Re: Electro Harmonix 2880 Looper review

[geoff smith <geoff.smith97@virgin.net>]

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:

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>> 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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