Loop (music)

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Digital looping: Digital

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The use of pre-recorded, digitally-[[Sampling (music)|sampled]] loops in [[popular music]] dates back to Japanese [[electronic music]] band [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]],{{sfn|Condry|2006|p=60}} who released one of the first albums to feature mostly samples and loops, 1981's ''[[Technodelic]]''.{{sfn|Carter|2011}} Their approach to sampling was a precursor to the contemporary approach of constructing music by cutting fragments of sounds and looping them using computer technology.{{sfn|Condry|2006|p=60}} The album was produced using [[Toshiba-EMI]]'s LMD-649 digital [[Pulse-code modulation|PCM]] [[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]], which engineer Kenji Murata custom-built for YMO.{{sfn|Anon.|2011|loc=140–141}}
The use of pre-recorded, digitally-[[Sampling (music)|sampled]] loops in [[popular music]] dates back to Japanese [[electronic music]] band [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]],{{sfn|Condry|2006|p=60}} who released one of the first albums to feature mostly samples and loops, 1981's ''[[Technodelic]]''.{{sfn|Carter|2011}} Their approach to sampling was a precursor to the contemporary approach of constructing music by cutting fragments of sounds and looping them using computer technology.{{sfn|Condry|2006|p=60}} The album was produced using [[Toshiba-EMI]]'s LMD-649 digital [[Pulse-code modulation|PCM]] [[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]], which engineer Kenji Murata custom-built for YMO.{{sfn|Anon.|2011|loc=140–141}}


==Modern looping==
==Digital looping==
[[File:Ditto-Looper-X2.jpg|thumb|Ditto looper pedal]]
[[File:Ditto-Looper-X2.jpg|thumb|Ditto looper pedal]]
Since the 2010s, many musicians use [[digital hardware]] and software devices to create and modify loops, often in conjunction with various electronic musical effects. A loop can be created by a looper pedal, an effect pedal device that records the signal from a guitar or other audio source and then plays the recorded passage over and over again.{{sfn|Equipboard staff|2018}}
Since the 2010s, many musicians use [[digital hardware]] and software devices to create and modify loops, often in conjunction with various electronic musical effects. A loop can be created by a looper pedal, an effect pedal device that records the signal from a guitar or other audio source and then plays the recorded passage over and over again.{{sfn|Equipboard staff|2018}}
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