In music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections can be repeated to create ostinato patterns. Longer sections can also be repeated: for example, a player might loop what they play on an entire verse of a song in order to then play along with it, accompanying themselves.
"Loops are short sections of tracks (probably between one and four bars in length), which you believe might work being repeated." A loop is not "anysample, but ... specifically a small section of sound that's repeated continuously." Contrast with a one-shot sample.[2]
"A loop is a sample of a performance that has been edited to repeat seamlessly when the audio file is played end to end."[3]
"A drum loop is technically a short recording of multiple drum materials which has been edited to loop seamlessly ( to loop smoothly and continuously), a drum loop repeats until an exact duration is satisfied, for example, to break a single loop to another, you might want to use a drum fill which could also be a seamless loop."[4]
Terry Riley is a seminal composer and performer of the loop- and ostinato-based music who began using tape loops in 1960. For his 1963 piece Music for The Gift he devised a hardware looper that he named the Time Lag Accumulator, consisting of two tape recorders linked together, which he used to loop and manipulate trumpet player Chet Baker and his band. His 1964 composition In C, an early example of what would later be called minimalism, consists of 53 repeated melodic phrases (loops) performed live by an ensemble. "Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band", the B-side of his influential 1969 album A Rainbow in Curved Air uses tape loops of his electric organ and soprano saxophone to create electronic music that contains surprises as well as hypnotic repetition.[citation needed]
Another effective use of tape loops was Jamaican dub music in the 1960s. Dub producer King Tubby used tape loops in his productions while improvising with homemade delay units. Another dub producer, Sylvan Morris, developed a slapback echo effect by using both mechanical and handmade tape loops. These techniques were later adopted by hip hop musicians in the 1970s.[8]Grandmaster Flash's turntablism is an early example in hip hop.[citation needed]
The first commercial drum loop was created for the Song “Stayin’ Alive” for the movie Saturday Night Fever by Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. It was created by recording two measures of drums from the song “Night Fever” and recording them onto a two-track analog tape which was then fed between the capstan and the pinch roller. Because the loop was about 30 feet long, it was fed out to a 7” plastic reel for ballast which was hung over the arm of a microphone stand before the loop of tape returned to the take-up reel. This same loop was later used by the Bee Gees for the song “More than a Woman” also from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. That same loop was also use – though slowed down quite a bit, for the Streisand recording of “Woman in Love” produced by Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson and Barry Gibb. When Jeff Porcaro of the band TOTO came to work with Galuten and Gibb on a Bee Gees record, he was shown the technique of creating drum loops with analog tape. Porcaro subsequently went back to California where he used the method he had learned to create the drum loop that was used by Toto[9] as the foundation of the song Africa.
The use of pre-recorded, digitally-sampled loops in popular music dates back to Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra,[10] who released one of the first albums to feature mostly samples and loops, 1981's Technodelic.[11] 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.[10] The album was produced using Toshiba-EMI's LMD-649 digital PCMsampler, which engineer Kenji Murata custom-built for YMO.[12]
Modern looping
Ditto looper pedal
Today, 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, a device that records the signal from a guitar or other audio source and then plays the recorded passage over and over again. [13]
In the early 1990s, dedicated digital devices were invented specifically for use in live looping, i.e. loops that are recorded in front of a live audience.[citation needed]
Many hardware loopers exist, some in rack unit form, but primarily as effect pedals. The discontinued Lexicon JamMan, Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro, Electrix Repeater, and Looperlative LP1 are 19" rack units. The Boomerang "Rang III" Phrase Sampler, DigiTech JamMan,[14] Boss RC-300 and the Electro-Harmonix 2880 are examples of popular pedals. As of December 2015, the following pedals are currently in production: TC Ditto, TC Ditto X2, TC Ditto Mic, TC Ditto Stereo, Boss RC-1, Boss RC-3, Boss RC-30, Boss RC-300 and Boss RC-505.[15]
The musical loop is one of the most important features of video game music. It is also the guiding principle behind devices like the several Chinese Buddhist music boxes that loop chanting of mantras, which in turn were the inspiration of the Buddha machine, an ambient-music generating device. The Jan Linton album "Buddha Machine Music" used these loops along with others created by manually scrolling through C.D.s on a CDJ player.[16]
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Home Base Groove source source Loop example recurring after 22 seconds by Kevin MacLeod Problems playing this file See media help In music a loop is a repeating section of sound material Short sections can be repeated to create ostinato patterns Longer sections can also be repeated for example a player might loop what they play on an entire verse of a song in order to then play along with it accompanying themselves Loops can be created using a wide range of music technologies including turntables digital samplers looper pedals synthesizers sequencers drum machines tape machines and delay units and they can be programmed using computer music software The feature to loop a section of an audio track or video footage is also referred to by electronics vendors as A B repeat 1 Royalty free loops can be purchased and downloaded for music creation from companies like The Loop Loft Native Instruments Splice and Output Loops are supplied in either MIDI or Audio file formats such as WAV REX2 AIFF and MP3 Musicians play loops by triggering the start of the musical sequence by using a MIDI controller