Looper

I've been a bedroom guitarist for about 2 years, with a Mustang L25 amp that has all sorts of built in filters, so that I haven't really needed to buy any pedals before this. The two things missing from the Mustang are a drum machine and a Looper, and I've reached a point in my development that I wanted to start experimenting with those things. This unit offers both in a compact, easy to use box. First of all, it's a drum machine. Everybody says to practice with a metronome, but practicing with a tireless drummer is even better. It has 10 different beats of 10 different styles, for a total of 100 beats. Most other drum machine boxes I looked at had a fraction of the number of beats. You can adjust the volume and tempo, and it is easy to navigate between beats. Super simple, the beats sound real, and it's very intuitive to operate. Then there is the Looper. I spent about an hour playing with it, and figured it out in that time. It was that easy to operate. I quickly found out that once I laid down my first track, I could instantly dub a second track over it. It has up to 40 different memory tracks, and you can dub over those, so you have far more tracks to loop than you'll ever need. After that, if you want to save your project, you have the ability to download it into your computer. I haven't played with any of that yet, but I doubt it would be a problem. The box is metal, solid, and a bit heavy, and feels substantial. The paint and decals feel thick and substantial as well. The entire unit feels like a high quality piece that isn't going to crack or fall apart. It was clearly created to be a professional piece of gear. It operates off an AC adapter that I had to order separately so order that with the Looper, or you'll find yourself disappointed when you can't use it until you order an adapter. My only wish is that it had an on/off switch. I have to unplug the adapter when I'm not using it, but that's not a big enough deal to deduct a star. This is the first piece of gear I've ordered from Donner, who I've been curious about, and I am 100% satisfied. If this is the kind of quality I can expect from Donner, I will definitely be buying other Donner products in the future.

Great value - even though you can't modify presets with the pedal. The loop function is pretty forgiving when I don't stomp the switch at the exact right time. I think the best feature is the memory bank. You can load 40 sound clips of up to 4 minutes each. My only gripe with the pedal is that I can't lock the tempo while I'm browsing the preset beats. Each beat has a preset tempo, so if I have a specific BPM in mind, I have to press buttons and tweak knobs to correct the BPM every time I browse to a different beat. Other than that, it's nearly perfect.

Pros: - relatively easy to figure out (good, because instruction guide is miniaturized) - decent sound quality - priced well for features - loads of memory for saving loops - drum tracks sound better than expected, and recorded loops store and play the drum track/tempo - rhythm track synch works well Cons: - absolutely needs an power on/off switch. Plugging/unplugging the power adapter is not a reasonable solution when a switch is pennies to install. - stopping a loop shifts by default to “dub”, so any additional sustain or sounds after you hit stop get recorded before you can hit the footswitch again to kill dubbing. This is really, really annoying. - a slightly larger display would be so nice for some of us older players

First off let just commend Donner for an excellent product, well done guys. The drum tracks are really well done, almost everyone is useable although the metal genre' is a bit slight by way of the cymbal sound. The controls are great, my favorite is ability to adjust BPM with a nob. Very easy to use, it doesn't take days trying to look up how to work it. GREAT price, this has alot for your money. A couple things bummed me out though. When you record a a loop the drum track isn't recorded with it. Yea so if you forget what track and BPM's you used it's a bit confusing lol. Also you can't split the signal. I don't like drums going through my good amps so I've been using it like a basic drum machine running through a Crate 150 bass amp. Also I like a bit more looping time, 4 mins is tight. They gave you a smart tap on the loop switch, but it adjusts BPM's. I would rather it have been on your rhythm switch and enabled a fill. But it is what it is All in all a good pedal at a good price. I'm sure you'll be able to find any answers from you-tube and hear the actual tracks. If yer looking for this type of pedal I'd pick one of these up because with all the features it offers it is a good buy. I'd recommend it even though I have some issues with it. Great Price ✌ After a few weeks now of using this pedal I have to admit it is really nice. The drum tracks are great, they sound very real and offer a wide range of grooves. Mix that with the ability to adjust BPM's and ya end with multitudes of tracks. Even with the issues I have this pedal is about one of the best I've purchased so far.

