All user reviews of 4/5 for the DigiTech JamMan

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USE

After peeling the instructions (light incidentally), I came back to a very basic and spontaneous use of the object. I only use at home, at improv in unbridled solo sessions, to turn the rhythm that come with the wind and let go in improvisation. It is the spontaneous use: I do not overlay loops (overdub) or record anything in the memory of thing. The music disappears into outer space.

At most I can use the metronome to be sure you calibrate a pace a bit long. In this regard the BPM of the metronome does not go down very low. I used one for slow rhythms.

In this personal use, the Jamman gives me satisfaction, he knows how to forget. I'd rather not even think about using it on stage and / or with other musicians, it is not well-born enough to claim it. And I do not want to fight when I make music.

SOUND QUALITY

I put it at the very end loop of my Marshall JVM 205C. It is in the loop it should be, because otherwise no way to use the overdrive channel of the amp while rotating the loop in the clear (or vice versa). And it must be the end loop to retrieve the sound of all the effects placed before him.

The sound is good without being exceptional. With a tube amp and quality effects pedals, the sound of the loop seems necessarily less alive, less articulate, more compressed, more "FM radio". Again for home that does not pose a problem, although I do not spit on better sound.

For cons, the ultra positive is its perfect transparency passive position in the loop. I always leave in the same loop when I do not use it. Because it has another purpose: the same volume level between loop and switched loop bypassed. Indeed the JVM activation loop lose volume 10db (when 100% wet). Therefore the knob "Inst Level" of Jamman I use to mount the volume of the loop. Booster super transparent, I myself am very surprised.


NOTICE GLOBAL

I'm not in love with the Jamman, far from it. I quickly realized that the functionality of the device, except for the basic, could not be used in a "professional" (sound, stage, recording ..).

If you want a scene looper, so invest in a software-driven pedal noon. It is much more powerful, flexible and easy to manage once in place. If you want to record compositions, it is not with the Jamman we will. But then as a learning tool, free improvisation, exploration of the instrument, I can say in-pen-sand!

I chose the Jamman, I could take another one. They are all more or less badly pesky and not professionals. Apart from the Boomerang, which looks over the lot. I might even delay looper with Boss DD7 my pedal makes it too. When I bought the DD7, I hesitated to resell Jamman, but I did not put the DD7 end of the loop, and I was losing booster function loop of Jamman. A pedal function and cows are well guarded.

I seem to have made much progress without realizing it through the looper, simply fun to play, improvise, discover the instrument. I'm a lot more comfortable now to find my place among other musicians, and in different styles. I prefer a looper pedal a software: I like to play music off computer, free. The simple things are often the best.

You all know the Jamman is a looper guitar pedal in mono format, with a memory as GROSSE uses compact flash cards whose storage capacity can exceed the Go
Guitar input, line input, XLR mic input, classical. Volume knob on the guitar to the mic (not the line input, note everything you'll connect it has a volume knob), volume knob for the loop.
First major flaw: it is heavy on a pedalboard is boring. Second big flaw: it uses a specific DC power supply 1300 mA, the power supply is not compatible with my pedalboard, boring too.

UTILIZATION

Left pedal: recording, playback support new, new support overdub, and so on. Can stop recording when you press the pedal or end barlines signing the chosen tempo.
Right pedal: stop, long press of the loop deletion. Supposedly tap tempo in practice unusable.
Metronome function, useful for those who use a metronome, so not for me.
Missing functions: reverse. Yes, you read well, no reverse function. The mind boggles.
The jam manager software works very well for me, the issue is very simple and very effective.

SOUND QUALITY

Good looper, I regularly read it kinda sucks the sound of the guitar because it is not true bypass, I do not hear any difference.
Rendering loop is good for my ears, especially as I am sending the signal without effects, I then processes the signal and I resample the processed signal.

OVERALL OPINION

I month. I was impressed by his strength, high quality manufacturing, huge memory it has, and the opportunity to exchange in which I had. It is an excellent tool, with the reservations above.
In total, it is not really suited to my needs because I'm just the looping / sampling live and I do not use it for its true purpose: to repeat at home.

look elsewhere for the features ...

there is a loop ...

UTILIZATION

relatively simple, it is still necessary to dwell a little on the manual, which is very clear ...

SOUND QUALITY

transparent enough ...

you can adjust the volume of the loop, and the signal at the entrance ... practice ...

The flaw is that it does not take too short loops, me three seconds I would say ... it's a bit boring but good just repeat the riff ...

