Loopers are traditionally a plaything for guitarists. Boss has played their part in establishing this status quo, putting out numerous looper pedals of varying sizes from the RC-3 style stompboxes through to the behemoth options like the latest flagship, the RC-300. For beatboxers like Dub FX, this meant the only option was to use the supplied mic jacks and use the guitarist-centric pedals their own way. With the RC-505, Boss has thrown out the rule book and made something specifically for beatboxers, synth players, keyboard players and singers looking to enter the world of looping. Check Amazon Price
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Boss RC-300 Loop Station Review
The Boss RC-300 Loop Station is the new “flagship” looper from Boss. Being hailed as the second coming before it was even released, the Boss RC-300 has a lot to live up to. Not only was it’s predecessor, the RC-50 Loop Station, loaded with features, Digitech’s competing looper pedal, the JamMan Delay, is similarly large and loaded with cool features. With such stiff competition, the RC-300 Loop Station has to deliver something very special to stand out from the crowd. Check Amazon Price
Boss RC-3 Loop Station Review
Boss released the RC-3 Loop Station in 2011 to replace the older Boss RC-2 Loop Station. Both pedals have now been superseded by the more recently released Boss RC-5 Loop Station as Boss’s top-o-the-line compact looper. Nevertheless, the Boss RC-3 Loop Station is still a powerful looper. You can also probably find it at a significant discount now that it’s an older model. , The RC-3 gives musicians up to 3 hours of stereo recording time and 99 loop memory locations. Check Amazon Price
Boss RC-30 Loop Station Review
In 2011, Boss updated it’s line of looper pedals by releasing the RC-3 Loop Station, the RC-30 Loop Station (reviewed here), and the RC-300 Loop Station. The RC-30 Loop Station is Boss’s updated twin pedal and the mid-sized option of the three. It’s a multitrack looper with two synchronized stereo tracks and built-in loop effects, and hours of recording time. Overall, Boss offers several improvements over Boss’s older twin pedal, the Boss RC-20XL. More recently, however, Boss has released the Boss RC-500 Loop Station which is now Boss’s flagship looper.Check Amazon Price
Boss RC-50 Loop Station Review
Boss has been on the cutting edge of looping technology for some time now. After raising the bar with the RC-20XL, they attempted to build the holy grail of looper pedals with the RC-50 Loop Station. But is the RC-50 really the holy grail, or did they miss the mark? For some basic info on looping, click here. Check Amazon Price
Boss RC-20XL Loop Station Review
The Boss RC-20XL is the mid-sized looper in Boss’s older RC-2x series, and the predecessor of the more recently released RC-30 Loop Station. In Boss’s older RC-2x series, the RC-20XL offered a wide range of features in a much smaller (and cheaper) package than the monster RC-50, but easier access to its features than the much smaller RC-2. The RC-20XL was actually an upgrade of the now obsolete RC-20, which only offered 5 minutes and 30 seconds of recording time, compared to the RC-20XL’s 16 minutes.Check Amazon Price
Boss RC-2 Loop Station Review
If Boss’s range of loop pedals were to be described in iPod terms, the RC-2 would be the Nano. The miniaturized sibling with all the key features crammed into a tiny little package. You could argue that it’s quite difficult to get all the functionality of the big boys (the RC-20XL and the goliath RC-50) into a little box, and it’s not like they’d opt to provide you with a unit that was nineteen inches long if there wasn’t a benefit to it. But don’t discount the little RC-2 straight away; you’d be surprised how much you can fit into such a small package. Check Amazon Price