loop rolls

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loop rolls

another question from the fabulous… me…

this should be a quick one: when i use a loop roll, for building up or something (i.e. from 1/2 - 1/4 - 1/6 - etc. to 1/32) but its in the same song, when i release it it sounds lame cause it just plays a small count before the breakdown. i doubt anyone can understand that.

so better: serato has the feature where once you stop the loop it returns you to the spot on the track where you wouldve been without a loop. anything similar i can try in traktor? besides beatmasher? since all my fx spots are filled

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beat mashers the only one to do it from my knowledge. Just doing manual loops and then cutting them will not give you what you want

however you could use a manual loop and then set a cue put when u want it to drop

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sounds complicated lol. ill try it though, thank you

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Its no that much of a pain if you have a few buttons setup for it as a the instant gratification mapping

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Setting the cue point at the end of a build up works, so you loop roll then hit cue at the point where your bass drops or whatever…listen doesn’t know you just cut out x amount of bars or what not, sorted.

Loop rolls sound dud anyway…so old fashioned imo. (I still do them when messing about indoors but otherwise I am not a fan)

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If by playing a small count before the breakdown you mean it’s coming in just slightly off beat try turing quantize off.

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Using beatmasher will do. Pretty easy when you assign a knob to the length of the beatmasher.

If you want a bigger effect, try working with a cue point right after a big release. Do your looprol and then go to the big explosion cue point for added dramatic effect.

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Instant. Doubles.

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You copy the track over to the other deck and slam the cross fader across when you finish the beat roll :slight_smile:

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to get a loop roll style FX on traktor you would have to make a button to work as the beatmasher + drop a hotcue at the same time. So when you release the button it plays from that hot cue. with a little mapping knowledge and some time you can do it.