BOSS RC-5 Loop Station — modern, compact looper with first-class sound quality, 99 phrase memories, 57 rhythms and optional MIDI control. Perfect for guitar, bass, electroacoustic

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The reason for this might be the display which shows you the mode the Loop Station is currently in using different coloured back lights. While the owner’s manual is just a quick start guide, this 24-page document details every clever feature found in the pedal. This has happened several times, always duing a live performance, so I’m looking for a different brand looper.

Featuring best-in-class 32-bit AD/DA and 32-bit floating-point processing, the RC-5captures your personal sound with full fidelity and keeps loops crystal-clear -even with multiple overdubs. Once you’ve made the connections properly and powered up the pedal, creating a simple loop is pretty easy once you’ve figured out the basics of using it.With 13 hours of internal recording time, along with a USB connection to backup loops to a computer, it brings contemporary functionality to an old concept. The button LED will blink accordingly to indicate your set tempo, and it will be displayed on the screen. I've only just started to scrape the surface of what it can do, but just the ability to hear back what you've played and then play along in time is magic. It might take a while to get used to performing some operations, but with a little practice it becomes intuitive.

We only found a few flaws when testing the RC-5 including the power supply via 9V batteries instead of a rechargeable battery, the slight decrease of the running time compared to the RC-3 (according to the manufacturer) when using batteries and the lack of an aux input. What is the new Loop Station by Boss capable of and what exactly has changed compared to its predecessor? The earlier version of the RC-5, the RC-3, was an awesome pedal in its own right, but the RC-5 improves on the same formula. I like to set it to ‘Before Loop’, then when I press the footswitch, it’ll play the drums without recording.BOSS' RC-5has been designed with only the best circuity and components available - meaning virtually zero sonic compromises. Looping in general is a pretty simple process using a footswitch-enabled recording and playback device.

An interesting feature is the reverse mode, which “flips the tape” on the rhythm and plays it backwards. If you have questions about operating your BOSS product, please check our Knowledge Base for answers to the most common questions.Now yes, it works like a looper should; press the button assigned to record, and when that part is done, you can stop the recording process, and start to play over what you recorded, or even overdub another track above that.