Digitech has a really cool product called the JamMan. The Digitech JamMan is a looper/phrase sampler.

"A looper?

A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. "

Not like a "looper" from Caddyshack. But a sampler that will loop your samples and gives you something to jam along to. The Digitech JamMan looks very cool. But the sticker price of $299 seems a little steep.

Musician's Friend did a nice review on the Digitech JamMan. Here's what they had to say about it:

"Digitech's JamMan looper/phrase sampler is the easiest and most powerful sampler I've ever used. With a full 24-minutes recording time (6-1/2 hours if you buy a bigger, 2GB flash card), on-board rhythm functions, the ability to change tempo without changing pitch, storage of up to 99 loops, and a USB port for saving loops to your computer, it's the perfect onstage companion for everybody from singer-songwriters to ambient artists to rock monsters.

Since the JamMan is a performance instrument, I wanted to find out immediately whether it would perform. Without benefit of any instruction other than the little primer printed on the bottom of the unit, I plugged my guitar and amp in and started looping. In seconds I had a rich, crystal-clear cascade of looped sounds filling the room. I soloed over this first loop for twenty minutes before I got around to exploring the box further.

Not touching the JamMan with anything but my foot, I could immediately record, playback, and overdub continuous loops or single phrases; undo and redo the last overdub; and erase the whole loop to start over. With a turn of the jog wheel, I accessed nine different jam-along preset loops featuring drum, bass, and even rhythm guitar parts in blues, rock, Latin, and country styles. I got lost in one amazingly cool, extremely funky preset."

You can read the full review on the Digitech JamMan at Musician's Friend.

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