Help! Looking for a looper....

parrotheada1a

parrotheada1a

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I am as dumb as a post when it comes to these. I was thinking of an EHx 720. Any good suggestions on something different? The 720 costs 139, but I'd go up to 200 if there was anything better.
 
baimun said:
TC Electronic Ditto X4 is only a little over that price point.
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I was looking at the Ditto x2. I like the idea of transffering stuff to my 'puter via USB. Dumb question, but where in the best place to put one of these? I was thinking in the FX loop, the last pedal in the chain.
 
I have the same question. Interested in the replies.

I am considering the Boss RC-3 because I want to be able to create drum beats on my synth and upload the beats to the looper. I don't think any other pedal has this capability. I could be wrong, though.

From the research I have done so far, the Ditto consistently gets high marks for simplicity and quality.



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Very very last thing. I actually use a buffer to split my signal stereo. The Boomerang III auto senses how many inputs and outputs are plugged in. I have a clean channel that runs through a stereo octave pedal. When both channels come in but only one output is plugged, it sums both channels to my guitar amp. When I have both outputs plugged in, I get my guitar channel to my amp, but when I step on the octaver, it runs that channel only direct to the board.

My big issue with all of the boss stuff is the long throw pedal. Loopers have to be pretty precise on when to punch in and out to create a smooth loop... the Boomerang has super short throw chicklet buttons. The Ditto had soft touch metal switches that are easy to hit clean. The long Boss stuff, I never could get the feel of if it was when the pedal bottomed out, or when I released the switch.
 
baimun said:
Very very last thing. I actually use a buffer to split my signal stereo. The Boomerang III auto senses how many inputs and outputs are plugged in. I have a clean channel that runs through a stereo octave pedal. When both channels come in but only one output is plugged, it sums both channels to my guitar amp. When I have both outputs plugged in, I get my guitar channel to my amp, but when I step on the octaver, it runs that channel only direct to the board.

My big issue with all of the boss stuff is the long throw pedal. Loopers have to be pretty precise on when to punch in and out to create a smooth loop... the Boomerang has super short throw chicklet buttons. The Ditto had soft touch metal switches that are easy to hit clean. The long Boss stuff, I never could get the feel of if it was when the pedal bottomed out, or when I released the switch.
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I hadn't considered the switch as an important aspect of using the pedal. Thanks for sharing.

I just did a little more research, and you can upload backing tracks to the Ditto X2. This may be the Father's Day gift I was looking for.

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Deep Eddy said:
I hadn't considered the switch as an important aspect of using the pedal. Thanks for sharing.

I just did a little more research, and you can upload backing tracks to the Ditto X2. This may be the Father's Day gift I was looking for.
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Yeah, the Boomerang doesn't do that, but I never use backing tracks... I only live loop on the fly.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
How long of a loop are you looking for, and do you want to be able to save presets?
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I actually don't have a clue. Length... I'm thinking on the idea of a couple minutes at least, for adding a backing track. Saving presets is a good idea I think, my intuition tells me that if I find something really nice sounding it would be a shame to not have it to use it again.
 
parrotheada1a said:
I actually don't have a clue. Length... I'm thinking on the idea of a couple minutes at least, for adding a backing track. Saving presets is a good idea I think, my intuition tells me that if I find something really nice sounding it would be a shame to not have it to use it again.
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I think you should go with your original idea, the EHX 720. :thu:
 
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