Gah! Still haven’t got it right… I am getting halting

I am copying the same mono file to Track1..4.WAV and a stereo version to TRACKM.wav

$ cp Triplet.wav /Volumes/NO NAME/TRACK1.WAV
$ cp Triplet.wav /Volumes/NO NAME/TRACK2.WAV
$ cp Triplet.wav /Volumes/NO NAME/TRACK3.WAV
$ cp Triplet.wav /Volumes/NO NAME/TRACK4.WAV
$ cp TripletStereo.wav /Volumes/NO NAME/TRACKM.WAV

My Tempo slider is all the way at the bottom, and my TEMPO.TXT look like this…

Tempo is 60.000 bpm.

I fade up Track 1 and push Play. The drump loop sounds OK.

I select Track 2 and push Record. I play my guitar and then push Record again.

I don’t hear my recording, and then a few seconds later the looping stops. Pushing Play then does nothing. I think the 2880 has crashed and is rebooting. Some time later pushing Play starts the drum loop again.

After, restarting Play after the reboot, it goes through the loop a couple of times and then stops on its own. I am able to push push Play this time, however.

Do I need to unmount the 2880 and unplug the USB? Unplugging seems to help. I don’t seem to get the halting when the unit is unplugged from my Mac. BTW I am using a Mac.

Also, what is the relationship between the TRACK1..4 and TRACKM files. Can I just download a TRACKM.WAV and have the 2880 create appropriate TRACK1..4 files? Do I need a TRACKM? Do I need TRACK1..4? Or both? I guess I don’t yet understand what depends on what.

Finally, I see references to 2.0 software coming. Is this for real, and will it make this task easier and more robust?

Thanks
P

Hi again Cryabetes,

Well, I only got the unit yesterday. So, I’m sure you know much more than me

Are you saying that TRACK1.WAV .. TRACK4.WAV all have to be the same length? And if you clobber TRACK1.WAV you also have to clobber the others so they match length?

How you load a Drum Loop? Do you have an approved procedure?

Thanks
P

I am going to start answering my own question, for the good of those that come after…

Here is the process so far.

Push New Loop reinitializing TRACK1…4.WAV and TRACKM.WAV

Create your Drum Loop as mono 44.1kz 16bps Microsoft WAV file.

TRACK1..4.WAV are mono, TRACKM.WAV is stereo.

Copy your loop to TRACK1.WAV, TRACK2.WAV, TRACK3.WAV and TRACK4.WAV. The track files must the same length, and duplicating the loop is an easy way to ensure this.

Set the Tempo slider all the way to the bottom, and alter TEMPO.TXT so that bpm=60.0. The 2880 assumes that the loop was recorded with the slider at the Tempo slider at the current position. Changing the slider or TEMPO.TXT will change the pitch and speed of your Drum Loop. Setting the slider at the bottom makes this matching easy.

Select Track1..4 and overdub/add layers.

Enjoy

Hey, EHX… It would be really great to add a HOWTO section to the manual. I’m sure lots of users want to do this.

P

Thank you Cryabetes,

When you say “yes” do you mean that MMC Play == CC# 104?

Once, I get anything to work, I will definitely assign the expression pedals to the faders.

However, so far nothing has responded to any command.

I am a software engineer, but a MIDI N00B, so it is probably my fault.

I just plugged the MIDI Out from the FC 300 into the MIDI In on the 2800. That’s all I should have to do right?

I have checked that both are working on channel 1. Is there anything else to check?

I got advice on the VGuitar forum that I might need to set up the FC 300 with external sync. What is that about? Would the 2800 be providing the sync? If so, how?

Thanks again
Peter