Electro-Harmonix 2880 User's Reference Manual page 7

2. Hit the Mixdown button once and its LED will light solid. You are now in Mixdown mode.
3. Assuming the Mixdown Track has not been previously recorded, move its volume slider to its top position.
You can continually Overdub any of the 4 tracks onto the Mixdown track; the Mixdown Fader acts like a
Feedback control.
4. Hit the PLAY button. Your loop will play back. Move the Volume and Pan controls of the 4 tracks to your
preferred settings. You can adjust the Volume and Pan controls as much as you like when recording the
Mixdown track.
5. When you are ready to record the Mixdown track, hit the RECORD button. You will immediately begin recording
your mix onto the Mixdown track.
6. To stop recording the Mixdown track, hit either the PLAY or RECORD buttons.
7. The Dry Input signal will not be recorded to the Mixdown track, only audio that was previously recorded on the
4 tracks.
How to Backup your Audio Files to a Computer:
1. Make sure both your computer and the 2880 are powered up.
2. Connect the 2880 to your computer with a standard USB cable.
3. As long as your computer is running Windows XP, ME, MAC OS X or 9.2, the computer will automatically
recognize the Compact Flash card inside the 2880 and treat it like a Removable Disk.
4. Open up the Compact Flash card's window, you will see 6 files: TEMPO.TXT, TRACK1.WAV,
TRACK2.WAV...TRACKM.WAV. You can copy any or all of these files to your hard drive. It is recommended that
you copy all 6 files and store them together in a folder on your hard drive.
5. To disconnect the 2880 from the computer, follow the proper ejection procedure for the computer you are using:
a. For Windows, go to the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon down in the lower right corner of the screen.
Select the USB Mass Storage Device and hit the STOP button. Alternatively in XP, setup the 2880's CF Card
for "Optimize For Quick Removal."
b. For MAC OS, go to the Finder, drag the Compact Flash Card icon to the Trash.
How to Restore your Audio Files from a Computer:
1. Make sure both your computer and the 2880 are powered up.
2. Connect the 2880 to your computer with a standard USB cable.
3. As long as your computer is running Windows XP, ME, Mac OS X or 9.2, the computer will automatically
recognize the Compact Flash card inside the 2880 and treat it like a Removable Disk.
4. Locate the 6 files you want to restore to the 2880 on your hard drive.
5. Copy the files to the 2880's Compact Flash card, directly to its root folder (meaning do not place the files into a
folder on the Compact Flash card if you want the 2880 to play them).
6. Play the 2880, the audio files should be restored.
7. To disconnect the 2880 from the computer, follow the proper ejection procedure for the computer you are using:
a. For Windows, go to the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon down in the lower right corner of the screen.
Select the USB Mass Storage Device and hit the STOP button.
b. For MAC OS, go to the Finder, drag the Compact Flash Card icon to the Trash.
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