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Re: Introductory Looper

I agree regarding the Digitech..  I had mine for a little over a year  
when the Stop/Tempo pedal started malfunctioning.  Digitech fixed it  
under warranty, but still, it appears they do earn the reputation for  
faulty gear.  Since then, I have acquired a Gibson Echoplex Digital  
Pro Plus...  actually, I had to return the first one...  it kept  
crashing.   It it certainly a more full-featured device.. a tad on  
the expensive side, but worth it in my opinion.  Now I just use the  
JamMan to capture loops from the EDP.  The USB connection on the  
JamMan is a much simpler means of getting the files to the computer  
than a midi dump.

Regards

John




On Mar 18, 2007, at 9:17 PM, Darren Nelsen wrote:

> I hate to make a blanket statement, but in my book, anything  
> Digitech = crap in terms of production quality. In other words,  
> it'll break. I've never been happy with any Digitech device I've  
> ever had. (Had to send one device back to the manufacturer twice,  
> and it still broke.) Even sales reps point me away from Digitech  
> when I ask about durability. This seems to be notorious with Digitech.
>
> I'm a fairly new looper too. I just purchased the Boss RC-50. I  
> love it. It does what you've described (pretty much), but there's a  
> limit to the amount of subtractions you can do. You have three  
> "phrases" that you can record to, layer onto. You can drop any one  
> of the phrases out at any time, bring them back, or re-record them.  
> It has 99 patches and you can switch between patches on the fly,  
> tho there seems to be some glitch that's been reported here on the  
> list. (I don't switch between patches within a single composition,  
> so not an issue for me.)
>
> Darren
>
> On Mar 18, 2007, at 4:19 PM, Seth Hain wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm looking for an introductory looper.  I've been looking at the
>> DigiTech JamMan.  The material on it states that one may record up to
>> 99 loops.  As I'm new to these I want to make sure it will do what I
>> want, mainly be able to on-the-fly record a sample and start it
>> looping and then record another sample and start it looping and
>> continue in these manner and then subtract off the loops in any order
>> I want.  Is this feasible with the JamMan.  Did I just describe a
>> looper in general?  Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Seth
>