AC Noises unveils its Continua Stereo Sample-Repeater / Glitch / Modifier / Multi-FX - in the same pedal format as its recent Ricorda Granular Reverb

"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!