I bought the Donner Circle Pedal Drum Looper and this is the first review I've ever done, I'm so pleased. Had a Boss RC-20XL for 20 years and loved it's ease of use, but I wanted drums instead of a metronome. So I had a Flamma FS21 for a year before it failed. It was complex, had bad drums, and unreliable and one of the foot switches failed. Next I bought a Boss RC-5, which was complex, no manual, couldn't get the drums going. So I bought a Mooer GL100, which was too complex, again I couldn't get drums and loop going. Sent that back tried the Flamma FC01, same deal, too complex, only one footswitch, no instructions. Sent that back, got a new Flamma FF20, looked cool, way too complex, and no manual. So I tried Amazon's Choice, the Donner Circle Looper, which I figured out intuitively in about 5 minutes, and learned a few more tricks from the concise manual. It's simple, it loops, you have a drum button to push and you get good, useable drum sounds, bpm, volume, etc. You have plenty of memory, no time warp though. This is a keeper for me and it only costs $115.99. No hours of reading a manual you have to download. It's fun, and right from the box you'll be jamming. A lot.

The Dooner looper crashed after 4 months of moderate use. Donner customer product support is non-existent! They stated they needed a video under 10 MB before they could do assist me. I stated that 10 MB was unrealistic for such a request. I sent them quality photos showing my set up and basically what the video would show. I emphasized that the device had no displays or indication of it operating. They continued to harp on needing a video. I provided a copy of their warranty, which had no requirement to provide a video in order to receive product support. I went ahead provided them a video which had to be uploaded to Google Files which validated the device didn't not work. The video also showed another Donner Octave pedal being connected to the same power source as the Donner Looper. The Octave pedal worked fine. I after several follow up emails finally got a response asking if my power supply met the looper power supply specifications. I confirmed that it did despite already showing this in the video. There has been no response from Donner despite my sending several emails direct to customer service and to their website contact us prompt. I was apprehensive about buying this product but took a chance since the Octave Dooner pedal worked okay. I cannot believe a company with several industries awards has such bad customer service support. I will not buy from Donner again and would urge anyone contemplating buying any of their products to read the reviews and buy with caution. It should be noted that they have no phone number for contacting the company. Amazon customer support was much more responsive in resolving the problem!

This is a review that’s taken me forever to post because I’ve been sick with Covid, but finally here it is. First of all, let me start off by saying this looper pedal blew me away. How easy it is to use, the drum machine that is built into it, all of the different types of beats and rhythms that you can play over are amazing features. Donner has really been upping their pedal game recently and has some really amazing pedals on the market - this one is one of their best in my opinion. Top left knob is used to navigate through the memory in the pedal - you can save different loops to so many memory slots. You can increase / decrease the volume of the loop you’re playing. The top right knob is used to set your beat. You can navigate through different types of beats like Blues, Rock & Roll, Fusion, Hip-Hop, and many other genres. You can set the volume of the beat through the pedal, and also set the bpm (adjust the speed) of the beat. Think looper pedal with a built in beat machine. This pedal allows you to record loops while playing over a beat. You can start off by choosing a beat with the right knob. Set your beat, and switch over to your left knob to start recording your loops and playing over your desired beat. Thank you Donner for making such an amazing looper pedal! I haven’t seen anything like this yet and I believe this should be on everyone’s pedalboard. I made a quick 3 minute demo video, using a blues-style beat! I hope people find the video useful!

I love this little pedal. Does what it’s supposed to. 10 genres for both the drums and the looper. Synchronizes really well. I lost the instructions, so I’m sure I’m doing something wrong but when I put the drums and some rhythm tracks together, like for the blues with the Bluesy sound, it doesn’t stay recorded like that. I use this pedal to practice my lead guitar. But if I choose to use a different sounding lead on the drum looper track, it won’t stay recorded how I recorded it. It automaticallysounds like the new channel that I’m using. This is definitely worth the money. The quality of the pedal is made very well control knobs easy to use, the sound that it creates is pretty good quality. I have to find the instructions because I think I can save the tracks that I record so they stay that way and don’t change when I change channels. Guess I gotta go to YouTube to learn how to use it the right way. But man, this thing is a blast.