Pre-purchase 'pinions appreciated

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Though I have all the stuff already to accomplish what the purchase will do, at least for the moment I do not have the available space and some stuff is in storage. This is also stupid-simple which is always a nice deviation from the norm of life. It's a pedal, and I would love a chance to DIY one at some point but anyway...


Just a great way to jam and maybe expand my stylings....nothing like the real thing obviously...whatcha think?
 
I had one and I loved it! I sold it and got a digitech SDrum instead, which I also really like. The SDrum does some stuff the trio+ doesn't do and vice versa. Id be happy to go more in detail if you'd like
 
Harry Klippton said:
I had one and I loved it! I sold it and got a digitech SDrum instead, which I also really like. The SDrum does some stuff the trio+ doesn't do and vice versa. Id be happy to go more in detail if you'd like
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I looked at this one but not in too great of detail...I did like the HUGE feature which was the beat-learning through string interaction (interesting twist on tap-tempo that certainly deserves further study). I'd appreciate your take on Will.
 
Trio+:
With a slight learning curve, it does a decent job of "learning" your riffs and putting appropriate drum patterns to them. I found the canned drum patterns sufficient but not always what I wanted. Same for the AI bass player, it works fine but sometimes was a little cheesy. Nice for an all in the box solution for knocking out ideas. Separate outs for routing and volume controls was nice. The number one thing I miss from the trio+ is the sequencer. You can put in up to 5 different parts and program how they're sequenced, and it'll transition the parts as you play along.

SDrum:
This felt like an upgrade because I could program my own drum patterns and there were way more options for kit sounds and cymbal patterns. It will sync with a jamman looper, but gone is the sequencer from the trio+. You can transition to different parts, but you have to time the transitions and manually tell the pedals with the footswitches.

In a nutshell, trio+ gives you nice in the box solution with easy play along albeit a bit cheesy at times. SDrum gives more flexibility in the drumming but less convenient for play along
 
I had one - have really mixed feelings about it. It *certainly* could work well for a lot of people.
I found it "too much" for what I want when using pedals and amps and more towards my DAW (Cubase, REAPER, SGear, Amplitube, Jamstix, patterns, etc setup) So it was a sorta no-mans-land for me.
But it was really fun sometimes.
 
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One of the guys at work has a Trio but it just sits gathering dust. Not sure why but he didn't gel with it.

I ordered a Boss RC5 looper pedal. I am sure I could have gotten away with a cheaper looper pedal. However, this one has the quantize feature which means if your footswitch loop timing sucks, it will delete the gap to make a fluid loop. It has multiple drum beats and I think it will sync to the tempo of your rhythm loop. But it is not smart like the Trio.

I think there is a Windows version of Band in a Box which seems to be better at accompanying your rhythm and has way more options in terms of real sounding drum and bass tracks. But that requires being hooked up to a computer...
 
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I have enthusiasm but without the looper. Did you mainly want it for looping or to play with a band?

It’s a good pedal but definitely takes a bit of learning.
 
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JamieJ said:
I have enthusiasm but without the looper. Did you mainly want it for looping or to play with a band?

It’s a good pedal but definitely takes a bit of learning.
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I guess it's really more of an accompaniment I'm after. I didn't want to buy it just for a stop-gap measure presuming I get a new space. I'd rather bide my time and feed those $ into a controller or towards that Tele which haunts my dreams.

Barry said:
I find the Trio works best with simple chords, it can get confused easily with more complex ones
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I know ALL the chords, but it wont be an issue because I can only play 3.

Preverb said:
I think there is a Windows version of Band in a Box which seems to be better at accompanying your rhythm and has way more options in terms of real sounding drum and bass tracks. But that requires being hooked up to a computer...
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Thanks, I'll take a look. I've had Logic Pro and GarageBand for years and putzed around with a few arrangements.
 
fig said:
I guess it's really more of an accompaniment I'm after. I didn't want to buy it just for a stop-gap measure presuming I get a new space. I'd rather bide my time and feed those $ into a controller or towards that Tele which haunts my dreams.


I know ALL the chords, but it wont be an issue because I can only play 3.


Thanks, I'll take a look. I've had Logic Pro and GarageBand for years and putzed around with a few arrangements.
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A three chord man! We should get together and jam, I know a guy is going to show me the "B" chord
 
I have both a Trio and a Trio plus. I got the trio on blowout for $50 and later picked up the plus for cheap. They are pretty good, I wouldn't expect miracles but they are fun to practice with and certainly better than a metronome. My only complaint about the plus is that it can't "learn" from a track in the looper, just from live playing.

One of the tricks is playing a simplified version of the chords or riff or whatever into it while it is learning the part, then you can play whatever into it while it loops the drums.

It has some built in effects that are not very good, but unfortunately it colors your tone a little even with that stuff turned off.

I've never messed with the add on pedal, I have seen directions to make one and it is dead simple. Three momentary switches, three diodes and jack from what I remember. Keep meaning to build one, looks like it would be handy for the sequencing stuff and undo/redo.
 
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