Loop section

Loop section lets you loop a selected range of cues for rehearsal without manually setting A/B loop points on the waveform. Select the cues you want to practice, click one button, and LTCast sets up the loop for you.

Setting up a loop

Select the cues you want to loop in the cue list. Use Shift+click for a contiguous range or Ctrl+click to pick individual cues. A bar showing how many cues are selected appears at the top of the CUES tab; click Loop section in it.

LTCast sets the A and B loop points around the selected cues, turns on the transport's whole-song Loop button, and moves the playhead to the start of the range. It does not start playback: press Space and the range repeats. If the selected cues have no length between them, LTCast says Selected section has no length to loop and changes nothing.

What loops

With two or more cues selected, the loop runs from the time of the earliest selected cue to the time of the latest one. With a single cue selected, it runs from that cue to the next cue in the song (or to the end of the song if there is none). Playback jumps back to the start of the range when it reaches the end, repeating until you clear the loop.

Loop section sets the same loop points as the A/B loop control — it just works them out from your cue selection instead of requiring you to place them by hand. See A/B Loop for how the jump back behaves on each output, including the short gap that is possible at the loop point.

Stopping the loop

While the loop runs, the Loop section button in the selection bar reads Stop loop. Click it: the A and B points are cleared and the whole-song Loop button is switched off, so playback carries on past the section without looping. The cues stay selected, so one more click on Loop section brings the same loop back.

You can also click the ✕ (Clear Loop) button beside the A and B buttons in the transport. That removes only the loop points: the whole-song Loop button that Loop section switched on stays on, so the song repeats from the top when it ends — click that Loop button once to switch it off. Esc stops playback but leaves the loop points in place. When the song changes, the loop points are cleared, and a whole-song Loop that Loop section switched on is switched off; one you switched on yourself stays on.

Rehearsal workflow

A practical use for Loop section is rehearsing a tricky handoff between two cues. Select the 2–3 cues around the transition, click Loop section, and press Space: the same passage repeats so you can practice calling it or test the timing — without resetting the playhead each time.

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