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Currently, the only looper I use on a regular basis
is the Boomerang. I still own my Repeater, though I keep thinking of selling it,
my JamMan went to someone on this list, my DL-4 is busted and I can't afford a
new one, and I'm slowly coming to grips with various software-based looping
tools, but I take the Boomerang to every gig with my band and use it a
lot.
What I don't like:
You have to stop playback to
change speed. This is my biggest complaint. I play bass in a pretty dense band,
often there's not only the kick drum, but also programmed kicks and basslines to
compete with. So there's not a lot of need for more low-end density. So I
capture a lot of loops that I double-speed up an octave, and reverse, and fade
in and out with a volume pedal to add layers of texture. It'd be really cool to
do this without stopping. Yeah, I know the DL-4 can do it, but like I said, mine
broke (at the start of one our biggest gigs ever, no less), and I haven't been
able to replace it.
Also, the Boomerang is just too freaking big! I
have a stupidly big pedalboard already, it seems like the stompboxes that sound
the best to my ears are all big, Moogerfoogers in particular, and I have to
place the Boomerang off of my pedalboard.
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