JamMan Delay Mode

[Glenn Greenway <glenncg@isrv.com>]

Hello Eveyone:

Recently, some great suggestions were posted about the JamMan's delay
mode and how it is well suited for looping.  I tried all the suggestions
and am very impressed.  It seems to me that the most significant
difference between delay mode and loop mode is that in the former loop
points can be _repositioned on the fly_ while in the latter once set,
the JamMan needs to be _'reset'_.  Also in delay mode there are 16
Feedback levels as opposed to the three MIDI fades offered in loop mode.
Those two differences are WAY substantial!  I can't believe how much
more organicly my loops evolve in delay mode than in loop mode.

However, there is an equally prominent downside to using delay
mode...the often stated bypass problem.  Everything one plays get added
to the pot resulting in an unwieldy and blurry mix.  

It has been suggested that a volume pedal, inserted into the effects
loop might help but with my simple rig (guitar, amp, jamman, digitech
Control Seven MIDI pedalboard) all that happens is that the guitar
signal gets turned down before the JamMan and then _you can't hear it_.
An A/B box is also suggested as an alternative but that sounds rather
too _binary_ for my taste.

What is needed is a way to bypass the JamMan in one's effect loop.  If
the signal could be variably split by a volume or MIDI control pedal
(before the JamMan, effectivley bypassing it)and then remixed after, I
suspect the JamMan might become _much_ more valuable as an interactive
musical device.  But how?  The remixing seems to no problem but what
kind of 'Splitter Pedals' are available?

I know that a mixer would solve the bypass problem, but a pedal would be
better.  Are there other alternatives that I haven't considered?

Thanks again to everyone on the list, what a significantly groovy bunch.

Viva la Peepers!