Singular Sound Aeros Loop Studio Stereo Looper Pedal
Singular Sound Aeros Loop Studio Stereo Looper Pedal Reviews
The Singular Sound Aeros Loop Studio straddles the line between a traditional looper and a DAW — and it fits on your pedalboard! This power-packed stompbox enables you to craft 36 unique loops per song, add unlimited overdubs to each loop, and record up to 48 hours onto an SD card. Simultaneous parallel and sequential looping unlocks an entire universe of creative possibilities. The Aeros is easier to use than you might think, thanks to streamlined controls that you can operate with your feet, while a touchscreen with color-coded cues and waveforms ensures that you never lose your place during a performance. And it sounds amazing, courtesy of 24-bit recording and studio-level AD/DA conversion. You also get simple over-the-air updates via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth and a durable, chip-resistant housing. You won’t find many looper pedals as powerful as the Aeros Loop Studio — it’s an inspiring beast.
Best in class
We tried a Headrush Looperboard for church, but transitions still felt clumsy. The Aeros let us map sections, stay locked with MIDI, and keep volunteers oriented with the color screen. Everything flows more naturally now.
The BeatBuddy’s Best Friend
As a drummer running BeatBuddy, I tested other loopers but the Aeros stands out. It follows the BeatBuddy's part changes, starts, and stops perfectly. The band stays locked in, even during complex arrangements.
Capturing Ideas Instantly
I dislike losing ideas to slow menus, and the Aeros solves that with a clear touch UI and easy quantize settings. Saving to an SD card makes it a portable writing hub. It feels like a mini workstation that fits on my pedalboard.
Live Stream Ready
For streaming, the Aeros combines reliability, speed, and visuals that keep viewers engaged. The arrangement grid ensures I always have the next section ready, and touch faders let me adjust levels mid-chat. Viewers notice the polished transitions.
Clean Low End for Bass Players
Most loopers make bass sound muddy, but the true stereo signal path here keeps the low end defined even when layering chords and percussion.
MIDI Precision Without the Hassle
When synced via MIDI to my synth rig, the Aeros keeps time flawlessly for the entire set. Switching between quantized and free-time loops is effortless. This level of precision without slowing me down is rare.
Seamless BeatBuddy Integration
As a band leader using the BeatBuddy, I need everything in sync. The Aeros changes sections, pauses, and selects songs right along with it. If you own a BeatBuddy, this looper is a perfect match.
Best Choice for Church Leaders
When running church music, the Aeros offers MIDI start/stop, tempo sync, and the ability to run parallel and sequential loops together. Transitions feel natural and creative possibilities expand far beyond other loopers I have tried.
Friendly Arrangement Power
my old looper could handle two tracks, which worked for simple verse/chorus builds. The Aeros gives me six tracks per part across six parts and stays perfectly synced via MIDI. Quantized or free-time recording with a visual timeline makes my drops land exactly where I want.
My New Favorite Looper
This looper lets me craft songs the way I would in a DAW but directly on the floor. The 6x6 layout turns arrangements into a clear map on the color touch display. Quick visual feedback and undo functions make it essential for my live gigs.
Excellent but complex
The Aeros looper is excellent and there are many how to videos. However none address my application. It will take me some time and communication with SS support to get up and running. I am not looping at live shows; rather I want to set up permanent tracks for 50 songs with Beat Buddy drums and rhythm guitar. So far I have not found a video that addresses this.
Powerful Unit. Hard to use.
I recognize how extremely powerful this is. But, it is very complicated and just isn't for me.
My representative Derek Kemp helped me get this returned for another device.
Sweetwater always does right.
Not What I expected...
This is a very clunky device. It is hard to use.
The timing in the unit feels off and I can't get tracks synced.
I am passed the return date and regret buying this.....
Great looper but very deep
As a newbie looper, I'm able to use this looper to accomplish creating tracks that I use for performances. I regret to say I have yet to utilize it in the manner it was intended. I still struggle with parts creation and playback, even after watching quite a few YouTube videos. This looper allows me to create the background tracks I need with a much smaller footprint than a laptop computer, but I know there a lot more I can do with it, just lack the knowledge or skill to pull it off.
