TC Electronic Ditto X4 (FULL Looper Demo)

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In this video, I am showing you all functions you need to know to effectively use the TC Electronic Ditto x4 pedal.
I bet you’re going to find out about things you didn’t know were even possible with the Ditto x4!
You can refer to these time stamps to search for what you were looking for (or you can watch the entire demo - it’s really worth it!).
0:00 Intro
0:49 Basic functions (record, overdub, stop, erase, undo, redo)
5:59 Serial play style demonstration
7:52 Sync play style demonstration
9:49 Decay function demonstration
11:29 Using All 7 on board FX
13:59 Record, Store and Backing Track functions
17:24 Mode switch #1 (record-overdub order)
18:55 Mode switch #2 (overdub timing in sync mode)
19:55 Mode switch #3 - in Serial mode (record immediately)
21:15 Mode switch #3 - in Sync mode (unsynchronized loops)
23:00 Mode switch #4 (true or buffered bypass)
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@AntoineMichaudGuitar 6 ай бұрын

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@georgespencer3973 Жыл бұрын

I’m always impressed by how seamless your loops are. Your timing on the foot press is perfect.

@kerrlee5185 Жыл бұрын

I have been using this pedal for a while. This video is the most clear on YT that I ever seen. Thanks Anto, cheers

@averyellis Жыл бұрын

I dig how your first demo has a 4/4, 3/4, 5/4 feel. Also, my Ditto 4x bricked up about a year after I bought it. I looked online and found similar problems, the solution being something to do with the internal memory card. I had no idea what I was doing, but I opened it to take out the card, which I couldn’t, because it was attached, but I jiggled it, gave up, and put it back together. And it worked. Has ever since ( knock on wood). I can’t imagine I actually did anything, but this DOES seem to be a common problem if anyone else encounters it.

@johnbsouth1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks as usual for sharing your knowledge and exceptional playing.

@AntoineMichaudGuitar Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@DaveMorrisonMusic Жыл бұрын

Just got one of these and it's fantastic. Thanks for clearing up some of my confusion.

@MrAlloy70 11 ай бұрын

Great review Antoine best easy explanation of the ditto×4 on youtube

@davetighe Жыл бұрын

I just bought the X4 and found this really good. Thanks for posting

@AntoineMichaudGuitar Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Have fun with it :-)

@vernonstufleben4987 7 ай бұрын

Thank you. I just bought this model and your teaching was / is very helpful.

@garethowen6701 Жыл бұрын

Hi mate. Excellent demo and full instructions. Great 👍

@YyUYyuUizT Жыл бұрын

Very nice review keep up the amazing content!

@AntoineMichaudGuitar Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@davidsummerville351 Жыл бұрын

Great demo. Got the pedal yesterday. Your instructions were awesome! Thanks so much.

@AntoineMichaudGuitar Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Have fun with it!

@andorrasrevenge1683 Жыл бұрын

Best tip every at the beginning!

@simpliweb.officiel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Antoine for all those clear instructions ! 😀

@AntoineMichaudGuitar 11 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@danielel9191 Жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup! J'avais le Boomerang et je l'ai vendu et acheté celui-ci et je le trouve beaucoup moins compliqué. Merci pour tout ce que tu fais pour les musiciens et musiciennes du monde! Je te souhaite un merveilleux temps des fêtes à toi et ta famille... À l'année prochaine!

@AntoineMichaudGuitar Жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup! Joyeuses fêtes😃

@chicolopez8722 Жыл бұрын

Well described!

@nonyabizniss3292 Жыл бұрын

Sorry for so many comments, but somehow I unwittingly recorded my FX settings, and the FX button was always blinking green, even after powering off and clearing with the stop button, so my looper was always playing back at half speed. I was about to return it. The way to clear this issue is to press and hold the FX button until it flashes, then it will clear the recorded settings, and stop blinking. After I did that, my pedal went back to normal operation. Just in case anyone else has this issue. :)

@TheMcA80 2 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial

@george6036 5 ай бұрын

Wow very well done!!Great musician with great taste also!

@robertfi9745 7 ай бұрын

Best looper demo

@samseitz9937 Жыл бұрын

You’ve really helped me devil-up my skills

@AntoineMichaudGuitar Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@nonyabizniss3292 Жыл бұрын

One comment I would like to add is that if you are using the Stop button to stop on demand, you can queue it up early by pressing it once, and then just press it again at the right moment, so you don't have to do 2 quick taps. Sometimes that is hard to time perfectly. But otherwise, this is the best video I have seen on this pedal. Thank you so much !!!

