Looping machine...and thanks

[Rainer Straschill <moinsound@googlemail.com>]

Tim said:
"I am confronted with:
1. Digitech Jamman
2. Boomerang +
3. Electro-harmonix 2880 super

These date to 2006...are there any newer models out which improve or
combine facets of the above 3 main contenders? The Jamman seems the
best one, but does not allow reverse "

First of all, welcome to this odd corner of the world! One thing in
advance: the rules for this list include using plain-text mail - just
mentioning that because your message arrived as HTML. I noticed you're
using google mail - you find the option for this right above the
window for the message text (to the right of the formatting icons,
there should be an option "plain text". Click that, and you're fine).

About the loopers:
Now it's always hard to tell which looper is "best", because a lot of
factors play a role there: price, form factor (floorboard),
hardware/software solutions, connections, feature set, number of
parallel loops and so on. Your priorities usually are affected by the
way you make music, the setting you're playing music in etc.

Your list seems to be missing the Roland products (which is ok 'cause
I don't like them), as well as the Line6 (LM4 or something) and some
more. For starters, there's a big comparison chart courtesy of our Per
Boysen at
http://www.looproom.com/looperchart.php

Usually my first recommendation to any new looper is to try borrowing
any looper from a friend who has one, and then working with it and see
how it fits into your musical approach and which features you need and
which you don't.

Yours,

           Rainer