Live looping is the recording and playback of looped audio samples in real-time, using either hardware (magnetic tape, dedicated hardware devices) or software. It is a process with numerous sonic directions, open to instrument textures, improvisation and composition techniques. Performers who use this technique include beatbox artists such as Dub FX, Beardyman, THePETEBOX and MC Xander, as well as folk/rock artists Ari Herstand, Andrew Bird, Brother Bastion, Kishi Bashi, Imogen Heap and Theresa Andersson, and comedian/musician Reggie Watts.
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