Beth F.
the only problem with the looper so is the fact that you cannot rename the stored loops so you don't have to keep a separate list on paper which is not very convenient.
John S.
The Circle Looper is amazing. It's intuitive and easy to use. The variety is endless. I laid down my first track with a bass line, rhythm, and lead track in about 5 minutes and then played a second lead over that. I very much look forward to using this looper moving forward.
Great value and pedal. Thanks for a great experience !
John Shannon
Henry H.
I now have 7 Donner pedals. The colors are awesome the sound from each pedal is strong just as good as those big dollar pedals. Donner has priced the pedals that any guitarist can afford with the same great sound. I will continue to support Donner to complete my full collection of effects. i recommend Donner to my friends, I have loaned my pedals to a friend because his big dollar pedal let him down. I just bought the Looper for my grandson for Christmas.
Allan A.
Works great. Looper and drums. Easy to use.
Marc D.
Very fast shipping and extremely satisfied!! Great product!
Sims S.
What a great pedal!!! Playing with a looper pedal/drum machine will help you get better, it makes it much more enjoyably. This little box is fantastic! It syncs your drums with your playing, it starts you off with a beat, before you record! It's awesome!
Stephen Yurisich
I have had this circle looper for over 2 yes, i love it. Its by far the easiest one to use , that i gave found. Record a loop or a song. Up to 4 minutes recording.
Has built in drums, several genres of drumming styles, you can control the BPM to your liking. You can layer your bass, rythm, keyoards , there are output levels as well. A wonderful pedal.
Karl B.
Great looper, but even better drum machine. No noise, sounds great. Thanks!
Edward M.
Very easy to use& fun &effective
Anthony P.
So many options with this looper. Great product at a great price.
Liam Allen
I've found this pedal board to be very user-friendly. It's easy to set up and operate, which is a huge plus for someone like me who isn't very technical.
JoJo Turner
This pedal board is incredibly versatile. It adds great sound to my setup and the loop pedal is fantastic. I love the fat and usable sound it produces.
Bryce P.
Doesn’t come with a power supply. I waited a week for it to arrive and was so excited to get home and try it out. Now I have to run out to a local music store and hope there’s something available. Kinda bogus to package a product without a way to turn it on…
Adrian Adams
I love how easy it is to use this pedal board. It has enough room for all my pedals, and the operation is simple even for someone like me who isn't very tech-savvy.
Ariana Turner
The pedal on this board is fantastic. It has a great sound and feels very responsive. I'm really happy with my purchase.
Savannah Thompson
The loop indicator on this product is really helpful. It makes it easy for me to keep track of my loops and the looper itself is very useful.
Isaac Young
I really appreciate the multi-function foot switch on this pedal board. It gives me more control over my sound and adds to the overall quality of this product.
Aurora Hernandez
Doesn’t come with a power supply. I waited a week for it to arrive and was so excited to get home and try it out. Now I have to run out to a local music store and hope there’s something available. Kinda bogus to package a product without a way to turn it on…
Alexis O.
I waited, what seemed a lifetime for UPS to release the looper from NJ. 4 days it sat in one spot, claims the weather was effecting travel. BS, no significant weather at that time. When the looper finally arrived, I was very pleased with my purchase. I played with it a little while, noticing how simple it was to operate. I liked it so much, I took it to my guitar teachers lesson. He's a touring professional, I won't name. He loved your looper. After I paid him for my lesson, and he remarked how reasonable the price, he said he would take the $100 and buy one for himself. If a touring professional gives it that kind of thumbs up, what more of a review could you ask for?
Mike H.
I am an older gentlemen who picked up electric guitars at 60ish after 40 years of cowboy acoustic strumming. I have purchased several Donner products from cables to distortion pedals and this FANTASTIC Circle Looper. I am still in the early intermediate stages but this Looper/Drum machine lets me keep rhythm more interesting than a simple metronome AND I can record my practice sessions and play them back to check accuracy etc., or to play to your instructor. This pedal is versatile and fantastic and is a great value and a must for any electric guitarist. So very pleased with this pedal.
Gabriella Wilson
I am an older gentlemen who picked up electric guitars at 60ish after 40 years of cowboy acoustic strumming. I have purchased several Donner products from cables to distortion pedals and this FANTASTIC Circle Looper. I am still in the early intermediate stages but this Looper/Drum machine lets me keep rhythm more interesting than a simple metronome AND I can record my practice sessions and play them back to check accuracy etc., or to play to your instructor. This pedal is versatile and fantastic and is a great value and a must for any electric guitarist. So very pleased with this pedal.