@AntoineMichaudGuitar Жыл бұрын

Great, thank you for the nice comments!

@karlagazzard928 11 ай бұрын

Is there a way of stopping both loops and starting them both up again please?

@muzycznykanal Жыл бұрын

great loops :)

@giligarden 4 ай бұрын

Nice, thanks.

@kaybhee6 Жыл бұрын

goot,,, but should be called x 2

@telantas Ай бұрын

I think they use the same conventiom as in their mixers: they go by the humber of inidividual audio inputs. So for instance the Behringer (same company as tc electronic) 1202FX is a mixer with 4 mono inputs + 4 stereo inputs. 4 + 4 x 2 = 12.

@nonyabizniss3292 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video. The online manual for this pedal is terrible. I thought my new Ditto X4 was defective because it was playing back at half speed, until I realized that the settings are persistent. Once I cleared them out, it was fine.

@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers 6 ай бұрын

I've had this pedal for a few years and have been scared to touch it. Thanks for this clear overview.

@BryanBowser 8 ай бұрын

Excellent demo. I use it mostly in serial mode which works great. I seem to have get a bit of lag when I overdub on the same channel even if it's just a short loop.

@MrQuentinCowper 6 ай бұрын

Yes me too, is this just my particular copy of the ditto or are they all like this, I can never ever get my loops to be seamless like in this video, and mi timing is good (had no problem with my Boss RC20XL) but this is not good enough, and will probably sell it straight away, after just one days use, if its gonna be a problem)

@stephan0815 Жыл бұрын

Very good video, also like your looks.

@stephan0815 Жыл бұрын

Sorry loops

@AntoineMichaudGuitar Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I thought at was a joke because we don't see me in the video :-)

@morganroberts 10 ай бұрын

19:20, you're talking about overdub timing. The usage scenario here is for a phrase that would start before the end of a bar or set of bars. Think the "in your arms" line from Radiohead's "Give Up The Ghost". One would want to start that after the 4th measure, and then play it through over the bar line live. Then the loop will work out.

@EthanRMus 4 ай бұрын

THANK YOU. Perfect demo. I have the basic Ditto and have been annoyed about having to double tap and then tap and hold again to erase because it lets a couple seconds of ubwanted playback through, but from your explanation of this one I realized that I can just double tap and hold the second tap to erase so theres no unwanted playback. Super helpful and most clear demo Ive seen. Also seemingly little things like showing how you can tap the second loop in serial mode while the first is still playing and how it will not start until the first loop finishes are really super helpful and stuff I didnt find anyone else showing

@Wirus002 Жыл бұрын

Is it only possible to have just one stored audio file?? (one for each engine, so 2) If not, then how do I select the other audio files that I want?

@emmanuelcompayanofficial6344 Жыл бұрын

Hello. There is an all stop right?is there any all play again?

@mattnelson9104 Жыл бұрын

I am trying to record a drone note on the ditto x4 but I am getting a pop at the stop/start point. I have the drone going, start the loop and when I stop I roll the volume out. I am using a keyboard to do this. Any tips?

@cubby6708 7 ай бұрын

Does the pedal auto quantize when you initially record into it ?

@mike.mykoniatis 9 ай бұрын

Hey man, would you recommend the pigtronic infinity 2 or this one?

@AitorImazGuitar 9 ай бұрын

When you are recording a loop and when you finish you don't want it to play, pressing stop does it stop? or are two presses necessary? This in the ditto x2 is like this.

@cezarsantana Жыл бұрын

I'm an experienced "loopist" (just made this up). Got an X4 but am having a hard time syncing loop 1 with loop 2. I'm trying to do rhythm with the guitar in one channel and chords on another . It seems to sync easier if I'm only dealing with notes/melodies but not when a "rhythm" track is involved. Any tips on this anyone? Thanks in advance!

@tman6495 7 ай бұрын

Seamless loops would that mean you do not have to be precise with the footswitch......it connects the loop automatically (the beginning and end as one loop)?

@MrQuentinCowper 6 ай бұрын

have the Ditto x4 I am trying to sync it up to my Roland TR8, so it can get the clock from the TR8, anyone know how to do this? apparently the ditto x4 uses channel 4 to receive midi information whereas the Roland TR8 uses channel 10 by default to transmit midi, but reading up on the manuals of both TR8 & dittox4 I still don't know how to change this and as such, my loops are going out of time with my drum patterns, very frustrating....anyone know about this please?

