“Continua is a stereo dynamic sampler and multi-effect that doesn\u2019t 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.”<\/p>\n
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I am a huge fan of Continua\u2019s 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\u2019ve 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 \u00a0– and feel the need to give every pedal its due time to shine!<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s a similar situation with my main Delay Workstation – where I\u2019ve 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!<\/p>\n
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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\u2019s no doubting the potency of this device – and how great its output can sound!<\/p>\n
For me it also overlaps with Chase Bliss\u2019s celebrated Mood to a degree – AC Noises call their pedal a \u2019Sampler\u2019, and I\u2019ve 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.<\/p>\n
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Controls – MIX [In-FX], TEMPO [Sensibility] : 1\/4 | 1\/2 | x1 | x2 | x4, PITCH \u00b1 [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 \u00a0(Preset 2).<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
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Routing Options : Mono In\/Out, MISO, Full Stereo.<\/p>\n
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SUMMARY KEY FEATURES<\/p>\n
Stereo Sample-Repeater \/ Glitch \/ Modifier \/ Multi-FX
\nOperation : Mono \/ MISO \/ Full Stereo
\n4 Main Knobs with Alt Params
\n4 Minor Knobs with Alt Params
\n3 x 3-way Option Toggle-switches
\nDual Multi-Function Footswitches
\n20 customizable parameters
\n16 additional Features
\nMIDI In & Out
\n2 onboard presets
\nPower : 9V DC [-] 250mA
\nDimensions : 94 x 117 x 50mm
\nWeight : c.400g
\nMAP \/ RRP : \u20ac459 \/ $420 \/ \u00a3314<\/p>\n