Hello, I'll start by saying I do not know lots about audio equipment I'm not so musically inclined but my girlfriend is a pretty talented guitar player and became really interested after seeing my musician and DJ buddies work with a looping pedal/drum machine, looper pedal type thing. Since her birthday's coming up I thought it the perfect gift. She hasn't worked with foot pedals/loopers lots but I have no doubt she'll pick it up in no time.
I've been looking at the following setup which will be used for jamming, recording loops for some song writing:
1) Digitech Trio - for bass and drum/jamming over, and to send the tracks to a looper. Jamming on the fly, not having to program/work tons on a laptop or rely on software
2) Digitech JamMan Solo XT - Looper, storing tracks/exporting them to a laptop
3) FS3X Foot Switch - To make transitions during jamming more fluent
Those 3 items will run me about $400 CAD so I'm looking at a budget around there.
A few questions/concerns:
- Do you see any issues with the above setup in terms of compatibility/other issues, or does it look like something decent for the purpose?
- I just want to double check the JMSXT will be able to recognize what's being played on the Trio and loop it to allow for further layers
- Do you recommend a different setup? If so what?
- It seems like I could get an all-in-one looper/drum machine type thing like the Trio+ but I feel like this setup allows for more overall options, as well as upgrade-ability from the Trio if that's what she wants in the future.
Like I said, I'm no musician besides singing so I came to the experts to make sure I don't spend that money on the wrong equipment. I found a similar setup in a youtube video although he's using the Ditto Looper, whereas I decided the JMSXT seemed a bit more useful/versatile.
Thanks in advance!
-SomeCluelessGuy looking to make his girlfriend happy
I've been looking at the following setup which will be used for jamming, recording loops for some song writing:
1) Digitech Trio - for bass and drum/jamming over, and to send the tracks to a looper. Jamming on the fly, not having to program/work tons on a laptop or rely on software
2) Digitech JamMan Solo XT - Looper, storing tracks/exporting them to a laptop
3) FS3X Foot Switch - To make transitions during jamming more fluent
Those 3 items will run me about $400 CAD so I'm looking at a budget around there.
A few questions/concerns:
- Do you see any issues with the above setup in terms of compatibility/other issues, or does it look like something decent for the purpose?
- I just want to double check the JMSXT will be able to recognize what's being played on the Trio and loop it to allow for further layers
- Do you recommend a different setup? If so what?
- It seems like I could get an all-in-one looper/drum machine type thing like the Trio+ but I feel like this setup allows for more overall options, as well as upgrade-ability from the Trio if that's what she wants in the future.
Like I said, I'm no musician besides singing so I came to the experts to make sure I don't spend that money on the wrong equipment. I found a similar setup in a youtube video although he's using the Ditto Looper, whereas I decided the JMSXT seemed a bit more useful/versatile.
Thanks in advance!
-SomeCluelessGuy looking to make his girlfriend happy
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