@noisegrit Жыл бұрын

hello, i have a question - is it possible to use the pedal as a splitter? i mean it has two outputs (stereo), is it possible to use one instrument cable as a mono input and then have "loop 1" playing out the first output and "loop 2" playing out the second output, so you can feed two different cabs, each playing its own loop? im currently looking for some pedal that can do separated yet synchronized loops and also work as a mini mixer, so i will be able separate the loops into different cabs. anyway thanks for the guide

@southwestchemicalcs9481 Жыл бұрын

Only if you record Left on Loop1 and Right on Loop2.

@peace2u2 Жыл бұрын

Thanks' for the Video, I wondered when you show loops can be stored, If I had 10 loops stored how do I retrieve loop 8 or any number or does this looper only store one? Thanks

@AntoineMichaudGuitar Жыл бұрын

It only stores two: one on Loop 1, and one on Loop 2. You need to erase if you want a new on that same slot.

@peace2u2 Жыл бұрын

Ok I did see someone mention the Wiretap Riff recorder which could record up to 8 hrs. 24 bit. Its cheep could be an option when I complete a song with the looper!

@mikeruddick Жыл бұрын

at 13.26 you say fx can only be assigned to both loops at once - but the manual says differentl, can you confirm one way or the other

@AntoineMichaudGuitar Жыл бұрын

I re-read the manual, and the only place where it mentions what you said, is for the reverse FX. Here's what they say: ''This can be done on a single loop, or both loops in Sync mode''. (None of the other 6 FX mention that.) From what I understand, it means that if you have recorded only one loop, you can reverse it. And if you have recorded 2 loops, you can reverse them both. If you had the option of choosing which one to reverse, or which one you want to apply the effect, it would definitely have been written in the manual. If there is a way to do that, they did not give any information about HOW to do it, which leads me to believe that it is not possible.

@mikeruddick997 Жыл бұрын

thanks A

@mikeruddick997 Жыл бұрын

hi again anton. is there a way to replace the onboard memory with something larger? if not, did you find the 5 minutes sufficient for your needs?

@jerry-mrluckiesrope8154 Жыл бұрын

I've recently replaced the Ditto X4 with the Aeros Loop Station. It's much more up to date and takes guiter looping to a new level. The Ditto is great, but very much 'old tech' Perhaps you could consider a review

@AntoineMichaudGuitar Жыл бұрын

In all honesty, Singular Sound have contacted me to produce demos, and I'm very much interested in trying the Aeros. As I was having health issues when they contacted me, I told them I would reconsider their offer later. I'm planning on making demos of the Aeros early next year! For now, I stuck to what was familiar to me, and I'm certain a lot of people are still searching for better demos on the Ditto x4, hence this one!

@davidknight754 Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t find a Fade over time function on the Aeros which is why I’ve stuck with the Ditto X4. Not talking about a one time fade, but like the 3rd knob on the Ditto X4. That feature seems to be kinda rare in looper pedals and something I can’t be without.

@jerry-mrluckiesrope8154 Жыл бұрын

@@davidknight754 it is a rare feature on loopers. The EHX 1440 is the only other looper I know thst has it. Some delay pedals with a Sound On Sound function do it i.e. the Strymon El Cap and Volante.

@davidknight754 Жыл бұрын

@@jerry-mrluckiesrope8154 Pigtronix Infinity Looper as well. Out of all of them, I think the Ditto X4 has it setup the best.

@stinky_nut_blast Жыл бұрын

Does the Aeros feature Midi Sync ?

@KeenanCrow Жыл бұрын

If anyone needs the various firmware files hit me up. Different features only work on certain versions of the firmware.

@AntoineMichaudGuitar Жыл бұрын

Ah! Was I missing certain features in this demo because I never updated it?

@KeenanCrow Жыл бұрын

@@AntoineMichaudGuitar no you’re good, it’s often an issue of using multiple things at once. So for instance, using MIDI clock and loop effects at the same time will result in timing problems with newer versions of the firmware.

@KeenanCrow Жыл бұрын

Personally I think version 1.1 is the best

@syntheticlex Жыл бұрын

Hey Keenan, great tutorial. I have a ditto x4 and use with my guitar and midi sync with some synths. I would love to get some of the other firmware versions you have, 🙏. Which version were you using for this tutorial? Cheers.

@fireheart_7 Ай бұрын

@KeenanCrow where could I find firmware 1.1?