Looper pedals are incredibly useful in live, studio and practice environments. They can help us learn theory and chord/scale relationships, build larger-than-life walls of sound, free up our hands to do other things, provide a repeating section to modulate with other effects, and much more.
Having a looper pedal can really open up our creative world and get us to hear things we otherwise wouldn't be able to do on a single instrument.
In this article, we'll discuss the top 11 best looper pedals in the world, ranging from simple one-button machines to in-depth looping stations.
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Of course, any list like this will be subjective. I would hope and expect your top 11 to be different than mine (though I would hope there would be a lot of overlap). Regardless, this list will present to you 11 of the best looper pedals your money can buy!
Looper pedals are effectively small computers that will record a section of audio and repeat it (loop it) until they're told to stop.
Looping can be thought of as an extension of delay, in a way. A delay that has infinite repeats and a very long delay time. Many digital delay modeling pedals have loop functionality. However, in this article, we'll focus on dedicated looper pedals.
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If you're looking to preserve your tone within the loops, perhaps it's best to have the looper pedal at the end of the pedalboard.
If you're looking to modulate the effects of the loop (kind of like how a lot of Eurorack modular synth music is performed), then putting the looper pedal at the beginning of the pedalboard will likely work better.
For more in-depth information on looper pedals, check out my article What Are Looper Pedals (Guitar/Bass FX) & How Do They Work?
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The Ditto is a super-simple, highly intuitive looper pedal with 24-bit uncompressed digital audio, 5 minutes of looping time, analog-dry-through, and true bypass.
With one footswitch, one knob, one input, one output and one USB connection, the Ditto is about as simple as a looper pedal can get.
The small footprint of the Ditto allows it to fit easily on any pedalboard. Its die-cast metal body is designed to handle life on the road.
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The USB connection allows us to connect the Ditto to our computer and upload firmware updates (not that a pedal this simple would really benefit greatly).
Luckily, TC has a line of Ditto pedals to choose from. Many pedals have much more functionality than the original Ditto. Check them out for yourself.
I chose to talk about the original because it's a great introduction and perhaps the best single knob looper on the market!
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The Boss RC-3 Loop Station (link to check the price on Amazon) is a compact pedal for Boss's successful RC line of looper pedals.
The RC-3 is a small but mighty looper pedal. Its incredible memory offers up to 3 hours of stereo recording time and storage for 99 loops.
The pedal's got a drum machine with rhythm guide and USB 2.0 compatibility that allows users to connect to a computer andimport/export WAV audio.
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The RC-3 has a neat Auto Record function that begins recording the instant you begin playing your guitar (or another instrument/source). The pedal also offers a Count-In mode that gives one bar of rhythm from the drum machine before it begins recording.
This pedal is a superb choice for songwriting with its built-in drum loops and also finds its place live due to its small footprint and ease of use.
The tempo of the rhythm can be tapped in, and the volume can be set just right for your looping pleasure. There are 10 rhythm types in the RC-3 with the choice of 4/4 or 3/4 time signatures. The rhythms are:
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Phrases and loops can be saved into the RC-3 memory for later recall. Remember that the pedal can save up to 99 loops.
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The Boss RC-300 Loop Station (link to check the price on Amazon) is the flagship model of Boss's RC line and is fully deserving of a spot on this list for its impressive functionality.
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I know, I know, I didn't mention the more advanced TC Electronic Ditto pedals, but I'm writing about the more advanced RC looper from Boss. I couldn't do this article without a dedicated spot for the legendary RC-300.
This beast of a pedal is practically its own pedalboard. It features 3 synchronized stereo looper tracks, each with its own dedicated volume knobs and transport-control footswitch. It also has a whopping 16 built-in effects with a master expression pedal and a control panel that meets all our parameter-tweaking needs.
Each track has a dedicated Record/Playback/Overdub switch and a dedicated stop switch, making triggering and stopping loops a piece of cake in live and studio situations. There’s also a master start/stop footswitch onboard.
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The pedal's not only for guitar and bass. It works incredibly well with keyboards, synths, vocals and any other audio source. Its mic input offers switchable phantom power for microphones.
Like the aforementioned RC-3, the 300 model's internal memory allows up to 3 hours of recording (effects included) and 99 onboard memories. The pedal's USB port lets us save loops to a computer and allows for importing and exporting of WAV files.
The RC-300, like its smaller version, also has Auto Record functionality along with a built-in drum machine with rhythm guide and count-in capabilities. On top of that, the RC-300 has a Loop Quantize feature that helps get recordings looped in time.
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The pedal is MIDI compatible for further control and synchronization (as if there wasn't enough in the pedal by itself). It also has 2 expression/control pedal inputs for additional control over the pedal parameters.
This pedal is perhaps the best loop station on the market. If you're going big with your looping, I suggest going with the Boss RC-300!
Fourth on the list is the DigiTech JamMan Stereo (link to check the price on Amazon): a highly functional looper pedal worth checking out. Unfortunately, DigiTech has stopped making this pedal though there are certainly units out there in the used market to pick up.
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The JamMan Stereo is an awesome stereo looper pedal with 9 built-in rhythm controls ranging from a simple click metronome to various drum samples as the rhythm guide. Time signatures can be programmed in from 2 to 15 beats per measure.
The pedal can store up to 35 minutes of loops in 99 internal memories. Inserting an SD memory card into the expansion slot increases the storage time to over 16 hours and provides an additional 99 slots.
The pedal works incredibly well with guitar, bass and other instruments. It also works with microphones and recorded audio sources via the mic and aux inputs, respectively.
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USB connectivity allows us to sync the JamMan to DigiTech's free JamManager software that organizes and saves your JamMan Stereo loops to PC or Mac.
This looper features tempo control, an auto-record mode, as well as auto-quantization and time-stretching. The JamMan is a powerful unit that allows us to get away with less-than-perfect playing.
The bottom left footswitch is the record/playback and overdub button (single switch) and allows us to undo and redo loops by holding the button down.
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The bottom right switch is the tap tempo (before looping) and stop button (while looping). Hold it down to clear the stored loop once it has been stopped.
Boomerang may not be a well-known company per se. Still, their Boomerang III Phrase Sampler (link to check the price at Boomerang Musical Products) is an excellent unit that has put them on the map in the pedal community.
The looper has two sample rates (24 kHz and 48 kHz) with 20-bit samples. The through signal is always 48 kHz|24-bit. Depending on the sample rate and output (mono or stereo), the Rang III can record from 4.5 minutes (48 kHz stereo) to over 35 minutes (half-speed 24-bit mono).
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The Yellow and Green Bonus Buttons are both programmable to have a tap and hold function each. There are 11 assignable functions for these buttons (4 can be assigned at any given time):
Other parameters of the Rang III include the decay knob, which controls the rate at which older parts of the stack fade out (we can turn it all the way down so that no stacking is replaced or all the way up so that a new stack will completely replace the previous stack).
The pedal has full MIDI compatibility for external synchronization. It also features an expression pedal jack for easy control over the playback volume or decay rate.
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That covers the basics of this powerful unit. You'll have to try it out for yourself to really hear and feel how great this pedal is!
The Pigtronix Infinity Looper (link to check the price on Amazon) is as functional as it is cool and is fully deserving of a spot on this list.
Pigtronix describes their Infinity Looper as “the world's most musical looping pedal”. This powerful unit is
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