M-Audio Torq 2.0 [50/171] Loop out behavior

Chapter 5: The Decks

Torq 2.0 User Guide

Loop

Torq offers you two different ways to loop audio. You can specify the start and end points of the loop manu-

ally, or you can capture loops of a specific length using the QuickLoop buttons. Furthermore, Torq will help

you make the perfect loop every time by automatically matching 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:

To move loop markers in real time:

Load a song onto a Deck and press Play. When playback reaches the beginning of the section you want to

loop, click the Loop In button. This places a bright yellow Loop In Marker in the Overview Waveform for the

deck, and at the orange Now Line in the Waveform Display above the Mixer. If the Quantize button is active,

the Loop In marker will snap to the beginning of the nearest 16th-note in the song’s waveform.

When playback reaches the end of the section you want to loop, click the Loop Out button. This will place a

Loop Out Marker at the Now Line, which will also snap to the nearest 16th-note. At the same time, the Loop

On/Off button will automatically be activated causing playback to jump back to the Loop In Marker. The mu-

sic will now loop between these two points indefinitely.

When you have finished looping this section of the song, you can click the Loop On/Off button to turn it off.

Now, when playback reaches the Loop Out Marker, it will simply pass it and continue playing the rest of the

song.

Loop Out Behavior

By default, Torq places the Loop Out marker at a position that is the closest multiple of 2 in length from the

Loop In marker. In other words, Torq will only allow you to make loops with the lengths of 1 beat, 2 beats, 4

beats (1 bar), 2 bars, 4 bars, 16 bars, etc. This makes it easier to achieve even loops without having to press the

Loop Out button with 16th-note accuracy.

Torq has a second Loop Out mode that always quantizes the Loop Out marker positions to the nearest 16th

note:

To change the Loop Out Behavior:

1 Open Torq’s Preferences and click on the Behavior Tab.

2 Switch the Loop Out mode from “Smart” to “16th”and close the preferences.

Now the Loop Out marker will be quantized, and snap to a location that is the nearest 16th-note length from

the position of the Loop In marker. However, this requires that you press the Loop Out marker within a

16th-note of where you want the loop to end.

If you reposition playback using one of the QuickCue buttons while Looping is activated, playback will

jump to the new location. Torq automatically places the Loop In Marker at the new location and places

the Loop Out Marker in a position which maintains the same loop length.