The E.Fox MIDI Looper Pedal

The E.Fox MIDI Looper is a device that records musical performance data - transmitted using the MIDI protocol - and then plays it back on a loop. It is like an audio-looper but it captures MIDI performance data instead of sound.

It works like this:

• You plug a MIDI keyboard into the 5-pin-din MIDI-IN socket of the looper.
• You plug a synthesizer ( or other MIDI controlled sound generator ) into the MIDI-OUT socket of the looper.
• You record a MIDI performance into the looper ( a chord progression for example ).
• The Looper plays back the recorded MIDI performance as a repeating loop.
• Your hands are now free to play an accompaniment ( a melody for example ) - or tweak sound parameters - while the previously recorded loop continues to play.
• You can record additional loops over the first recorded loop and they are automatically adjusted to remain in synchronisation with that loop.

The E.Fox MIDI Looper can be put on the floor and operated as a foot pedal. Press the button once to start recording, press the button again to stop recording and start looped play-back.

The E.Fox MIDI Looper supports the playback of 8 different loops simultaneously.

By using dedicated hardware to implement the looping feature, latency and timing jitter is reliably limited to within the region of 0.2 ms (two ten thousandths of a second). This offers a level of accuracy and precision that cannot be promised with software running on non-dedicated hardware (such as MIDI Looper software for Android also developed by Earnest Fox).

The E Fox Midi Looper is being produced in limited quantities from a small artisanal manufactory in Hastings, England. It is presently only available for sale in the UK. Please be aware that this item can be classified as home-made. For an item that looks in every respect like it has been mass produced in a factory ( e.g. injection moulded rather than 3D printed components ), buyers are advised to look elsewhere.

Available for purchase from Ebay (ETA 13/3/26)