All user reviews for the Boss RC-50 Loop Station

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THE BOSS RC 50 IS AVAILABLE ON EBAY UNITED STATES
A 380 EUROS IN BUY NOW
KNOW IMMEDIATELY THAT IT IS CLAIMED FAR FROM THE MONSTER Echoplex
REGARDING THE FILTERS AND THE RETURN OF SOUND
EH YES THAT REMAINS OF ROLAND

Loop station whose characteristics are easily found. I'll spend as much time to write my opinion that the "engineers" of Roland have to design this m ....

UTILIZATION

A gas plant, but poorly thought.
One example: a pedal to set the tempo, plus a "tap tempo" button, plus a knob. Why three physical thing when one (pedal) would have been enough (coupled with the wheel used anyway for other things).

SOUND QUALITY

The sound is correct (and it is the only thing that is).

OVERALL OPINION

I spent hours with the manual. I do a trick that works, and then, without any intervention on my part, the trick no longer works.
The loop will loop properly, unmanageable latency appears randomly when loop ...

To further give only one example (and there are many others), when trying to update meant to address the well-known problem of dead time between the last and the first time a loop , the instructions are so clear that a seller does not include Roland.
And when he put "press" ENTER "then there is no button" enter "on this machine, it gives an idea of ​​the professionalism of this box that is selling products not finished everything.

Another joke of this firm incapable: updates are proposed. Well.
Here is part of the way forward on the Roland website:

First, you need to know which version is currently in the machine.
Here's what the website says:

- Set the [rhythm OUTPUT LEVEL] knob to the the minimum. ---> There is no button "RHYTHM OUTPUT LEVEL" on this machine. Should probably include "GUIDE LEVEL"

- Set the [track 1] slider and the [track 2] slider to the minimum. ---> This is no "slider" but knob (button)

- Hold down the [down] button and the [rhythm ON / OFF] button, and connect a plug to the OUTPUT L / MONO jack. Then It Will turn on. ---> There is no "down" button or "UP". It should probably understand the arrows> and <, and also no button "rhythm on / off", again you have perhaps translated as "Guide Start / Stop". These two buttons are far away, so you are requested to ask a friend that assists you, because with your one hand is more need impossible.D'autant simultaneously introduce Jack in the "OUTPUT L / MONO jack", which of course does not exist. there is an OUTPUT SUB and MAIN OUTPUT, and have a whole two RIGHT MONO JACK (not a LEFT).

And, of course, all that does not work, and you wonder where you screwed up.

Makes you wonder if the guy who wrote it worked well with Roland, or if he wrote it for JAMMAN DIGITECH !!!

The general foutage of mouth.

Model a little old design. the latency of the first loop is probably due to outdated processor.

Are they edited? Via a Mac / PC editor? yes

UTILIZATION

The general configuration is it simple? Yes.

Editing sounds and effects is it easy? it'll

The manual is clear and sufficient? Yes.

SOUND QUALITY

Which instruments do you use? wind instruments, percussion and a string.

There is always a risk of saturation if the input level is not set correctly.

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it? Since its release.

Have you tried many other models before buying it? RC20

What is so special that you like most? robustness

least? difficulty sync loops of different lengths.
Its connectivity: jacks it's not pro. XLR or digital output would have been better.

With experience, you do again this choice? At the time .. it was great now can do better.

3 separate loops that can start, stop, play together or separately, to which can be added again and again ...
A useful USB port for import / export of loops from PC via USB cable.
1 microphone and 1 stereo input.
There is sth to MIDI but I've never used so far are not very fond of computers.

UTILIZATION

It is very quickly to the machine, even without reading the manual (I really wanted to make my first loops ...) we can quickly stack multiple loops in stop, station wagons, to stall in rhythm (this is for!). And the PDF manual available on the website of BOSS is useful if you want to advance in the use of various options, numerous enough as long as we have a little imagination. It is well done and quickly finds what you are looking for.
Reflecting the ease of use makes it I said it seems hard to do better ...

