tiny TINY looping pedal?

behndy · #1 12-06-2009, 03:30 AM

hey there all.

have tried a few different looper pedals, and can't find a tiny one that i like.

DOES anybody make a close to MXR sized looper that's just a simple click once to start loop, click again to stop?

i like the way the looper works on the DL4, but that was all i was using it for. and that is a LOT of pedalboard space for just that.

any suggestions?

thanks!

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fightthepower · #2 12-06-2009, 04:03 AM

No MXR sized loopers that I know of- I think the Boss RC-2 is as good as it gets.

theunknowndude · #3 12-06-2009, 04:16 AM

only thing I can think of thats stomp box sized and simple to use is the RC2 and the DL8...

I like the DL8 for simple use

behndy · #4 12-06-2009, 04:19 AM

yeah...... i had a RC-2. didn't like it at all.

the DL8 looks interesting.... but i thought it did that weird thing where you hold down your foot to start the loop then lift your foot up to put the endpoint of the loop? that's a bit funky.....

my local (non GC) store has one tho. guess i'll play with it for a bit.

yerm!

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wdinc01 · #5 12-06-2009, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by behndy

the DL8 looks interesting.... but i thought it did that weird thing where you hold down your foot to start the loop then lift your foot up to put the endpoint of the loop? that's a bit funky.....

That's actually how the looping works with the EH Stereo Memory Man w/ Hazarai works. Yes, it seems funky, but with a bit practice you'll get used to it, like all loopers.

Anyway, the smallest I can think of would be the ZVex Lo-Fi Junky, which isn't really bass friendly.

fretlessrock · #6 12-06-2009, 07:41 AM

The RC-2 works just like that Stomp to start the loop, stomp to end it. The external footswitch is great to get UNDO without a lot of gymnastics. I liked the RC-2 a lot and used it as my main looper for a while. Highly recommended as the smallest full featured looper I know of.

behndy · #7 12-06-2009, 10:28 AM

yeah..... i actually found that the RC-2 had TOO many features. i just want a very simple one loop pedal that has a very small footprint.

TINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNyyyyyyy!

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Gashaponcito · #8 12-06-2009, 10:33 AM

Lo-fi junky?
http://zvex.com/junky.html

bongomania · #9 12-06-2009, 10:39 AM

Yeah, if you don't mind the low-fidelity aspect of it, the Zvex is brilliant. I love it.

behndy · #10 12-06-2009, 11:08 AM

you know, i actually LOVE the Zvex. but it's $350. that's.... kinda a crazy price to me. i love glitch stuff, so i'd TOTALLY be into the lo-fi part of it, but i just can't bring myself to drop that much right now.

thanks!

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fretlessrock · #11 12-06-2009, 08:58 PM

You could run a DD-7 in SOS mode. Doesn't get much more simple than that. 40 seconds of Sound on Sound. Good pedal feel. Good I/O options. And you can use long tap-tempo times and high feedback settings to get loopy with some of the other delay modes. The DD-7 could be the be all and end all if you don't need presets. A really sweet pedal, and a good basic looper.

FWIW, I went from using a RC-20XL/DD-20 combination to a RC-2/DD-7 and they both work very well. The 20/20 rig is one of the best looping environments out there, but it isn't compact. The 2/7 setup is much more compact but the temptation to expand it with footswitches and expression pedals was too much. That loses the size advantage very quickly.

BassBrass · #12 12-07-2009, 05:56 AM

Try E Bay (USA) there are many makers of small passive single loop boxes and some are smaller than MXR size. There are MXR/zvex sized double loopers.

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #13 12-07-2009, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BassBrass

Try E Bay (USA) there are many makers of small passive single loop boxes and some are smaller than MXR size. There are MXR/zvex sized double loopers.

He's asking for loop samplers, not bypass loopers. Different thing.

Mark Latimour · #14 12-07-2009, 09:18 AM

Get a looperlative and then have a single start/stop switch in a tiny box. Its not a cheap solution, but would give you the tiniest looper footprint (ex-Rack).

behndy · #15 12-07-2009, 05:16 PM

erm.... looperlative.... is this http://www.looperlative.com/products.php?cat=7 what you're talking about Senor Latimour? 'cause that's $1249 and rack mounty. my setup is a pedalboard making all the tones going into a rackmount power amp to some aggy gs112's. i kinda want to keep all tone generating stuff on the pedalboard.

lol.... and a BIT out of the price range i was hoping for.

sigh...... just want a tiny little basic (cheap) looper. don't WANNA use up all the space for the DL4.

i am gonna go give the DL8 a run through.

woop!

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behndy · #16 12-07-2009, 07:26 PM

neat. the DL8 is the TITS!

it's pretty much all the interesting delays from the Line 6 DL4, but in a MUCH smaller footprint. good stuff. would be neat if it had presets like the DL4 too, but it is way tinier. and i think i'm gonna just use it as a looper.

thanks everybody! y'all ROKK. like birds.

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