OVERALL OPINION

for now it is a pure work tool ... I use it sometimes repeat that I am alone with the drummer, just to find second scratch for some songs and "facilitate" the life of another guitarist ...

but still I plan to use it one day in a formula duo guitar / drums ...

Looper pedal digital double.
Input jack mono, mono output jack.
XLR microphone input.
I bought mine with an additional footswitch FS3X.

UTILIZATION

Easy to use if one is a looper function, the rest must fiddle and it's not always instinctive.
Two actions in addition to the looper has imperatively set correctly, the input gain and the level of dubbing, easy but must be done carefully so feedback and spare breath.

SOUND QUALITY

The tempo change post dubbing sounds bad, we forget.
The looper is excellent and makes what you give ... And it's that will tickle the most demanding because the Jamman is not true bypass. The sound then passes through these channels and the Jamman acts as a tone sucker is light, but ca (me) shit.
Of course you will not hear anything if you have a solid state at the end of the string, but you apprcierez least if you fight and pay for the purity of your sound.
I have been slow to accept it, but before the undeniable usefulness of this looper I chose to isolate it in a loop mechanical true bypass and inside the loop of my amp while the chain end . This way I can simply disable the loop mechanism for recovering from my original.
I will make a loop pedal a more specific term ...

OVERALL OPINION

I got mine for five good years, it has its faults (see above) but I am generally satisfied and does not change, the contrast of a Boss RC-20 which turns after two weeks.
It is primarily a looper and not a multi-effects, it is convenient, efficient and easy to use when one is confined to its basic function, and that's what I did. I dub bass, overdub a rhythmic stacks qq loops in the same vein several fatherly in sequence, then I'm happy playing freely jumping from a paternal to the other with the help of the indispensable footswitch FS3X (to buy separately).
A repeat now I would take the new model incorporates the additional footswitch.

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UTILIZATION

Just one detail to add on what I read here: to loop live, there is a latency for the machine accesses its memory.
Specifically: not possible to record loops live if they are less than 4 seconds. Beyond that, no problem, it works as RC20. To overcome the problem: if short loop, it must be double or more, until you reach the time 4s.
To overdub, no stress.

SOUND QUALITY

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OVERALL OPINION

Strong point unquestionably the memory "scalable", 24 'original (CompactFlash 128MB) expandable to 6 hours (with a card 2 gigabytes). Added to 99 tracks (11 against the RC20), the advantage is huge.
Small retail business: pedal comes with power supply. (9V 1300mA)

For CHARACTERISTICS see below.
Unlike Florence I think the memory expansion up to 6 hours is a real plus because of this fact can be used to really Jamman many things: looper recorder but also to ask ides quickly and not forget them, but you can still put his guitar backing track to train, what we will not do on a RC20 that has more memory than 11 users!
I takes only 8 because there is not a MIDI sync would be really welcome.

UTILIZATION

Use a small ncessite half hour of practice to understand everything and everything is clear and APRS on accde quickly what you want.
The manual is in English and succinct enough so I also put 8.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound quality is correct, 44.1 16bit, which limits somewhat the dynamics of the instrument but it is really correct for an amateur camera.

Up on 03/07/2006: Korg AX3000G a connection -> Jamman -> Vox Amps, the JamMan DGRAD trs much the sound by adding grsillements on strong attacks, which is really dsagr able. This may just be the fact that there are two more chantillonages (korg JamMan then) but it trtsdsagrable!

OVERALL OPINION

It's been two weeks that I use intensment and it's really a tool that every guitarist should have because he is everything and can really move forward, especially if you play alone.
I tried the RC20, which had not really convinced. The JamMan can be is still just too expensive (350 in stores in France).
With exprience, I think j'achterai used the JamMan Lexicon 32s. which has many more possibilities but less recording time.

CHARACTERISTICS to see other opinions ...

On a positive note: the USB port! CRER can own loops thanks a program, like sound editor, and swinging on the map JamMan, via usb. Deadly

Bought just over 300 of www.lapedale.com

UTILIZATION

From simple to use! The main functions are used in Manir intuitive, observing the device, you get how it works.
The manual is provided in English, but the French version is free at tlchargeable DigiTech

SOUND QUALITY

I play it with my Epiphone SG, a small 30W amp Drive, but the sound loops at the output is pretty darn similar one I returned.

