The Ultra Compact Drum Machine + Phrase Looper Pedal.

All in a small pedalboard-friendly package — letting you record loops, layer overdubs, and jam along to synchronized drum beats.

High-Quality 24-bit Looper

with automatic tempo detection.

Up to 6 minutes of Loop Time

with unlimited overdubs.

11 Built-In Drum Rhythms 

with tap-tempo control

2 Bypass Options

Choose between True Bypass or Buffer Bypass for signal flexibility.

Headphone Output

for silent practice

USB-C Port

For importing/exporting WAV files for editing.

Flexible Loop & Drum Creation

Layer guitar or bass loops, overdub freely, then add a synchronized drum track.

Drum Machine

Includes 11 different drum-beat styles (covering various rhythms/genres) that you can pick from.

Phrase Looper

You can do unlimited overdubs — layer multiple guitar (or bass) parts over the loop, letting you build complex arrangements on the fly.

Person playing guitar with a NUX DRUM & LOOP HOOK effects pedal on a table

Drums On Demand.

Instantly add professional-sounding drum beats to your loops or riffs, so you can jam, practice, and create full arrangements whenever you need it.

Smart Tap-Tempo & Auto-Sync

The HOOK pedal can detect the timing/tempo of your groove and align the drums accordingly OR manually set the tempo. by tapping the drum button.

Independent Drum Playback

You can run a drum beat on its own without recording a loop, or keep drums running while starting/recording loops. That makes it useful even just as a simple drum machine or metronome.

Guitar with a NUX HOOK DRUM & LOOP blue effects pedal and headphones on a wooden surface

Capture. Layer. Jam.

With up to 6 minutes of loop time, unlimited overdubs, and high-fidelity recording, you can build complex arrangements right on your pedalboard

Recording Modes

Hold the footswitch while plugging in the AC adapter to switch between recording modes.

Normal Recording (NR)

Press the footswitch to start recording.

NR mode is activated when the 'Drum Tap' indicator flashes BLUE 3 times.

Auto Recording (AR)

Press the footswitch to "arm" the looper. Recording starts automatically when the pedal detects your instrument's signal.

AR mode is activated when the 'Drum Tap' indicator flashes RED 3 times.

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Watch HOOK in Action

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What's Included

1 x HOOK Drum & Loop, User Manual

Specifications

Detailed product specifications and features

Technical

  • DSP Processing 48KHz / 32-bit
  • A/D D/A Sampling Rate 48KHz / 24-bit
  • Input Impedance 1 MΩ
  • Output Impedance 10 kΩ
  • Headphone Out Impedance 10 Ω
  • Power 9v External AC Adaptor (not included)

Connectivity

  • Input (Stereo) 1/4" (6.8 mm) jack
  • Output (Stereo) 1/4" (6.8 mm) jack
  • Headphone Output 1/8″ (3.4 mm) mini jack

Hardware

  • Dimensions 3.7 × 2 × 2 inch
  • Weight 0.4 lb
  • Build Material Aluminum die-cast chassis

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