Donner Circle Looper Pedal Drum Machine, 2 in 1 Drum Looper Stereo Guitar Loop Pedals, 40 Slots 160 mins Loop with 110 Drum Grooves, Tap Tempo, Fade Out

I've been a bedroom guitarist for about 2 years, with a Mustang L25 amp that has all sorts of built in filters, so that I haven't really needed to buy any pedals before this. The two things missing from the Mustang are a drum machine and a Looper, and I've reached a point in my development that I wanted to start experimenting with those things. This unit offers both in a compact, easy to use box. First of all, it's a drum machine. Everybody says to practice with a metronome, but practicing with a tireless drummer is even better. It has 10 different beats of 10 different styles, for a total of 100 beats. Most other drum machine boxes I looked at had a fraction of the number of beats. You can adjust the volume and tempo, and it is easy to navigate between beats. Super simple, the beats sound real, and it's very intuitive to operate. Then there is the Looper. I spent about an hour playing with it, and figured it out in that time. It was that easy to operate. I quickly found out that once I laid down my first track, I could instantly dub a second track over it. It has up to 40 different memory tracks, and you can dub over those, so you have far more tracks to loop than you'll ever need. After that, if you want to save your project, you have the ability to download it into your computer. I haven't played with any of that yet, but I doubt it would be a problem. The box is metal, solid, and a bit heavy, and feels substantial. The paint and decals feel thick and substantial as well. The entire unit feels like a high quality piece that isn't going to crack or fall apart. It was clearly created to be a professional piece of gear. It operates off an AC adapter that I had to order separately so order that with the Looper, or you'll find yourself disappointed when you can't use it until you order an adapter. My only wish is that it had an on/off switch. I have to unplug the adapter when I'm not using it, but that's not a big enough deal to deduct a star. This is the first piece of gear I've ordered from Donner, who I've been curious about, and I am 100% satisfied. If this is the kind of quality I can expect from Donner, I will definitely be buying other Donner products in the future.

Great value - even though you can't modify presets with the pedal. The loop function is pretty forgiving when I don't stomp the switch at the exact right time. I think the best feature is the memory bank. You can load 40 sound clips of up to 4 minutes each. My only gripe with the pedal is that I can't lock the tempo while I'm browsing the preset beats. Each beat has a preset tempo, so if I have a specific BPM in mind, I have to press buttons and tweak knobs to correct the BPM every time I browse to a different beat. Other than that, it's nearly perfect.

Pros: - relatively easy to figure out (good, because instruction guide is miniaturized) - decent sound quality - priced well for features - loads of memory for saving loops - drum tracks sound better than expected, and recorded loops store and play the drum track/tempo - rhythm track synch works well Cons: - absolutely needs an power on/off switch. Plugging/unplugging the power adapter is not a reasonable solution when a switch is pennies to install. - stopping a loop shifts by default to “dub”, so any additional sustain or sounds after you hit stop get recorded before you can hit the footswitch again to kill dubbing. This is really, really annoying. - a slightly larger display would be so nice for some of us older players

First off let just commend Donner for an excellent product, well done guys. The drum tracks are really well done, almost everyone is useable although the metal genre' is a bit slight by way of the cymbal sound. The controls are great, my favorite is ability to adjust BPM with a nob. Very easy to use, it doesn't take days trying to look up how to work it. GREAT price, this has alot for your money. A couple things bummed me out though. When you record a a loop the drum track isn't recorded with it. Yea so if you forget what track and BPM's you used it's a bit confusing lol. Also you can't split the signal. I don't like drums going through my good amps so I've been using it like a basic drum machine running through a Crate 150 bass amp. Also I like a bit more looping time, 4 mins is tight. They gave you a smart tap on the loop switch, but it adjusts BPM's. I would rather it have been on your rhythm switch and enabled a fill. But it is what it is All in all a good pedal at a good price. I'm sure you'll be able to find any answers from you-tube and hear the actual tracks. If yer looking for this type of pedal I'd pick one of these up because with all the features it offers it is a good buy. I'd recommend it even though I have some issues with it. Great Price ✌ After a few weeks now of using this pedal I have to admit it is really nice. The drum tracks are great, they sound very real and offer a wide range of grooves. Mix that with the ability to adjust BPM's and ya end with multitudes of tracks. Even with the issues I have this pedal is about one of the best I've purchased so far.

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This is the looper you have been looking for (Or at least, it's exactly what I was looking for). 1. The drum machine is very good. There are an incredible number of beats, mostly 4/4 and 3/4, as well as a metronome that can do a whole bunch of timings. It can also be used separately from the looper (turn off the green Merge button in the middle) when you just want a straight drum machine. The beats themselves are good, with appropriate fills for their respective genres. 2. If you're merged with the drum machine, you get a click-in (1-2-3-4!) to start recording, and it will "round" your recording to the nearest bar if you stop it a fraction of a second off (which I always do). For non-pros, this makes it a lot more functional and your loops will sound much better than if the time is a touch off, as often happens when amateurs like me play with manual loopers. 3. Controls are really easy, though there is a bit of a curve. There is a sound level setting for both the drum beat and the loop, so you have quite a bit of control, though setting a good volume on your instruments is still important. 4. Build quality is excellent. It feels like a solid box you can stomp on over and over. And the stomp switches have good action and feel as good as the ones on more expensive brands. In short, for the price, this does just about everything the RC3 does, and does some things better. The only missing features are the ability to run off a 9V battery and it has less memory for loops (40 loops, vs 99). VERY happy with my purchase!

Just got this looper and have been playing with it all day. It's pretty great. The drum sounds are okay. Too many fills. I actually bought it mostly as a drum machine, but I think it's the looping capabilities I might end up using more as I try to improve my vocal harmonies. Had a Boss RC5. It was great, but there were too many things standing in the way of creativity. Like, a lot of deep scrolling in menus to set up the drums. Had an RC10r. Fantastic looper and drum machine, but also too many things standing in the way of my creative flow. For one, each track had an intro and outro, which you had to manually delete for each new loop. Etc. The Donner Circle Looper feels like it has the potential to be more creatively intuitive. For one thing, it saves loops automatically. This is a huge deal. With both Boss pedals I had to bend down and press buttons to save every loop. This one just saves. Even if you switch loops mid-loop, while recording, it saves. That's amazing! Big improvement over the Bosses. Also, it just seems easier to scroll through drums, and just seems generally easier to use than either Boss. Fewer menus. The one thing standing it the way of 5 stars for me is that when you switch mid-loop, say go up or down a loop, it doesn't do so at the end of the measure, but immediately. This means you can't really use it for a verse-chorus situation. This is too bad as the auto-memory saving would make that possible. You can try to time it, probably fine for practice, but you'll never get it completely on time. Also, the drum volume is very loud, even on 1, which is weird. You can fiddle with it and get the levels okay. Overall, and especially for the price, I think I'll like it better than the Boss ones, at less than half the price. Just ordered a generic version of a Digitech FS3x footswitch to go with it.

Arrived quickly, works great.

Exceptional value! Can use as looper or use as drum machine or use together. Great times