Boss RC-505mkII Loop Station

An immense sounding, feature packed device. This looper will improve your workflow and creativity from day one. I have been using it with my synths, bass guitar and acoustic guitar to make a variety of different genres of music, from synth-pop to classical. I’m experimenting with vocals, something I have never tried before and even for someone with no vocal training at all you can use the fx on the MKII to add depth and presence to your voice. The creative possibilities are endless and exploring them is so much fun. I highly recommend the MKII for anyone interested in music production or live performing.

Paired with the Boss foot switch this looper is easy to use and has some incredible features. You can loop and overdub easily on each of the 5 channels. Each channel can loop different measures. Im just getting to know the unit but so far the looping sounds seamless!

What an amazing piece of kit. It helps me make music the way I want to. I’ve tried using software on a PC for years and this is so much easier and great fun too. You can start looping and playing along within minutes of getting it out of the box.The loops can be as long as you like. You can overdub as much as you like. The five tracks that are controlled independently are just right for performing most pieces with any kind of verse - chorus structure. The memory on this thing is huge. Connectivity to my laptop by USB and to my old Korg M1 by MIDI has been faultless. Everything works they way you expect it to.The built-in rhythm section is useful and flexible. There’s tap tempo and numerical control. I’ve been able to record a long loop, overdub a few times, add ... MoreWhat an amazing piece of kit. It helps me make music the way I want to. I’ve tried using software on a PC for years and this is so much easier and great fun too. You can start looping and playing along within minutes of getting it out of the box.The loops can be as long as you like. You can overdub as much as you like. The five tracks that are controlled independently are just right for performing most pieces with any kind of verse - chorus structure. The memory on this thing is huge. Connectivity to my laptop by USB and to my old Korg M1 by MIDI has been faultless. Everything works they way you expect it to.The built-in rhythm section is useful and flexible. There’s tap tempo and numerical control. I’ve been able to record a long loop, overdub a few times, add shorter loops alongside, add effects, undo, redo and control an external sequencer on the first time of use.The coloured lights telling you which tracks are playing and which are recording take a bit of getting used to and a clock showing bar numbers would be helpful but I connected my old drum machine and used the bar counter on that.The rc 505 mk2 sounds great. The playback is identical to the input - if you want it to be. The onboard effects sound great and there are so many that you could spend months exploring them. There are more than enough and having them assigned to each track input or output independently is helpful and flexible.The menu takes some getting used to but so does any, and some of the menu control buttons are hard to see being black on a black background but that’s a small quibble.I would have liked four or five instrument inputs - one for each track would be useful - but it’s not a deal breaker either.Having faders as well as on/off buttons is useful. There are sufficient time signature and tempo parameters. In short, I’ve been able to do everything I want and more and will be learning and improving for months and years. There are loads of youtube videos to help and to give you ideas what you can do with this, so if you’re considering one of these, get one.