Live looping

Live looping is the recording and playback of looped audio samples in real-time, using either hardware (magnetic tape or dedicated hardware devices) or software. It is a process with numerous sonic directions, open to instrument textures, improvisation and composition techniques.

Articles & Interviews

• Frippertronics - Robert Fripp interview.
• The Musical Use of Audio Delay Devices: Some Thoughts for the Future and From the Past - by Ben Denckla.
• Enhance Your Solo Performance With Live-Looping - by Arthur Lee Land

Information Sources

• Loopers Delight - information for live loopers, gear reviews, techniques etc.
• livelooping.org - collection of info + links to videos

Live looping festivals

• Y2K5 International Live Looping Festival - Big Sur, Santa Cruz and San Francisco, California.
• International Loopfestival Zürich - Zürich, Switzerland.
• Cambridge Festival of Looping - Cambridge, UK.
• Looper's Delight J - Kobe, Japan.
• Y2K4 - Santa Cruz, USA.
• Second Annual Cambridge Festival of Looping - UK.
• The First (International) Cambridge Festival of Looping 2003 - UK.
• 1st Swedish Looping Festival 2003 - Sweden.
• Looper's Delight J 2002 - Kobe, Japan.

Live looping software

• Live Loop - A multi-track live looping midi-sequencer.
• Zone Mobius - standalone freeware (multichannel)
• ELOTTRONIX XL - VST freeware, tape delay emulator
• Ambiloop - standalone freeware(?) (multichannel)
• Loopy Llama VST freeware
• SooperLooper standalone freeware (as JACK client) or as Audio Unit
• Augustus Loop tape delay emulator(and more) plug-in
• "Electrix Virtual Repeater Pro" award winning live loop studio ... unfortunately discontinued

Live looping hardware

• Boss: RC-2, RC-20, RC-50, GT-10
• Korg Kaos Pedal
• Gibson/Oberheim Echoplex
• Digitech Digidelay, JamMan
• Line 6: DL4, JM4, M3
• Electro Harmonix 2880

Live Looping Artists

• loopit.org - A wealth of examples of what you can do using live *multichannel* loop sampling.
• A One-Man Afrograss Folk Rock Ensemble Touring Loop Artist using Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro
• Matt Stevens A live looping acoustic guitarist
• Nick Robinson - a live looping electronic guitarist
• andy butler - live looping guitarist and event organiser
• Mister Tim - all-vocal looping artist
• ILLOOPINATION - Light Oriented Live Loop Music created by Bob Garcelon aka BobbyG