segwin …I’ve heard folk say they hate hearing loops used in a mix, the trick is use them a seamless way so they don’t sound like loops, knowing when to trigger and exit is absolutely key.
Tbh most wouldn’t notice in a club scenario, but if you scrutinise the some mixes on headphones, you can often hear artefacts in the loop, like the tail of some reverb or a crash or something… if you can trigger a clean loop at the right moment, switch the bass and know when to exit the incoming loop, you can extend a mix really cleanly. Diggers is a boss at this (helps that he was a quality mixer before looping was ever a thing!).
I actually think having the ‘visual’ experience of using Traktor helps understand how best to use loops on a CDJ.
