Stereo loopers

[Sunset Shalom]

So I've been eying stereo loopers for awhile now, in search of a solid budget one to use with stereo synths and stereo effects.

Well I just finally pulled the trigger on the only solid budget option I could find, the Ammoon Stereo looper which is an EHX 720 clone for half the price:

Just started spending some time with it and I'm quite excited. Just need to do some re arranging and figure out the best way to implement it. Thinking about getting a patch bay and or making a stereo FX loop to run it through in a mixer. That way it would be easy to re route and loop any stereo signals.

The biggest reason I just finally jumped on the stereo looper is I snagged a Roland Handsonic 10 used locally, and I've enjoyed looping it through a mono looper but it seems like it will really benefit from stereo loops since you can pan each drum sound left or right. Very excited to start working on some ambient loops with stereo delay/flanging and other fun stuff.

Also very excited to try looping mono signals through it, since the L and R loops are entirely independent you can pan sounds to just one or both which will be amazing for layering sounds.

 

[JCooper]

Sunset,
How are you getting on with the ammoon?
I have one on its way to me, and I’m very excited for the possibilities!
Care to share any tips or tricks you’ve discovered?

 

[Sunset Shalom]

Sunset,
How are you getting on with the ammoon?
I have one on its way to me, and I’m very excited for the possibilities!
Care to share any tips or tricks you’ve discovered?

Haven't had any issues so far, been having a lot of fun using it for practice and recording. Not sure about any tips/tricks, but the fadeout control is useful to mess with. I tend to leave it at 0 for permanent loops or sometimes 1 where they slowly fade away which is nice for evolving the loops over time. But it goes from 0-9.

I run mine after all my mono/stereo effects so they can be looped on any sounds easily. With a cheap stereo compressor after to help tame any loud sounds and keep loops from building too much volume over time.

Been practicing looping mic'd sounds lately, was trying out some saxophone the other day but I suck at horns. Way easier to loop percussion and acoustic instruments, and it's really awesome being able to loop any of them with stereo modulation.

 

[JCooper]

That sounds like fun!
I didn't even know that compressors were made in stereo...If I have only one speaker, will that make a difference?
Yeah, I have questions, but I'm excited to use the looper for chordal and mode practice.
And, I want to learn to play 'out' a bit...I don't know how to do that in a controlled, tasty way, you know?
Thanks for sharing.

If anyone else has something to add, please do!

 

[Sunset Shalom]

That sounds like fun!
I didn't even know that compressors were made in stereo...If I have only one speaker, will that make a difference?
Yeah, I have questions, but I'm excited to use the looper for chordal and mode practice.
And, I want to learn to play 'out' a bit...I don't know how to do that in a controlled, tasty way, you know?
Thanks for sharing.

If anyone else has something to add, please do!

You mean you'll be using it in mono or what? I run mine through a PA, but it would work fine in mono through a guitar amp.

I got the stereo compressor (just the cheap Alesis Nanocomp) to run after stereo modulation and prevent any loud peaks in the mixer, been really useful for recording.