Marcus Phillips
The sound quality of this product is amazing. It has a versatile tone and delivers a high-quality sound that is perfect for my needs. I highly recommend it.
Stella Parker
The pedal board's sound quality is top-notch. It has a pleasant tonal quality and offers a good amount of customization options for different styles of music.
Clara Roberts
Amazing pedal Amazing price
Does everything I need it to do plus more!
Very Satisfied customer
Colton Parker
I really like the Donner pedals I just purchased. They are solidly built and give you exactly what they promise. And of course the final cherry on the prize is that they are actually affordable. I got the Circle Looper and Multi Effects pedal for half the cost of other similar pedals. The only flaw is that the power adapter which came with one of the pedals, immediately caused a buzz in my rig. I'm still trying to verify that it's definitely the cause, but initially it does seem to be. Still, my overall experience with Donner is VERY GOOD. And I would not hesitate to recommend their products, and to praise their quick response in filling my orders.
Bennett Bell
I've been using this pedal board for a while now and I'm impressed with its durability. It's held up well and shows no signs of wear and tear.
Scarlett Davis
I'm impressed with the build quality of this product. It feels sturdy and the pedal has a great boosted feel. The sound it produces is excellent as well.
Robert R.
I am not a professional guitar player. I like to noodle to see what I can create. Finally got my looper along with the dark mouse. As you can see, everything I own, except my guitar is Donner. So far, I am really liking it. Haven't had a chance to use the included software yet. I have yet to be disappointed in any of the Donner products I have purchased.
Pros:
Easy to set up
Easy to learn the basics
Some decent drum tracks across the genres
Cons:
No true bypass, need to unplug it to power it off.
No inherent ability to mix drum tracks or set up Intro/Bridge/Chorus (maybe in the software?)
Roy L.
Nice looper pedal gets a lot done and is versatile. Pros sounds good, nice features, easy to use, and has drum tracks. Cons well I wish the loop track was longer than 4 minutes it would be nice maybe 6 minutes. Or way to set up 3 tracks for verse chorus bridge/intro and change by foot pedal. Besides the short recording time. The other thing is I hate having to unplug it when I’m done using it. Maybe a true bypass switch would be better. I did wait a few weeks to write my review because I wanted to get a chance to work with it and make sure it wasn’t user error. At first when I was playing with the circle looper I felt it was changing my guitar tone when playing along after some research I found a better way to play through the amp and my tone sounds like it was before using the circle looper. I am happy to have this pedal it does it job plus more. You can load backing tracks from your computer. There is slight learning curve but work with it everyday you will be pro using this pedal in no time.
Fred M.
This thing is GREAT . If I only had coordination .
Charles Y.
Although I haven't put it through the REal Test yet, Working with it at home studio is a blast. Wife has to remind me every night when its bed time.
I really like the program.ability of 40 Tracks. Setting up my Duo act to be able to run down song after song, after song,
Will let you know how it performed on stage
Scott B.
Really enjoying this pedal. The drums sound amazing and the build quality is very good. The operation of the pedal was easy, even for my first looper pedal! I was able to loop drums, bass and two guitar parts in a matter of minutes and it sounded so good! The undo/redo is super handy. The number of memory slots and loop time are great, esp at this price point. Shipping was fast and arrived well packed. Highly recommend this!
Glen C.
This the third looper pedal I have had. It is the easiest to use by far. The drums are usable but kind of basic.
Len T.
The circle looper has more than doubled my practice time. The defining factor is that the rhythm guitar is recorded along with the drums on the initial recording making it very useful for solo/duo performance. And…there is no timing issue going back to the beginning of a looped track which is a huge issue with most loopers.
I wish the drum tracks included country styles.
How do I go about getting the extension foot pedal, and what functions does it perform?
Gray M.
Killer bang for the buck. The odd time signatures in the metronome patterns are great to have too.
Reid S.
Love this product. For the price, you can't beat it.
Randy S.
So far having a lot of fun with this, I’m very inexperienced with looping so it’s going to take a while. What really sold me to buy this was the included drum machine I thought they sounded great and I’ve only used two so far and I’ve made some really nice loops!! Also helps that it keeps its time and combines the drums with my loop!! Highly recommended!!
Dave P.
I am impressed with my new looper/ drum machine. I use it to work up my leads. Very easy to use and it’s sturdy. Sounds good through my Bose system. Very straight forward. I just wish it had MIDI capabilities . Cost is really a plus. I’ve been playing for 57 years and have or had a bunch of pedals. I’ll definitely be buying more from Donner . Can’t beat the price and it works as it should. Go Donner !
Jim M.
