Review: Avid Torq 2
The managers at AVID’s R&D department must have been bouncing off the walls with joy when they were set with the monstrous task of competing with the boys at Serato and Native Instruments. A lot of time and effort seems to have been spent creating Torq 2.0; packed full of effects, live editing options and connectivity with studio software such as Ableton Live, and of course, their own Pro Tools. The intended highlight of the show is the Traq Morph, which Avid have described as ‘The Crossfader’s Second Coming’ – a typically bold statement for them to live up to. Fortunately, they have delivered in the past. The question is, can they deliver again, and draw in enough of the rest of us to break the Serato/Traktor divide?
