Over the last couple of years or so, I’ve dabbled into a few loopers. Initially, I purchased one for practice and for writing purposes – which is an invaluable tool for working out different guitar parts or leads, etc. Soon after, I got sucked into the ambient solo stuff. Super fun, and something I was very interested in. To accomplish this, I needed more from my looper and started down that path of finding something that worked well for my needs.
I put this post up, titled “Best Looper”, but I know this doesn’t really mean that. Is it the best looper for the buck? Best looper for ease? Best looper complex looping or simple looping? Right? I guess maybe what we’re trying to to determine – what is the most “Popular Looper”. Regardless, please vote, and comment. Let me know what you think. Did I miss one? Let me know and I’ll add it to the list!
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11 years ago
I think you forgot about the newly released JamMan Solo Xpress. Has x-linking availability so you can link as many loopers as you like as well as loop/linking with a JamMan Solo XT (an already very powerful looper in its own right).
Together, you have an extremely powerful & expansive looper tracking/dub system at an incredibly affordable price point!
Thanks for the poll.
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11 years ago
it really depends on what you’re going for: if you’re building a track live or for practicing or sketching out ideas, i love the JML2. almost endless loop time, easy to use.
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but for cool experimental looping with stuttering (with a nice set of delays to boot), you can’t beat the DL4.
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11 years ago
I bought an RC-30 to help with some gigs where I had to play with just a vocalist, and no bassist to help during solos. It doesn’t auto-quantize like the RC-3 does, as well as many other loopers. It also can’t do any phrase sampling which would be nice when doing some actual song building, but using it consistently for a few years really improved my time, and it is super easy to use. Having the long record time is the most useful part, and why I bought it. I could record a full chorus and solo over it.
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I also have a Flashback X4, which is nice to have on the board as a writing tool, but the record time is very limited. I can’t always keep the RC-30 on the board -
11 years ago
The Ditto sounds like a nice idea, but with only one means of output, one cannot run the effect, only, to another amp. I run the signal from my Bogner’s buffered line out to an Akai Headrush E2 and out of the effect/head 1 output, to another slaved amp’s power section and speaker to separate my signals. This allows me to change amp channels without changing the looped sound. I know many run dirt pedals before any looper, and I also do this as well, but I also utilize all of my amp channels. The Akai allows for this operation where many others, including the Ditto, lack in this function. However, the 24 bit uncompressed audio signal and compact size definitely seem like a bonus and may just end up on my broad next to the Headrush. Great poll!
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