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Looping
Technology is always evolving, thus DJing is always evolvi ng. With the introduction of DJ CD players, DJ s gained many
new exciting capabilities that were unava ilable to them when working within the con fines of vinyl records. One of those
features is looping, which is merely the a ct of repeating a section of a song.
The creative aspect of DJing sugges ts that a simple trick such as looping can be ex ploited in a variety of ways. Indeed, you
can use looping to “remix” a song by changing the arr angement—extending your f avorite parts of the song. You can also
use looping as a “safety net” allowing the e nd of a song to play infinitely, giving you more time to mix into t he next song.
Looping can also be used to isolate a section o f the song, such as the breakbeat, for l ayering on top of other songs.
Torq offers you two different ways to loop audio. You can specif y the start and end points of the loop ma nually, or you
can capture loops of a specific leng th using the QuickLoop buttons. Fur thermore, Torq will help you make the perfect
loop every time by automatically match ing your loop points to the tempo of the song.
< Loop In/Out
Looping an entire song doesn’t have much benefit for a DJ, so Torq allows you to move the Loop Markers by
using the Loop In and Loop Out buttons:
1. Load a song into a Deck and press Play. The song will begin to play.
2. When playback reaches the beginning of t he section you want to loop, click the Loop In bu tton. This will
place a Loop In Marker at the Now Line (shown as a yellow marker li ne in the scrolling and overview
waveforms) and the song will continue to play. If the Quanti ze button is on, Loop In marker will snap to t he
beginning of the nearest 16th-note in the so ng’s waveform.
3. When playback reaches the end of the sec tion you want to loop, click the Loop Out but ton. This will place
a Loop Out Marker at the Now Line, which will al so snap to the nearest 16th-note (this behavior c an be
changed in the Preferences). At the same time , the Loop On/Off button will autom atically be activated
causing playback to jump back to the Loop I n Marker. The music will now loop between these two points
indefinitely.
4. When you’re finished looping this section of the song , you can click the Loop On/Off button t o turn it off.
Now, when playback reaches the Loop Out Mar ker, it will simply pass it and proceed playing the rest of
the song.
✓ Note: If you reposit ion playback using one of the QuickCue buttons w hile Looping is activated, playb ack will
jump to the new location. Torq will then automat ically place the Loop In Marker at that poin t and will place
the Loop Out Marker in a position to mainta in the same loop length in use prior to pressi ng the QuickCue
button.
< Loop Out Preference
By default, Torq will always quantize the positio n of the Loop Out marker to a location that result s in a quantized
16th-note length from the position of t he Loop In marker. This requires that you press the Loop Out marker
within a 16th-note of where you want the loop to e nd. Torq has a second Loop Out mode that will make it
easier to achieve even loops without having to pre ss the Loop Out button with 16th-note accu racy:
1. Open Torq’s Preferences and click on the Behaviors Tab.
2. Switch the Loop Out m ode from “16th” to “Smart” and close the preferences.
Now, when you press Loop Out, Torq will place the Loop Out marker at a position th at is a multiple of 2 in
length from the Loop In marker. In other words, Torq will only allow you to ma ke loops with the lengths
of 1 beat, 2 beats, 4 beats (1 bar), 2 bars, 4 ba rs, 16 bars, etc.
< Loop On/Off
The Loop button will indicate whether Torq is looping audio or not . Whenever this button is illuminated, Torq
will be looping something, whether t riggered with one of the QuickLoop bu ttons or set manually with the Loop
In and Loop Out buttons. Click this b utton to toggle looping on and off.