In conclusion, If you are just looking to record a few melodies or lead riffs and want to hear a quick playback then the TC Looper will fit the bill. Easy to use, no audio quality loss due to the high sample rate of the recorded signal, true bypass. An A/B box and two amps or mixer with multiple channels is your only hope for jamming along with your TC Ditto. The Ditto looper from TC Electronics is a good looper - in theory. The only way you could have a true play along scenario with the TC Ditto is to have a A/B box and 2 amps to allow amp 'A' strictly for playback and amp 'B' for your guitar. If you tried this you would know that the guitars compete for the signal and the volumes can never be adjusted to blend together. I think the best example would be if you were to invite another guitarist over to jam thinking you could just use a Y-spliter to allow two guitars to be plugged in and played through the same amp at the same time. The Ditto has a record output volume control that should be able to compensate for the live guitars volume during playback, but it doesn't. Described as the only loop effects pedal built with guitar players in mind, TC Electronic Ditto Looper Guitar Pedal stands out as possibly the most loved. The end result is during playback your guitar volume is extremely low or drops out and tends to cut into the volume of the Ditto's output.

I believe this may have more to do with the amp and/or guitar splitting the signal into the amp. The big negative was during playback your guitar/instrument volume cannot mix, blend, or compete on the same volume level. The Pros: it is easy to use, built well, has good sound during play back, has a small footprint on your pedalboard, and is priced for most budgets. When I saw the TC Ditto Looper I was expecting the same quality effect. I currently own a few TC pedals and have been happy with the effects they produce.

Ditto looper pedal