Live looping

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Looping device

A floor-based Boss RC loop pedal.
Electronic instrument
Developed	Late 20th century
Related instruments
Synthesizer, Moog modular synthesizer
Musicians
Erik Satie, Māmā Mihirangi, Brian Eno, Terry Riley, Beardyman, Marc Rebillet

Live looping is the recording and playback of a piece of music in real-time^[1] using either dedicated hardware devices, called loopers or phrase samplers, or software running on a computer with an audio interface. Musicians can loop with either looping software or loop pedals, which are sold for tabletop and floor-based use.