TC Electronic Ditto X4 Looper Effects Pedal

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I've used a lot of loopers before, and I prefer this one hands down. It does not have all the in-depth options and sub options like a Boss RC50, but that is by design! Watch their YouTube video, They intentionally got rid of all the fluff and confusion and extra buttons that honestly gets in the way of 99% of most guitarists looping needs. What they deliver is a solid, intuitive looper whose interface is optimized for song composition, and live looping. You don't have to spend 10 minutes setting up the options for your song, like on a RC50. It's got the simplicity of a DL4, combined with the ideal settings of an RC50. It's got loop quantize built in, so transitioning between verse and chorus loops are a breeze. It's true HD stereo, so you can loop a bass and guitar at the same time to separate amps. Plus decaying loops so you can control any overwhelming overdubbing. Multiple FX can be on for each loop, not just one at a time. this pedal makes looping so practical, with minimal button pushing yet impressive functionality (i.e. It's for good live performance). If you're looking for more looping control than your one button RC3, one button ditto, or DL4, and don't want to be overwhelmed by a million features you'll never use, ( like I said, for 99% of your looping needs), this is the one you'll want and use - and very affordable.

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There are not many loopers that let your dry signal through in an unaltered analog state, so the field is limited. The TC Flashback X4 is actually a surprisingly good option (and keeps you from needing a separate delay pedal), but it is limited to only one loop and about ~40 seconds of duration. The Pigtronix Infinity has every feature you could imagine, but it's super glitchy and unreliable. Also, you need to add a separate box to add undo functionality (why?!) and there's a master volume knob that only provides unity gain at about 2:00 (it has no detent or marker, so it's really hard to find the unity gain position). This new TC unit is half the price of the Pigtronix unit and seems to be much more reliable already. When you're not using it, it has true bypass -- which is great -- and when you are, it preserves your analog dry signal. The controls are very straightforward and easy to use. My only gripe is that I really wish it had a dedicated undo button instead of a dedicated FX button. Undo functionality is one of the most important looper features, in my opinion.

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I have never written a review here but felt compelled as may people I see look for recommendations on looper pedals. I've owned several, currently have 2 Boss RC3s, a Ditto Looper (mini) and this unit. This is my second Ditto X4 unit, and it has to go back again to TC for the same issues. This is the first unit I ever purchased Pro CoverAge for so at the very least I get the pleasure of trying to have this fixed again (which I do not want to do but have no choice). I originally purchased in Nov 2016, exchanged for another in December and yesterday started experiencing the same issues as the first one. It appears to be a known defect and you can google below as I've read many units suffer from the same issues. 2 problems experienced with both as follows; 1 - upon unplugging then replugging, the unit locks up, all 4 lights are lit (sometimes red, others green), then the unit is unresponsive. The first one never worked again, I got the 2nd one back online after about 20 minutes of troubleshooting. 2 - after recording a loop and starting playback, incredibly loud static bursts happen within the loop. Although they randomly start, they stay within the same part on replay of the loop. It is so loud I feared real speaker damage on my Princeton Reverb. I've tried severeL different amps and cords, that's not the problem. I use the factory supplied power cord so that's not the problem. It appears to be a flaw in the circuitry. I'm very disappointed and have had good luck with other TC stuff. Because it's a warranty issue I have to let them repair it and get another one, even though I do not want another 1, 2 was enough. Very displeased, and Pro Coverage which I paid for gave me no other options since it's within manufacturer warranty. Last time I'll ever buy that on a piece of gear. bad experience all around. Pick up a Boss looper if you are interested, TC has many problems here. Google Ditto X4 Static burst and unit lockup and read about it, I'm not the only one.

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The box will be fine for up to a year or less. Once you hear bursts of white noise during your recording, you are almost done. You will attempt to upgrade the firmware to get around the X4 bing stuck with all the lights on amber. Nothing will work. If you have an extended warrante, you can exchange. So, do not buy this off second hand, and if you buy, get replacement coverage. When your coverage goes out. make a paper weight or door stop out of it.

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DO NOT BUY. I HATE to leave this review. I LOVE the original ditto. I love this too... when it works. I have rarely found a piece of equipment so infuriating. When it works, the sound quality is great, but there are some huge drawbacks. First, at random intervals, like maybe every 12-27th time I use it, I get weird loud white noise bursts. There is no satisfactory explanation on the TC Electronic website. Second, at equally random intervals, it stops working altogether. All the lights turn on and nothing works. Or, the first light will turn on, red, and then the rest will turn on green and nothing works. I have tried everything from unplugging and plugging it back in to downloading and running their new "beta" firmware. All to no avail. Sometimes it miraculously starts working again after a number of tries at "plugging it into the computer, holding down the first position button and then plugging it in" but this is so inconsistent it drives me insane. You cannot rely on this pedal to be a consistent performer. I'm sorry. I want to love this pedal as much as the other equipment I've purchased from TC Electronic, but I can't take it any longer. Buy something else.

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This is a great looper! I'm using it with Bias FX and IrigHD. it works perfectly!

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The Ditto 4 audio has tremendous audio quality. The Ditto x4 actually has two loopers on the pedal rather than just one. And it has some really cool effects on-board, including my favorite of 'fade-out' which provides a clean departure at the end of a song, rather than a messy stop which I was doing on the Rolands.

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Well i still have the ditto single, can use it with the x4 if its the last thing i run so its not looping when others are recording. the 4x has some nice features takes a bit to learn the differnt things and settings, but works great. I would recomend to anyone who wants to loop. clean sound , easy to use, alot of features and fx

Comments about TC Electronic Ditto X4 Looper Effects Pedal:

Right bout of the box it's easy to use.
I picked this pedal, over others, because of the Midi-sync feature. I have a Beat-Buddy pedal that send midi sync and this device works perfectly with it.
The Fx presets are nice but I'm not sure how often I'll end up using them. Although I've seen some pretty cool demonstrations where the REVERSE loop feature is used to record a pass that is played backwards when the whole loop is flipped back.
The only feature I wish it had (found in the two-button loop station) is the ability to store loop creations. But, as this pedal was meant for on-the-fly creations, maybe storing loops isn't really a great thing.
Not having storage will keep my live looping fresh and original, that's for sure.
Easy set up and easy customization.
It's like having two ditto pedals in one. You can either have the loops works separately from each other (i.e.: verse-chorus) or in sync with each other.
Looping along with the BeatBuddy driving the sync is a lot of fun.