User Notes & Tips
2880 as MIDI Clock Slave and Master
Below are a number of pointers to help you create loops when using the 2880 with MIDI Clock.
To summarize these tips: when the 2880 creates a loop as a MIDI Clock slave, it needs to work in Quantize mode in
order to create loop lengths that are exactly x number of bars in length. If you do not use the Quantize feature, the
loop’s leng
th will be completely variable depending on when you started and stopped the recording of a new loop
and most likely will not sync up with the MIDI Clock master, even though the 2880’s tempo is in sync with the master.
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If you are using the 2880 as a MIDI slave and want to produce loops of a set number of bars,
the best way to do this with the 2880 is to record your initial loop (or New Loop) with
Quantize set to ON. Follow this procedure:
Responding to MIDI Start, Stop and Song Position Pointer:
W
hen EXT. CLOCK Mode is activated on the 2880, it will respond not only to MIDI Clock but also MIDI Start, Stop
and Song Position Pointer.
If you are using a Drum Machine or Sequencer that sends out MIDI Start and Stop, the 2880 will respond to these
commands. Press play on the drum machine and the 2880 will start playing its loop, press stop on the drum
machine and the 2880 stops.
When the 2880 is in Record-Ready mode, press the RECORD button and you will see both the EXT. CLOCK and
RECORD LEDs blinking rapidly. When the 2880 receives a MIDI Start command, it will begin recording the New
Loop. If you are in Record-Ready mode and have not pressed RECORD, when the 2880 receives a MIDI Start
command, it Plays the loop it has stored in memory.
The 2880 will also respond to Song Position Pointer (SPP). You can advance your sequencer or drum machine to
any measure you like, and the 2880 whether idle or playing a loop, will jump to the measure specified by the MIDI
master. If the specified measure is outside the loop’s length, the 2880 will wrap the loop around to the correct
position. For example, let’s say the 2880 has a 4 bar loop stored internally and you move your sequencer to the
beginning of measure 6 and press Play, the 2880 will start playing from the beginning of its 2nd bar.
The 2880 works best with MIDI masters that continuously send out their MIDI Clock. Some machines only send MIDI
clock when you start their sequencers, although the 2880 will work with these machines, it may be slightly behind
the master (in sync but behind). Also if you change the BPM tempo on the MIDI master and it does not continuously
send out MIDI Clock, the 2880 will require at least one bar to adjust to the new tempo.
a. Press the EXT. CLOCK button so that its LED is lit. You are now in Ext.
Clock mode.
b. Press the QUANTIZE button so that its associated LED is lit. You are now in
Quantize mode.
c. Press the N
E
W LOOP button. The Record LED should blink rapidly.
d. Press the RECORD button, now both the Record LED and the Ext. Clock
LED should be blinking rapidly. This means that the 2880 is waiting for a
M
I
DI Clock signal and a start command from the MIDI master. Once
received it will immediately begin recording.
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