JamMan
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The JamMan is an audio looping device manufactured by Lexicon in the mid 90s.
The product allowed musicians to record musical phrases at the touch of a button which were then played back, looping indefinitely. The musician would typically use the looping audio as a backing track providing a virtual backing band. The device also allowed MIDI drum machines and sequencers to be synchronized to them providing additional accompaniment.
The JamMan is a 1U rack mounted unit that is controlled using 1 or 2 footswitches or via MIDI.
Digitech has also put out a new version of this old classic.
Joseph Arthur is one of the notable users of the JamMan.