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» QuickLoop Size Preference

As mentioned above, the default loop lengths for the four QuickLoop buttons are one bar, two bars,

four bars, and eight bars. The QuickLoop Size preference allows you to change the QuickLoop buttons

to beat values instead of bar values:

1. Open the Torq LE Preferences menu and click on the Behaviors tab.

2. Click the arrow next to QuickLoop Size option and choose “Beat” from the drop-down list.

3. Click the “X” to close the Preferences window.

Now, when you use the QuickLoop buttons as described above, you’ll ﬁnd that they capture loops of

one beat, two beats, four beats, and eight beats in size.

» QuickLoop Behaviors

Along with the obvious functions stated above, the QuickLoop buttons are capable of a few other

behaviors:

You can change various loop lengths while the song is looping. For instance, if you have set a one-beat

loop, pressing the “4” button will automatically extend the Loop Out marker to make the song loop

perfectly four beats.

Also, repeatedly pressing a QuickLoop button will cut the current loop length in half. For example, if you

press QuickLoop 2 to loop two bars of audio, pressing the button again will change the loop to one bar

in length. Pressing it again will reduce the loop length again, this time to two beats (half a bar).

By holding the Shift key while pressing these buttons, the opposite behavior will occur: The loop will

double its length each time you press the QuickLoop button.

Speed Slider

Torq’s Decks are each equipped with a Speed

Adjust slider for 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 where 0%

is the original speed of the song).

For those not familiar with these controls, your

ﬁrst 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 players. It

makes sense if you consider the following:

The pitch adjust slider on a turntable is mounted

ﬂat 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 going

too fast, you push the slider away from yourself, just as if you put out your hand in a “slow down” motion. If you need

the song to go faster, you pull the slider toward you, similar to how you would gesture towards yourself if you wanted

someone to move quickly. After a few hours of practice, this “backward” response will feel natural.