No doubt can we find nuances of sounds that diffrent amps on superior quality, but for me it's nickel!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a few months to work for my solos, I enter my rhythm and I hit the solo, but also to type a beef alone.
Coupled with a box rhythms, the JamMan in your trensforme man band!
The overdub function (superposition of riffs recorded as and) is very simple to use: Take control of one foot!

Frankly, a good, trs good product!

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UTILIZATION

Very easy to use, I took an optional foot pedal that allows you to change FS3X programs (for example the end of the loop, go to the next or previous or other people) and who also heads the auto record mode. 3 buttons

PC connection via USB is fine for filling the memory card and put the sounds they wish, loops, samples ... we choose the playback mode, or single loop for easy reading.

with FS3X you can configure a song, intro, verse, chorus to change when you want during the song (the JamMan still waiting for the end of the loop before proceeding to the next)

we stop, we take the loop when desired, with loops being added and the overdub function deletes or recall the last loop recorded

SOUND QUALITY

I have not pushed the volume, but in terms of a guitar played by rhythmically example I had some problems, the sound saturates very quickly. in terms of solos or votes, nikel

OVERALL OPINION

Very good item, I hesitated between the simple and bossrc20xl it, but I do not regret, memory card offers possibilities really are endless, it is simple but effective. sure, a top model would be welcome but it has something to do with this one.

So once will not hurt I'll post my opinion especially to point out a few things that would be better able to think on that machine.
No need to go back too much on what everybody know dj has undoubtedly remains probably the best pedals for this type of use (with The models of Boss competitor). Personally I have a definite preferences for the Jam Man, I tried the RC20 it dja There's a long time but the memory SETTING THE taient volumes much less specific than what is obtained with the Jam man without much to the head. But it is a crucial point for this type of machine is really apprciable (This is critical RC20 elsewhere also for the DD20 ... except for him, the sampling of the sentence is seen as a bonus that even when the basis is essentially a time limit!)
Although I do not rpandrait houses on the Jam Man I think aadja t is lower and I would not add anything (except that the criticisms I make m'aprte do not invalidate the overall quality of the product).
The connection ...

first point that would be better put: That would really not t the luxury of having an out "dry out" and left a "effect" in order to spare, for example, stay tuned to the Jam Man while sending the audio loops to another strip or another amp, just to clarify his or well Sparer two (with stamps amp DIFFERENT). It is a dtail but I find a shame.
The XLR connectors ... big plus for users of Micros, I did not test this use but it's better to have an affair symtrique. Except, of course the average user will use an SM58 or any other dynamic mic on it ... but many users of sounds qute exprimentaux might logically want to use the sound concrte, looping. And while it lacks something bte: As has put in an XLR microphone jack it is unfortunate that Digitech is not thought to put a condenser microphone Phantom PSU (especially as a function AC). L is still a dtail but personally I think if the Jam man had two small dtails more I would have bought may be easier (I have seen that in the end decided not to buy my APRS tests, at least not yet). For me the sound with static t have a big big plus for what I had to do.
Last dtail still small li connectors:

The controller optional dja let shame this stuff is practically indispensable for playing live, if the setting was a little complicated ncessitent several loops. Anyway for me the will (for use other than with microphones expriemntatiosn .

So we can dplorer two things:

- That the footswitch is optional and not provided by default (and in addition it is not given), ca even seen one can understand that everyone does not forcment utility.

- But what would have t cool is it to do a simple footswitch jack a 3 point to two rather simple footswitch connection specially. It'll have enabled those of dja gnrique footswitch (such FS5U Boss), which is my case, to use to change the memory but not yet dbourser from 50 to 70 euros ( in addition also the memory card of 2GB). Well actually exploded with a cable can be run even when a footswitch to change the memory but only downwards. It is not the same when IDAL.
Dtails three that I mentioned is probably the one that seems most unfortunate because it's practically the choice of a manufacturer to force an incompatibility with the stuff that should be (they could have also put a MIDI ...). And it just for the principle drrange me. Especially since as an added control on a footswitch, an Undo function to quickly erase a loop rat would have seemed much more useful than the activation of the car boot, a little gadget my taste.

UTILIZATION

Some other points ngatifs Gnant enough in the end:

- Time stretch ... 're ashamed enough even when it is dgeulasse. Phrases to work slowly picks his discman, a must, but if it is to change the tempo of a loop playing live is frankly not possible, ca DGRAD really sound too . APRS his fans and dirty "Bit Crusher" can aprcier this aspect also, as part of my "taken the microphone" I would surely be a feat, the default dtourner a machine is often INTERESTED remains that in absolute terms it is a default, and size.
Especially since you can not change the tempo of a loop being played with the feet (trs be less skillful toes and play barefoot or in socks ^ ^; with docks, you forget ...).

