Boss RC-500 Loop Station Compact Phrase Recorder Pedal

This is by far the ultimate looper for anyone who is looking to perform solo. With the included drum section, and stored loops available, a single player should be able to entertain with just their wits and this looper. It's more looper than I'll likely ever need but rather too much than too little.

Simple to use, the Boss RC500 has turned out to be a delightful companion for guitar practice, improv, jam sessions at home and live gigging. The audio quality is top notch even with saturated phrases, and the wide array of functionality and configurations allow you to personalize the hardware itself to better suit your needs. Make sure you buy the AC adapter though, as decent batteries will only last 3-4h at most. Highly recommended!

We went on a pedal buying spree...and now I have various photos of my partner lying on the floor looping to his hearts content with the bass, the guitar, the Korg, my electric cello, the kid screaming made up songs. Anything you can make digital and get in this little pedal, you can loop, and loop, and loop. We love the Boss line of pedals and have a couple loopers and digital delay. They are all fun, but this one (while it has a bit of a learning curve) will provide for hours and hours of fun and exploration. Just don't try to do the same thing twice...unless you're a pro! And we are not that, so we just play and are happy with whatever wild sounds we can make and then the next day we do something else. Just for us.

A great looper with 2 individual tracks. I tried Roland's new, over-hyped Boss RC600 but found too many bugs making it almost unusable for my recording purposes (as many users have complained about on various forums). So went with the RC500 for its ease of use while still having the same 32-bit audio quality and many of the same features as the RC 600 - for about $300 less.

Works as advertised and then some. Takes a little learning. But when you do , this looper does a lot

this thing works great, But Please read the directions you get with it.

I almost returned this unit because of some issues, but I’ve decided to keep it. I’ve listed my pros and cons below (kind of long).Pros• Pedals are angled and well positioned for stomping – no audible click• Easy to navigate menus once you figure out what you’re looking for• The ability to change pedal assignments helps a lot – I don’t much like the default• Sounds great• I like being able to quantize as my timing, currently, sucks• Mic capability• Lots of memory and save slots• Helps with guitar lessons• No more jam tracks needed• Just a really good looperCons• The bottom of the unit does not have any rubber feet so it slides all over (not trying the little ones that come with the unit until I truly decide to keep it).• Weird, semi-useless effects• There are a lot of rhythms but they all sound very similar. I don’t understand why the rhythm tracks cannot be taken from the RC-10R, which had a better rhythm suite.• Serial tracks – both loops have to have the same number of measures. You can multiply the measures (if I have a 4 bar loop I can make the other loop 4, 8, 16, etc., measures). There’s no way to finesse different length measures; so if your verse and chorus aren’t the same length you can’t use this.I’d return it but I have done extensive research on loopers, and unless I want to cough up the massive price tag for an Aeros, I can find nothing compatible except for the Electro Harmonix 22500, which seems very fiddly and difficult to use (I've read the manual twice and my mind is made up unless someone can change it).So if you're thinking of buying this, I’d say go for it. The irritations, to me, aren’t deal breakers, but BOY do I wish they’d tied up the loose ends with this thing.

I've had this looper pedal about a week and have been learning how to use it for about 6 hours total time. I've not used a looper pedal prior to this one other than having an RC-5 and immediately returned it to upgrade to the RC-500. Having two tracks make the RC-500 far more useful than the RC-5 for what I wanted to do with it. I create loops of bluegrass and old time tunes that I can practice with. I also have the Boss A/B switching pedal which is a useful addition to the RC-500. I have the A/B pedal doing the memory increment and decrement. I've assigned Track 1 to Record/Play/Stop with left button on the pedal. I've made a similar assignment of Track 2 to the middle button. The right button is All Play which is also All Stop. I think I finally understand how to correctly use the Track Parallel vs Track Serial feature. I don't know that I'll ever use the Rhythm section. All it does right now is get in the way. I wish the pedal had an option to turn off that flashing light.