Red Panda Tensor Pedal
The Red Panda Tensor pedal offers powerful pitch and time-shifting tools, providing a wide range of effects such as live reverse, tape stop, glitch, freeze, pitch shift, time stretch, looping, and more.
Red Panda Tensor Pedal Review
Despite creating complex sounds, the Tensor is easy to use with its spacious controls, top-mount jacks, two footswitches, and additional features like preset options when used with an external MIDI controller. It's a wellspring of creativity, allowing you to explore new dimensions on guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, and even vocals.
Red Panda Tensor Pedal Features
- Pitch and time-shifting pedal with endless sound potential
- Great for guitar, keys, synthesizers, drums, and even vocals
- 3 core playback modes: forward, alternate, and reverse
- Capable of modulation, glitching, time stretching, tape stops and reverse, stutter effects, momentary bursts, and more
- Loop features let you build foundational parts in three different modes: overdub, record, and next
- Up to 9.4 seconds of looping in mono and 4.7 seconds in stereo
- Wet/dry blend for adding the perfect amount of effect you want
- Intelligent randomizer listens to your settings and reacts accordingly
- Pitch-shift tool features an impressive -2 to +2 octave range
- Time-shift control allows 4 x faster or slower playback without changing pitch
- Speed knob for 1-knob tape machine-style effects
- Top-mount jacks, a stereo option, and a spacious control panel make for a pedalboard-friendly design
- Option to save presets using a MIDI controller
- Additional port for an expression pedal or remote switch
- Convenient web-based editor for building presets and accessing hidden parameters
- Assembled and tested in Detroit for maximum quality
Red Panda Tensor Pedal Specs
- Analog/Digital: Digital
- Presets: 31 x User (requires remote switch/MIDI)
- Effects: Modulation, Tape Stops, Reverse, Time Stretch, Stutter and more
- Looping Time: 9.4 seconds (mono), 4.7 seconds (stereo)
- Tap Tempo: External Switch
- Inputs: 1 x 1/4" TS/TRS
- Outputs: 1 x 1/4" TS/TRS
- MIDI I/O: In/USB
- Other I/O: 1 x 1/4" TRS (expression, control voltage, tap tempo, MIDI in, remote switch)
- USB: 1 x Mini-B
- Bypass Switching: Analog Buffered, DSP, Kill Dry, Analog+FX Level, Auto
- Software: Red Panda Web Editor
- Power Source: 9V DC 250mA power supply (sold separately)
- Power Usage: 220mA
Red Panda Tensor Pedal Dimensions
- Dimensions: 4.75 x 3.05 x 2.5"
- Weight: 0.87 lbs