Pedals for Synths: Aeros Loop Studio Review
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- My honest take on the Aeros Loop Studio audio Looper Pedal from @SingularSoundOfficial . Truly a breathtaking device, hope you enjoy it!
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Thanks for the kind words about the Aeros. This means everything to us. The Aeros keeps evolving and we should be releasing more updates soon.
Thank YOU for making such an awesome device and for continuing to further expand it with each firmware update! If you ever need a Beta tester for another big update I’d be more than happy to participate👍🏼 Major Kudos and keep up the great work🤟🏻
Looks like an interesting unit, but not having more inputs, especially a dedicated XLR mic input (preferably with phantom power & HPF) seems like a major oversight for a product at this price point.
@@boydw1 wait you can't connect a microphone to it? Sorry if that's a nooby question, but that's what it sounds like
@@nateo7045 There is an easy work-around if you want to connect a microphone. I use a send on my mixer to send multiple instruments to the Aeros, then return the output of the Aeros to a channel on my mixer routed to the main output, and also to another send for monitors and video feed. Since the Aeros is stereo capable, you could easily send instruments to the Aeros through your mixer sends to one channel, and vocals through another send from your mixer to the other channel on the Aeros.
Thanks for the awesome review and the very kind words. Makes all of our hard work worth it 🥰🙌
Thank you for watching! I meant every word, this thing ROCKS! Thank you for your hard work and wish you all the best with future creations👏🏼👏🏼
I don't often comment write comments. However, your presentation is one of the most professional and clearly explained that I have seen in a very long time, especially with music gear.
Thanks so much. Singular owes you more than a thank you. They should hire you. You are much better than some of their people at this.
Wow, thank you so much🙏🏼 I’m truly humbled and grateful my friend❤️ have an awesome day🤟🏻
Great review! I've had an Aeros for ~6 months now, and that and my Digitakt are the two pieces of kit that are in every single thing I make!
I agree with you about the few inputs, and I also use a send from my mixer for multiple guitars, bass and synths to be input to the Aeros. I also use two MIDI Maestros connected in series to eliminate needing to change pages so often during live performance. Getting on board with the BeatBuddy, Aeros Looper and MIDI Maestro(s) has helped make a HUGE improvement in my solo act!
I just bought one of these yesterday! Really looking forward to getting it….
You are in for a treat!!
I second that. Just about to get the ehx 95000 and one last browse revealed this beauty. The feedback from the screen is so good. And no fixed track lengths 😁. A Great tool!
you should easily have 100k subs with such high quality content! Keep it up 👍
Thank you so much!!!
I agree! I can tell its a ez subscribe by the audio mixing and layout of the video how he showed how it works while talking and vid of each.
Electro-Harmonix 95000 still seems more intuitive, more physical knobs.
Well… sold my old looper, along with some other stuff and bought this 2 days after watching this- I know Singular isn’t sponsoring you, but they should.
Any other loopers I’ve used with my synths has seemed ‘clunky,’ with the clock sync and visual feedback this looks like what I’ve been holding out for too. Thanks man!
I was really curious about this product and you answered all my questions. Thanks a lot.
Thank you very much. You are speaking out of my heart. I always had the feeling that with most loopers you are stuck in a single loop with lots of layers but without a chance to build up a song structure. Loop limbo, describes it very well 😂 I will buy the Aeros because of your video. Thanks.
I’ve been working a good bit with the MPC One looper, with varying degrees of success. UI on this one looks like it’s just the right level of depth and complexity. Cool stuff. (dig your channel BTW!)
I had one for quite a while. Of all the loopers, it gets a lot right. I ended up selling it as I found that looping with the iPad with Group the Loop was a lot better and easier to use, and more flexible. Still - of the hardware loopers, it’s at the top of the pack.
Forgot to add - for foot control I use the air turn 6
I agree with the complimentary reviews I read on this video presentation. Very professional and "to the point." Thank you. This posting is 2 years old, so it may have gone cold for responses but if I may ask: I have an Aeros looper sitting in a box on a shelf waiting to be installed. I haven't installed it yet because I'm considering using Ableton Live as my looper. You mentioned Ableton a couple of times in this video. It would be instructive to learn why you don't use Ableton's looper capability. Regardless, thank you for this contribution and for the opportunity to subscribe!