SOUND QUALITY

I'm not a sound engineer but his ear is completely clean after me.
I have a microphone for voice and sometimes percussion or acoustic guitar, melodica, ukulele, flute ...
And then an electric guitar with an effects pedal (BOSS GT6) and KORG SP250 and everything comes in a 20W amp Ibanez guitar keyboard. Since there is only one instrument input I had to unplug every time I wanted to change from piano to guitar, but that was before I have a small mixer and now this is paradise.
I tested the sound quality as the difference between the sound of my keyboard without the pedal and that through the pedal and the amp that is significantly worse even if it is far from being catastrophic. The difference is perhaps the amp as I know.

OVERALL OPINION

Tried anything else like looper before buying it seemed to be a reference and I'm delighted for 1 year.
I tried for a RC 3 (who has a track) and this is obviously a bit limited and then zoom with two tracks and qq effects. I did not find anything fantastic and not very easy to use but it was a short test.
It's expensive 250 euros but it was a bit of decline since then and it is so good to all that music alone. The craft reliable and robust hitherto air. From a year to several hours a week to see a day in places not necessarily own etc ... even if I try to take care and not a button has taken the game and everything works perfectly.
I think I'm far enough to use 100% too.
Another entry would not be too much for the multi instrumentalists but with a small mixer so good ...
There is no effect in the RC50, it simplifies things and then I made the purchase of a multi effect GT6 I'm happy, but that's another story.
I recommend it in general. For a guitarist who just wants her to improvise a rhythmic RC30 would do but quickly we realize the potential of three separate tracks and it's actually great.
Well, I said that I did not share at BOSS, just a little amateur musician without too much on and it's just good stuff.

This is a group of three loopers that can be combined in three different ways: in series synchronously or no sync at all on the fly. The connection is very complete in my opinion. You can import loops in wav, provided the name so as to find in one of the sets, and preset tempo of this set.

UTILIZATION

The use is not so easy, I used the manual (and discovered that things I would not have thought .... I had to install an update to avoid the heavy silence that followed control looping, but then everything was fine. I said that I do not use sync noon.

SOUND QUALITY

I play the guitar loops that I pre-registered and I also work in recording grids jazz and improvising over live. It takes courage - do not miss - and a lot of concentration no question of assistance to smile, the eyes must be on the order of machine.L gear is very suitable for my use, except memory a little courte.Je not find default audio rendering - knowing that I do not use time stretch function.
Small problem: by manipulating the functions of tempo, I'm stuck in the display menu tempo, I called the technical service told me to return the unit at the factory, the RC 50 came back with the words "no fault", while I clearly explained what was happening. Well, I can always use helping me by LED display that is redundant, but I liked it as it worked before .. .

OVERALL OPINION

I like this product that I use live, but also to shape musical ideas and lead me on grids. I have 3 years after acquiring a RC20 that I am not separate. This machine is nice, a little expensive when I bought it, otherwise, it must be put before a successful loop correct often enough ... .
I would do this choice: the RC50 has changed things in my game scene. But its big brother came with, it seems, three hours of recordable loops, so if mine break is to see.

Said before

UTILIZATION

This is the BOSS, the galley is beginning to find out how it works. And over time, we find it very simple. This is not a gas plant, not really. Now that I have the RC 300, I find it is easier on the pedals.

SOUND QUALITY

I use it with a microphone SHURE SM58 and then a folk guitar Seagull. That's great, the sound is perfectly rendered, no problem on this point. The RC 300 seems to have better gain on the mic.

OVERALL OPINION

I used it for 6 months before moving to the RC 300. This is a very good pedal, but there is the famous white on the first loop, which is annoying, although you can tweak to fill it.
Today, there is possibility to buy it used for not much, you should take advantage because it gives lots of opportunities on stage, and impresses the audience.
I think BOSS dominates all its competitors on non-loopers so I have not tried other models.

ben see the leaflet, I only use the most, not the south not the pc connection either.

I use it in the style of Jean Louis Aubert (a turn on myself) except that it has 4 looper gibson echoplex and it is pro ... lol

UTILIZATION

manual clear and simple, simple editing for my own use, it has only one XLR mic input in so I go through a small mixing desk on which I put all my microphones (vocals, percussions, udu, etc. ... ) that I send this only available input and that's going very well. my guitar going into a natural g TC whose output goes directly to the Institute of RC 50.

It is important to clarify that I do not prepare anything in advance. When I use it live, memory and patches are empty and blank! I also use only one blank patch on the 99 available! I record my loops live to live As of my pieces. I cleared and I change songs and so on. I am free of my feeling and not dependent on the machine with loops that would be recorded before. this is very important, I do not see myself using it as anything other than I do. Each concert is different this is why nothing is ever kept in the boss reused for later ... I only play live with.

