![]() When implemented well they did add some welcome variation to my beats. To be honest, I didn’t use these very much – I found them to be most useful when laying down percussion loops using all of the incidental sounds you can make on the bass guitar (especially on my acoustic bass guitar). ![]() There’s two: reversing your loop, and slowing the loop by half. Like everything else on the TC Electronic Ditto X2 Looper, the effects are quite straightforward. On the Ditto X2, the footswitch on the right solves this issue and then some: utilizing the mini-toggle just above the footswitch, you can stop/clear your loops, or engage the newly added effects. I never got the hang of the double press though – and almost since the day I got it I wished my Ditto had a more precise way to end my loops. If you have played with the original TC Electronic Ditto, you know how the footswitch on the left works: press once to record, play, and overdub press and hold for undo/redo double press to stop, press and hold to clean the slate and start again. Around back, there’s a nicely designed door that lets you change batteries with a single screw. On top there are both mono and stereo ins and outs, a jack for your standard negative center power supply, and a mini usb port for updates and syncing. The knob feels solid and the potentiometer is smooth with good resistance to motion (I like a “stiff” pot). There is a large centrally located knob, flanked by two mini-toggle switches. It is quite a bit larger, and there is now a second footswitch. The Ditto has literally and figuratively grown up. The new Ditto X2 Looper meets these needs and then some, making it a stand out option for musicians looking to enhance their composition, practice, and performance. However, adhering to these two design goals limited the availability of certain features that many others deem essential in a looper pedal. Make no mistake, the original Ditto’s simplicity and size made it the perfect looper for many. ![]() It’s hard to discuss the new Ditto X2 Looper from TC Electronic without mentioning the original Ditto Looper (full disclosure: I own and love the original Ditto Looper). TLDR: Extra footswitch, excellent upgrade, essential tool. ![]()
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