To drive the point I think the tempo is really trs prcis little one feels too large bearings, I t really stuck with a loop for a fairly complicated one click o t would be welcome! APRS good I went out without using the tempo at all but it's a shame to be countered t.

SOUND QUALITY

Good l no comment, except that given level, meets a pretty sound that enters the overdub seem to work well and as I said above the equilibrium level seems to me much finer that what I remember the RC20.
Last minute EDIT: rponse two comments I've seen lower

- It is perfectly possible to do more overdubs later, usually infinite, just that ds has made one over another function Anüll no longer cancel the first. (But if we change the memory and that has saved the initial loop you will be fine).

- Other dtail: in terms of saturation imagine putting your disto BEFORE Jam man! If you use one of the amp going through an effects loop. This kind of device is put in the chain at the level of equipment delays just before the reverb. Probably people who mentioned this problem have everything right but the same precision can still be used, especially if you want to try it in a store (bring your own distortion )

OVERALL OPINION

As some of my other comments this is a clear test, but intensive. Notice hot money (but practice at home with my stuff, the best conditions, not in a store).
As I said I dj, I mainly as a comparison the RC20 and DD20. I did not look at Guitar Rig but will not be long.

To conclude ... I think that was still a bit expensive given the default few teachers and the fact that we should lengthen a little derrire for the card and memory pdalier. So mdiocre report quality price, but it is by the price apche not the same quality which is when many l.

Voil J'espre that everyone will understand that I have decided to speak only of its default, has still a great product.

see the features on the Internet, he presented him better than me!
everything can be stored on card and put everything on the computer via the card or directly on the Internet.

can also serve as a live recording with a microphone connected!

UTILIZATION

use very very simple! ...
some pressure on the pedal "tempo" to prepare the tempo of the song, I start the pressure recording boucle.une further pressure on the pedal even allows you to add "phrasing" in the same loop, and a pedal to stop for stop everything! ... is simple.
manual and more than clear enough. (I've never opened !...)
s ideal to lead riffs on his own accompaniment.
a knob to change the patch (there are 99 !...). there is an option to change pedalboard patch.

SOUND QUALITY

I think the sound quality is again true to the original. (Not the same for all other products of this type ...)
there is a line-in, very convenient to loop what you want ...
input, output, volume .... everything is ... but one stereo input and stereo output ...
I utlise with my fifty fifty and Triax for kidding, but the rest mono jamman !....

OVERALL OPINION

no complaints except for those using a stereo system ...
for live use c is feasible but I am not my attempt.
with my system, I would take today's new JamMan stereo that came out!
voili voilou!

So looper.
comfortable recording capacity: 99 phrases or 6 hours ...
drum machine built to forget.
running on AC only.

UTILIZATION

fairly easy to use with the manual (pdf format is available in French on the net).
good build quality, nice robustness (no not moved in 5 years), but a little heavy in a travel bag ...
a carrying case would be welcome.

SOUND QUALITY

use with electro nylon and electric jazz very well (as long as you adjust the levels of input / output)
ideal for creating a rhythm and play his little chorus on it.
placed before an amp, the Jamman would (perhaps) a slight tendency to compress the sound a bit for a result not so bad my faith.

OVERALL OPINION

since 2006.
with headphones, ideal equipment for the trip.
may be useful, but a little expensive, the footswitch FS3X.

recording loops pedalboard, adapted to live and to all those whose hands are taken by an instrument ...
registration card is in *. wav, allowing the software to edit with ease.
very similar in form and function to the boss who popularized the principle, with an XLR input jack in addition to 6.35 for a microphone jack, + a mini jack line input that I have ever used.
undeniable advantage over the boss: 44.1khz converter and much, much less really blows, the sound is better!

UTILIZATION

ultra-simple, two loop pedals, loop pile, delete, save ... can change the tempo manually with a "tap button

SOUND QUALITY

I used it mainly to loop a guitar and a voice, sometimes a mix from an outlet to the console.
as said before, I found him sound better than the boss.


OVERALL OPINION

after trying the boss rc 20 I bought for the same price Jahman without hesitation. Service is basic but I do not ask him more.
assumed it was a perfect choice that I have absolutely no regrets.