Loop
A section of a track that repeats seamlessly.
Detailed explanation
A loop is a section of a track that repeats seamlessly. Auto loops start on the next beat grid point, so they are always rhythmically correct. What you use them for: extending an outro when track B is not ready yet, steering the energy by changing the loop length, repeating a drop to build energy. Loop points have to sit on downbeats, otherwise the join from loop end to loop start is audible.
In practice
The next track is not ready and the outro is running out. You set a loop over the last four bars and buy yourself as much time as you need. But that is also how the longest minutes of a night happen: a loop running for thirty seconds eventually becomes a holding pattern for the room. As a tool for extending it is unbeatable, as a substitute for a prepared next track it is not.
Assessment by the DJLearn editorial team — experience, not a sourced factual claim.
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