Outstanding pedal and the drum tracks are great. This pedal is a good value for the price!!
ken s.
my fourth pedal. i am having a lot of trouble it is jumping back and forth on Its own. will try again tomorrow.
Josh U.
Haven't had much time with it yet but so far I'm having a lot of fun with it. The drum machine is awesome and I like how the looper will pick up when you start playing and begin recording over your first loop without you having to hit the footswitch.
Stefan
Ich habe in letzter Zeit diese Looper verglichen: -Nu:x loop core (fand ich gut und habe ich längere Zeit benutzt, hat aber nur 20 drum beats) -Mooer groove loop x2 (die Bedienung war kompliziert und die Drumsets gefielen mir nicht) -Digitech band creator trio plus (die automatische Bass-Generierung lag öfter mal daneben, lässt sich nicht gänzlich abstellen und das Wahlrad war sehr frickelig zu bedienen) -Donner Circle Looper Den letzteren fand ich am besten. Sehr gute Bedienbarkeit, Takt wird vorm Loop angezählt, 100 Beats (wobei deren Qualität auch noch Luft nach oben hat), grafische Anzeige des Loops, Schnittstelle zum PC mit Im/Exportmöglichkeit, wertige und solide Verarbeitung. Für mich ein sehr schönes Spielzeug, das meine Kreativität anregt.
Glenn S.
Very nice and well pleased, I really like the different effects that it had
Marc D.
Very nice practice instrument
Dianne D.
I don't play guitar, I play computerized keyboards. I wanted to see if would work with my keyboards and it does. I still haven't had enough time to make it do everything I want it to do but it looks like it will. Most good guitar loopers are a lot more expensive than you were asking for yours so I have hesitated in buying one. I really like this one and I might look into some of your other products. Thanks Pat DeFreese
Curto
Easy to use & I find the drum volume to be fine. Lots of fun, and really helps as a practice tool. I'm not skilled enough to want to use it at a live gig tho!!
Customer
The only problem is the power jack is already loose after 4 uses. the pedal works great though, a lot of features
Gus O.
Super easy to use. Fast shipping. Great price.
Salmer T.
Had fun learning on guitars and such.
Scott H.
I bought this and I love it! It is exactly what I was searching for. The left side is a looper pedal with the right side being the drums. If you press the button in the middle it combines the two sides. It works perfect and is easy to use! I have not had any issues with it. The drums sound good and it has an indicator light that goes around in a circle that shows you where you are in the song. The pedal lights also flash with the tempo. There is also the option for adding an additional footswitch to switch between the drum and looper functions. The only thing I wish was added is country music style drum beats. You will need a 9 volt battery adapter! I bought the Donner 9 volt adapter and it works perfect also, with a daisy chain for my other pedals. Again, I am not getting paid or any benefit from writing this review. I do not even care about a discount code which is why I am not including a photo or video. I just like this product. Good job Donner!
Daniel W.
This is the best looper pedal I've used. I had a Boss RC-50 and a smaller simple looper. Didn't care for them. I sold the boss and bought this and I couldn't be happier. This is pedal is really easy to use. I'm not good with complicated technology so this pedal is perfect. It can do a lot but is easy to figure out. Drum beats are nice. I don't care for them all. I feel like they tried to make different beats and stuff more complicated. That's nice but i wish they had some simple straight drum beat rhythms. Like for for hip hop have some standard boom bap drum beats. Still fun to use the drums and the looper is awesome.
Dubmon
It’s awesome. Love the drum tracks and the metronome. Works great sounds good. The drums are where it’s at with this looper. I have had the trio and the jam man. This is just more fun. I love that I can just pick a drum track and start jamming along and when I find a groove loop it. Worth the price. Seems very solid.
Kirk H.
It's very good at what it does. After playing with it a bit, I realized that I would prefer a different type of looper with some more flexibility but that's my problem, not its! I'll probably pass this on to a younger musician in my family who I think will really love it.
Shane S.
I absolutely love this thing! Playing with a metronome can be so boring, but the drum tracks are much more enjoyable. My favorite is the #3 blues track. Being a stereo looper, I've had fun connecting a guitar to one channel and a bass to the other then running the outputs to my guitar amp and my bass amp separately. The channels stay separate so bass plays through bass amp and guitar plays through guitar amp. It's really upped my playing (I'm beginner, just getting to intermediate I would say). If I had one request, it would be to allow for the drum track to play on one channel or the other. Right now it plays through both, which is fine. I cannot recommend this looper enough.
Donovan H.
Rugged construction, easy to use. Manual is written well. With a different brand name, this would sell for much more. Definitely will purchase more Donner products!
Wayne M.
