MOOER Groove Loop drum machine with 20 minute finder, 16 different drum grooves, 3 modes, play tempo for loop, record, practice with micro loop drum pedal, mini guitar jamming tool

First impression: very cool, subtly.I had been looking for a new headphone amp, because the one I've had makes gobs of crud hiss. So, looking at dozens of options, I kept coming back to this, which seemed like a step or two beyond the others.It can work as a headphone amp on its own, and it sounds absolutely decent, with amazingly low hiss and true to the sound of the instrument. True enough that it doesn't need EQ, or 143 weird, flimsy modelling choices. The cab-sim switch I would have named "smooth warmth" (it’s probably the first cab-sim I might ever use). As a lone headphone amp, it's excellent for bare bone technique analysis, or song writing.I have an awesome tube pre-amp pedal (I won't name it, it's just the one for me). With the Mooer Audiophile, now my adored pre-amp pedal is a real tube overdrive headphone amp. A headphone amp that sounds like my favorite pre-amp, because now it is.With a long effects chain, if the production is off, you can patch the Mooer Audiophile behind each and any of the effects to locate and adjust the EQ's or special effects in question.If the production problem is simply because another pedal, say a wah pedal, seems to weaken the signal, this can act as a buffer to cleanly nudge it back up.You can put it at the end of your signal chain with your amp off, and wail happily and safely through the midnight hours, inspired by a dream, without alerting FEMA.It’s a clean, clever little unit, and works well.

I struggled a bit with the interface on this pedal at first. After reading the manual, I thought it would work one way, but that wasn't quite right. This pedal has eight different loops in six different styles, and each of those styles has at least one loop that is not in 4/4 time, which is quite interesting. One of the most interesting features on this pedal is that you can activate a fill via the footswitch. That is the feature I had the most trouble figuring out. You have to single press the fill button to toggle that feature on or off. Once on, it works quite well, adding cool and useful fills at a button press. My only issue is that you have to toggle the feature off to stop the drums. You might be able to touch it with your toe if you are very careful, but this is a mini pedal, so you might hit something else. Unfortunately, that limits how much you can use this for live performance. It could still be quite useful for jamming alone or with friends, or for entering complex drum sequences into a looper, for which the inline interface could be quite useful. I tested this out both inline and with an aux input on my looper, and generally prefer using a separate input, personally, but placed late in your effects chain, this could work quite well. The samples sound quite good, and the EQ is helpful for adjusting the drum sound for different styles. It still sounds good through some light overdrive, but would generally be a bit better in a clean amp or through an effects loop. A little bit of reverb is quite nice, and the ability to add some modulation to the drums opens up some interesting possibilities. It is important to realize this is a mini pedal with no MIDI connections or anything, so it will be hard to match this to other things besides live playing, since your tempo controls are either a tempo dial or tap tempo. When switching patterns, your tempo setting is generally kept, though some loops are in half or double time, and it gets more complicated with those loops that are not in 4/4. I like that when switching patterns, the pedal generally waits until the bar is finished to switch to the new pattern, which makes it easier to stay in the groove. Overall, this pedal is a really good way to have some useful, great-sounding drum patterns for jamming or looping in a very small package.

I got this for a one trick pony to emulate the Bill Laswell dub bass LPF of his old DoD 545. I gotta say this little thing holds it own!I also put it thru the paces on the auto wah, funky stuff too. Again, there is no noticeable volume drop or tone suck on my passive Fender P Bass direct to pedal to Mustang headphone amp to Sony 7506 studio headphones.Zero noise. No click on switch. Solid pedal and value!