Live looping has come a long way since Robert Fripp’s epic ‘Frippertronics’ performance, with the loop pedal’s journey from an obscure minimalist song creation tool to its mainstream application in ...

Adding one of the best looper pedals to your rig not only serves a utilitarian purpose, but can also be a big refresher for your guitar playing. A looper allows you to practice your music theory, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If recent releases are anything to go by, Electro-Harmonix is taking looping very seriously, and ...

LAST year Ed Sheeran was wrongly accused of using a backing track during his Glastonbury performance. Ed actually relies on a loop station, a music device which allows artists to build layers of music ...

A man who claims to have taught Ed Sheeran how to use a loop pedal has spoken in a new interview following the singer’s loop-filled Glastonbury headline set. Sheeran is known for using loop pedals for ...

In 2013, David Packouz sampled some beats played by a top drummer and put realistic percussion at the feet of guitarists. That drummer-in-a-pedal got a baby brother a couple of years later, and now ...

This guitar pedal can record, playback, and modify samples. [Colin Merkel], also know for his work on electronic door locks, built this to replicate some guitar effects he heard in recordings. By ...

Xenia Rubinos, a composer and singer based in Brooklyn, uses a Boss looping pedal to create a sound that's distinctly uneven, textured, and elegant. Here, she and the drummer Marco Buccelli explain ...

Ten songs into Ed Sheeran's performance at Gila River Arena in Glendale, the singer invited another musician – his touring carpenter, to be exact – on stage to join him on piano for "How Would You ...