2. While in Quantize mode, if the MIDI Clock master is already playing when you hit the NEW
LOOP button, then the 2880 will either begin recording as soon as you hit its RECORD button
or it will first give a one bar count-in and then begin recording. To skip the one bar count-in
and start recording immediately, make sure to press the RECORD button on beat 1 of the
MIDI clock master’s beat 1. If you want the 4 beat count-in, press the RECORD button at any
point in the bar after beat 1. Alternatively, you can begin recording a New Loop with Quantize
off, so that it begins recording immediately upon pressing the RECORD button and then while
it is recording the New Loop, press the QUANTIZE button. When you press PLAY to end the
loop it will continue recording to the end of the bar.
3. If the loop length, in bars, is known prior to recording the loops, you can create a blank loop
before you start playing. For example if you create a 2 bar loop with Quantize On, then that
loop will always be exactly 2 bars no matter the tempo the 2880 is receiving or sending. You
can create the 2 bar loop without any MIDI being sent to the 2880, then later, turn on Ext.
Clock on the 2880 and give it MIDI Clock. The 2880 will record/play at the master’s tempo and
the loop will always be 2 bars. You could even make CF cards with different loops lengths, a
card for a 2 bar loop, a card for 4 bar loop, etc. If you don't want or need the audio that
recorded the last time you used the card, just overdub over the loop with Punch-In set to on.
4. When you are not using the Quantize mode, the following is true about the 2880:
Using MIDI to Control:
Independent of the MIDI SYNC state, the 2880 now responds to Program and Control Change messages at all times.
You can control nearly every button, slider and knob on the 2880 via MIDI. The exceptions are the Input Sensitivity
knobs and the Headphone Level knob, these controls are fully analog and cannot be controlled via MIDI. Controlling
the 2880 via M
I
DI is the same as pushing the 2
880's buttons and moving its sliders and rotar
y controls. The 2880
does not send Progr
am and Control Change messages, it only c
an receive these messages.
e. Press play on the MIDI clock master, the 2880 will immediately begin
recording.
f
. In Quantize mode the 2880 will create loop lengths to the nearest bar.
Each bar is 4 beats. So if you make a loop that is two bars long, it will be
8 beats. While the 2880 is recording the loop, if you want to create a 4 bar
loop, press the PLAY button while recording the 4th bar, after the 3rd
beat. At the end of the 4th bar the 2880 will stop recording and immedi-
ately begin playing/overdubbing the loop you just recorded. If you want to
just play the loop back and not overdub press the NEW LOOP button to
end the loop. If you want to simply end the loop and not playback at all
press the RECORD button to end the loop.
a. The tempo sent out of the 2880’s MIDI Clock has nothing to do with the
loop length, it only has to do with the current setting of the TEMPO Slider.
b. When creating loops with the 2880, while the 2880 is a MIDI Clock slave,
if the loops are created with Quantize off, there is no guarantee that the
loops will be exactly x number of beats or bars in leng
th unless the master
MIDI Clock device can send out Start and Stop commands for the 2880 to
begin and end recording and even then they may not be exact. It is best
to always record with Quantize set to On when using the 2880 with MIDI
Clock.
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