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  • April 6, 2013 at 11:10 pm #82938
    blatantfly
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    I am strongly considering getting a 2880 for use in my band but I need to know whether it can effectively receive a midi clock signal from a midi interface with a laptop running Ableton. I am new to this kind of thing so forgive me if this is a dumb question. I basically need to make sure my loops are recording in sync with the triggered samples and tracks from Ableton. Any help is much appreciated

    April 11, 2013 at 12:36 pm #118908
    Cryabetes
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    It can and does. You just need the “external clock” mode on, as well as “quantize”.
    One thing to watch out for though – when changing tempo, your loops will change in pitch as well.

    April 11, 2013 at 1:57 pm #118910
    blatantfly
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    Awesome news. Thanks for the reply.

    The music is fairly straight forward so we won’t be putting any tempo changes in the tracks.

    I was toying with the idea of manually changing the tempo of the loops for the outro of a tune after the ableton tracks are finished e.g. reversing the loops and slowly bringing down the tempo and therefore the pitch as I turn the guitar amp down. Will this be possible considering it would have been recorded in ext clock mode?

    April 11, 2013 at 2:05 pm #118911
    Cryabetes
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    Yes; but you’d have to change the tempo in ableton rather than on the 2880. You could also flip off the external clock switch and they’ll nosedive to wherever the tempo slider is.

    April 11, 2013 at 2:06 pm #118912
    blatantfly
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    That sounds fine. Thanks again mate

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