rb142's Reviews

Amazing!

High quality, cost effective, space saving and super useful! This is a great alternative to the Boss footswitches; it takes up far less space and does all the same jobs. I use this to add 2 additional switch functions to a Boss RC-500 on a board where I don't have space for a Boss FS-6 or 7.

Super intuitive looper

This is by far the best looper I've ever used. I upgraded to this when my TC Electronic Dittox4 broke as I'm familiar with Boss' superior build quality. But it's not just built better; unlike the Ditto, the MIDI actually works on this device! I send a clock signal to it from an external drum machine, and the loops quantise perfectly every time without any issue. The buttons are re-mappable with the option to add an external foot-switch for 2 more buttons that can be assigned to a multitude of different onboard parameters. At 32-bit, the loop quality is excellent with no audible compression. Memories can be assigned and named for not just audio content, but also various parameters and settings. Eg. One memory could be set to stop the loop at the end of the bar, and another memory could begin a massive fade-out when the stop button is pressed). You can assign the MIDI output to be a MIDI Thru - which is very useful. I opted for a Midi Solutions Quadra-Thru to minimise the risk of damage to the 3.5mm trs sockets in a live band setting. There's a screen - so you can visually see how far through a loop you are, and it also changes colour depending on whether you're recording, playing or overdubbing. The inputs and outputs are assignable for signal routing options.

I initially found the lack of 5-pin midi annoying, but I now realise that once you've converted your midi signal to TRS, then if you have other midi capable pedals on your board also supporting TRS midi, then you can chain them with aux cables.

Reliable

I've had the same capo for over 10 years, you can't really argue with that.

Good in concept - Flawed in reality

This pedal would be amazing... if it was built well. I used it live for 2 years, and then the switches broke inside and the functions went all over the place. Luckily it was in warranty, and they didn't have any in stock so I didn't have to get a replacement of this unit. I have subsequently searched the internet to see if there have been any updates on the flawed design - but it seems that most people who have owned this pedal have said the same thing - that they had it, it broke and they wont be buying it again. It's crazy that something that is literally designed to be stepped on could be built so poorly. The MIDI IN and THRU features were super useful for syncing with a drum machine, and the fact that it was so simple to operate were my favourite things about this pedal. Finding a replacement for a dual track looper with MIDI was hard work, but I'm now going to try my luck with the new Boss RC-500 instead.

Responsive

I have this attached to my guitar pedal board to use as a Start/Stop switch for my drum machine while I'm playing. It's ultra-responsive - I only have to lightly touch it to stop the drums, and it's durable too - I've been using the same one for a year now and it's still going strong! It's a very simple switch, but I can't imagine playing without it! Amazing that something so simple can connect to an 80s drum machine to control it, whereas nowadays with newer drum machines you have to go down the route of expensive midi additions.

Undeniably good delay

Never steered me wrong, and has enough features for you to question the need for another delay pedal, unless of course you were to want 2 at once. It has tap tempo functionality, and delay times ranging from super short to almost unnecessarily long with a lot of room for tweaking in between. It has many useful additional features such as 'Hold', 'Reverse', 'Warp' and is also stereo in and out.

The Mothership

I bought this just for fun initially, but years later I use it as a sequencer in a live band setting, and it sends MIDI to our other equipment. I have a start and stop pedal mounted on my pedal board so I can stop it while I'm playing guitar. This works via a standard Roland damper pedal connected to a dedicated start/stop input jack (a feature which was removed from most subsequent Roland models) The tempo can sometimes drift slightly by itself which is apparently an issue with this model in general, but it's almost unnoticeable unless you're MIDI syncing to an audio device that doesn't time stretch. An external clock could solve this.