I was a little hesitant to add a looper into my signal chain for fear that it would, "do my head in" as I had never used one before. But, after a little research on the Aeros I was happy to commit to the idea and I have had no regrets. I run one in conjunction with a Beat Buddy as a composing rig. Great, innovative gear, sonically fantastic and built to last.
You really honestly gave me a new input on live music performing. I wanna try it now =)
Awesome video buddy, the looper looks dope! You rock 🤘🏻
been eyeing this guy for a while... might give it a try when i get the funds
Awesome video, being the first time I see you. I enjoyed every minute, listening/watching both the loops and you speaking at the same time. Way to go! Keep in shape! lose weight :)
❤️❤️🙌🏻
Last time I used Looper on early days Line6 embedded hardware on in iPhone app, I stuck, now I have bunch of tracks I need to get somewhere, so gave up. But man you’re right, 3 buttons, song structure and visual feedback, makes it all making sense. Good find mate!
Hope the company makes $199 midi-only version to control Ableton with the same, simplified to useable workflow :)
Great video as always. I was wondering if you could do a longer video of this device as you create a song?
The extra audio inputs are soo needed. Im just thinking of a scenario when you're singing and playing guitar and you just want to loop the guitar chords whilst singing so you can do a solo when the vocals finish. But since this records everything coming out of a mixer you'd be picking up and looping the vocals as well :(
I'm using the TC Voicelive 3 Extreme. I have connected it with 2 TC Ditto 4Xs and have used the RC 300 but I have not been satisfied. I will give this some consideration.
I also had an underwhelming experience with the RC300. So much potential but limited by the firmware in my opinion. The aeros is awesome👍🏼 thanks for watching!
The Aeros Loop Studio is the best Looper i‘ve seen.
Same here! And it keeps getting better with each update 🤟🏻
I've got the Pigtronix infinity 3 and it works great for me. Two inputs that can either be two mono or stereo, midi sync, and all kinds of options. The only downside is the UI, so I guess that's what the increased price point will get you! For anyone who doesn't need the fancy bells and whistles of the Aeros, check out Infinity 3!
Infinity 3 looks cool but how are you recording/finishing tracks with it?
@@niloben659 I'm not using it to record. I track recordings one track at a time. The looper is for performing everything live.
@@dmoracze ok nice one
Love this thank you! Unrelated: but I like the look of you keyboar rack/stands in the shot behind you - any suggestions on make/models you prefer?
Oddly enough my synth / electronic music journey started out with looping guitar using various pedals I tried. I ended up settling on the boss rc505 which is still part of my hardware setup that quickly grew around it. There are heaps of issues with the 505 and I hope the recently released mk 2 fixes most of them. The best part is it’s form factor which was designed to be used on a table with hands rather than foot switches Although you can connect an external one also. It also has plenty of buttons and sliders to easily access and tweak stuff on the fly making it a real performance tool. I just couldn’t deal with the tapping and double tapping , long hold, short hold setup of some of the other loopers I tried so unfortunately the Aeros isn’t the one for me. It does look really fun though. Live looping is so inspiring. Have fun
Hello! Great vid.. Regarding the headphone output, the manual says switchinng to mono output sums L&R into one and makes it louder. Kinda weird but seems to work well. Saves me taking a mixer to my shed for the extra volume! It still records in stereo though for the stems etc
I do free form Jazz improvisation I would like to record like two or three 3 to 5 minute ideas I play through many keys
when I see your videos (that I like a lot) I allways think: How much money does this guy have???
thanks as allways for the nice video!
Lol, as I tell my wife, “it’s an investment”🤣 thanks for watching my friend!
Thanks for the introduction.
For $700, I have to wonder why the aux send level is so low. Seems like something that should've been taken care of in preproduction. On the other hand it's the kind of thing you just have to deal with on a budget item, something worth a fraction of this price.
It may very well be the best looper in the world, but that one quiet, unusable aux send makes me wonder about the whole thing, if that makes any sense.
Lol totally! That was also a big surprise for me. I actually thought I had a faulty unit. However I have so many “preamps” lying around in the form of pedals/samplers that it wasn’t really an issue. Besides that, monster pedal👍🏼 Thanks for hanging out with me my friend, cheers!
