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"I received mine last week and so far I'm definitely satisfied. There are a few things I haven't tried yet (feedback control mainly) but I spent the last 4 hours with it and after some initial problems with power supplies I got it working perfectly.
I am not hugely concerned about sound quality, since I bought it for more noisy applications and I will be running tons of pedals in front of it, but I don't hear any obvious artefacts and to my ear the loop playback sounds perfectly fine. I have not used or tested it in a very hi-fi environment mind you (so far plugged a strat into the LP2 and either a small Fender combo or a cheap headphone amplifier).
Positives:
- Does what it is designed to do very well - has all the basic loop features, plus some more advanced and quirky ones in a compact pedal. I bought it for a more improvisational/noisy looping use (rather than song-based looping) and it looks like it will work out perfectly for that. Had good fun creating some glitchy loops tonight.
- Nice footprint - large enough to comfortably press the pedals without taking too much floor space
- Well laid out - I like the idea of the assignable effects buttons and got pretty quick in assigning the functions on the fly. Sure, you don't have all the functions immediately accessible, but that wouldn't be feasible without a much larger footprint.
- Switches feel very good, although they are probably not as quiet as some solo acoustic performers would like. They're fine for me though.
- It's a nice purple colour
Negatives:
- It can be a bit fussy with power supplies. I tried it first with a spare output from my PP2+ pedalboard and it worked fine unless I hit strings too hard, at which point it would make a 'pop' sound and reset. It looks like it needs sufficient power supply to ensure it has enough headroom. I ended up using it with a generic 200ma 9V power supply I had spare and had no problems. It would probably be good to provide a bit more guidance on that in the manual.
- Similarly, setting the volume levels can be a bit tricky, since you have relatively limited control over loop volume (3 gain stages) and need to use the mix pot to make the dry and loop volume match. I did get it dialed in in the end.
- As mentioned earlier in the thread, some of the construction of the unit could be a bit more robust or more "professional". For instance, the split shaft pot for the mix control sticks out quite far on the back of the unit and is just a pot with no knob on it. Having a smaller knob in there would have been a nice touch. Similarly, it would have been nice to have the SD card sit more firmly inside the device. For me these are mainly cosmetic, although I could imagine that if it gets kicked around on stage, not having some of these bits sticking out so much could be helpful.
- A more thorough manual with, for instance, descriptions of the effects and some more information on power supplies would have also been a nice touch.
So, despite the wait, I am very satisfied with the unit. In terms of features, this is the best looper for my use and I am happy to finally have it and even happier to see that it seems to do everything I hoped it can do.
Yes, there are some things that could be improved, and of course I would have preferred if the whole process of ordering and waiting looked a bit different, but I am happy with the unit and I think it was worth the wait."