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Saturnworks 3 loop parallel looper - $130 (Greenpoint)
Driggs near Sutton
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It cost $239 and there was a 3 1/2 week build time/wait
Parallel Loopers
You’ve heard of parallel dimensions. How about a parallel looper? Parallel loopers can open your rig to entirely new soundscapes. Most pedal chains are serial, meaning that one device feeds its output signal into the device after it and so on. This means that each device can affect whatever device, or devices, are before/after it. That can be a good thing, but you’re never quite getting the true or ‘pure’ sound of that device. With parallel signal paths, however, the signal is split, with each split signal going to the device. That means that each device gets the original input signal, rather than the signal from whatever is upstream. The signals are then recombined using active mixing circuitry so that you can customize a blended sound of whatever you place in the parallel loops.
Our parallel loopers use buffered splitters to split the incoming signal. Each send jack has its own separate buffer circuit. This keeps the signals strong and ensures there is no interaction between the channels. The return signals go through volume controls and then on/off switches. This allows you to set the volume for each channel and switch the channels on/off to bring the parallel loops in and out of the mix. An active mixer circuit blends the sounds to create rich and complex soundscapes.
3/4/5-Parallel Looper
The parallel looper first splits the incoming signal into three, four, or five channels, depending on the version. Each of the channels has its own buffer. The individual buffers keep the signal strong and ensure there is no interaction between the channels. The split signals go to loops, where you add your own sonic flavors. The loop returns have volume controls and on/off switches, which allow you to tweak each channel as it goes to the mixer. The mixer section then seamlessly blends the signals from the loops.
The parallel multi-looper features either three-five loops with an extra switch as a master bypass, allowing you to bypass the parallel setup completely and send your signal directly to your amp