Stay in the loop! The 2880 offers the familiar controls of a multi-track digital recorder while adding continuous stereo and mono looping with track control. Complex multi-track loops may be created and overlaid in a performance situation with ease. With more tracks, more control and more power, the 2880 takes you to "looping heaven."
Thanks to Nir Yaniv and King Cano for sharing this
2880 live looping video. Nir adds: "The 'Beat This!' video was recorded live. You can even see that behind us there's a computer screen with Logic opened and recording. And let me take this opportunity to thank you and the others in EHX - that looper changed my loopin' life."
For more info, see the
King and Nir site as well as Nir's solo site
VocalMan (in addition to the
2880, Nir also uses an
Octave Multiplexer).
Todd Boston is an Acoustic Ambient multi-instrumentalist, and longtime
2880 Stereo Multi-Track Looper user. Describing the 2880, Todd notes, "I love it! It is a great looper that serves my needs and desires for a simple user friendly interface, I love the intuitive blenders and pan settings for each channel."
In the clip below ("Harmony") Todd is joined by partner Ramesh Kannan:
Todd notes:
I do all the triggers using the
foot controller with my right leg. Here is the general time line for Harmony:
0:50 - trigger recording for first loop (Guitar + Tabla)
2:00 - press stop on foot switch to stop recording of first loop, interlude
2:11 - press the record button which triggers both playback of first loop plus the recording of second loop (Lead Guitar + Udu drum)
3:17 - playback of second loop continues, we are playing live, no recording happening for rest of song (Flute + Cajon) Format for this song was recording two loops and playing live over top which made it sound like a six piece
The loops for this song are long so triggering in and out and being on the mark is key for composition. Some loops we do as 8, 16, or 32 bars, some we do as whole sections of the song (Harmony) which we record part A and B and loop them.
We just discovered Reggie Watts via YouTube, and really dig his use of the
2880. If you watch it, be sure to check out through the end -- we especially like how he uses the faders.
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