Don't know if it has been posted before, but I've found a cool way of looping using a return track and Simple Delay.
Basically, you just have to insert the delay inside a return track, with zero feedback and 100% wet. You may have to use more than one instance of the pluging if you want more time. Then, you have to activate the send of same track and set it to 100%. Then, you can do send stuff into the loop using the sends on each track.
Works okay, but the cool part is automating the mutes of both an audio track and the return track. You have to automate it so when one of them is on, the other is muted. This way you can just hit the button on your controller and the loop will take over, just like a CDJ.
NOTE: If you're crossfading, however, it doesn't work - you must automate the faders (only the return faders - not the track faders) instead of using the crossfader and use "Pre-Fader" Send Mode).
It's a bit confuse, but it's easy to do. Here's a screenshot: http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imagem1bz6.png
Hope you like it!
CDJ-style Looping with Return Tracks
There is a major difference between CDJ looping and your "trick": The audio clip continues playing instead of staying in between the loop borders. Neither is this the wanted not the expected behavior of a loop (as a DJ knows loops).
You do know about the loop functions for audio clips? Do you? Because THIS is the equivalent to CDJ looping. The trick you are sharing is the same as if you use the loop sampler in the DJM (the mixer!).
So your method isn't like CDJ looping at all, however you can do a lot of different stuff with it.
You do know about the loop functions for audio clips? Do you? Because THIS is the equivalent to CDJ looping. The trick you are sharing is the same as if you use the loop sampler in the DJM (the mixer!).
So your method isn't like CDJ looping at all, however you can do a lot of different stuff with it.