Digitech TRIOPLUS EQ Effects Pedal with Power Supply, Footswitch, Instrument Cables, and Patch Cable

I love this thing. It is not perfect, but for a lone, home player like me, it is way better than regular looper; it makes playing much more interesting/fun, changing tempo and feel on the fly. I also own the regular, cheaper trio. The trio+ is a HUGE improvement--tunes are saved to sd card; can switch genres within a single song; 3 possible bass lines for whatever is currently playing (via simple button push); can program the sequence of song parts. On the sequence, each song has a max of 5 parts, but sequencing can repeat parts. So say i have a three part song, A B C. It can be sequenced in any order, with repeats, for example, A A A B A C C B A. Next, Having the looper function as part of the trio+ is the only way to effectively integrate overdubs. I tried using the regular trio with a seperate looper, but it proved impossible to get the parts perfectly synchronized. The cheaper trio can't do any of what i just listed.My biggest complaint about the cheaper trio is the inability to save songs. It can sometmes take an hour or more to teach trio a song and have it interpret as i want. Not being able to save that work when moving to a new song is what motivated me to buy the expensive trio+.What I don't like on trio+:--The timbre of drums is inferior compared to the cheaper trio. On the trio+, they much more digital and sterile, more casio-toy-like.--on the trio+, the style selector knob's detentes do not exacly match the led and actual selection of a style. Thus, very often, I turn the knob and miss the selection i am looking for, as the actual selection jumps/skips. This is especially annoying when making a selection on the fly, while "jamming". I suspect this might be a quality control issue and specific to the unit i have.--i wish i could switch songs on the fly, without latency. Parts within a song switch instantly, on the beat, without latency. However, switching songs requires stopping the play to load the new song. The switch of songs takes about 2 seconds. This makes medleys impossible--cannot connect one song to the next.All in all, the trio+ is great fun and reinvigorated my playing. Even with a couple of flaws, i love it. It is far superior to the regular trio, but it is also way more expensive.

I grew up ushering in Maestro fuzz tones and Vox wah wah's. Just to plain experience the technology of this thing is fabulous in itself. A rhythm section that's always on time, never drunk and doesn't have a "Yoko factor" or other band baggage.OK get the thing working ... If you're having trouble getting it to recognize your chords you're simply doing one of two things (or both). 1) Play CLEAN. Turn off the pedals. Don't play any chord tensions. If you just asked "What's a chord tension?" Then that's exactly my point. 2) Play in TIME. Nearly all casual players totally suck at being able to play in time. Lot's of really busy players suck at playing in time as well. Point? Learn to count YOURSELF before blaming your "rhythm section" for not correcting your poor timing. They will mimic your crappy playing faithfully.Chop quarter note timed chords that are simple root position triads. Don't swing it or play triplets or alternating bass or fills, sparkles, or freaking gnarly pinch harmonic dive bombs. Get the picture? Simple power chords or triads, 4 to the bar. Strive for precision in placing the chords on the quarters.If you do those couple things you'll be loungin' with the lizards playin' All The Things You Are and Ipanema with a swingin' little combo. All that and you don't have to pay the other guys scale

After trying various drum machines that are too hard to program and don't follow the songs I am practicing. I saw this and thought, this may work. Read many of the reviews, checked Youtube and knew if it did what it says it will, this was the thing I needed.Purchased from Remix Music through Amazon Marketplace. These guys are great. The TRIO was shipped and delivered in THREE days. As fast as my Prime deliveries! Thanks Remix! I pulled the TRIO out of the box, everything in perfect condition, small getting started guide, PSU interchangeable to European voltage, and the pedal. I am running the BASS, DRUM out to my mixer and the guitar to my 15 watt Fender practice amp on clean. Works perfect. I started by playing the cords for the song a few times before pushing the learn switch. Just down strums at tempo of the cord changes. Start the pedal with the PART ONE pressed and play through the verse or chorus to the last downbeat and press the switch. Change to the second part and start learning on the downbeat. This will keep the timing correct between parts. Took me a while to get this correct, but worked in the end. (Type in TRIO band creator in youtube for some good video on this ) and download the full manual on the Digitech web site. This is a great pedal and a lot of fun! Side note! I purchased the FS3X footswitch at the same time through Amazon Market Place and will do a separate review as it did not work out of the box. Digitech, using junk parts in this and QC is lacking. See my review .

This thing is great for improvised jams at home. If you're too impatient to fiddle with a drum machine and just want a beat to play to this will be what you're looking for. The bass is pretty good as well, but its the same sound for everything. There are individual volume knobs for the bass and drums so you can just use it as an intuitive drum machine. If you don't have a looper I'd say spend the extra cash for the newer model that includes one. I have this running stereo into a digitech jamman stereo with the guitar running to a guitar amp and the drums/bass running to a bass amp. Sounds great, changes up the fills and bass line enough to keep it interesting. The trick to this thing is to play as simply as possible when "teaching" the initial chords/tempo. If you rip through a bunch of notes you'll end up with a super fast tempo drum beat and the bass all over the place trying to keep up.

Lovely piece of kit! Metal case, good quality buttons and switch. Very simple to set upl. I was using it within a couple of minutes of getting it out of the box. Great for accompanying as it even makes a mediocre guitarist (like me!) sound better. Also I'm starting to write my own songs and I can see this fundamentally changing my workflow. I can't play bass or drums so I often use GarageBand to develop the drum and bass lines. This is OK but the bass especially is difficult for me to get correct, never mind actually good! Using the Trio pedal to look after the bass and drums I can concentrate on the chords rather than getting everything to synchronise. These days most guitar multi-effect pedals have built-in drum machines which are better than nothing, but as other reviewers have said the phrasing is soooooo much better than anything else. 150% recommended!!!Mine came with a quick start guide but no manual (Good idea to save weight+the planet!). You can download a 31 page user guide at the Digitech website.

Well here is a nice little thing. I am a bit of a novice but this little box has given me the chance to create my own backing tracks to lay over. I recommend adding the foot-switch, as that really simplifies things . The tones are good (they sound OK to me) & the styles seem to have a nice variance. For the price you really can't go wrong.I wondered about the Plus model, but for the extra money I don't think it was worth it, if you are a good player then perhaps that would be a different story

Pedal is very sturdy, I should have gone for the one with the looper. Other than that I am pretty satisfied with it, it is a shame that it does not work with my T-Rex powersupply, I think this pedal draws more current. This is something I should have looked into before buying though.

This is a clever piece of kit. Well worth the money and a pleasure to use. I was up and running within minutes. Both bass line and drums are clever and in no way sounds canned or repetitious. Mine is set up with bass and drums going straight into the mixer and guitar diverted via some pedals into the mixer. Sounds great. I won't go into all the details of what it does and how to use it because others have covered that adequately and you can download the manual from digitech.com but let me just say that I am a very happy puppy with my new toy. This might just make bass players and drummers redundant. Think of all the money and beer you'll save :)

I've had this little baby for six months now. I've had a lot of fun with it. Yes it is a little mechanical, but what can you expect from something at this price. I've set it up using the mixer output so I can put the signal through a processor to get a nice "club" sound, and then through to my big hi-fi as a PA, or laptop to record. Lots of fun.The only downside I could say about this is that you are unable to store the riffs you have created. It would be nice if you could simply store your riffs onto a laptop, for example.Otherwise, a nice little toy.