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RE: Boomerang



> I am looking to purchase a looping device.  Basically my purpose for
> this TODAY is to lay rhythm tracks to practice over.
>
> Is the Boomerang a good piece of equipment?
> How does it compare to a Lexicon Jam Man?
> Does any one out there have one that could tell me what to expect to
> pay?
> Any must have add-ons?
>
>

I have a Jamman, and a friend of mine has a boomerang. The boomerang's 
audio
quality is nowwhere near the jamman's. The Jamman's is about as good as you
need for live situations, though it is definitely a tiny bit dull to my
ears. However the boomerang can get 2 minutes of audio whereas the Jamman
can only get 30 seconds, and uses very obscure memory chips. There is an
beta 'hackware' eprom upgrade for the Jamman that has been mentioned here
before, that a large number of upgrades to the basic jamman, and makes it a
lot more powerful (I'm going by the manual here) I sent away to the guy who
built it, who is generously making available for free, but have yet to
receive the chips, and try them out.

I'm thinking about selling my Jamman, if anyone is interested. I need a
longer looper with more features, like an Echoplex, though I have heard 
some
critical comments on this list about the echoplex's audio quality.

I'm a spoilt brat aren't I? Nothing is good enough for my ears :P

bIz