Re: Electro Harmonix 2880 Looper review

["Sean Mormelo" <sean@seanmormelo.com>]

The foot controller unit isn't on the EH site....How much is that?

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----- 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
> >
>
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