“Continua is a stereo dynamic sampler and multi-effect that doesn’t just play your sound back : it listens to how you play and reacts in real time, capturing, shaping and transforming your repeats through a wide range of controls including mix, tempo (TAP function included), pitch, sustain, freeze, glitch, dimension, lo-fi, downsampling, reverb, smear and filter.”

 

I am a huge fan of Continua’s predecessor – the Ricorda Granular Reverb, and will undoubtedly love this new one just as much – while I already have an existing list of prior commitments, and the Continua will need to wait for its turn! As I’ve only just recently landed the OBNE Parting / Purr-ting which occupies fairly similar territory – on my #48 Slot. That pedal needs to complete its innings, where the next one due on that slot is the Bleak District Orbits, and then I will be looking towards landing this Continua. Alas I have something of a backlog on at the moment  – and feel the need to give every pedal its due time to shine!

 

There’s a similar situation with my main Delay Workstation – where I’ve just recently ordered the Chase Bliss Big Time – just ahead of Strymon announcing its V2 / MX Timeline Delay! The Timeline will need to wait also!

 

The Continua has much to recommend it – while I feel that the 2-Preset switching could have been accomplished in a somewhat more elegant manner. There’s no doubting the potency of this device – and how great its output can sound!

For me it also overlaps with Chase Bliss’s celebrated Mood to a degree – AC Noises call their pedal a ’Sampler’, and I’ve extended that to Sample-Repeater – which is basically the same as a Micro-Looper – this definitely fits into that sort of glitchy Modulated / Modified Micro-Looper category.

 

Controls – MIX [In-FX], TEMPO [Sensibility] : 1/4 | 1/2 | x1 | x2 | x4, PITCH ± [Attack], SUSTAIN / *FREEZE [Release], [Threshold], [Mod], [Decay] | [Stereo Spread], AUX Options : TAP / ALT / Tilt, Operation : Mono / Preset / Stereo, Mode : Standard / Reverse / Tail, AUX Footswitch (Tap Tempo / Tilt Mode / ALT / Preset 1), Bypass Footswitch  (Preset 2).

 

Ports – 1/4″ TS/TRS In, 9V DC [-] 250mA, 1/4″ Left/Mono TS Out, 1/4″ Right Out, USB-C, Mini TRS MIDI In + Out.

 

Routing Options : Mono In/Out, MISO, Full Stereo.

 

SUMMARY KEY FEATURES

Stereo Sample-Repeater / Glitch / Modifier / Multi-FX
Operation : Mono / MISO / Full Stereo
4 Main Knobs with Alt Params
4 Minor Knobs with Alt Params
3 x 3-way Option Toggle-switches
Dual Multi-Function Footswitches
20 customizable parameters
16 additional Features
MIDI In & Out
2 onboard presets
Power : 9V DC [-] 250mA
Dimensions : 94 x 117 x 50mm
Weight : c.400g
MAP / RRP : €459 / $420 / £314

There are 2 different webstores – depending on whether you’re based in the USA or Rest of the World – so choose your target wisely – pricing is at €459 / $420 / £314 – of course courtesy of AC Noises, and imminent at leading dealers.

 

I will for sure be getting one of these in, while as mentioned, I have a backlog I need to work my way through first – one of these will surely be mine within a month or few!