Digitech JamMan Solo XT: is it a game-changer?
I wrote a piece a few days ago about the upcoming Digitech JamMan Solo XT, in which I commented that the price-to-performance ratio didn’t look so amazing compared to some of Boss’s recent loopers. This morning I suddenly realized that the new JamSync feature is…
Kudos from Steve Baker for the Huntersounds Digitech RP patchset!
A few months ago, I sent a copy of my Digitech RP patch set for the RP255 to Steve Baker, who (like many traveling professionals) was interested in the RP as a highly portable tool for getting a great harp sound anywhere. Steve just updated…
Digitech introduces the JamMan Solo XT looper: first impressions based on the specs
Digitech has announced a new looper, the Jamman Solo XT. It’s an interesting device. It takes the form factor of the Jamman Solo–a small stompbox–and adds stereo inputs and outputs plus a very intriguing new feature that I haven’t seen on the market before: the…
I am going to try the Suzuki SUB30 as soon as I can get my hands on one
I’m listening to a Youtube of Brendan Power playing the new Suzuki SUB30, an instrument tuned to standard Richter layout with a new design (30 reeds on a diatonic harp) that allows significant bending on 18 out of 20 diatonic pitches, as opposed to the…
RP Tip #18: When You Need a Tuner, You’ve Got It
Rex Gehlbach sent us this great tip: I just discovered that my RP155 has a great chromatic tuner built in. Just hold both foot switches down until it says TU. The default is A=440 but the first knob will adjust it to A=441 or 442…
16 June 2012: Here’s a sample or two of what I’ll be doing at SPAH
I’m doing a seminar at SPAH this year on the topic of layering your loops with FX. it’s going to be a lot of fun. I wish, of course, that I could tell you what day and time this seminar will be conducted at SPAH,…
Video of the Day 11 April 2012: Marcos Coll with Los Mighty Calacas
RP Tip #17: Yeah, you’ve got real-time control
One of the things that owners of long chains of analog effects pedals often say about multiFX like the Digitech RPs is that the multiFX boxes lack real time control–the kind of control you get by twisting dials on the pedals in a chain. The…
Huntersounds RP150/155 (bulk load) patch sets now available
We’ve just made Mac versions of our patch sets (the bulk sets that let you load up all the patches at once) for the Digitech RP150/155. Mac users now have all the ease of use for our patch sets that PC users have. If you’re…
RP Tip #16: Three ways to record with your RP
If you like the sounds your RP makes, you’re probably going to want to record with it. There are three ways to do that, and all of them work well. 1) If you like the sound of the RP through whatever amplifier you’re using with…
