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As  mentioned  above,  turntables  don’t  respond  instantly  to  changes  in  speed  or  direction.  When  you  press  Stop  on  a 
turntable,  it  takes  a  moment  for  the  turntable  to  slow  down  and  reach  a  complete  stop.  This  is  due  the  weight  and 
momentum of the turntable—two factors that don’t exist in the virtual world of Torq. Still, some DJs like the sound of a 
turntable slowing down to a stop, and creating that sound is the purpose of Torq’s Brake effect.

Like the Reverse effect above, the Brake effect does not actually stop the playback of the song on the Deck. Instead, it just 
simulates the sound of the song slowing down while the song continues to play normally (as seen by the scrolling waveform). 
Because the song keeps playing, you can use the Brake effect to create the “slow-to-stop” sound, then bring the music back 
in on the next downbeat (which is impossible with real turntables or CD players).

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This button will be on at all times—it cannot be turned off.

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The Mix knob has no function. The Brake effect is automatically configured as an Insert effect.

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This knob will set the Brake time. As you turn this knob clockwise, the Brake time will become longer.

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 Press this button to engage the Brake effect. The music will slow to a stop. Press the button again to resume 
normal playback.

This effect can be used to create the granular “hyper-repeats” heard in lots of today’s dance music. All you have to do is 
trigger the effect and play with the loop length to get instant results. Here’s how it works: 

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Engaging this button will start the effect. The Repeat will remain active until this button is turned off again.

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The Mix knob has no function. The effect will automatically be configured as an Insert effect when loaded.

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 This knob sets the size of the audio slice being repeated. A tooltip will appear showing the current slice length 
whenever you move this knob. The repeated slices will always be quantized to the current tempo.

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 When you press this button, it will “re-seed” the Repeat effect. In other words, the effect will begin repeating a 
new section of audio whenever you press the button, as if you’d turned the effect off and back on again.