DigiTech JMSXT JamMan Solo XT - Stompbox Looper with Stereo I/O and Sync

Great response time and easy to use backing track to keep up with tempo.

First things first you will need to read the manual. Plus there are a couple of really informative YouTube videos by Rich Menga that make it a little easier to get up and running. The other thing you should do is go to Digitech's website and all call their tech support. There is another manual on how to use the JamMan Manager software. For some reason their web admin has not added it to their website. However, it was all good as their tech support rep Arturo emailed it to me and was very helpful. Now let's get to the actual pedal review since that is out of the way. I am now able to connect my JamMan Solo XT between my pedal board and amp or guitar and amp depending on which amp I am using. The basic loopers are fine for getting started. Then you do have plenty of internal memory to lay down your own loops and multiple loops. Then you can always upload it to your computer and then go from there with your professional recording setup if you want to do that. This may require you to put on your thinking cap a little to make it work with your studio setup. The sound quality is pretty good as there is no little to no hiss and/or colorization of my guitar tone. I am sure most people won't be able to tell the difference if you were to use this pedal in a live environment. Plus you can also upload your .wav formatted backing tracks into the JamManager software and add it to the internal memory or your SD card then rock out with your backing tracks just by having this pedal between your guitar and amp or at the end of your pedal board chain and amp. To sum it up, is it easy to use right out of the box? No! You have to invest some time and thought to learn to use it. That is coming from a guy that hates reading manuals. Is it high grade multi million dollar studio quality and is it going to sound perfect? No and no but it sounds pretty good! All of the functions packed into this pedal for under $150 is pretty amazing. Very glad I got my JamMan Solo XT.

Plenty on YouTube to help you out

I gig as a solo acoustic Act. I have been playing for 37 years. I rely heavily on a loop pedal. I recently purchased this because I exceeded the capacity on my jamman stereo two pedal unit which I kept (thankfully) as a backup. Glad I did. After 6 mos the new solo xt died on my 24 hours out from a very large outdoor gig. It dropped all of my recorded loops and would not accept new recordings. I changed my set list used the old pedal and was ok. Pluses: I love the features. You can't beat the memory capacity with competitor pedals. Auto quantize makes recording seamless loops easy. No need to use multiple takes to time the end/start just right. Manual tempo adjustments let's you enter in beats per minute which enables slight tweaks in tempo easily. I used the fsx3 foot switch from my old one and I think you need this if you want to use this to perform. Tap the left button once and you end the song. No double stomping. Minuses: Reliability. Mine failing might be one in a hundred, but from my perspective they are 0 for 1. Had I not had a backup plan I would have been toast. I now bring my old one to every gig as backup. I was able to return it under the 1 year warranty and ended up with a brand new replacement five weeks later. Customer service encouraged me to include my memory card (which I purchased). I did so, and included it with an envelope and a very large note asking for it back. When they finally decided to ship me a new one nobody new anything about my memory card. Go figure. Reviewers are very critical in reviews of the jamman software. Rightfully so. It is not intuitive and a pain. But I was able to spend the better part of a day to transfer my old loops to a the new one in less time than it would have taken to re-record them. Only other drawback from the old model is there is no way to adjust the instrument level coming into the pedal. Great product but have a backup plan, or know a lot of good knock knock jokes to fill the void.

This guy beats the heck out my cheap 10 minute looper by miles, sound quality is very good as well as the loop playback levels. I bought this due to the fact you can store many ideas on it and recall them any time is the main purpose of purchase, this saves so much wear and tear on my recording system so well with it! There is a learning curve as it is packed with features, I also purchased the foot switch but will be sending that back, I did not find it that essential as I read it was, I use my looper on top of my amp and easily operate the looper. Very happy with it as tons of storage!

Great little unit. Easy to use with plenty of memory.