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hey, thanks for tuning in (and saying nice stuff), Jeff! I have to say that the 2880 does pretty well in its seemingly intended purpose to work like a tape machine, and a four-track at that. Pretty intuitive, except that I couldn't figure out how to clear a loop - the big ol' button marked "New Loop" seemed to have no effect, as any previously recorded stuff still remained even after clicking, holding it down for a few seconds, etc. But that was easily solved just by ducking down all faders except the first, clicking "Punch In" and hitting record. It replicated the basic functions I depend on - reverse, octave pitch shifting, and continuous pitch shifting via the tempo slider, down two octaves which bests my four-track - and most importantly, remembers what you're doing so if you record two octaves down and bring it up, the sound is shot up two octaves, just like tape. The biggest advantage is being able to do sound-on-sound, which I can't do currently w/my analog machines. Ultimately, it won't replace tape for me as I don't like the sound - it too closely resembles what I put into it! Ha. (I also can't manually abuse the tape stock for more extreme effects..). In particular, the sound of the reverse isn't very satisfying, though I do like it better than the reverse in the DL4. The old EH 16-second delay has the best digital reverse I've heard, next to tape. Clearly it's a certain lo-fi thing I prefer, and I do understand that's simple taste. All in all, I was impressed by the machine and could easily use one again as a backup for my normal setup, it's the closest I've seen in a digital looper. Daryl Shawn www.swanwelder.com www.chinapaintingmusic.com > Great show! And Daryl, as I said you are a natural for that 2880. Very > nice! Kudos to Chinapainting and Peter (not that one) Thorne! :) > > best, > > Jeff