Loop Move and Beat Jump ???

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Loop Move and Beat Jump ???

I am working on a new midi map and would appreciate your input.

Do you use Loop Move and when/what for???

Do you use Beat Jump and when/what for???

Thanks.

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  • When I’ve quickly set a loop to extend a break or wherever, and it needs nudging around to loop better (i.e there’s the tail of a cymbal on the first two beats).
  • With a 1 or 2 beat loop, to mess with a melody, nudging it back and forth.
  • When a track is dragging on for too long and the next hotcue is too far away.
  • With a 1/2 beat length, for a quick beat repeat.
  • When I scrubbed through the song and landed a beat or two off the spot I wanted.
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When I set loops on the fly it’s rare for me to get the loop start point exactly where I want so I’ll use loop move to move the loop in point, in small increments.

I use it set to 16 or 32 to scrub through tracks quickly.
Set it to anything from 1 beat to extra fine I use it for nudging tracks to get them in time without using the pitchbend. In the same way, when switching musical styles or mixing it up a bit, I’ll set it to 1 beat and hop back and forwards to decide which beats I want to line up.
If there’s a section of a track I want to skip, and I know I can do it by jumping on the fly, I’ll use it for that too