Great Product with many features...Quick Ship
Anthony F.
Cool pedal, drums sound good, easy to use looper. Worth the price for sure.
Arthur H.
Seems to work well but I'm an amateur,still learning
Tony30 L.
It's the easiest looper to use ,the drums sound great I've had another famous brand looper in the past and got rid of it and when I came across the YouTube video of the Donner looper I bought it right away and been enjoying it ever since.
c n.
I'm having a great time playing around with the looper... the sound quality and ease of use is very good. The buttons are well spaced ...so, I don't find myself accidentally erasing loops or changing settings. The only issue I am having is ... there is nothing in the manual which thoroughly describes the foot~switch mode ie ... can the user switch from one recorded memory to the next? There are no foot~switch model numbers for a Donner product nor is there mention of any foot~switches that may be manufactured by other companies that would be compatible. I have contacted Donner several times in regards to this and have received no response. It would be very helpful to me as an artist ...
Chad E Pitts
Ease of use, large amount of memory, variety of drum patterns and great sound quality.
Troy
the only thing I don't like it is the count in. 1 measure and start. would rather click in and out.
angie lewis
I really like this looper. I dont use the drum side because I reallly dont know how but i use the looper in live ahows and love it.
tim d.
it is what I hoped for
Aaron Yonker
Great pedal. I love how the pedal is spilt down the middle. Loop on the left. Drum tracks on the right. I really enjoy being able to adjust the bpm of the drum tracks. Honestly I feel that the drums could sound a tad better. But they work just fine. And there are ten different genres. The loop is great because it has a record and a stop button. Most loops require you to double stomp to stop.
JOSEPH S.
I also own the smaller looper pedal and although it was cool and easy to use, I always felt that the stopping, playing, and looping process was difficult to master..two stomps for this, one stomp for that, etc. With the this version it is easier to work with as the functions are broken out and easier to start/stop/record. The recording time is longer and more options with the drum machine (neat extra if just jamming alone). I haven't put it through all of its paces but first glance is exactly what I was looking for.
Russ S.
I love it want another one for backup Need some country music beats added. I’m having Problem with on line syncing. Sometimes Power goes out for no reason. Have tried to turn off all sound but can’t get a total shutdown sometimes.
Emma B.
Awesome looping pedal!! The controls are super responsive, display easy to read, and the drum machine is fun, though I’m still learning how to make the most of it. And the pedal is just fantastic looking. Highly recommend.
Scott Comins
I have been playing bass for over 20 years and just started learning guitar. This pedal is great. I can plug the bass into the Left IN, Left OUT goes to the bass amp. I plug my guitar into the Right IN and Right OUT goes to the guitar amp. I can record a bass line and let it loop while I work on guitar riffs. I can add a rhythm guitar loop and work on a solo. The built-in drum/rhythm tracks are great as well.
robert c.
I have finally found a way to have a patient rhythm guy to play with...
vmarasco
Use it for ideas with the drum machine and recording into. A lot of tracks makes it easy to use once you get used to the procedure overall.
Colonel
WOW. FUN FUN FUN. Easy to use. and it did not mottle the sound when I dubbed over what I recorded. HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!!
Isaac O.
Excellent pedal looper easy to use. Good job
Customer
I have been looking for a simple looper with some drum beats. I finally found one! I have tried other loopers and way to hard for me to use easily, was always getting spaces in the loops I can get it on time and can set the drum loop volume to match loop recording volume.
Ken C.
The claim that one can copy audio files via USB is false, because it's impossible to find a windows driver or app that can connect with this device.
Other than that, the rest of the item's description and design are fine and the device is useful.
Riho Klettenberg
Donner stuff is quite OK!
PJB
At first, I couldn't get it to work properly because of power issues. I daisy'd off my TU-2 tuner, with 9v, 500ma. It should have worked, but had a drop in volume and bad buzzing. After I hooked up an isolated 9v 300ma power supply, it worked great. I run it through my effects chain (post amp) so that my amp channel switcher doesn't color its sound. Drums are fantastic for the price. They're generic "beat-keepers" with a little flare on some fills between measures. With 100+ variations and countless beats-per-minute time signatures, it will serve for everything I need. Be sure and push the "sync" (middle green) button to loop effectively. Another learning curve is that ending a loop with one pedal push starts a new layer of recording immediately. You have to push it twice to stop recording, if you just want to play along.
Tayler M.
