Loading a sample on a Deck lets you control a sample using the variable-speed and variable-key engine within the Deck.  This means you scratch the sample using the mouse or qualified hardware controller.

Assign to Deck Buttons



Torq 2.0 Sampler Assign to Deck Buttons

Each Torq Sampler has 4 Assign to Deck buttons (A, B, C, and D) that correspond to each Deck.  Clicking one of them loads the sample onto the corresponding Deck.  For example, pressing the A button on Sampler 3 loads the sample onto Deck A.  In this instance, the A button on each of the remaining samplers will be grayed out.  You can then manipulate the sampler in the same manner used for full songs.  Pressing the Assign to Deck button again, the A button on Sampler 3 in this example, unloads the sample from the deck and reloads the original song.

Clicking all four Assign to Deck buttons on a sampler-cell loads the sample onto each of the four Decks

In Two-Deck Mode each sampler-cell has two assign to deck buttons (B and C); however, they function in exactly the same manner.


Looping a QuickScratch

If a one-shot sample is used as a QuickScratch, the sample will not be looped when loaded onto the Deck.  If a looped sample is used as a QuickScratch, the sample will be looped when loaded onto the Deck so that it will play indefinitely.

If you change the deck assignment by clicking an Assign to Deck button in a different Sampler while using the QuickScratch feature on a Deck, the sample used in the Deck will be updated immediately.  For example, if you have a sample loaded on Deck A from sampler-cell 13, and you press the "A" button on sampler-cell 5, Deck A will update and play the new sample.