DigiTech TRIO+ Band Creator Looper - Effect for Guitars

I've only used if for a short while but so far I'm very impressed with this item. I'm sure it will help me develop my very basic guitar skills and make learning fun. The device itself is very sturdy and well made so should stand the test of time.Update: I've been using this pedal for a few days and just had to update this review with a word of caution.....perhaps I received a dodgy unit but mine seems to interfere with the normal progression of time. On Christmas day, I had put the Turkey on to cook and decided to have a little noodle. After five minutes of Trio time, about two hours of real time elapsed. Only for my wife shouting through the noise of base, drums and my horrendous guitar playing was I released from the clutches of Trio's alternate time universe, just in time to save Christmas dinner. Then just this morning I picked it up again, and when I finally put it down I found I had a beard, a head of grey hair and my kids had grown up and moved out. You have been warned....Amazon Packaging Fail : The packaging is another matter. When I ordered this, I missed the note that said it would be shipped in packaging that would reveal what is inside. What this actually means is that it will not be shipped in any packaging at all except for the retail box (pretty box) the item comes in. Not only that, the retail box itself is not sealed in any way (no film wrap, or even a sticker), so the box is easily opened and the device removed. How it made it to me in one piece or still in the box I'll never know. Slapped to the retail box is the packaging label which is not easy to remove (I eventually got it off with white spirit and effort without damaging the box too much). While I understand Amazon is trying to cut down on packaging, why send me a phone screen protector worth £5 in a box when it already packaged in a hard plastic case, and not a £150 piece of electronics equipment!!!

What a brilliant little pedal.For the size of almost a standard effects pedal this is an excellent way to either practice on your own or as a one man band and have bass and drums accompaniment to create a better playlist.Basically you teach the pedal by strumming in simple chord structure for either the whole song or as individual parts of the song (recommended) and the pedal gives you a bass and drum line which you can then alter for each part to your own preference using the style and genre settings as well as adjusting the tempo.The sound levels for bass, drums and looper can be individually set too.The looper works great as well and can have separate loops for each part.It does take a bit of getting used to especially the timing but the time and effort learning how to use this is well worth it.Get one - it won't get drunk or throw its dummy out of the pram :-)

Perfect practice tool, can provide a drum pattern, a bass line and has a looper function. You can also put effects into the mix, though as this is mono, any stereo effects will be hobbled.The in built effects are OK, but nothing to write home about. Though a cheap multi effect system will give you a better experienceYou can save five parts to your track, and the sequencing means you can play each part multiple times in any order. In addition you can save a number of tracks on the included sd card.It has two line outs, one that goes direct to the guitar amp, and one which moves the drums and bass to a mixer. Both of these are mono outputs, but with some creative cabling I managed to get the unit hooked up to a sound bar for the drum and bass with my amp providing the guitar sound.You can also get a three switch additional pedal for about £20, but it is not necessary, just makes it a lot easier to operate when playing.Well worth it for the money, especially if you don't get to play with other musicians often.

After ordering I did a little deeper research after which I tried to cancel the order but I was too late.Nowhere near fit for purpose.EffectsYou cannot adjust any of the effects nor select a different one. You are stuck with the assigned effect per genre. TBH they are all pretty awful.USBThe USB connection can only be used for updating firmware.SD CardAn SD card must be present for the Trio+ to work at all. You can only see your songs on PC in the dedicated librarian but there are no audio files. So no way to import into a DAW. So can only be used to backup the song data that is currently on the unit. If you want to record into a DAW it is all or one at a time.The BandThis is the reason I wanted it but how disappointing it turned out to be unless you are a YouTube influencer. Yes, you can play simple chord sequences (clean only) & it will produce a kind of backing track but so basic even after turning off 'simple bass'. The 'style' knob indication is confusing & TBH it does offer some variance but results are pretty inconsistent most of the time. The genres too are pretty limited to basics which, to a certain extent, can be influenced by the style knob but again inconsistent mostly random results are presented. Mostly useless. More than one song part is almost impossible due to there being no way to manually set tempos.LooperUgh. The only adjustment is volume.All in all OK for a basic backing track jam along but IMHO you're better off making your own tracks in a recorder or DAW yourself.Sorry Digitech but this is the worst pedal you have ever released for sale.