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Great little review, can u use a midi foot controller with the 2880? Does the punch in parameter work like the insert parameter on an EDP? Curious geoff On 13 May 2006, at 15:19, edwin cleverdon wrote: > Music123.com has reduced the price to about $410. The EH HOG price has > also dropped. > > >> From: "Costas Andreou" <contact@costasandreou.com> >> Reply-To: contact@costasandreou.com >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> Subject: Electro Harmonix 2880 Looper review >> Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 22:35:10 +0300 (EEST) >> >> Hello everyone! >> The Electro Harmonix 2880 Super Multi-track Looper was delivered to me >> recently. I am very happy with it, so here is a small review for >> anyone >> interested in this new looper. >> >> The 2880 is well designed and well build, with quality knobs, pots and >> faders. It is smaller and lighter than I expected and this is a plus, >> at >> least for me. >> >> This is a user friendly machine - especially those who are familiar >> with >> any multitrack recorder or mixing console will feel at home right >> away. It >> is great to have faders and pan pots for each track/loop and control >> these >> parameters in real time. >> >> The audio fidelity is great, no nasty compression, no hiss, no >> artifacts, >> no degradation. The two inputs have lots of headroom before clipping >> and >> they sound good with various sources. The converter sounds nice - no >> cheap >> digital nastyness here. The panning is accurate and clear and the >> faders >> have that nice feel you expect when you need to do smooth fade >> ins/outs, >> small changes or big moves. >> >> Electro Harmonix made a powerful looper. Multiple mono or stereo >> loops can >> be recorded of four different tracks and you are free to mix >> everything >> down to a stereo track to have the other ones available for additional >> work. You can move the faders and pan pots during mixdown and >> everything >> will be recorded onto the mixdown track just as you hear it. You can >> also >> record onto the mixdown track as many times as you like and keep the >> previous stuff there, too. >> >> Loops can be pitch shifted at any time with the octave button and you >> are >> also free to do bends up and down with the tempo slider. The reverse >> feature is also great. Pitch change and reverse can be active at the >> same >> time. >> >> Overdub and punch in actions are easy, with very simple steps to >> follow. >> If you are experienced with overdub an punch in, there are no >> problems at >> all. From the time you memorize the foot controller, the 2880 becomes >> an >> instrument of its own - as with any other dedicated looper machine out >> there. If you are thinking of buying the 2880, I suggest you spend the >> additional money to get the foot controller too, because it really >> makes >> live work easier and more fluid. You can't do everything on the fly >> without the controller, except if both of your hands are free. >> >> Midi works just fine and the 2880 can sync succesfully to a sequencer >> or a >> drum machine. If you need this feature, it is there, simple and >> effective. >> >> A metronome with its own level knob is also included. It sounds like >> the >> clear sharp sound of a turntable needle. No fake plastic snare here. >> This >> click sound can blend smoothly into the loops to assist the >> performer, but >> it doesn't ruin the feel or the moment at all. The metronome is output >> through the headphones jack, allowing for further dub style >> processing. >> ;-) >> >> The usb port is very welcome. I think everyone will appreciate this. >> You >> can move audio files to/from a computer. The compact flash card is >> displayed as an external hard drive. The files are the standard .wav >> and >> can be easily moved, for backup or further process. >> >> Generally speaking, the 2880 gives the musician the control and the >> power >> to do things as fluidly as possible. >> >> Feel free to ask questions. >> :-) >> >> Greetings from Athens >> Costas >> >> http://www.costasandreou.com >> contact@costasandreou.com >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from > McAfeeŽ Security. > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 >