I think I need a new looper

Bon Hoga · Post by **Bon Hoga** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:35 pm

The requirements:

Play/Stop and Record/overdub switches, like on the Akai Headrush. I'm not a fan of having to hit the switch twice, then hold it down for two seconds, then dance around the pedalboard naked to erase the loop.

Smaller footprint than the Akai Headrush. I need to free up some pedalboard real estate.

No volume drop. Because fuck the volume drop.

Good sound quality. Because fuck bad sound quality.

Stereo ins and outs would be nice, but not essential. I don't need the ability to store loops, nor any other bells and whistles.

So, what's out there, what are my choices?

neonblack · Post by **neonblack** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:51 pm

Ditto x2

MEC · Post by **MEC** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:05 pm

EHX 720

http://www.ehx.com/products/720-stereo-looper

oscillateur · Post by **oscillateur** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:20 pm

EHX 22500, a bit more involved but has 2 tracks and does some really cool stuff like non pitch-shifted timestrech.

rustywire · Post by **rustywire** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:47 pm

Infinity, if you're committed to looping.

ThurberMingus · Post by **ThurberMingus** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 11:17 pm

DL4 is always my answer.

But it's huge. Whoopsie.

karmablock · Post by **karmablock** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 1:24 am

neonblack wrote:Ditto x2

+1 you can use the internal dip switches to change the switch operations. Rec/Play/Dub or Rec/Dub/Play

Inconuucl · Post by **Inconuucl** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 1:58 am

What's the difference between the two?

neonblack · Post by **neonblack** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:14 am

Rec/play/dub means one click records, second click plays back, then you have to click again to overdub.

Rec/dub/play means the second click starts the loop playing and also takes you straight into overdub mode which lets you immediately add to the loop where with the other mode you have to wait for a measure.

It depends on how you loop though. If your loop is a single simple backing track there's not much use but if you do a lot of layering its probably pretty useful.

Something I wish I had known about when I had my X2.

Bon Hoga · Post by **Bon Hoga** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 6:53 am

neonblack wrote:Rec/play/dub means one click records, second clip, plays back, then you have to click again to overdub.

Rec/dub/play means the second click starts the loop playing and also takes you straight into overdub mode which lets you immediately add to the loop where with the other mode you have to wait for a measure.

It depends on how you loop though. If your loop is a single simple backing track there's not much use but if you do a lot of layering its probably pretty useful.

Something I wish I had known about when I had my X2.

Interesting. If you fuck up, how do you erase the loop?

Eivind August · Post by **Eivind August** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 7:31 am

Montreal Assembly talked about releasing a looper next year. Might be worth it to wait for that?

D Rock · Post by **D Rock** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 10:34 pm

Eivind August wrote:Montreal Assembly talked about releasing a looper next year. Might be worth it to wait for that?

Dude shut up, let me snag one before you get everyone on the train!

neonblack · Post by **neonblack** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 10:36 pm

Bon Hoga wrote:
neonblack wrote:Rec/play/dub means one click records, second clip, plays back, then you have to click again to overdub.

Rec/dub/play means the second click starts the loop playing and also takes you straight into overdub mode which lets you immediately add to the loop where with the other mode you have to wait for a measure.

It depends on how you loop though. If your loop is a single simple backing track there's not much use but if you do a lot of layering its probably pretty useful.

Something I wish I had known about when I had my X2.
Interesting. If you fuck up, how do you erase the loop?

You just press and hold the stop button for a second and it erases the loop.

Eric! · Post by **Eric!** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 1:50 am

Do eitber Dittos have Undo/Redo?

Inconuucl · Post by **Inconuucl** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 3:06 am

Eric! wrote:Do eitber Dittos have Undo/Redo?

The x2 has undo redo if you hold the loop button when the second switch is set to stop, iirc.

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