TC Electronic Ditto Looper Pedal With 5-Minute Looping

Years ago, I bought the stomp box looper that was the industry leader’s current model at the time. (Fire engine red, rhymes with LOSS, the model number was RC-2.) In the meantime, they’ve updated that model, so I can’t speak about their current quality. With pre-programmed drum loops and the possibility to connect a separate “stop” foot-switch, you’d think that that device would have an advantage over the x2. But as I found out in five short minutes of testing the Ditto, sound quality is everything. The Ditto plays back your loop sounding exactly like the original. You may not even notice that your looper can’t do that, until you feel the difference. This is huge. I’d even say my old unit made the sound of the “live” playing worse. With the Ditto, you find yourself playing like you would with a buddy, as opposed to a machine. It’s remarkably easy to get the loops to “fit”, because it’s so intuitive, and the soft touch foot switches allow for quick and precise punching in and out. Having a dedicated stop switch makes a world of difference. Reverse and half-speed are fun, but they don’t amount to much more than fun little jokes that you’ll play around with for a while before getting tired of them. One possible exception: You might consider recording a guitar loop while the x2 is in half-speed mode, then speed it up and play a bass line, slow it back down, and you’ll have something that sounds almost like a real bass guitar (if your playing is precise enough). But it’s more convenient and convincing to hook up an actual bass to the second input. Again: The absolute winning characteristic of this thing is the stellar sound quality. I’ll give my little red toy looper to a needy nephew and loop on in CD quality. If you’ve got a good setup for your acoustic, that works like a charm as well, by the way. Hurray.

I’ve played around with the double footswitch boss pedal which is great but I wanted something simple and this pedal sounds great. It took me all of 1 minute to get the hang of, whereas the more complicated loopers have great features but can be a bit overwhelming for a simple minded individual like myself. It’s also insanely small. I was surprised at how small it is so to speak, but it works perfectly and is easy to use for simple stuff.

Great looper easy to use

I like the simplicity of this pedal. Took me all of 5 minutes to learn how to use it, and 4 of those were spent looking for the tiny slip of paper the instructions were written on. It’s small design fit very easily onto my already packed pedal board. And it sounds great. Well.. it WILLl when my chops improve LOL (garbage in, garbage out)

I’ve been a rhythm guitarist for around 20 years and I feel I need expand my abilities. So, I mainly bought this pedal as a tool to teach myself to play better leads. I record a repeating chord progression and then try to play a lead over the top of it. For this, this pedal rocks. It’s quick. It’s easy. And it works perfect for what I bought it for. I could see, however, how the one button design would not be ideal for more performance based use. But, I don’t think it’s something that practice and a volume pedal couldn’t help. Just think about your needs before you buy.

The one thing that keeps it from being a 5 star for me, is it’s tendency to “clip” when dubbiing multiple loops. Get too agro with it and the signal starts cutting out a bit. Again, I think that practice and proper volume control can help you eliminate this issue. (note: I use an acoustic with an active pickup which could be part of the problem as it has had a tendency to overdrive a few of my other pedals.)

All in all, it’s a fun little tool that gets the job done, quick and dirty. But, as with most things, if’s not ideal for every one. As stated before, think about your needs before you buy.

Der Ditto-Looper wurde auf diversen Plattformen als Geheimtipp gehandelt. Und tatsächlich, genau ein Knopf um Loops aufzunehmen, abzuspielen und Overdubs aufzunehmen. Soundqualität erste Sahne, 5 min Loop-Zeit und unbegrenztes Overdub setzen keine Grenzen. Das Gerät, kaum größer als eine Streichholzschachtel, findet auf jeden Board noch ein Plätzchen.
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