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April 23, 2009 at 3:54 pm #78124otto-mMember
I am thinking of getting the 2880 looper.
I have the RC-50 but I prefer a multitrack type of looper.Does anybody knows if it is possible to make loops (on the 2880) that will not be synced with its internal tempo.
I want my looper to start and stop recording exactly on the moment I press the button, NOT on the nearest click of the tempo!
With the RC-50 I am always restricted by its tempo and I always have to play with a click or tap the tempo to make a nice loop.
Sometimes that is not very convenient…
Am I going to have the same problem with the 2880?Thanks in advance,
MihalisApril 23, 2009 at 10:45 pm #96004julianModeratorYes you can. There’s a quantize function that can be turned on or off
from the manual:
How to Record a Multi-Track Loop:
1. Plug your instrument into either the LEFT or RIGHT Inputs and adjust the corresponding Input Knob so
that the Clip LED (Light Emitting Diode) barely lights up on your loudest notes.
2. Connect the LEFT and/or RIGHT Outputs to an amplifier or mixer.
3. Raise the DRY OUT Fader so that you can hear your instrument.
4. If you are using Headphones, turn up the HEADPHONE knob.
5. Make sure the QUANTIZE LED is off.
6. If you do not want to hear the CLIX metronome, turn the CLIX LEVEL knob down to zero.
7. Set the TEMPO slider to 50%.
8. Press the NEW LOOP button to put the 2880 into Record-Ready mode. You should see the RECORD LED
blink rapidly.
9. Press the RECORD button to immediately start recording. Play your instrument. The 2880 will record onto
TRACK 1.
10. When you are finished playing, hit either the RECORD or PLAY button to stop recording. Pressing RECORD
will stop recording and stop the 2880. Hitting PLAY will loop the 2880 back to the beginning, put the 2880
into OVERDUB mode and automatically continue recording onto TRACK 2. To exit OVERDUB mode, press
the RECORD button.
11. Raise the TRACK 1 Fader to hear the track you just recorded.
12. To record on another track, hit the TRACK SELECT button, you will cycle through the 4 tracks. Whichever
track LED is lit, is the track you will record on.How to Overdub onto a Track:
1. You can continuously overdub onto any one of the tracks.
2. Record a New Loop onto TRACK 1, as done above in the How to Record a Multi-Track Loop section.
3. Press the TRACK SELECT button until TRACK 1 is lit.
4. Move the TRACK 1 Fader to 100%. When in Overdub mode, the track’s volume slider acts like a Feedback
control on a delay pedal. For example, if the TRACK 1 slider is set to 50%, each time the loop cycles, the volume
of the previously recorded audio on TRACK 1 will be halved.
5. Hit the RECORD button, both the RECORD and PLAY LEDs will light up. This means you are in Overdub mode.
Since the TRACK 1 LED is lit, you are overdubbing onto TRACK 1.
How to Record 2 Tracks Simultaneously (aka Stereo):
1. Press the STEREO MODE button. Its LED will light and you will notice that a pair of TRACK LEDS will light, either
1 & 2 or 3 & 4.
2. After inserting your instrument(s) into the LEFT and RIGHT Input jacks, adjust the INPUT Level knobs so that the
CLIP LEDs barely light.
3. Press the NEW LOOP button to put the 2880 into Record Ready mode. The RECORD LED will blink rapidly.
4. Press the RECORD button to begin recording immediately.
5. To stop recording, hit either the RECORD or PLAY buttons. Hitting RECORD will stop record and playback.
Hitting PLAY will cycle the loop to its beginning and begin Overdubbing onto Tracks 3 & 4 automatically, the
loop continues playing.How to Record a Quantized Loop:
1. Press the QUANTIZE button to turn on Quantize mode. Its corresponding LED will light up.
2. Turn the CLIX LEVEL knob up so that you will be able to hear the metronome Clix.
3. Press the NEW LOOP Button. The RECORD LED will blink rapidly.
4. At this point you will hear the metronome beating at the tempo set by the TEMPO Slider. You can adjust the
tempo by moving the tempo slider up or down. Up will give you a faster tempo; down will be a slower tempo.
5. Hit the RECORD button. The 2880 will not immediately begin recording but instead will give you a 4-Beat countin.
On the 5th beat, after the count-in, the 2880 will begin recording. This is beat 1 of the loop. Upon hitting the
RECORD button, the Clix metronome will reset to beat 1.
6. For a Mono recording, TRACK 1 LED will blink rapidly during the 4-Beat count-in. When making a Stereo
recording, both the TRACK 1 and 2 LEDs will blink rapidly during the 4-Beat counting.
7. Once the TRACK 1 LED goes solid, the 2880 is recording.
8. To stop recording, hit either the RECORD or PLAY buttons. Press RECORD or PLAY within the first 2 beats of the
current bar and the 2880 will truncate the loop length to the end of the previous bar. Press RECORD or PLAY
during the 3rd or 4th beats of the current bar and the 2880 will finish recording the current bar then stop
recording. For example if you want to record a 2 bar loop, you can press the PLAY button during the 3rd and
4th beat of the second bar or within the first 2 beats of the third bar. The QUANTIZE LED will blink rapidly until
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