TC Electronic DITTO LOOPER Highly Intuitive Looper Pedal with 5 Minutes of Looping Time, Analog-Dry-Through and True Bypass Multicolored

Looper works fine now, HOWEVER there was a minor issue getting started. I had the volume knob on my guitar set too low, and I could not hear the playback loop at all. So turn up the volume on the guitar and use the amp's volume control for overall sound level.

Absolutely flawless pedal, by far the best looper I personally have ever used (haven't been able to use the $300+ loopers yet so my opinion is limited in that regard). I particularly like the halfspeed function, it yields a lot of interesting possibilities with your overdubs. Watch any one of the youtube demos of this pedal and you'll see what I mean.As far as quantization goes, a lot of people (in other places on the internet) have complained about there being no quantize features. After having used this pedal for several months, I understand why that feature could be so helpful--if you're even slightly off on your timing, the loop will fall out of phase after X amount of cycles (depending on how far off you were initially). You could either work this into the performance and stop/restart after certain lapses of time, or you could work on making your timing better, which is what you should ideally be doing as a musician anyway.In that regard, I don't think the lack of quantization is even remotely a downside for this pedal considering all of its features for how inexpensive it is. I'm by no means a virtuoso and I'm probably not as good as many would-be guitarists you'd find on the street, but even I was able to eventually get my timing right to use this looper in conjunction with a drum machine WITHOUT phasing issues. It just took some practice.And that's where this pedal really shines: it makes practicing guitar extremely fun and newly inspiring, especially if you've been playing the same sh*t for too long and have run out of ideas. Having an option for a dedicated stop switch takes away the nuisance of double tapping the main switch every time to stop a loop, and the footswitches themselves are the softer-engage style (have no idea what the proper term is) that is easier to tap than the average footswitches that are rough on bare feet. You'll also enjoy layering with the various effects (reverse and half speed--watch the youtube demos), and with everything considered you'll probably be pleased with the results, not to mention the high audio quality of the loop itself (which shouldn't be understated).For $170 (I got mine ten dollars less when the price fell for a few weeks), you cannot buy a better looper than this. You just can't.

It hooked up with my Fishman amp and Taylor guitar like it was made together all alongsounds great . I recommend this for acoustic guitar players .There is so many looper brandsbut Ditto is well design and simple to operate ..Buy One and you will be impressed ..

Great looper. 4 stars because it does NOT come with necessary 9v dc power supply (nor does the description mention this). I can’t think of another small electronic device that doesn’t include the power adapter.

Works very well so far. I haven't got the button timing down yet but was quite surprised at how clear the loop was. This will be fun and will help me work on scales and modes. Glad I bought it.

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.