Glenn Ghoul
6:12 PM - 5 April, 2019
on my controller the shift mode for Hot Cues uses the beginning of the cue to autoloop (at whatever duration it’s set to) which works but is sort of awkward and gets stuck occasionally (i.e. it confuses me).
So instead:
I have an old M-audio Trigger Finger that I set a row of pads to activate auto-loop on each deck + a knob above it that sets the loop length. If you want to loop a cue point, you punch it at the same time as the auto-loop button for that deck, and then you’re looping.
You can set those triggers on ANY corny ol midi thing with some buttons an a few knobs. If you don’t have something already, you could find something with $10 and an afternoon on craigslist.
I prefer this method because it’s much quicker than changing pad modes. There’s just the one button that turns looping on or off, so it’s simple/predictable - it’s like a Dicer for your controller. Bonus: you also get to keep your cue points on deck so you can jump out whenever you want.
Changing pad modes takes twice as long as you think, because you have to change them back.