Also it is ideal for work alone pieces or passages or in pieces ...

SOUND QUALITY

I do not use the tempo that I removed and rendered inaudible, I use the RC 50 live (but I'm alone) with acoustic guitars, little perceived (udu, tam tam) and voice. I loop all the pieces according sparingly.

Can not use the machine with a group or function tempo it would be really uninteresting (to me of course). The RC 50 is for me easy to use guitar pedals although 5 to floor manage (overdrive, whammy, wha wha, g natural and boss rc 50) perceived more and more voice.

Despite this I manage very well to manage all (with a lot of concentration and hard work) and stacking a couple of loops on some morceaux.c is stunning though, of course, there's stuff well above but ..... not affordable (echoplex) .... but there is already a matter to be and have fun and learn.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it really for 6 months before I had not found the time. I tried the rc 20 boss, but I really could not do it. with the RC 50 is going deeper into the possibilities and it is for moi_, easier to use and much more complete.
I have not used or tried another brand before.

it is unfortunate that the output sub outpout do not be adjusted with a button as the main output. but that's a detail. I do not use the functions noon, and I turned the tempo.Je have no concern that some speak of white unless your loop is poorly made but there have to work!

this pedal my lot and give me plenty of continuous use in solo and live. the price bin anyway I think it's worth it, I have no regrets at all, and I think change by two or three years ... why not try its successor but good for now this one for me fully.

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UTILIZATION

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SOUND QUALITY

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OVERALL OPINION

The interface is really bad thought, a disaster. A mammoth task for those who want a whole set up taking into specific scenarios for each pieces and frozen.
I find the RC-50 really lightweight design point of view, the programs that can offer flexibility.
The more I use, the more I doubt I will ever succeed in making great music with three poor sentences pseudo-independent circling ... Still I cling, I try to do something but I'm far from giving up ...

Okay I did that test, but 20 minutes c'tait terrible. I am all in Frankfurt MusikMesse Saturday and 3 RC-50 taient in BMD.

UTILIZATION

Configuration parat coplique the pictures but in real life is extremely simple.
To play and loop, type a tempo is exellent, nothing wrong simple fun: BOSS

SOUND QUALITY

Exellent with a guitar, same with the voice or bass. The sound is completely unlike rstitu Jamman Digitech.

OVERALL OPINION

J'hsitais ordered me because I was afraid that the rendering of sound is bad. Today I tell you, it's a massacre Do not hesitate and go for it! Boss hits trs fort, dmonstrateur of Roland sample t trs impressive in his voice scratchy, low blowing in cans (and sounds!) Or djembe. Go for it mine is controlled!

Looper digital with three layers
2 stereo inputs (line and instrument) 1 microphone input with 48V
USB for loading and unloading of samples
250 MB of storage (49 min mono)
MIDI sync
Many metronomes with all possible metric of 2 / 2 to 15/16
2 independent outputs (Main / Sub headphone and) every sentence is freely assignable

THE FAILURE: The headset is the MAIN output, if you want one click only in the headset, you have to swing out to the public and the SUB once the master gain is at headphone

UTILIZATION

Not obvious at first, be sure to read the user manual to understand the subtleties. The manual is good although I was only in English.

DEFECTS: a hole in her early in the second loop, you must replay the first time otherwise it looks stupid. After walking the loop quantize nickel. The algo stretch of time is not great. The color of the LEDs is not clear enough between REC and OVERDUB, it must be very focused to get it right on stage.

Editing patches is well thought out, each parameter may depend on a particular patch or a global setting. All parameters are controllable by MIDI.
The Loop Sync keeps synchronous loops of the same duration. If it is removed you can run multiple loops of small but high sync is lost if we stop being the one and then delivers.

Two pedals are seven assignable to a parameter choice.
If you really want to drive all there must be other controllers, an expression pedal for volume sentences, it can serve.

SOUND QUALITY

Excellent sound quality. 24 bit 44.1 khz
Mode "Flat Amp" is available to compress the micro or the AUX input.

OVERALL OPINION

Excellent pedal despite these major avoidable default. Super fun to play with concentration.
Use to stuff quietly in his corner, to make arrangements and work on a click in the headphones.

