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Loops

Neutrino provides an interface for defining millisecond-accurate virtual loops associated with an individual audio file. When Loop mode is active, playback of the associated track will be constrained to the region defined between the loop’s start and end times. Loop settings are automatically saved from session-to-session. Loops can also be exported in a wide variety of common audio formats, including AIF, AAC, MP4, M4A, WAV, SND, AU & CAF.

Creating Loops

To create a new loop, first begin playing an iTunes or Neutrino playlist Track, then click on the Loop button in the toolbar and a new loop will be defined for the track. When Loop mode is active, a blue bar fills the space between the in and out markers for the current track. Areas outside the playable area are shaded.

Note: If you make changes to the in or out points of an iTunes playlist item, or to any of its parameters, those changes will be saved, along with a clone of the track, when you next quit Neutrino. The altered tracks will be added to the bottom of the Neutrino Loops playlist in the Source list. Your loop information is stored within this new reference to the track; the original track remains unchanged.

New loops encapsulate the whole track... use the small triangle markers (under the main transport slider) to define the desired loop start and end points.

Loop mode is toggled using the Loop button in the toolbar

The Markers Inspector

You can open the Markers Inspector using the Inspector button in the Toolbar (Cmd-1).
Click on the Enable Loop button to activate Loops mode.

Numeric values of loop in and out points can be fine-tuned using the stepper controls beside the ‘in’ and ‘out’ detail fields, or by entering values directly into the fields themselves.

Loop tracks display

To start playing a loop, switch to Loops mode and double-click on a Loops track entry.

Export a loop as an audio-file

To export a loop as a new self-contained audio-file:

  • Select a track with looping markers and right/ctrl-click on it
  • Choose the Export... option from the context menu
  • The ‘Export Audio File’ sheet will be displayed
  • Select a format, name the file, then click Export

Exported loops may include all effects.