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>I noticed no one has done a review of the EH 2880. I've been using >one for the past year. If you guys want me to write a review, let me >know. > >Cheers >Jeff >--------------------------- >www.jefflomas.com >www.nightmarepuppies.com Jeff, THis review was submitted to the list over two years ago, you may have missed it: >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 -- ... http://www.zmix.net