Looping is made easy with RiffBox by allowing you to put an entire backing band all in one easy-to-use stompbox. The RiffBox uses technology that determines the loop timing by recognizing each note or chord that you play. Traditional loopers require you to press a footswitch at the right time to start a loop but with RiffBox, your loops can easily be timed to your playing. Of course, if you want to time your loops to external audio signals or MIDI sequencers, RiffBox has options for that as well.

RiffBox contains 76 operating modes and other settings that can be saved in 100 preset locations. The factory presets provide a good starting point for almost any type of loop that you want to create. You can manually add layers to a loop, automatically add multiple layers, fade loops, automatically end loops, play loops back in reverse or play loops back at half speed. These are just some of the operating modes available. It also records loops in CD quality audio with up to 40 seconds of loop time in 16-bit 48KHz stereo, or up to 80 seconds of loop time in 16-bit 48KHz mono.

You can control RiffBox in a variety of easy ways including a built-in footswitch, a remote footswitch, or with MIDI program change messages. If you use a MIDI setup, you can control loop recording with the same footswitch that changes your amplifier setting. This means that you can control loop recording and playback with no more footswitch presses than you would normally use. How simple is that? With the available automatic looping capability, loop recording stops and playback begins automatically without the press of a footswitch. Among other things, this feature allows several delay effects where the delay time is based upon the time difference between the first two notes that you play. Synchronizing an external MIDI drum machine to your loops is just as simple.

Features:

• The length of the recording can be timed to your playing instead of a footswitch press.
• The start and stop of loop recording can be timed to your playing, timed to an external audio source or timed to MIDI start and stop commands.
• You can sync an external drum machine to your playing during loop playback.
• Unique delay effects can be achieved that are timed to your playing.
• 76 different looping modes including automatic layering and automatic fading.
• Store up to 100 configurations as presets.
• 16-bit stereo or 16-bit mono recording modes, both with 48KHz sampling rates.
• Up to 40 seconds of recording time in stereo or 80 seconds in mono at 48KHz.
• Full MIDI implementation including program change messages, continuous controller messages, start and stop commands and sysex data dumps.
• Recording and playback can be controlled using MIDI program change messages, an external footswitch or a built-in footswitch.
• Swap mode allows a mono loop to play back out of left channel while you play along through the right channel.
• A mono input can be sent to both the left and right channel outputs.
• Half speed playback mode for learning complex recorded passages.
• Reverse mode for unique playback effects.
• Toggle between normal, reverse and half speed mode during playback.
• Change the loop length during playback.
• Multiply modes that allow you to automatically increase your loop length.
• Doubling mode that adds a fuller sounding loop playback.
• Trigger a MIDI drum machine with your playing.
• You can download firmware updates to protect your investment.

RiffBox is made in the USA and comes with a users manual and an AC adapter.

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