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NuX Loop Core or another drum/loop pedal?

bassbrad

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A query for the collective hive mind of TB: I am shopping drum/looper pedals with a set of features and the NuX Loop Core seems to offer the best set of features and bang for buck.

Save drum & groove loops up to 99 available
Flexible IO, mono, stereo and split
Headphone out
Helpful display
Single button functionality, but MIDI option is available.

I have drum loops from Zen Beats, Fruity Loops as well as Yurt Rock and will also add some synth and ambient loops to play over live, I have been using a laptop for these sounds but am looking to simplify.

Anything else I should be shopping in the less than 200 range?
 
You can load these on to any looper pedal is my understanding. I have a Boss RC3 but Yurt rock sell looper drum packs.

So either the Boss RC5 (I bought the 3 because they’re cheap) or TC Ditto Plus will work.

Looks like the NUX is the best all in one solution though with the headphone out.
 
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I just got delivery of the NuX Loop core Stereo and it is all I expected, full of cool features that are easy to use. I have already loaded several loops and had a blast playing along. The internal drum loop and metronome are fine if a bit limited or more advanced meters and styles, no odd meters, but you can create your own loops in any other system and easily load them to a location via usb C.
I added ambient loops from VCV2, odd meter loops from Zen Beats as well as several from Yurt Rock and the play so far seems seamless.

The headphone out is very good and has plenty of volume, this is a plus as I wanted a solution to plug in different pedal boards thru headphones so double duty.

I am hoping to be able to record loops for demos of effects and uploading them one day soon.
 
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It took a bit of help from NuX [cuz Imma dummy] but I have finally gotten some drum loops converted to the necessary 44.1/32bit/stereo format and this is the gem I have been looking for. I have a mixture of drum loops, synth sounds as well as a couple of songs I am learning saved as .wav files to play along with. The only thing I could wish for is for a song or file title to show on the display, for now I am keeping a list on my phone.
Now I need to get my looping chops up to speed.
 
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