SAVING "Loop sets" vs. cue points

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I prefer to save loop sets instead of creating cue points which is hard to find the right position anyway and I do not get along with cue points at all. (It’s confusing from a user interface point of view.)

I analyse both mix albums first to find the most suitable loop sequences for both album tracks. I use 4,8,16,32 loop combinations that I can still change while recording a mix.

THUS, it would be great to SAVE loop sets instead of creating rather complicated cue points.

I do not necessarily need the “IN and OUT” buttons … I would prefer to have some buttons just like (1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) where I can save the loop and the beats rate (4, 8, 16, 32)

See attached screenshot for clarification. If I have the left user interface design on both sides, I can easily SWITCH between loop sets during recording. That would super great ProSonus.

THANK YOU.

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DJ Player Pro has this great feature (global setting) where the last / 8th / H cue works as a final loop that will automatically kick in when it passes that cue point.

Fantastic for creating extended outro’s.

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Hi York Ekin,

thank you very much for your detailed idea.

I forwarded your issue internally.

It would be great if other users could upvote your thread in order to push the issue.

Cheers,
Lukas E.

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Saved loops has been shared on several occasions but algoridim don’t seem too interested in implementing the idea. No idea why really.

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LOOP: AUTO

I have changed the UI (User Interface) a little bit with a procedure as follows:

  1. I can choose between 4,8,16,32 beats
  2. I click the “Loop” button
  3. I click the ( + ) button to save the loop with 32 beats
  4. The selected loop sequence with 32 beats will be saved under number “1”

additional feature

This said the loop consists of 4 parts devided in 4,8,16,32 beats
While playing the saved Loop “1” with “32beats” … I can still enable or disable
beats during a recording session.

In the presented screenshot the first beat sequence =4 was disabled during recording. This way I have more possibilities to make variations of the saved loop during a recording session.

THANK YOU.

Yorh

Additional Loop Feature:
Another cool feature would be. Being able to move the blueish Loop selection (32beats) on the frequency track view. This is a good point to slightly adjust the beginning and end points of a loop while keeping the loop itself in 32beats length.

PS: This is UI made by ProSonus

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Music is just what you hear … it’s about how to transfer acoustic understanding into a visually expressive and intuitive UI (User Interface).

The Loop feature is pretty cool since you have to find a beats sequence with a pre-defined length for a track which has a certain rhythm. This said, the “IN” and “OUT” cue points are difficult to set properly anyway.

I am even for a detailed view of the loops I have set where I can drag and move right to left the loop bar itself to find and adjust the prefect loop match. Just like in GarageBand for example.

Yorh

PS: I don’t look at competitive software. I use software, I make my own experiences with software and then I begin to think, what could be done to make it more comprehensible by using it in a creative manner. It’s more or less a question about management and company lawyers who are battling each other about the question, who owns the rights and who invented it first … but that’s another story.

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I like this idea very much! Rekordbox DJ has this option so it should be possible for DJ Pro too.

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