The CHARACTERISTICS you know them all
on paper is the bomb! (256 mb from the non-expandable)
have about the same ultimate looper, twelve o'clock syncro etc ...
always bahi by Roland and BOSS products for 30 years I am a customer for their reliability fficacitme5 simplicity, w30, MV30) I run j'achte eyes closed, in June I Reserved and I've since July
j'enlve 2 points for 256 mb

UTILIZATION

No instructions in French! NNIS that on the forum soon trouvbr />
complex full of lights flashing, but hey I said if I want to do all that I want to pay is the price
but I m'tonne on notice not to find pictures of implmentation noon!
there are three change orders for dozens of feature, aie aie aie!

SOUND QUALITY

The sound is good, but when you move Fidler same 3-bpm tempo is the duck
So the tempo change is unnecessary
I put 10 to his otherwise

OVERALL OPINION

Nobody can use it as he wants (see forums)
all have big problems of sync, hack the total EST
before buying it I suggest you try it dtail have us take for beta testers, even large btas

Nickel for what I wanted to do (start a solo project on stage).
For more details see the post of arnoterra above.

UTILIZATION

Same, nickel, and in Effect Center was given the user manual in English AND french
Few buttons, of course, but once they have been in hand, it's easy and nature (God for me) knows I'm bad with the accessories with the "boutonnite"

SOUND QUALITY

What can I say? Although used in the ass with a sound card correctly I think sincerely able to get out my own demo CD in the near future (I have my entire system since only a few days is going to require a bit of sound engineering, so )

OVERALL OPINION

I use it recently but I am delighted!
Exactly what I needed to launch my solo project. In three weeks I have already pre-projects that ring for compound 4 (and 6 other about to be "orchestrated").
Obviously, this requires concentration and good rhythm management if: duck, inevitably (and then after three days of use, we catch ourselves wondering what to redial to use it without sync because it should not hide his pleasure), but hey, it's the same with a group, right?
I made mini-lives in front of friends (including musicians) and they were all amazed, especially those who know how the electronics tends to make me ... the effect of prunes ...
While I do not use the MIDI yet (actually I do not need to first show that I prepare), and therefore can not comment on the issues raised in this regard.
But for someone who just wants to make zic and self-support, which machine!
I almost buy the Digitech looper but I can say today that if I fly the RC 50, I go into debt to buy!

Everything you would expect from a multi-Fawn Loop pedals (3 + 1 for the rate Intgr bote. Ditables All parameters are with a traditional ergonomic products for boss .

UTILIZATION

The manual is clear enough for our answer to the questions that arises when using the machine. The number of features is important to o some time to digest the whole. Nanmoins, ergonomics is good.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound quality is clear to the appointment.

OVERALL OPINION

Ok, there is indeed a default of read-white THE FIRST APRS loop recording (I feel its length dpend the size of the loop), which should be corrected by patch up days (well, I Espree). For the rest, from the RC20, and have tried a Jamman, there's no photo, I keep the RC50. Not using syncho noon, no opinion on the subject.

See other reviews for features
basically that is a sampler looper (JamMan, HeadRush ....)

The difference from a competition that is the patch for three independent loops and MIDI sync

UTILIZATION

Manual in french
then no choice you really read the user manual as few buttons and a lot of functions

SOUND QUALITY

For this operation I am annoyed because I have sold my JAMMAN to buy the RC50 and I would have no

Wholesale:
MIDI sync does not work (I bought it on purpose for me stalling on a sequencer and samples)
loop when the first sentence there is a hole in the order of 1s in the reproduction?? which work on stage

for the rest that is not bad at all, the sound is good the three loops allow a lot of fancy memory a bit short if you are in stereo, but that is playable

OVERALL OPINION

I have been 4 months and I 'looking forward to an update because there' s the outright scam or deceptive advertising
It smells product (not fresh) put a little too fast on the market to counter the JAMMAN

if there is no update before Christmas, mine is for sale

small update: setting a long-awaited day has arrived and ... almost no change ---> SCAM

Concerning the RC 50 latency issues are often due to the original settings that put a fade in and fade out on each sentence avrifier. The only regret I think that the undo redo c only works on the last registered function among the three sentences and not on each sentence. We do not really looper between 3 feet of the shot. But is this so serious? For those interested I cre a blog to disseminate what we can do with the RC 50 then Do not hesitate to broadcast bipez me http://compobossrc50.musique.com/

erik

UTILIZATION

More than a single multi purpose

SOUND QUALITY

I use mainly with acoustic guitars

OVERALL OPINION

The RC 20 is really cheap
the rc 50 a bit expensive though I almost buy a 576 euros before you see that not far from home he was silent available 448 euros ....

