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Chapter 8: Effects

Torq 2.0 User Guide

For example when using the Strobe effect (see “Strobe” on page 89) the available quantize settings for the Rate

parameter are 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64, and 1/128. Pressing the Triplet Mode button changes the last five op-

tions to 1/8T, 1/16T, 1/32T, 1/64T, and 1/128T.

Built-In Effects

The following is an explanation of the 10 built-in effects in Torq:

Delay

Delay is the technical term for what the Delay effect does, but you’ll probably like to think of this effect as an

“echo.” Essentially, the Delay effect listens to the incoming audio, holds on to it for a predetermined amount

of time, then spits it back out. When the Delay output is blended in with the audio, it sounds like an echo.

Furthermore, you can feed the Delay output back to its input again, causing echoes of the echoes (also known

as Feedback).

DJ's typically use Delays to fill up space during a break in a song (the last couple of beats before the break can

be echoed) or to stretch out the ending of a song by letting it echo and slowly fade away. Because of the

tempo-synced nature of Torq’s Delay effect, you’ll also be able to add rhythmic variance by layering echoes

that are perfectly timed to the music.

Enable Button

Deactivating this button switches off the Delay effect. The output of the Delay will stop immediately when

the effect is turned off.

Amount Knob / Routing Button

When the Routing button is set to “Send,” the Amount knob will control the amount of audio from the Deck

to feed into the Delay. When the knob is fully counterclockwise, no signal will be sent into the Delay so you

will not hear any echoes. As you begin to turn up the Amount knob, you’ll begin to hear the echoes from the

Delay.

When the Routing button is set to Insert, turning up the Amount knob will cause the output of the Delay ef-

fect to replace the sound from the Deck. This is a subtle difference that won’t be noticeable until you do one

of the following:

• When you turn the Amount knob beyond its 12 o’clock position, the sound from the Deck will begin to

fade away, leaving only the sound of the Delay.

– or –

• If you quickly turn the Amount knob back to 0, you will cut off any remaining echoes before they can be

heard.

The Delay effect will load with the Routing button set to Send mode since this is the typical routing for a De-

lay.