DigiTech has announced a successor to its popular , the JamMan Solo XT, with more processing power and improved audio quality at the forefront of the newly-branded JamMan Solo HD’s revisions. In May last year, the legacy pedal makers announced a that saw four highly influential staff members return to lead a new era of DigiTech products. The shake-up came in the wake of .
At the time, we theorized what those changes might bring, including a new iteration of its staple stompbox, the Whammy – – or reboots of DigiTech/DOD favorites. For the JamMan Solo HD, it's very much a case of the latter. The pedal now boasts “improved high-definition audio performance”, thanks to a next-gen 32-bit A-D/D-A Audio Converter.
An additional 200 slots have also been added to the pedal’s onboard memory, making it good for 35 minutes of stereo looping and 16 hours of recording time via a micro SD card. But it’s not all change: its interface has been deemed intuitive enough to survive the refresh. As such, players will find a familiar configuration, including a color-coded LED light to signal when recording, playing, or overdubbing modes are activated, alongside dials for Loop Level and Rhythm Level.
There are also Tempo, Setup, and Store buttons, as fan-favorite features, such as stereo looping, selectable Stop Modes, and Auto Record remain. Elsewhere, the nifty JamSync feature allows several JamSync-compatible devices to be chained together. The HD can then be used as a master contro.