Donner Guitar Looper Pedal with Drum Machine, 40 Slots 160 mins Looping Time Stereo Loop Pedal, 110 Drum Grooves, Tap Tempo, Fade Out - Circle Looper

Having toyed with the idea of owning a looper pedal for the longest of times, I finally decided to take the plunge. There are so many loopers out there on the marketplace; all with varying degrees of sophistication and of course, prices to match. The ones I’d seen and read about had loop maximums of 30 or 40 seconds, some slightly more, some less, and then I came across the Donner Triple Looper.The Donner Looper is about as simple to operate as they get, but what really had me hook, line and sinker, was that, not only did it have three separate recording banks (hence the ‘Triple Looper’) but boasted of unlimited overdubs. With these credentials, and given what I’d gleaned from the specs of other pedals, I was genuinely expecting something in the region of 100 quid. Well, not a bit of it, this wee beauty tips the scales at a penny under 56 quid and I reckoned I’d have been insane not to grab this looper – and so I did.Power to this pedal is via a 9 volt power supply which is not included in the purchase, but bear in mind that, apart from the low cost of this looper, if you have other pedals then the chances are you already have the power pack and your other pedals are daisy chained together.This is a true bypass pedal so that when the pedal is off (bypass mode), the signal from the guitar is routed directly to the amp without interference. It is also a very small pedal which in no way detracts from its capabilities as a looper although some might feel, because of its size, that the bank selector switch and the volume output control, are a bit on the tiny side. Me? I just think they’re perfect.As small as it is, the screen is very readable and definitely bright enough to see even in the dimmest of venues. Entire control of the looper is down to the solitary footswitch and works as follows;Stomp:1st Starts loop record2nd Plays loop3rd Records overdub4th Plays loopBy repeating steps three and four you can build up an unlimited amount of overdubs and by applying two rapid clicks you will stop the loop playing, one more click starts the loop playing again.If during an overdub you should make a mistake, you can undo that overdub by clicking once whilst in play mode and the screen will read ‘UNDO’, if you change your mind and want to reinstate that overdub press the switch one more time and the screen will read ‘REDO’, but remember you must be in play mode for this to happen. If you intend to completely clear out all overdubs from a track you must stop the looper, hold down the switch for 2-3 seconds and the screen should then read ‘EMPTY’.Travelling around the circumference of the small screen, during playback and overdub, an animated indicator shows you where the loop starts and where it ends. This adds greatly to the accuracy when laying one track on top of another. On any one of the three tracks, which you can select from using the right hand switch, you can have a recording time of thirty minutes, giving you a total of 90 minutes. This is incredible specs for a 56 quid looper especially once you’ve heard the clarity with which this pedal reproduces your sounds.In summary, this looping game takes a fair bit of practice and I’m getting there, although I don’t think I’ll be showing off my skills with the pedal on stage anytime soon. I’ve been playing guitar as my main instrument for half a century and it’s been a long time since I’ve had this much fun with a pedal.Go get one, you know it makes sense. Recommended.

Firstly, a word of warning. I watched YouTube videos of the pedal while I was waiting for delivery day, and they all said the right footswitch was for undo/redo and the merger CTRL button was to delete the whole loop. Not quite so: while the loop is playing, pressing the right footswitch for 2 seconds will undo the last recorded overdub, same again will redo it. But if you press the right footswitch for 2 seconds while playback is stopped, it will clear the whole memory slot. So bare that it mind, if you want to just undo the last dub make sure the unit is in playback mode. When playback is stopped and you are in memory mode, the LED for the right footswitch flashes, so consider it a warning.I've had lots of fun with this Looper. I initially had a 30 second looper on a Zoom pedal which whetted my appetite and this unit is brilliant. I have enjoyed making jamming songs of a few minutes in length. Sound quality is perfect and the drum patterns are very good with a nice sound to them.I connect my pedal to a guitar amp and just use the left input and output, so everything is in mono, but it sounds great. It's giving me the urge to buy a digital recorder, as I don't have a PC anymore. And this pedal would be ideal to compose and demo songs.So it's a lovely pedal, sturdy and robust, simple to use and gives very satisfying results. If you want a looper pedal with a quality build and decent length loops, this is the droid you are looking for.

Initially I was very impressed by the looper functions and sound quality. However the rhythm section sounded terrible, distorted and basically a real disappointment, until I turned down the volume to 6, from 20. I guess the default volume is maxed out and it is quite bad initially. After turning it down, it fit better in the mix with the guitar and had a much clearer sound.Bought during the Black Friday sale which made this pedal a real bargain. Its awesome for practice and putting ideas together, the rhythm / metronome options are pretty good, and I especially love the light up circle which massively helps visually in knowing where you are in the loop.Its the first looper pedal I've used but with the added features it makes it a lot of fun, easy to use and is very durable, with excellent build quality.Apart from the initial volume problem, I can't fault it, haven't managed to use the usb and download recordings on a pc, nor the stereo channels, but look forward to exploring these added features more. Instructions could have been a lot worse and in all are pretty well written, managed to get going on it pretty quick.

Excellent product for price

So, I haven’t fully exhausted the use of this pedal but first thoughts are it does what it says. It’s easy to use but I have only been hand pressing the button as it’s not on a pedal board yet. Display is readable and shows the timing of the recorded track in seconds, there is useful bar that rotates around the outside of the screen which I used for timing with reasonable results. You can make three tracks which are saved when power is removed so in theory you could come back to t the next day and take up where you left off. Multiple dubbing is good, I used chords on first record with up down strum, second record down strum and less chords and finally upstrum with just a single chord. All recorded easily and playback was ok. If I was hyper critical the sound is slightly muddy or flat but that I believe could be simply my not being fully setup yet to use this pedal. I think this will be an excellent practice aid for timing and playback of anything I want to get right . I got this on Black Friday and made a great saving but I think it would still be worth a higher price.