Good Description and Presentation..Subscribed..I went from a Gibson Echoplex to a Boss Rc-50 to a RC-300.Still have the 300.I have all 3 Aeros, Beatbuddy, and the -Midi Maestro- works well with both units,and has usable functions I like.It's worth the investment if you're only using the BB or Aeros.. MIDI SYNC doesn't drift-that I've heard so far..RC-300 does..I'm looking forward to being able to download WAV.files to the Aeros. I have a Lot of those from the RC-50 and 300..I was using a Alesis SR-16 for a 2nd drum machine Midi-ed with the RC-300.The SR-16 does 2 Fills per patch using a footswitch.Doing the same thing with the BB and Aeros..Have a Grateful Dead-Allman Bros. double drummer feel going on.Gives whatever you're looping a lot more color.Using 2 footswitches for the Beatbuddy-So I never even step on that.
I have a question please.
At the beginning you said that when you turn it on, it automatically connects to wifi for updates.
What happens if there is no wifi connection? will it still work or throw a wobbly til it gets connected?
Thanks for the video. Seeing this convinced me to purchase one. Question: You mention that you have your mixer running into the Aeros, but where does the Aeros run out to? If its running back into the mixer how do you have it setup so it's not feeding back into itself?
Use an aux send from your mixer to send any signals that you want to the Aeros, just make sure that you don’t also have those same signals routed to your main mix. Instead, have those signals go through the Aeros ( they will go through the Aeros whether you are looping them or not) and then return the output of the Aeros to another channel on your mixer, which is then routed to your main mix output
Dude what’s up with all this gas you giving me lol now I’m looking them up. We just did a podcast about gas now I have it bad for this pedal. Dope video.
I'm now thinking on buying the new fractal fm9 for my analog synthesizer
I went with the stomp HX! Small footprint and lots of fun, I’ll probable review it soon so hope to see you there! Cheers!
@@MidlifeSynthesist but this one has more input for me to bend stuff with and man those cygnus new reverb.
My issue is no one ever says how long you can play an individual part say three minutes or up to 40 minutes for one track so like you could play a whole song and just save it in your machine and then play it back like play your whole set in your nice studio, set up at home play it back, live with an alternate guitar, part and fills basically like band in a box, but something you did live with a spontaneous feel. Sometimes building a rhythm part that just plays in the loop and you play Freeform for maybe five minutes and then come back and build another part and solo on that.
I've been contemplating one of these. There's just so much gear that I want, and I already have stuff that I can use to loop with, so it's not really at the top of my list. If I ever end up with the extra money, I'll more than likely get one for the convenience. I like the idea on using one to create loops with, and then tweak and experiment with the loops by running it through pedals. It would be cool if you could run a track out into a pedal, and then back in, and so on, until you just end up with something completely new.
You can easily do that!
PLEASE REVIEW THE BOSS RC600 WHEN YOU CSN GET YOUR HANDS ON ONE
it looks cool as a DAWless looper. Ableton with it's looping and scenes seems like the best DAW alternative to this. with this thing being so simple and streamlined I can see the appeal. Ableton is tweaky and fiddly for sure..
I found this so good to listen to again. I have five loopers. The RC 500 RC 600 Headrush RC 505 MK2 and I have just reordered the Aeros. I had one of the first Aeros loopers and the Maestro together with the Beat Buddy. I have always kept my two BB's but sadly parted with my Aeros. However I needed a functional looper I could take on the ship with me that is small and I found the RC 500 just too small in the sense of the tracks, so I took the dive and got the new one. However what I'm trying to find out is. I have the Morningstar MC8 and was wondering if anybody has used that instead of the Maestro with the looper. If you know of anyone please let me know
"I will not start with pedals. I will not start with... Oh look a looper." 😀
Have been interested in Aeros looper since its release. Initially I thought it could playback 36 tracks simultaneously. Unfortunately not but it is still very cool, useful.
Would you really need more than 6 tracks with unlimited overdubs for live looping? Man this thing has practically no limits for its purpose. It's even an overkill.
@@paolomoretti9291I was hoping it could replace a DAW, for Sequencing at least, playback of 36 tracks simultaneously, would be pretty close. It's still very cool, and useful, I'm just not sure I need it, already have rc505 looper. Which can playback 5 tracks at the same time, and it's possible to use more than 5 tracks per song.