Waste of time and money
This thing is way too complicated. Loses songs. Then it just stopped recording altogether. I barely used it. Every time I tried to work with it was an exercise in frustration. The manual is not helpful at all and customer support is email only, and says they will get back to you in 2 days. Totally unacceptable.
Goodbye Ditto.... Hello Midi synch....
I have been using a Ditto X4 for the last couple of years. Although the midi synch was close with the BeatBuddy, it does not compare to the Aeros. Learning the basics took about 15 minutes and within a couple days, songs were coming together quickly. Highly recommend if you own a BeatBuddy or just love looping.
Brilliant looper
Finally a looper that pushes the state of the art of looping forward! Love how you can see the loops on the screen, the song part section function and the hands free mixer with the foot wheel. Best looper out there by far.
Update to my March 2022 Review, Recent software updates have moved it to a 4 star review from a 2 1/2 star review last year.
Overrated
Owned this and Beatbuddy for about 2 weeks. Sold both to get Boss RC-500 and much happier with a lot more $ in my pocket. Singular Sound does not live up to the hype. The software is buggy, buggy and buggy. The hardware is ok. Should be about half the price. Couldn't even get "reverse" as they are "working" on it-like everything else. Some junk video from the development team said it works with midi maestro though; just have to spend another $ and deal work probably more buggy software headaches. Done! Sticking with my buddy Roland.
Just ‘okay’
Works as advertised, and is in a sturdy housing. Good size. But the screen responsiveness is very poor. Often touching it results in no results, requiring multiple attempts. Also it only does one thing really, so for me it's overly simplistic. Maybe okay as a floor pedal only, but as a desktop looping solutions, I'll pass.
Not for gigging musicians!
DO NOT GET THIS PEDAL IF YOU ARE A FULL TIME MUSICIAN! If any thing happens to the screen it's not even covered under warranty. If you play every weekend, you know the odds of stuff happening to your gear increases, especially on dark stages. In my case I drop a power supply on the screen and when I powered it on the screen was cracked. The only thing they offered was a 30% discount on a new pedal
best looper ? easiest to use !
Had a few cheaper loopers and this is by far the best looper for making easy visual tracks. Sound quality is above others and may be the easiest to use? Already released firmware updates since purchase so the team is continually improving it. In my setup of guitar and keyboards, I treat this like another instrument to use in phrasing, design, practicing, compositions, experimentations, and recording.
Overpriced, Poor Service Troubleshooting, Integration with BB less than expected
Super inspirational !
I purchased this after already having a beat buddy and midi maestro for a couple years and so glad I did ! Very inspirational tool for your music mind and very fun to fiddle with and discover all its functionality, I play my helix with a couple other choose boutique pedals through my line line 6 power cab and it sounds amazing, I never been more satisfied with a purchase of a recording device in my venture of guitar over the last 30 years , for some it might not do everything you want it to do but what it does do is 2nd to none ,I would absolutely recommend it to anyone looking for a looper pedal especially if you have or looking into getting a beat buddy and/or mini Maestro
New firmware updates make this a BRAND NEW product!
I agree with some earlier reviews that the initial launch of Aeros was buggy, but Singular Sound has released frequent updates (they download automatically on your looper because the Aeros has a WiFi chip) and now it does EVERYTHING promised and MORE! Honestly, this is head and shoulders above any looper because of all the updates.
Any other company would stop development once they got your money, but Singular Sound has released like 40 automatic updates over the last 3 years and it seems like the updates and new features are becoming more frequent.
Do yourself a favor and get this looper. It's already the best looper out there (I've bought them all). Much like you, it gets better by the day.
A
Good working loop station, but a bit complex for using live
Serviced then replaced w/ brand new system
Thank you guys so much! I really love this product like crazy! Aeros loop station is far, the most Superior product in the market to date! And to think It also comes with a completely down to earth customer service… it's weirdly unexpected! I'm absolutely 100% so grateful!!! To my friends at singular sound many thanks and blessings and to Sweetwater!!!
