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Along with the obvious functions stated above, the QuickLoop button s are capable of a few
other behaviors:
You can change various loop leng ths while the song is looping. For instan ce, if you have set a one-beat loop,
pressing the “4” button will automaticall y extend t he Loop Out marker to make the song loop per fectly
four beats.
Also, repeated ly pressing a Qui ckLoop button wi ll cut the curren t loop length in half. For example, if you
press QuickLoop 2 to loop two bars of audio, pressing the but ton again will change the loop to one bar in
length. Pressing it a gain will reduce the loop length again , this time to two beats (half a bar).
By holding the Shift key while pressing t hese buttons, the opposite behavior will occur : The loop will double
its length each ti me you press the QuickLoop button.
Speed Slider
Torq’s Decks are each equipped w ith a Speed Adjust slider fo r the purpose of
beat-matching songs. This slider behaves just like the pitch adjusters found on DJ
turntables and CD players . As you move this slider, the neighboring ADJ display will
show how much the song’s speed is being altered (expressed as a percent whe re 0%
is the original speed of the so ng).
For those not famili ar with these controls, your rst impression may be that the
slider is working backward since the speed of the song will increase as you move the
slider down on screen. However, this is the proper behavior for pitch controls found
on DJ turntables and CD pl ayers. It makes sense if you consider the following:
The pitch adjust slider on a turntable is mounted at on the surface of the turntable’s
housing. Therefore , when you use the slider, you either push it away from you or
pull it towards you. When a song is goi ng too fast, you push the slider away from
yourself, just a s if you put out your hand in a “slow down” motio n. If you need the
song to go faste r, you pull the slider toward you, si milar to how you would gesture
towards yourself if you w anted someone to move quickly. After a few hours of
practice, this “back ward” response will feel natural.
< Slider Range
By default, the range of the Speed Adjuster is +/- 8%. That means that if you
move the slider to either of its extremes, you’ll only get an 8% change in the
speed of the song. To the left of the Speed Adjuster is a display showing the
current range setting for t he slider:
You can change the range of the Speed Ad juster by clicking on this ra nge
display. Each time you click, the range will advance to the next highest setting.
The order is: 8%, 10% , 20%, th en 50%. Whe n you click the display agai n,
the range wil l “wrap around” back to 8%. You’ll only need to increase the
range when you’re trying to match two songs with very differen t tempos, or
when you want to perform an e xtreme speed change as a special ef fect.