The Red Panda Context 2 is a reverb pedal inspired by 1980s rack-mount reverbs. It features eight selectable reverb modes: Room, Hall, Cathedral, Gated, Reverse, Plate, Spring, and Grain.

Version 2 adds stereo input and output, USB MIDI, a fully assignable expression pedal, three new modes, delay and reverb in all modes, separate high- and low-frequency damping controls, modulation, dynamic reverb, and Infinite Hold. When the Shift button is held down, the top row of knobs adjusts delay parameters.

The high- and low-frequency damping controls adjust the dynamics for ducking the reverb or using an expander to add more reverb to louder notes. Threshold and recovery time are adjustable. Holding down the footswitches provides two different types of infinite sustain. One preset is directly accessible from the left footswitch, while 127 presets can be accessed via MIDI or the Red Panda Remote 4 footswitch. An optional expression pedal or CV can be assigned to any combination of parameters.

Features

• Reverb effects pedal
• Eight selectable reverb modes: Room, Hall, Cathedral, Gated, Reverse, Plate, Spring, and Grain
• Delay and reverb in all modes
• Fully assignable expression pedal
• Analog buffered bypass
• MIDI via USB or 6.35 mm (1/4") TRS input
• Direct access to one preset via footswitch
• 127 presets via MIDI or Red Panda Remote 4 footswitch
• Web-based editor for tweaking and managing presets
• Controls for Blend (Bal), Pre (Delay), Decay (Fdbk), Hi (Dynamics), Lo (Threshold), and Mod (Rate)
• Mode selector switch
• Shift button for activating alternative knob functions
• Bypass/trails footswitch
• Preset/save footswitch
• Status LEDs
• Metal housing
• 6.3 mm stereo input/output jacks (TRS)
• 6.3 mm TRS Exp/CV/MIDI jack
• Power via optional 9V DC adapter with a 2.1 x 5.5 mm barrel plug, center negative
• Battery operation not supported
• Current draw: 250 mA
• Dimensions: 120 x 77 x 63 mm / 3.05 x 4.75 x 2.5 inches
• Weight: approx. 250 g / 0.55 lbs