Is there a way for a better looper on HX Stomp XL?

[arthurbelanger]

With the looper does anyone else wish it was more, I bought the HX Stomp XL to replace my whole pedal board and the only issue for me is the looper does not have enough memory...With all these new updates we are getting could we get a better looper? Anyone?

[silverhead]

Not likely to happen. The Line 6 looper is not designed to compete with stand-alone looper devices that are designed to support live playing. It is designed primarily as a practice and tone-shaping tool. It can be used for live play but most people who do so quickly realize it’s shortcomings in that regard (like you did) and purchase a more sophisticated stand-alone looper pedal.

 

The built in Looper in Helix devices supports practicing solos (placed at the end of the signal chain and recording a chord progression to solo with) and tone shaping (placed at the beginning of the signal chain and tweaking the preset settings hands free while the recorded loop is playing).

[datacommando]

On 11/17/2023 at 2:29 AM, arthurbelanger said:

With all these new updates we are getting could we get a better looper? Anyone?

The onboard looper isn’t really designed as a performance device, as mentioned by @silverhead in the post above.

 

Line 6 conveniently added an FX Loop Send/Return jack sockets to attach your particular weapon of choice for that sort of thing. 
 

Personally, I have several different loopers for different jobs, all with slightly different features and loop time/lengths. For example a Ditto x4 dual tracks with FX, Boss RC-30 with drums, a cheapo Ammoon Stereo Looper with 10 independent loops, and each loop's recording time is up to 10 minutes. Oh, and one built in on the DTP Mooer Ocean Machine.

 

Horses for courses and tools for the job.

 

Hope this helps/makes sense.