DigiTech JamMan Delay Guitar Effects Pedal (Used)
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A different and innovative way to loop.
When DigiTech developed the PDS 8000 looper pedal over 20 years ago, it offered eight seconds of delay or looped audio. When the company reinvented looper pedals in 2005 with the original JamMan, over six hours worth of material could be recorded and stored on a removable media card. Now DigiTech has combined the best of both these worlds in the JamMan Delay Looper pedal. The JamMan Delay Looper features both true stereo looping and a fully programmable stereo delay with powerful control over both effects.
The Looper in the JamMan Delay effect pedal offers true stereo looping with 35 minutes of built-in memory, 99 internal loop memories, and an SD card expansion slot for an additional 99 loops and over 16 hours of stereo loop storage. USB connectivity provides syncing to DigiTech's free JamManager looper librarian software that organizes and saves your loops to a PC or Mac. JamManager also lets you quickly create custom loop JamLists to take to your gig.
The DigiTech JamMan Delay/Looper is a powerful stereo delay with 3 fully programmable preset memories that can be recalled instantly via dedicated footswitches. A palette of 8 delay types offers tremendous flexibility in crafting virtually any delay sound. With 16 seconds of delay time, a tap tempo footswitch, and full morphing of the delay controls via the expression input, the DigiTech JamMan Delay is in a class all its own.
Features
- Powerful Stereo Looper and Stereo Delay together in a single guitar pedal design
- Store over 35 minutes of stereo, CD-Quality loops in 99 internal memories
- Optional SDHC card can store over 16 hours (with optional 16GB or higher SDHC memory card) of CD-quality audio in 99 additional memories (198 memories total)
- Downloadable JamManager librarian for PC and Mac archives and organizes your loops over USB
- Reverse Loop Playback
- 3 Loop Stop modes (Stop, Finish, and Fade)
- Time Stretching lets you slow down or speed up loops without changing pitch
- 16 seconds of true stereo delay
- 3 fully programmable delay presets
- 8 unique delay types including Digital, Tape, Analog, Reverse, and Modulated delay
- Expression pedal input for morphing between 2 delay settings or controlling loop playback level
- Dry path defeat for parallel effects loops
- 8 Heavy-duty metal footswitches for looping and delay control
- Rugged metal chassis
- Power supply included
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Pros
- Auto-quantize Feature
- Delay Options
- Seamless Loop Switching
Cons
- Software Not Mature
Best Uses
- Amateur Recording
- Home Studio
- Performances
Comments about DigiTech JamMan Delay Guitar Effects Pedal:
The unit worked fine for 9 months. The ability to load loops via JamManager ceased. Tech Support responded almost immediately and we exchanged 7 e-mails over a 3 day period. The conclusion was that the JamManager program was "Buggy" and I will have to live with it until an upgrade is developed.
Comments about DigiTech JamMan Delay Guitar Effects Pedal:
first thing annoyed me was: NO HEADPHONE output jack, so you gotta have an amplifier to operate this toy at all.
second: NO MICROPHONE INPUT, so just instrument input. limited...
third: there is NO way you can create two phrases/loops/songparts on the fly or live situation.
delays are allright.
already returned!
Comments about DigiTech JamMan Delay Guitar Effects Pedal:
The JamMan Delay is simply amazing. Well worth the money. It comes packed with delay modelers on top of its huge loop sampling capability. I use this pedal with guitars, basses, and a lot of the time, vocals. I've made countless loops with nothing but a microphone and my voice. It's also fun to tweak the knobs and make wild effects. Knock out the need for a delay pedal and a looper in the same purchase. My only complaint, if you can call it that, is it doesn't work with the One Spot adapter. Other than that, I HIGHLY recommend it if you've got the money.
Comments about DigiTech JamMan Delay Guitar Effects Pedal:
This pedal is wonderful. I used to be the owner of a Line 6 DL-4, but once I switched from solid state to a tube amp, I noticed some major tone sucking when I switched the pedal to loop mode. This pedal has no tone sucking and it's wonderful! It doesn't do as much for the delay section, but it does everything I need, and the looping is so glorious. Highly recommend it.
Comments about DigiTech JamMan Delay Guitar Effects Pedal:
The first negative review is complaining about the Jamman Delay not having an option to turn off the quantization. As a user of the original Jamman for four years, I already know that the quantize function is engaged when the loop tempo is set via the stop/tempo switch. Before any tempo is set, the selected loop is in "free form" loop mode, completely un-quantized. The manuals for all the Jamman pedals are online, just go read them if you have questions about the pedal or its functions, they are quite thorough. I have yet to buy this pedal and I am really excited about its capabilities. Before you go and slam a product in a review that people (like me) actually take into consideration when buying something, make sure you know what you're doing. That's what forums and FAQs are for.
Comments about DigiTech JamMan Delay Guitar Effects Pedal:
First I bought a Jam Man solo then I went back and ordered the Jam Man delay. My idea is to recreate the bass player. There is no way to do this in a live application. This unit does not have an option to turn off the quantization feature. That means it changes what you put into it NO MATTER WHAT. I play it exactly perfectly with the drummer then we play it back and play with it and it changes. Even at the correct tempo it is off beat with a live drummer that is on beat and right on the money. I don't reccomend this for a professional band. It would be good for a solo techno musician but it does not work with a drummer. I will keep the solo but the delay has to go back.
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