The fact that settings can't be saved on a pedal that is so difficult to "dial in" is a real minus. The build of the pedal is very nice, and the idea of the LED colours giving clues as to settings is also a good feature, as is the idea that an expression pedal could control settings on the fly (done by many other high-end pedal makers).
My music is about intent, and direction, and while I'm as happy to noodle around for ideas just like most people, the ideas have to come from me, and they need to crystallise and be repeatable, and the Tensor's "USP" of randomness and weirdness is just too difficult to put to any musical use unless you always have a recorder running to catch the moment when it did something interesting. I was looking for something that could enhance what is passing through it, and the Tensor, with the exception of being able to loop, just messes around with the signal (in mono too, which for something like this is a limitation), either for novelty effects or randomly glitching whatever is passing through it which is, like it or not, just another novelty effect of no real musical value. The only dependable function here that is of use to me would be the looper option, but I already have three pedals (Strymon, TC Electronic, and Boss) that can all loop material with far more control over that loop.
They're more for glitching things up, or are novelty things such as the tape effects, something you'd use very seldom if you're interested in making actual songs. I use this with guitar, primarily, and while I'm also interested in ambient textures (often as a part of something that isn't ambient in other ways) I find that the Tensor's USP's (Unique Selling Propositions - what sets one thing apart from another) are not really musical in themselves. It is a wonderful pedal, opens up your creativity, but you'll have to be open for it. Otherwise, it wil create a mess, or an unusable effect. The thing is: you have to know what you will use it for, and there is no obvious use to it. With the first you have 4 different modes available (and use it to store presets, or to control the pedal footswitches if you want to spare them from stomping - don't forget this is a type of loop pedal, so there will be a lot of stomping), and with the expression pedal you can control any of the parameters and combine them if you wish. Now, where it gets really interesting, is by using the footswitch or the expression pedal. Add a little controlable randomness if you want with a dedicated control. The play back can be adjusted: you can set direction and speed, stretching and compressing (without affecting pitch), and change pitch. It can track you, repeating everthing you play, or it can record what you play (overdubbing or not) and play it back.
I'll try to give a description of what this thing is: it's a tape maching that follows you everywhere, and you have some control of how it follows you. Register your purchase at for an extended warranty of 4 years. Note: Register your product at and extend the warranty to 4 years. Note: Battery operation is not supported.
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