Creating the perfect loop on CDJ1000 mk2's

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Posted by agentdansmith on Mar-07-2007 15:31:

Creating the perfect loop on CDJ1000 mk2's

How do you create the perfect loop on the 1000's?

I can create what sounds like a seamless loop on the fly while mixing no problem at all which has took quite a bit of practise over the last few months, but I still can't mix into it as it may be just a fraction out and sends the mix into a trainwreck.

What do you guys do for that technically seamless loop that you can mix in and out of?

Cheers

Posted by theognis1002 on Mar-07-2007 15:40:

youll probably need to ride the pitch alot more and pay attention to your mixes if you loop it...

cuz i doubt u will ever get the PERFECT loop in a live gig anyways

Posted by Zild on Mar-07-2007 16:44:

You can make a seamless sounding loop but you still have to keep it beatmatched by riding the pitch.

Posted by agentdansmith on Mar-07-2007 16:55:

quote:
Originally posted by Zild
You can make a seamless sounding loop but you still have to keep it beatmatched by riding the pitch.

Riding the pitch on the loop or on the incoming tune?

Posted by Zild on Mar-07-2007 17:11:

Either will work as long as you're keeping them beatmatched.

Posted by nchs09 on Mar-07-2007 17:28:

ya... i have the same problem.. i use alot of loops... i have never made a perfect loop so that its still beatmatched with the incoming track.. i always have to adjust the incoming track.... and then as i bring thatone in, i adjust the loop.

pain in the ass :/

Posted by Ryan0751 on Mar-07-2007 18:18:

Yeah it's REALLY hard to do.

I also have Torq, and Torq has the ability to hit a button and create a 1/2/4 or 8 bar loop. The loops are automatic and are really quite tight, you can mix into and out of them with minimal pitch riding.

Wish the CDJ's had looping that good.

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
ya... i have the same problem.. i use alot of loops... i have never made a perfect loop so that its still beatmatched with the incoming track.. i always have to adjust the incoming track.... and then as i bring thatone in, i adjust the loop.

pain in the ass :/

Posted by SPAWNmaster on Mar-07-2007 18:20:

the 200's and 800's do

Posted by hooj1 on Mar-07-2007 18:36:

^^ no they don't. none of the cd players can create a perfect loop. just buy a cycloops. problem solved

Posted by david.michael on Mar-07-2007 19:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Ryan0751
Yeah it's REALLY hard to do.

I also have Torq, and Torq has the ability to hit a button and create a 1/2/4 or 8 bar loop. The loops are automatic and are really quite tight, you can mix into and out of them with minimal pitch riding.

Wish the CDJ's had looping that good.

Same here with Traktor... I mix into loops quite often.

Posted by SPAWNmaster on Mar-07-2007 19:19:

quote:
Originally posted by hooj1
^^ no they don't. none of the cd players can create a perfect loop. just buy a cycloops. problem solved

well not perfect close enough that you dont need to ride the pitch as much as with the 1000's as the loops are completely manual.

Posted by Inertia on Mar-08-2007 03:42:

still, 800s and 200s use loops by frame, which aren't that accurate, as say a Cycloops, which seems to be basically spot on all the time, no pitch riding necessary.

dunno how the Cycloops does it, and why CD deck/FX mixer/FX unit manufacturers people haven't employed the same technique.

Posted by miamitranceman on Mar-09-2007 04:15:

Yeah, I've had tough experiences on my 800s with looping. Torq's loop engine is pretty tight though.

Posted by idoru on Mar-09-2007 04:34:

You'll never get it perfect. What I suggest doing is getting your loop as perfect as perfect can be. The loop will either be too short or too long, and you should compensate for this by using the platter each time it hits the end of the loop and goes back to the beginning. That, I've found makes it seem as seamless as possible.