720 Stereo Looper : Worthwhile upgrade for Ditto

1 year ago

I bought this to have a few more features and a bit more ease of use than the Ditto Stereo I had before. I wanted to have a few slots for different loops, so I can easily have my own backing tracks to practise over. The Ditto does have space for audio files via USB but I couldn't ne bothered to do it that way. The 720 has 10 slots and it's very easy to cycle through them and see which ones are empty or not. It's almost my ideal looper. The only thing it lacks for me is a way to easily see the loop progress (like the circle that fills up on some other loopers). I think the 720 has a mode where it counts out the loop time on the screen, but I'm not sure how to use that and it's not very practical. That's a very minor complaint. Creating loops works just like with most/all other loopersw and the other features are very easy to use, like setting the fade-out length, and using the reverse and half-time effects. I often have to look up how to use all the functions of the two footswitches a few times because I keep forgetting how to stop and erase a loop. That's not the pedal's fault, I probably still have the muscle memory from the Ditto and I just haven't used the 720 enough yet. I read comments that it's difficult to accurately set the start/end of a loop, and I read responses to those comments that the footswitch triggers release and not on the initial press. I naturally do a quick tap and not a long press to start/stop recording. Maybe it doesn't automatically sync the beginning and end as well as other loopers do, but I haven't found this to be an issue at all. It probably just takes a bit of practice. All in all, no complaints really. I would strongly recommend this if you want a simple 2-button looper with a few extra features.

Image Electro Harmonix 720 Stereo Looper

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Electro Harmonix
  • Released in 2016
  • Average price : $191
  • Dimensions : 102mm x 121mm x 89mm
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