@@mmhcreates You're better off with an mpc one for that, this thing only has a basic mixer: even if it gets closer to a daw than other loopers still is not what it's thought for. And no I don't think you really need it if you have a 505 but maybe you could prefer it.
Great review. Super low 360Mamps for power cell/powered pedalboard. Barely more than Rc500. Very tempting. But No xlr in or out. Sigh.
Funny watching a video review on a product you're enthusiastic about only to read the comments and find out YOU SOLD IT....So you obviously thought there's better options out there for looping. In your opinion what are the top 3 hardware loopers available on the market today? Boss RC600? Boss RC505 MK2? TC Ditto X2? Others?
Lol, hello my friend! I’m constantly buying and selling my gear so I can continue making these vids, so don’t take my selling it as a bad thing👍🏼 top straight forward loopers now I’d say the Aeros Looper, Boss Rc505. For more experimental stuff, the Octatrack and Blooper are amazing👍🏼 hope it helps!
@@MidlifeSynthesist Cool, thanks for the reply. Any reason you don't like Boss RC600?
One down side is that we can’t import to the Aeros. I would like to adjust recordings in Reaper and then back to Aeros but can’t do that yet.
I'm pretty sure that if you put your files directly in the sd card via pc it will work. I've not tried yet but I can't see a single reason why it shouldn't.
@@paolomoretti9291 I wish that was true but altered imported files will not write back correctly.
@@tomcaron9113 You're right, but there's a workaround: sync the aeros via midi with your daw then record your daw's output into a new track in the aeros. I've tried it 10 seconds ago: it works fine.
You can export your loops from the Aeros, but not import directly yet. That feature is being worked on!
@@paolomoretti9291 Makes sense as a work around. Would nice if it was a direct file though.
the poly beebo could be an antagonist?
if your stereo outs are going into the looper how d you output to speakers for a live gig? great video!
Use aux an send from your mixer to input signals to the Aeros, then send the output of the Aeros to a channel on your mixer routed to your main mix output
wld love to see u compare it to Deluge for looping. ta
Aeros Loop is a great piece of equipment, but in all my tests and especially "on the road", the HeadRush Lopperboard fared infinitely better.
QUESTION: As it has pretty limited inputs - how do you arrange your setup to include everything you need? Along with that - arranging it so it excludes what you don't want running through the looper?
Your instruments/mics into a mixer and the mixer into the looper. Then you record/overdub single instruments in single tracks. Then you can mix/mute them directly in the aeros in real time. Remember that, even if it's deep, it's still a looper: it's meant for people who play one thing at a time in live performances , not to do what a daw does.
How long are the loops & can you change the loop length? Asking because I just bought the Volca fm & it only has like one loop on it that I can only lengthen by slowing down the rpm speed which ruins the sound if I don’t want it stretched out. This might be what. I’m looking for but how long do each of those 6 loops go for?
Ok man... now that it's been almost a year since this review... are you still using it today? Still excited about it?
I really like it and Aeros has added a few new features in their updates, but I ended up selling it. For my current looping needs, I’m covered with either the blooper or if I need more horsepower I turn to the Push 2. Couldn’t really justify keeping it. Amazing kit though👍🏼
Can you undo parts individually without undoing the whole sequence?
Yes
Question would you prefer this or the boss rc 505?
I think they are different beasts. I have always wanted to try the rc 505 out but have never been able to get one. If I ever do, I’ll be sure to make a comparison✌🏻 thanks for watching! cheers!
Does it have loop decay? I couldn’t find anything of that type in the manual.
I suck at looping.... 😳
looks interesting...hmmmmm
What’s better Aeros or Boss RC 500?
They are totally different loopers.
See I’m not so familiar with pedals at all. I don’t even have a sound fx module or pedal. Microcosm, Blooper, H9max comes up again in the synth community
For the same price, get a MPC...
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A looper pedal for looping , seems so obvious. I always found other loopers with effects and boring drum machines just too much menu diving.
Hi great video.
I got one question.
If am going to use this with several different instruments in live presentations wich type of amplifier or speaker can I use? Could I use a single one or several ones for the different type of instruments?⁸