Xero Hour

Walrus Audio's new stompbox looper offers a smart option for unlocking your creativity

- Words Trevor Curwen Photography Phil Barker

Walrus Audio's first foray into looping is the Xero Polylooper, a dual-channel stereo looper that the brand says is designed to fully explore the creative possibilities of multiple loop channels.

It's a practical-sized pedal that offers two identical looping channels with three available modes to determine how the two are synchronised. Each channel has its own volume slider, plus a Pan knob to fix its own location in the stereo field - a great feature that can deliver a real sense of space and clarity if you're running in stereo. For effect, each channel can be independently switched to run in reverse and/or at half or double speed with the consequent octave pitch change.