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Published on 09/04/12 at 03:09The following concerns the Jamman Solo in the context of work at home, I do not play in a group.
The Jamman Solo is a "looper". If you smoke dissipates marketingo-connected, in fact it is a small digital magneto-shaped pedal and has the feature of being able to loop it just recorded.
Clearly the Jamman Solo (like other looper personal) is an alternative to pedal FCB1010 MIDI as Beringher
This statement will jump to the purists and the other faint, yet ..
This device meets the following requirement: I want to record loops eg chord which I will then try to drag some notes infancy.
Normally for this is very simple, you need a sequencer, like Reaper, Garageband or other means and start recording.
As the guitar was busy hands can be used as a MIDI pedal FCB1010.
The limit of thing is all this mess is a place crazy mobilizes the computer and you can not use the usual amp.
There is also an alternative with the pedals of software amp simulator (with Native Instruments Guitar Rig Kontrol) Amplitube and Stealth Pedal with her.
The looper allows exactly the same but without a computer, so more independently, and using his amp (or pedal connecting the audio interface using a software simulator).
Additional advantage, a looper is cheaper than a MIDI keyboard (mostly secondhand).
The looper is a small magneto pedal format.
UTILIZATION
With a looper playing the chord grid, loop, then when you are ready you press the pedal one time and recording starts. When finished we repress the pedal and the Jamman loop plays what is recorded.
The JamaMan solo a USB connection and SD card reader, which is convenient because suddenly it's a bit the best of both worlds: it can be used directly to trigger the recording of a grid Okay, but on the other hand if you want to do something more sophisticated we can prepare a tape to the computer and then copy it on the map. So in this respect the JamMan is extremely versatile.
The advantage of the Boss RC2 looper kind is that it has a capacity of almost infinite (actually no, it is finished but needs far beyond normal use XXX minutes total) and above you can save these loops copying files on an SD card (or copying them in the memory of the pedal connected via USB to the Mac.
Concretely, this means that one is not limited to the live recording, which is very convenient to work a "backing track" fished elsewhere.
There are rather intended for the stage, others rather intended for the house, the Jamman Solo is part of the second category (home)
Ergonomics is not too bad given the little space it says it lacks a clear on / off button. To stop must disconnect the power cord that borders on anything.
There are a host of functions, and therefore a little time to adapt / learn.
The doc is pretty well done (downloadable in French on the Digitech site)
Connection software is not a Wonderland ergonomics but it works and most importantly it puts pedal to date in case of need (just for that you need to connect at least once a maze to a computer)
SOUND QUALITY
The sound is rather transparent (I write "more transparent" because I'm not a sound engineer and this is a very personal feel. Basically I see no difference between the direct connection and the guitar-amp connection jamman guitar-amp
This is important because as the Jamman has no off button is switched on all the time we're used or not (the guy who forgot the off button is still a sacred andouille)
Function side there is everything one would expect from this kind of thing and above all the ability to record loops elsewhere ("elsewhere" = on Mac) that anything is possible.
This option can also have fun sounds.
The looper record what comes out of the guitar, that is to say, it is before the amp and the sound is so clean.
It is impeccable to play such pieces with two guitars.
If you want, for example, play a solo clear sound on a grid of agreements with the saturation, you must place a distortion pedal before the looper, then disable it when playing.
With the Jamman in this case it is sufficient to prepare a grid agree with her you want on your Mac and transfer it in the pedal. In short it is very convenient
OVERALL OPINION
In practice it is a little gizmo very convenient to work at home. We can even work without headphones amp by plugging headphones into the output of the pedal, but then there is the sound without interest, provided that the Jamman does not feed on area there so can not serve as a tool nomad
Everything that the Jamman Solo a computer can do, but the Jamman is small, solid, not very expensive .. short it is a tool to have in his wallet guitarist Room.
The Jamman Solo is a "looper". If you smoke dissipates marketingo-connected, in fact it is a small digital magneto-shaped pedal and has the feature of being able to loop it just recorded.
Clearly the Jamman Solo (like other looper personal) is an alternative to pedal FCB1010 MIDI as Beringher
This statement will jump to the purists and the other faint, yet ..
This device meets the following requirement: I want to record loops eg chord which I will then try to drag some notes infancy.
Normally for this is very simple, you need a sequencer, like Reaper, Garageband or other means and start recording.
As the guitar was busy hands can be used as a MIDI pedal FCB1010.
The limit of thing is all this mess is a place crazy mobilizes the computer and you can not use the usual amp.
There is also an alternative with the pedals of software amp simulator (with Native Instruments Guitar Rig Kontrol) Amplitube and Stealth Pedal with her.
The looper allows exactly the same but without a computer, so more independently, and using his amp (or pedal connecting the audio interface using a software simulator).
Additional advantage, a looper is cheaper than a MIDI keyboard (mostly secondhand).
The looper is a small magneto pedal format.
UTILIZATION
With a looper playing the chord grid, loop, then when you are ready you press the pedal one time and recording starts. When finished we repress the pedal and the Jamman loop plays what is recorded.
The JamaMan solo a USB connection and SD card reader, which is convenient because suddenly it's a bit the best of both worlds: it can be used directly to trigger the recording of a grid Okay, but on the other hand if you want to do something more sophisticated we can prepare a tape to the computer and then copy it on the map. So in this respect the JamMan is extremely versatile.
The advantage of the Boss RC2 looper kind is that it has a capacity of almost infinite (actually no, it is finished but needs far beyond normal use XXX minutes total) and above you can save these loops copying files on an SD card (or copying them in the memory of the pedal connected via USB to the Mac.
Concretely, this means that one is not limited to the live recording, which is very convenient to work a "backing track" fished elsewhere.
There are rather intended for the stage, others rather intended for the house, the Jamman Solo is part of the second category (home)
Ergonomics is not too bad given the little space it says it lacks a clear on / off button. To stop must disconnect the power cord that borders on anything.
There are a host of functions, and therefore a little time to adapt / learn.
The doc is pretty well done (downloadable in French on the Digitech site)
Connection software is not a Wonderland ergonomics but it works and most importantly it puts pedal to date in case of need (just for that you need to connect at least once a maze to a computer)
SOUND QUALITY
The sound is rather transparent (I write "more transparent" because I'm not a sound engineer and this is a very personal feel. Basically I see no difference between the direct connection and the guitar-amp connection jamman guitar-amp
This is important because as the Jamman has no off button is switched on all the time we're used or not (the guy who forgot the off button is still a sacred andouille)
Function side there is everything one would expect from this kind of thing and above all the ability to record loops elsewhere ("elsewhere" = on Mac) that anything is possible.
This option can also have fun sounds.
The looper record what comes out of the guitar, that is to say, it is before the amp and the sound is so clean.
It is impeccable to play such pieces with two guitars.
If you want, for example, play a solo clear sound on a grid of agreements with the saturation, you must place a distortion pedal before the looper, then disable it when playing.
With the Jamman in this case it is sufficient to prepare a grid agree with her you want on your Mac and transfer it in the pedal. In short it is very convenient
OVERALL OPINION
In practice it is a little gizmo very convenient to work at home. We can even work without headphones amp by plugging headphones into the output of the pedal, but then there is the sound without interest, provided that the Jamman does not feed on area there so can not serve as a tool nomad
Everything that the Jamman Solo a computer can do, but the Jamman is small, solid, not very expensive .. short it is a tool to have in his wallet guitarist Room.