Boss Loop Pedal Buyers Guide: RC-1 vs RC-3 vs RC-30 vs RC-10R 

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You, I believe, mention that all features carry forward. What am I missing here. On all models before the 10R you could play a loop and then add in drums and by some miracle the drums would sync into your newly formed loop. I have a couple of these and, w songwriter and live performance hats on, how do I get the 10R to follow my loop. Exasperated! Thanks I’m advance J

what looper do you choose ?

A dirty mind is a joy forever! ;)

so what is your choice finally ?

Also, the RC30 can be battery powered, which makes it viable for truly wireless musicians, unlike the RC-10R.

what looper did you choose ?

@@vincentdelmas2792 I went with the 10R. Probably a little more than I need at the moment but I have some aggressive looper learning plans set up for myself so wanted something that I can kinda grow into and will keep me entertained for a while even as my looper skills grow.

Oh dear! Yet another review of the RC 10R where the reviewer does not understand all the capabilities. The loop track and drum tracks can be used separately OR you can switch to sync mode and the loop track will even be quantised to match the drum tempo. Intros and outros can be switched off and the list of extra features available by plugging in a double switch pedal is just outrageous - and mind boggling but you don't have to do it all at once. My tip would be send the drum output to a separate amp/channel from the guitar (which is an option!) as there seem to be some unwanted sound artefacts if both through a guitar amp - one for Boss to tackle, maybe.

@@mikehewett4393 It is true that you cannot first record a loop at your own tempo, then turn loop sync on, and have the rhythm then start in sync with your recorded loop. See the 'Guitarnica' YT channel on that. Of course, you can set a rhythm tempo, turn loop sync on, and record a loop in sync while the rhythm is playing but that's not the same thing and I can see why live looping performers have the hump about that. That has not deterred me from ordering one this week, however. Greatest features are the ability to easily record two sequential parts with a capable MIDI drum sound module that supports importing your own rhythm patterns via the Rhythm Converter app. So, if anyone doesn't like crashing at the end of a rhythm pattern they can import custom patterns of their own. Also love that Boss has finally abandoned long-travel pedals for foot switches in favor of quiet, short-travel buttons. I hope Boss will expand this new format to a three to five sequential track bigger brother in the future that I will also buy.

8 months later, how you liking the RC 10-R?

@@DunneMan I would have loved to be able to give you a review of it, but sadly I hardly ended up using it. It was the first pedal I bought and I ended up using an audio interface on my PC to play for the most part, so I have only used the pedal a handful of times. It seems great, I liked the drum machine and everything but I just never went through the hassle of learning how to use it properly :/ I'm thinking about selling it

You can select a basic drum tempo track and then send that to a separate output (parameter option). Ie you can separate the two outputs to 2 x mono, one for guitar and one for drums and send the drums to a

Sorry. To a monitor. Tempo can be set for the preset or tapped in with an additional footswitch.

Not sure which you have, but usually there is a volume knob on the pedal to turn down the playback volume of the loop.

Funny. Unless you're playing ambient stuff though. Plus it does look dope.

Michael Bones Yeah. That is not necessary. If you need it you might have other issues with doing looping. I wish Boss would stick to useful things only. The effects on the RC30 are useless so why did they even bother. That space could have been used for other functions.

I second this comment

Its just to make you buy a boss psa. Also warranty stuff.

U can use any power adapter.

They have to be the same length im afraid :)

did they fix the crash problem since ?

Power supply is included. No USB cable but it uses a bog-standard microUSB plug so they're cheap, widely available and most of us have dozens of them lying around in drawers.

That's a beast as well. Got the 300 and the 505, wicked machines!

I hate it when they do that!

youlino me too. It surprisingly doesn’t record when tap it any more. It’s the only non fixable pedal in the series, we got lucky lol