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A little unreleated but does anyone have any information regarding the EHX HOG Guitar Synthesizer announced at NAMM? Would love to get some more info on this pedal. -Mark On 2/7/06, Rafko M <rafko_m@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks for the e-mail Kim. This device seems more along the line of >loopers > like new Boss RC-50. What I was looking for was more of a MIDI looper, >which > would be a sequencer and a sampler at the same time, most importantly, >the > one that would allow for "on the fly" style of MIDI drum looping. > > Thanks a lot for the e-mail. > Rale > > > Kim Flint <kflint@loopers-delight.com> wrote: > > At 08:44 PM 2/6/2006, John Tidwell wrote: > >Did anyone see a demo of the Electro-Harmonix looper > >at NAMM? I assume it would have some interesting > >features. > > Yes, I got a good demo. I guess Bill missed it, but if you asked the >booth > people they had a demo guy in their sound-proof room with the EH 2880 >Super > Multi-Track Looper set up. I meant to post about it sooner, and better do > it quick before I forget the details totally... > > Please keep in mind I only saw a demo at NAMM, where it is easy to miss > things. I didn't get to try it myself. > > > Impressions of the Electro-Harmonix 2880 Super Multi-Track Looper > > * 4 track looper. Each track is mono, but there is a way to link 2 >together > for stereo. Plus there is a stereo mix down track. > > * stereo in and out > > * loop recording can be tapped, i.e., tap to start record and tap again >to > end. > > * loop time can also be set quantized to a predetermined tempo, with a > metronome click. > > * memory is a compact flash card. the one it ships with gives 4 minutes > loop time. > > * There is only one loop. No A/B loops, verse/chorus/bridge, NextLoop, >etc. > I asked how one might deal with having a verse loop and a chorus loop, >and > he suggested quickly pulling out the CF card and putting in another! Not > much point in a large amount of loop time if all you can do is make a big > long loop. If you put in a bigger CF card you just get a longer single >loop. > > * The card saves the loop on power down. however, again there is only one > loop on the card. You can't have more than one loop saved and recall them > separately. Each loop would need its own card. > > * There is a slider for each track to control volume for the mix. > > * The same slider controls feedback. Feedback is controlled during >overdub > only. Since the same slider is used for mixing levels and feedback, it >is a > little weird if you go in and out of overdub. The slider position sets > volume in one state and feedback in the other. > > * there is a stereo pan control for each track, to place it in the stereo > field. > > * There is a mix down function, so you can bounce your tracks to the >stereo > mix-down track and free them up again for more loops. > > * it has midi sync in and out > > * USB port, presumably for uploading and downloading files to a computer. > This was only pointed out, not demonstrated. > > * There is a tempo slider. This sets the click tempo prior to recording > loops. If a loop is playing, the tempo changes. As I recall, the tempo > change is like tape speed change, so the pitch changes as well. > > * There is a reverse function. As I recall it, all the tracks reverse > together, but I might be wrong. > > * there is a octave button, which is half-speed as I recall > > * there is a punch-in button, although I don't remember if this was their > name for overdub or if it was a replace function. I don't remember any >demo > of a replace function, so this may be the overdub. > > * There is a track-select button that scrolls through the tracks to >select > the one you are controlling. > > * there is a proprietary external footswitch. It does not have any extra > functions, just offers 6 footswitches for some of the functions using > finger buttons on the box. > > * I realize I didn't ask if it can go direct from record to overdub, >sorry > I don't know. I don't recall him demonstrating it however. > > * list price is $698 > > kim > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com > > > > > ________________________________ > Brings words and photos together (easily) with > PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. > >