Looper for Practice (in 2025)

Shipwreck

Hi folks,

I'm tempted to grab a looper to practice some lead parts / write solos etc for a project I'm working on. "Back in the day" I remember the Boss RC-2 and original Ditto were the big players but there's *so* much choice now. I can't see myself doing a one-band-band thing so really just want something easy to use and not going to wreck my signal. The Ditto X2 seems to be cheap (with the "stop" button) or is the new V2 worth the £? Any recomendations are v much appreciated 

munckee

I bought the ditto and have never had any reason to do anything else, it doesn’t do anything particularly clever but I don’t want to do anything other than basic looping. 

Revolutions

If you want something a bit extra with your looper, I find the Mooer Prime M1 looping & drum stuff really easy to use. You get a whole multi-fx with it for the price & I'm impressed with the amp models as well as effects.

Well, except for getting it to record right on the beat. Is that an issue with all loopers?

Shipwreck

Thanks guys. As an aside - I don't think there's room on my board for one - so I wouldn't mind something a bit bigger to leave on the floor at home next to it. just found a second hand Infinity but that might be overkill for me! 

TheBigDipper

I've had a few Dittos, the original, the X4, the Ditto+ and now the Ditto 2. 

The Ditto 2 is the nicest "simple looper" I've used and the new footswitch button is just delightful. It can run in "old Ditto" mode, but the new "Record -> Stop recording & start playback -> Stop & erase" operation is just what I need to record a rhythm part in a live situation and then solo over it without too much fuss - and that's my use case, so...    You don't need a stop button for my intended use. 

The Ditto+ is good if you want to be able to keep the loops you've made, easily offload them to a computer or load them from a computer. I experimented with drum parts created on the computer and stored on the Ditto+. That worked OK but I decided to drop that as a performance thing. 

The Ditto X4 was more of a looper than I needed and is quite large, but it worked flawlessly, so it was me not it, IYSWIM. 

I also owned a Pigtronix Infinity 2. That had a stop button, but it had some software issues and then crapped out on me in an unrepairable way (no longer made, I believe). I wouldn't suggest buying one of those. 

I liked the Boss RC10. It didn't suit what I wanted it for, so I didn't keep it. But if you want the device to give you drum patterns  to play along with, and then to loop away, I thought it was a good unit. 

TheBigDipper

Slightly off topic: There was one feature on the Infinity 2 that I've not seen anywhere else that I rather liked. You could run it so the only thing coming out of it was the loop, not the part you were actually playing on the guitar. As an acoustic player doing looping, it was nice to not have the "live" guitar go through an amp in the practice room, just whatever loop was being replayed. 

Do any other looping companies do this?