See more advice, he loops around, but not the curlers.
There are two main modes of loops on the three available tracks:
or sounds are played down, or the loops are sequenced, with or without syncrho for two modes which allows for complex possibilities.
The functions of each pedal may be reassigned for each of the 99 patches, which can be very useful for example to start playing to a sample.
For me, there is a weak point, that on a track overdub everything is done and we can not recover each layer separately on a PC to play with a sequencer.
Well since we have three tracks, we still three separate samples.
This is probably related to the amount of memory available, which often appears as a weakness (I vacuum regularly on a PC, so no problem on that side).

UTILIZATION

Manual in french or better in English because the translation is sometimes a little ambiguous.
It would be very careful to stop at the "Quick Start" manual as the features are not intuitive. Everything is configurable, pedals, MIDI control.

I use a rather complex routing of signals since I came back my instruments - vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussions roland and exit loop RC50 - 8 tracks on a AW16G sends itself the instruments on the entrance RC50. In short, it allows me to have when I register each layer separately + track loop.

Next afternoon, I had no problem to drive my RC50 for my AW16G so I do not understand the previous reviews (the manual is really that complicated?). I use the MIDI Clock and MTC for non sync. And it works. The tempo of the RC50 is well tuned to the click of my AW16G and it also receives the carefree twelve o'clock start / stop.

Regarding the first problem that is not played, it's true that I am not pose any problem because it allows me to see if I looped well.
That said, I tried yesterday the new boss of firmware and after installation, you can start the Boss RC50 by pressing [loop sync] + [clause 2], and after it plays the loop from the first sample san worries

SOUND QUALITY

Very good, you can listen to an improvisation done in one take, which I was happy enough to put it on my album - on Jamendo:
http://hwww.jamendo.com/fr/album/4005/
This is the final piece: "09 - bonus loop - the spy".

There is almost nothing that had to mix / master (a bit of compression)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 8 months, and I've never been as happy and as productive as I have since this gear. This is a working tool and creating incredible, and yet I feel like using all possible functions (including adding a MIDI foot controller).
You can buy it eyes closed, it's really a good machine

I can not believe it, says it all does. 3 tracks and 24 minutes in Stereo (double mono) or 256MB of internal memory is ample for my use. Compltes inputs and outputs (+ Stereo microphone with power supply fantme, noon, headphones, USB ...), 99 programs who remember ALL (configuration of sync, scenic trails, reading inverted e, VOLUME each of the three tracks ...) and so on and the best

UTILIZATION

Live only for me. I play alone. I run a loop percu, a guitar and yalla! Trs easy to use when you know the concept and uses dj. Everything starts as you want and you can save everything. The manual is in French. May be a chouille complicated when you do not mtrise with the concept (especially around the options loopsync, timesync, loopquantize ... you get lost a little sometimes)

SOUND QUALITY

Word, 24-bit 44.1 kHz is largely good, especially live. No noise and no noise. Good!

OVERALL OPINION

For Those about the loop, we salute you! Incredible, I am a regular of the genre, I play alone and used for over a year the RC20 looks like a toy gadget ct point of this machine. We can all imagine, plan and save everything to return easily what you want to reproduce live. The default? I see it. The issue of time limit between the end of the recording and reproduction of beginners is not teachers: in gnral loop when you want something, we always play a little contunu on able to APRS. The fact that there have a quick end to double white sound. And then on the one hand, there is no dcalage in the timing as I could sometimes have with the RC20 and also has the default t corrected with the new firmware. The rest is that of happiness: I run a loop djembe pan in the center, a guitar riff pan right, left, and I send a rhythm of big! In short, I love. I got it for 349 Comeback music, delivered in 24 hours with me ... What you ask for?
A regret? Yes just one good: there shall have been a memory card reader and I cry for perfection ...
PS: I have yet to test the south ... but I need not impractical ... I will tell you