This issue's special feature is "Loop Switcher." We'll summarize the essential equipment that will solve your pedalboard problems. From high-end professional equipment to simple consumer models, the "answers" arrived at by the developers of each model are the vertical axis of the feature articles, while the horizontal axis is made up of testimonials from musicians, impressions from our writers, and themed columns. In the 2020s, pedalboards are becoming more chaotic than ever, with a mix of analog and digital effects with a variety of specifications. In this article, we will examine the convenience of loop switchers in order to bring greater stability to pedalboards. [CONTENTS] [Feature 1] LOOP SWITCHER Special feature: Will this solve all your problems? ■ [Test Play Review] Test Play Review of Current Switchers ■ [Interview] One Control "The Solution is a Mobile App!" ■ [Interview] Vital Audio "Switchers from a Pedalboard Perspective" ■ [Interview] FREE THE TONE "The highest quality system for professionals" ■ [Interview] Studio Daydream "A simple and easy-to-use product" ■ [Questionnaire] Five professional musicians consider the convenience of switchers ■ [Interview] A top-class session musician's view of switchers feat. Masayoshi Kikuchi ■ [Experiment] Seriously building a switcher system (Jake Cloudchair) ■ [User's Guide] Making the most of a high-performance switcher feat. BOSS ES-8 (Yutaka Nakano) ■ [Questionnaire] Switcher Awareness Survey [Shop Staff Edition] ■ [History] The development history of loop switchers ■ [Sound analysis] Why do we feel the sound is thin? ■ [Movement analysis] The prescription for thinning the sound: the buffer ■ [Parts analysis] It can't start without a switch! (SPI) ■ [User Guide] Introduction to MIDI Systems (BENIMARU) ■ [Column] Switchers play a major role behind the scenes of video reviews (Magic Box Research Institute) ■ [Experiment] My first experience using a loop switcher (Natsuki Sakamoto) [Feature 2] EarthQuaker Devices Revealing the perverse nature of the giants sweeping the world [Series: Veteran's Pride, Part 47] Andy Bell and Steve Queralt (Ride) [Pedal Board Profiling] Ryuma Koshigum & Yusuke Iimura (polly) [New Product Introduction] COMING UP NEXT NEW PRODUCTS REVIEW [Interview] Builder's Voice Gamechanger Audio Death By Audio EBS New Product Information [Series] Whatever cool with me Ask Saito-san (Soul Power Instruments) Hello to all the maniacs of the world (interesting toys) The True Nature of Sound (Yuichiro Fuse) BENIMARULABO [Traveling Edition] (BENIMARU) Behind the scenes of the demo video (Kenji Kawamura) Killer Pass from a Musical Instrument Store in Namba (Takumi Kanemasa)