Best looper EVER!
Hands down best looper over ever used! Simple to operate, sound quality is amazing and when linked via midi to the beat buddy it makes for some amazing fun.
A year later
Decent looper but not at all what they advertised. I went all in and purchased this looper, the midi maestro, and beat buddy only to be disappointed. It lacks so many features! You can't delete tracks individually, can't trigger part changes effectively with the beat buddy, has next to no available midi commands available (can't even trigger record/overdub using midi foot switch) and is basically an overpriced beta test product. Glitches all the time and has phantom noises in the loops. Very limited in inputs and outputs.
Not good and here's the worst of it.
Great
This along with my new midi controller are going to make a difference in our program
Best looper by far - and constantly improving!
Already the best looper by far. Been using it for about 4 months and it's rock solid. Never crashes like the headrush looperboard I had previously. Every month or so there's an update over the wifi which makes it even better. Singular Sound has an awesome forum where they're very open with what is being worked on and they listen to their customers and implement suggestions. I even had a small feature I requested actually done which is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen a music company do.
CRASHES...A LOT
I think this is a terrific idea, which is why I purchased such an expense pedal unit. It's a great concept that is not executed well. It constantly crashes. To the point that it's almost better not using it, if you want to save your loops and work. I can't tell you how many times it crashes while trying to save a project. It crashes most of the time when I'm trying to load a previously saved project. It's horribly unreliable. Not sure if it's hardware or software. I believe it's hardware. I don't think it has enough processing power.
I would advise NOT buying it. Wait until their next version. It's simply not worth the frustrating experience at this point.
I wanted to love this thing...
It's OK, but not for studio or intimate settings.
This is a super slick and seemingly well built product, but I ditched mine because the buttons click too loudly. Some folks may like the positive feedback of the loud click, but it's really annoying for studio work or intimate settings. Sticking with Boss RC-500 and RC-505.
One other thing. I found Singular Sound customer service to be substandard.
AWESOME
King of Loopers
The best of the more complicated loopers like the Boss and the Boomerang 3. About as easy as it can get for something that will do this much. I especially like saving to SD card and bring loops in as tracks to DAW. Audio quality is great and no glitches that I've seen of heard so far. I wish they could eliminate the double taps but I'm sure they'll update this device and maybe we'll get an even simpler looper. I like this pedal a lot and can recommend it if your looping needs go beyond just a single, ditto style looper.
Excelente pedal.
Superou minhas expectativas. Muito obrigado pelo atendimento. Grande abraço
Best looper on the market
This is looping modernized. Touchscreen, wifi, well thought out musical system designed around live performance, top notch sound quality, all in a compact and easy to use product. Well done.
Very powerful for the footprint
Design is very clever. Very easy to use and small footprint. Was able to sell my RC-300 monster and get this little gadget, which is even easier to use and more powerful. Really love the onscreen mixer that lets me fade the individual tracks in and out with the scroll wheel during a performance. Sound quality is excellent.
Amazing for a beginner or advanced looper artist
Amazing
Comparing Aeros to other loopers is a like comparing a spaceship to a horse and buggy. I'm not one for long reviews. Just my 2 cents.
Awesome looper for new to looping.
Love it makes it easy for creating loops.never tried looping before and the tech makes up for my lack of toe tapping ability and by the 3rd loop it's starting to sound like something. I'm running a tr-8 through midi with a guitar and bass.The latest update has really fixed the bugs and it seems like it's being updated often with better features.It's a keeper and keeping me sane while socially distancing.
Works as advertised
I disagree with the negative reviews. I do not have any sync issues with beat buddy, sd card works, wifi works. You do have to learn how to use it.
Customer service i have not needed. i do agree that the start/stop on the upper left is not the best location. I originally had a ditto 4x that had a fatal crash within a year of purchase.
No SD card function nor additional listed functions - March 15th 2020
Looping for advanced loopers
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