The Continuum fingerboard gives a level of expression not found on usual keyboards and MIDI controllers. Featuring 3 dimensions of touch control (X, Y, Z), the Continuum fingerboard opens you up to a whole range of expressing playing. Combining pressure (for articulation), left and right movements (for pitch/vibrato), and up and down sliding (for timbre), the Haken Audio Continuum implements multidimensional polyphonic expression. The Continuum allows you to slide between notes for a glissando and vibrato effect, apply pressure for changing volume, and even slide up and down to control effects such as filters, volume, and whatever you want to customise it to. Create more natural sounding virtual instruments when playing, getting every nuance with your fingertip movements. Achieve vibrato and pitch bend with your own dynamic touch rather than using modulation wheels and rotary knobs to control effects. When playing a chord, you can control the volume of each separate note by sliding up or down the pad. Additionally, the 3 directions can be customised to different parameters such as the filter cutoff, volume, and more.
The Haken Audio Continuum allows you to control external synths as well as digital synths via MIDI. This enables you to expressively play your synths (if they have the capability). Connect up your synth via MIDI to take expressive control. Pressure and front-to-back can be configured for any MIDI continuous controller message. Conveniently, you can also split the playing surface into 2 zones and have 1 synth on the right side, and another on the left to create a truly unique performance.
The Continuum allows you to play monophonically and polyphonically. This allows you to play both basses, leads and chords. When in monophonic mode, you can choose between legato, re-trigger, and portamento modes. Legato modes means that the notes after the first note don't have an attack or decay of there own. Re-trigger mode means that every note as an attack, which is ideal for playing arpeggios and percussive instruments. Additionally, you can use the portamento mode to smoothly glide between the 2 notes you’re playing. This reacts to the relative pressure and can create whammy style effects. When in polyphonic mode you have a wide range of control for modulating the notes. The fingerboard allows you to play a chord and adjust the volume or filter of each note by sliding up or down, or pitch bend a note by sliding across. The Continuum allows you to play 32 notes simultaneously for the internal sounds, and 16 notes via MIDI, allowing enough room for 2 people to play on the Continuum at once.
