Looper

I've been a bedroom guitarist for about 2 years, with a Mustang L25 amp that has all sorts of built in filters, so that I haven't really needed to buy any pedals before this. The two things missing from the Mustang are a drum machine and a Looper, and I've reached a point in my development that I wanted to start experimenting with those things. This unit offers both in a compact, easy to use box.First of all, it's a drum machine. Everybody says to practice with a metronome, but practicing with a tireless drummer is even better. It has 10 different beats of 10 different styles, for a total of 100 beats. Most other drum machine boxes I looked at had a fraction of the number of beats.You can adjust the volume and tempo, and it is easy to navigate between beats. Super simple, the beats sound real, and it's very intuitive to operate.Then there is the Looper. I spent about an hour playing with it, and figured it out in that time. It was that easy to operate. I quickly found out that once I laid down my first track, I could instantly dub a second track over it. It has up to 40 different memory tracks, and you can dub over those, so you have far more tracks to loop than you'll ever need.After that, if you want to save your project, you have the ability to download it into your computer. I haven't played with any of that yet, but I doubt it would be a problem.The box is metal, solid, and a bit heavy, and feels substantial. The paint and decals feel thick and substantial as well. The entire unit feels like a high quality piece that isn't going to crack or fall apart. It was clearly created to be a professional piece of gear.It operates off an AC adapter that I had to order separately so order that with the Looper, or you'll find yourself disappointed when you can't use it until you order an adapter. My only wish is that it had an on/off switch. I have to unplug the adapter when I'm not using it, but that's not a big enough deal to deduct a star.This is the first piece of gear I've ordered from Donner, who I've been curious about, and I am 100% satisfied. If this is the kind of quality I can expect from Donner, I will definitely be buying other Donner products in the future.

Bought the pedal for the looper and it is very easy to switch on and off. Was pleasantly surprised by the drum machine . Many variations for accompanying my songs. Little back ground noise, but not really noticeable when playing. A really great value and I highly recommend it.

Works well & is pretty simple to use. Though I will admit I thought it would have more capabilities of recording & processing loops. Once you add a second layer to a loop , there’s no removing the first layer without deleting the entire project. Good purchase though

I bought the Donner Circle Pedal Drum Looper and this is the first review I've ever done, I'm so pleased. Had a Boss RC-20XL for 20 years and loved it's ease of use, but I wanted drums instead of a metronome. So I had a Flamma FS21 for a year before it failed. It was complex, had bad drums, and unreliable and one of the foot switches failed. Next I bought a Boss RC-5, which was complex, no manual, couldn't get the drums going. So I bought a Mooer GL100, which was too complex, again I couldn't get drums and loop going. Sent that back tried the Flamma FC01, same deal, too complex, only one footswitch, no instructions. Sent that back, got a new Flamma FF20, looked cool, way too complex, and no manual. So I tried Amazon's Choice, the Donner Circle Looper, which I figured out intuitively in about 5 minutes, and learned a few more tricks from the concise manual. It's simple, it loops, you have a drum button to push and you get good, useable drum sounds, bpm, volume, etc. You have plenty of memory, no time warp though. This is a keeper for me and it only costs $115.99. No hours of reading a manual you have to download. It's fun, and right from the box you'll be jamming. A lot.

The media could not be loaded. Can't stop using it.The Donner circle looper is a looper with 40 memory slots and a synchronized drum machine in one pedal.There are 100 different beats, in 10 different styles, plus 10 metronomes, bpm control and an independent volume for rhythm and loops. Did I mention tap tempo? It has tap tempo. You can run the looper and the beats in synch or not in synch.There are two inputs and two out puts that allow you to run the looper off two instruments or out of two amps. So, for example, if you want to run a guitar in one channel and have it come out of one amp and a bass or a eukele in the other and have it come out of a different amp, you can do that. Or, you can run a stereo reverb or delay or chorus or something in front of the Circle and then run to two different amps and get stereo sound.I am really enjoying the beat library. I have not used them all yet, but I find having that many different rhythms at my finger tips is pushing me to learn to styles and new techniques that I might not have gotten around to without the Circle Looper. The Drums sound organic and lively.There is a button in the middle of the looper called "MERGER CTRL." When you push it, it turns green. Then when you switch from the rhythm side to the looper side and start the loop, you get a count off and then the drums start when the loop starts. And everything stays synched. If you don't push "MERGET CTRL" the beat and the loop won't stay synched. I'm sure there is a use for a loop where the music slowly drifts away from the drums, but I'm not there yet. The first time you don't use the "MERGER CTRL" it becomes clear why you should. LOL.Quick note, the drums and the loops act independently. So if you record a loop and save it, and you want it to play with the beat you recorded the loop with, you will have to set the drums to the settings you had them at when you recorded it. This is really easy, but if you don't realize that your drums aren't automatically saved, it can be a little jarring when you wonder why you thought you had been on time yesterday and today it sounds like there are two different songs playing. Going back to "MERGER CTRL" once you dial in the drums that you used to record and press 'start' the drums and the loop will start at the beginning of the loop. I hope I'm not making this sound complicated, it's not.The Looper has an led screen that is easy to read and very useful. The screen has a little "circle" that runs around the outer edge of it to tell you where you are in a loop, once you've recorded the first layer. So, if you get lost, you will kind of know where you are in the song. The Screen also tells you what memory slot you are on, what beat you are using, what bpm you are at. It will also tell you if you are coming into the looper too hot.The Directions are clear and detailed. This pedal is a little more complicated than just a simple looper, but it is definitely worth the effort. I honestly can't stop using it. It's just great and for the price, it's down right amazing. I believe these have already sold out twice, so if you see one, snatch it up.