I was skeptical about this pedal, looking at options for months. I wanted a more intuitive option to my lekato loop station. I have this set up to a Boss Katana MK-2 head send and receive option. First, the looping, I recorded several minutes of playing and dubbed over it with several more minutes and it all plays through in high quality, no lag or latency, genuinely sounds like I'm playing it right next to myself. The start/stop/dub controlls are all really easy to use, and that's what I wanted it for. Now the drum track with it was extra, I didn't really need all that, but I was pleasantly surprised at the sound of that too. It has pretty good range and let's you pick time signatures for jamming. It sounds good through my Amp so I'm pretty happy with it. It's a good product and pretty sturdy to boot.
Robchalmers
Ten times the quality of the ammoon looper that stopped working after two months and I got no response from them when I emailed them.100$ down the drain. I hope donner would not be the same.
jason b.
I love the functionality of this pedal but the drum sounds are mostly terrible. The Pop, Rock and Rap sections have a few decent sounding loops but the rest are not great. Specifically, anything with lots of cymbals, like all 10 of the Metal drum presets, are almost unusable for me. And, the Latin section us not going to ever be used by 90% of the people that purchase this pedal. With all that said, it's still an easy pedal to use and I like the circle display that shows you where you are in the loop. It's a fun tool for recording basic jam ideas and improvising over them.
Andrew W.
Pretty cool looper easy to use I like the screen feature also
Jason A.
The looper has quite a few features. The drum machine is great. And sounds pretty dang good. It's easy to use, and I've been having a lot of fun with it. I've bought the metal, boost killer and noise gate pedals as well. Just waiting for em to show up.
James M.
Really simple to use without the instructions.
Kevin
This pedal is so much fun! I've had this for over a week now and every day I start a new memory bank to jam with! It's so easy and it sounds AWESOME through my Boss Katana Artist 1/50/100 combo amp. It sounds like a whole band is playing! I have been turning down the tone knobs on my Stratocaster and getting some really cool-sounding bass licks. I've even plugged my bass guitar into this to lay down a bass line, then dubb the guitar over that. It's incredible!!!! If you are on the fence about this, I recommend just getting it. You won't regret it.
Ric B.
Everything as advertised!
Mario M vega
Works awesome
James M.
Love this looper. Very intuitive and easy to use. Although it's wired last in my chain, I keep it right up front for ease of access. What a fantastic piece of gear. It has become an indispensable addition to my LIVE arsenal!
peter middleton
Really like this, the drum machine is great and looper works well.
Brian M.
Great pedal. Works great!
Game changer learning how to stay in time and make up your own loops.
Sound quality is surprisingly good.
Highly recommend
Ed W.
Easy to use, good drum selections and good looking. Does what it claims to do. I do run it through a designated amp seperately though. Too much noise in my pedal chain. Not a big deal.
Donnie
My creative energy seems to flow effortlessly with this incredible drum looper. I love this product. Intuitive, easy to use, and features not seen on other drum loopers such as a fade out mode.
Bobby A.
U need more detailed instructions to go along with the cool packaging!
Also, the drum tracks R mediocre @best!
Chelle
I like this product. I’ve had it a few days and I’m impressed with the quality of sound and how easy it is to use
Steven Stone
I bought this in a sale so for the price absolute bargain
Nezih C.
Product is awesome but Donner Service is AWFUL...I have been trying to get intouch with Support since December 15th in order to access the Circle Looper Editor Software because it is not available on their website. No response to date! I called the support today and I had to go thru hoops even the support person has my eMail and record of what I have purchased, he asked me the order number which seems to be the different than what I have in my PayPal receipt, then he asked me the Serial # which I had to unattach from Pedal Board and when I provided the bar code number at the back he said that's not a serial #. Finally he came to his senses and informed me that he will eMail the software right away. By the way, I'm still waiting for that eMail. Not a Happy Camper with SUPPORT!
Dave G.
I've been wanting a Drum pedal for a long time, however, the price of one was really high. Then, I saw the Donner Drum petal, I reviewed it and watched some videos. Just a few days before Christmas I asked my wife for it as a present. We didn't expect to receive it until after the New Year (2022) but it actually got to us on Christmas eve. My wife surprised me by giving it to me Christmas day. I love it!! It is more than I expected. Perfect! It appears the Donner Co. is selling very good products for a very good price! I'm happy!!
Customer
Awesome looper for the money and the drums sound good.
E M.
Do not purchase if you don't have a 9v power source handy; they do not provide one although they do have them.
Mr John Ward
Very easy to use, love it.
Atlanta Consumer
I have had several loopers and like this one the best so far. Plenty of recording time and like the display showing you where you are in your loop at a given moment. There is also a footswitch available here on Amazon for about $35 from Digitech FS3X if you use it for gigging to go back and forth between the 2 sections of the looper or up and down between loop memories or beat styles.
