MOOER Drum Machine Pedal With 121 Grooves X2

Works as it should

First the Reverb: The sound quality of this pedal exceeded my expectations big time. The ambient reverb sounds are so cool, probably rivaling Earthquaker and the like. The pre delay and mix knobs allow for a complete wet signal, so it can pretty much be a synth pedal. The standard reverbs are nice as well, as good as TC Electronic for sure. And the sounds couldn’t be more tweakable, and then you can easily save your tweaks, and retrieve all presets with your foot. And that infinite button is super cool, sustaining the wet signal for as long as you hold it. I suspect they can do it for such a low price because it’s made in China, but the build quality is superb, so nothing to complain about there. I’ll be getting the delay next. The Drummer is really cool too, sounds like a real drummer, with some nice features and relatively easy to use for a drum machine pedal. But after using it in a jam session, I’ll say it’s not easy to navigate the 7 patterns with your foot. The biggest problem is on-the-fly preset switching. You have to first get it into preset more by stepping on both buttons at once. Then, it only gives you about 5 seconds to scroll through presets, then you have to select the one you want, all while you are playing! I kept turning it off by mistake trying to step on both buttons at once and also scrolling down when I meant to go up. I imagine though that with practice, one could get the hang of it pretty good. Although it has over 100 beats, not many accent the weak beats in the measure. This makes it difficult to dial in a certain song’s drum pattern, and you have to settle for something more generic. One of the biggest complaints I hear about this pedal is that the beats are too busy. This is mostly the Rock and Fusion styles. Some of the Pop beats are a bit over the top too, especially the fills at the end of the 4 or 2 bar patterns. It becomes too repetitive after several times through and gets annoying. And there’s really no need for built in fills, since it has a fill button. So, depending on what you need, it may not be awesome. But as something to easily just keep a beat that sounds like real drums, it’s very useful. One last thing to know, it sounds WAY better out of almost any speakers other than a guitar amp. And it doesn’t need to be in your signal chain to work.

Excelente pedal, se puede poner cualquier amplificador que te imagines desde la página de mooer y tiene para poner 3 ir de terceros, solo se puede cambiar desde su programa pero para mí es genial, yo lo uso con un headrush frfr 108 y es mejor que cualquier amplificador que haya usado, por calidad, precio y facilidad, he tenido amplificadores de bulbos, transistores y de estado sólido, está es la mejor opción y el futuro para los guitarristas y funciona perfectamente con otros pedales, espero subir audios o vídeo pronto

(This review is based on a cursory run-thru of the features I did this afternoon, just after it arrived in the mail.) This is a handy doohickey, for real. I own several drum machines: A BeatBuddy, Alesis SR18 and SR16, some Yamaha stuff, and others (I lost track). I use these for recording and composition, and I’m always looking for interesting-sounding drum machines and, especially, for one that’s easy to use (minimize the futzing around!). This one is simplicity itself: Not an excessive number of pads, puny LCD display screens, or multi-function knobs that have to be remastered every time I want to do a new project. This MOOER Drummer X2 is a plug-and-play device, though while limited in features, excels in simplicity, useability, and sound quality. It has 11 genre banks (pop, funk, blues, rock, metal, jazz, fusion, punk, Latin, country, and reggae), and each genre get 11 style variants (variations in time signature and feel); each style variant has a standard fill pattern triggered by the tap/fill button. Tempo can be regulated by the tempo knob (default is 120bpm) or via the tap/fill footswitch. An initial apparent drawback (I thought) was the lack of choices for different drum kits, but I found that the EQ knob produces a cut-boost span that actually seems to provide a very useable range of drum tones (Mostly, I’d describe the range as ranging from dry & clean to heavy & bright, with a lot of in-between to fiddle with). I thought many of the pop, funk, rock, jazz, and reggae patterns & fills were way more utilitarian (great-sounding, realistic feel, and suitable for my music) than what comes standard in both the BeatBuddy and SR18 (neither of which is anywhere near so user-friendly as this box). Add the simplicity of use (plug and play, baby!), and you have a very cool and groovy recording and performance tool. I haven’t tried the save function yet to build tracks, but I’ll get around to that. I was instantly inspired to record some new tracks later this week.