ELECTROHARMONIX 720 STEREO

The best looper pedal with a foolproof footswitch layout.

RRP: $439.95

Bypass: Buffered Footswitches: Two Dedicated stop control? Yes A/D/A conversion: 24 bit

PROS:

• Capable looper with effects • Expandable via footswitch

CONS:

• No quantisation

The Electro-Harmonix 720 is named for the 720 seconds (12 minutes) of loops that it can store across ten dedicated loops. Although scrolling between these on the fly live is definitely in the ‘flying by the seat of your pants’ camp, you can attach an external three-button footswitch to access the undo/redo functionality and the bank up/down controls.

In our opinion, it’s better to have the banking controlled by the knob, leaving the two footswitches free to act as dedicated start and stop controls. Like the TC Electronic Ditto Looper X2, the Electro-Harmonix

720 Stereo Looper Pedal offers some effects as well, with reverse and half-time modes. It also has a loop fadeout mode that will gradually fade a repeating loop out.