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Trigger Sample Button
Pressing this button c auses the associated sample to play. One-sh ot and looped samples exhibit slightly different
behaviors:
< Triggering One-Shot Samples
1. Click the Trigger button. The button icon will light and the s ample will play immediately. During playback, a
progress bar (beh ind the sample’s name) will l l from left to right . When the sample ends, the Trigger butto n
will turn off.
2. If the Trigger button is pressed while the sample is already playing, the sample playback position will immediately
jump back to the beginning of t he sample.
3. To stop sample playback before the sample ends , hold the SHIFT key on your computer keyboard and click the
Trigger button. This will stop t he sample immediately.
< Triggering Looped Samples
1. Click the Trigger button. The sample will start playi ng in sync with the Master Tempo (when the Master Tempo
button i s active). If you trigger the sample at a point other than the downbeat, the sample will jump to the
proper playback l ocation in order to remain in sync with the Master Tempo. If Master Tempo is off, the loop
will play independently o f the current tempos.
2. To stop the loop, click the Trigger button again. The loop w ill stop at the end of the bar.
3. To stop the loo p immediately, hold t he Shift key while clicking the Trigger button. The loop will stop immediately
when clicked.
Loop Sample Button
The Loop option can be checked or unchecked to enable or disable sample looping. When active, the sample will loo p
automatically when it reaches its end. The looping will be synchronized with the Master Tempo if the Master Tempo button
is activated.
When deactivated , the sample will be triggered as a one -shot. This means the sample will pl ay only once when triggered.
N ot e : If you wish to use samples already on your hard drive (as opposed to r ecording them in Torq), the sample will n eed to be
cut to an even bar length in order for the loo p to play properly. You will need to use an external audio editor to cut t he loop if it’s not
already trimmed to the pro per length.
Sample Volume Knob
Each sa mple has its own volume co ntrol allowing you to mix mul tiple samples together with appropriate levels. C lick and
drag up and down on this knob to change the sample playback volume. Hold SHIFT and click on the knob to reset the
volume to unity (the original sa mple volume).
Sample Speed/Rate K nob
This knob adjusts the pl ayback speed of a one-shot sample, or will sc ale the playback rate of a looped sample.
When using one-s hot samples, the Speed knob will set the playback speed/pitch for the samp le. When the knob is set at 12
o’clock, the sample will play at its ori ginal speed.
When using l ooped samples , this knob will either double or halve the playback rate in order to remain i n sync with the
Master Tempo. W hen the knob i s turned counter-clo ckwise, the playb ack rate will be cut in half. Turned clockwise, the
playback rate will be double d.