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The foot controller unit isn't on the EH site....How much is that? Sean Mormelo www.seanmormelo.com www.myspace.com/seanmormelo EPK- www.sonicbids.com/seanmormelo www.CDbaby.com/seanmormelo ----- Original Message ----- From: "edwin cleverdon" <ecleverdon@hotmail.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:19 AM Subject: RE: Electro Harmonix 2880 Looper review > 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 > > >