEQ STEP, SEQ RESET, SEQ PATTERN. Splice them through phybus and your modular drives the sequencer directly with clocks, sequence reset triggers and pattern select CVs<\/li>\n<li>pair two zetaSIDs over phybus for a true stereo bassline patch that stays step-locked<\/li>\n<li>non-bassline feature: individual instrument attenuation for drum engine<\/li>\n<li>non-bassline feature: 180\u00b0 screen rotation support (mount your zetas upside-down, if you want :-))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pricing and Availability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>zetaSID<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midiphy.com\/en\/zetasid\/\">available<\/a> now for 199.98 \u20ac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>midiphy has updated the firmware for its zetaSID chiptune synth Eurorack module to add a new bassline synth engine.\u00a0&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/05\/22\/midiphy-zetasid-update-adds-new-bassline-engine\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">midiphy zetaSID Update Adds New Bassline Engine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23766],"tags":[5222,851,33842,36326],"class_list":["post-153547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modular-synthesizers-electronic-music-gear","tag-bassline","tag-eurorack","tag-midiphy","tag-midiphy-zetasid"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/zetasid-bassline-synthesizer.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153549,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153547\/revisions\/153549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}