such as an Ableton Push or a Native Instruments MASCHINE Contents 1 Definitions 2 Origins 3 Modern looping 3 1 Loop based music software 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksDefinitions Edit Loops are short sections of tracks probably between one and four bars in length which you believe might work being repeated A loop is not any sample but specifically a small section of sound that s repeated continuously Contrast with a one shot sample 2 A loop is a sample of a performance that has been edited to repeat seamlessly when the audio file is played end to end 3 A drum loop is technically a short recording of multiple drum materials which has been edited to loop seamlessly to loop smoothly and continuously a drum loop repeats until an exact duration is satisfied for example to break a single loop to another you might want to use a drum fill which could also be a seamless loop 4 Origins EditSee also Tape loop Sampling music Tape music and Musique concrete While repetition is used in the music of all cultures the first musicians to use loops as early as 1944 were electroacoustic music pioneers such as Pierre Schaeffer Halim El Dabh 5 Pierre Henry Edgard Varese and Karlheinz Stockhausen 6 In turn El Dabh s music influenced Frank Zappa s use of tape loops in the mid 1960s 7 Terry Riley is a seminal composer and performer of the loop and ostinato based music who began using tape loops in 1960 For his 1963 piece Music for The Gift he devised a hardware looper that he named the Time Lag Accumulator consisting of two tape recorders linked together which he used to loop and manipulate trumpet player Chet Baker and his band His 1964 composition In C an early example of what would later be called minimalism consists of 53 repeated melodic phrases loops performed live by an ensemble Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band the B side of his influential 1969 album A Rainbow in Curved Air uses tape loops of his electric organ and soprano saxophone to create electronic music that contains surprises as well as hypnotic repetition citation needed Another effective use of tape loops was Jamaican dub music in the 1960s Dub producer King Tubby used tape loops in his productions while improvising with homemade delay units Another dub producer Sylvan Morris developed a slapback echo effect by using both mechanical and handmade tape loops These techniques were later adopted by hip hop musicians in the 1970s 8 Grandmaster Flash s turntablism is an early example in hip hop citation needed The first commercial drum loop was created for the Song Stayin Alive for the movie Saturday Night Fever by Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson It was created by recording two measures of drums from the song Night Fever and recording them onto a two track analog tape which was then fed between the capstan and the pinch roller Because the loop was about 30 feet long it was fed out to a 7 plastic reel for ballast which was hung over the arm of a microphone stand before the loop of tape returned to the take up reel This same loop was later used by the Bee Gees for the song More than a Woman also from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack That same loop was also use though slowed down quite a bit for the Streisand recording of Woman in Love produced by Albhy Galuten Karl Richardson and Barry Gibb When Jeff Porcaro of the band TOTO came to work with Galuten and Gibb on a Bee Gees record he was shown the technique of creating drum loops with analog tape Porcaro subsequently went back to California where he used the method he had learned to create the drum loop that was used by Toto 9 as the foundation of the song Africa The use of pre recorded digitally sampled loops in popular music dates back to Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra 10 who released one of the first albums to feature mostly samples and loops 1981 s Technodelic 11 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 10 The album was produced using Toshiba EMI s LMD 649 digital PCM sampler which engineer Kenji Murata custom built for YMO 12 Modern looping Edit Ditto looper pedal Today 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 a device that records the signal from a guitar or other audio source and then plays the recorded passage over and over again 13 In the early 1990s dedicated digital devices were invented specifically for use in live looping i e loops that are recorded in front of a live audience citation needed Many hardware loopers exist some in rack unit form but primarily as effect pedals The discontinued Lexicon JamMan Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro Electrix Repeater and Looperlative LP1 are 19 rack units The Boomerang Rang III Phrase Sampler DigiTech JamMan 14 Boss RC 300 and the Electro Harmonix 2880 are examples of popular pedals As of December 2015 the following pedals are currently in production TC Ditto TC Ditto X2 TC Ditto Mic TC Ditto Stereo Boss RC 1 Boss RC 3 Boss RC 30 Boss RC 300 and Boss RC 505 15 The musical loop is one of the most important features of video game music It is also the guiding principle behind devices like the several Chinese Buddhist music boxes that loop chanting of mantras which in turn were the inspiration of the Buddha machine an ambient music generating device The Jan Linton album Buddha Machine Music used these loops along with others created by manually scrolling through C D s on a CDJ player 16 Loop based music software Edit Main articles Music sequencer and Digital audio workstationSee also EditPhase musicReferences Edit Anon 2018 Duffell 2005 p 14 Hawkins 2004 p 10 Horlaes 2018 Holmes 2008 p 154 Decroupet and Ungeheuer 1998 pp 110 118 119 126 Holmes 2008 pp 153 154 Veal 2007 pp 187 188 Verfasser Flans Robyn It s about time Jeff Porcaro the man and his music ISBN 978 1 7051 1229 8 OCLC 1240405790 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a last has generic name help a b Condry 2006 p 60 Carter 2011 Anon 2011 140 141 Equipboard staff 2018 Ross 2010 Anon n d Entropy Records 2011 Sources Anon n d Looper Pedal Reviews and Performances LooperMusic com accessed 29 December 2015 Anon 2011 月刊ロッキンf 1982年3月号 LMD 649の記事 1982 Tokyosky Webmaster s Blog Rockin f nl March 140 141 Anon 11 April 2018 What is the A B Repeat function sony co th Carter Monica 2011 It s Easy When You re Big in Japan Yellow Magic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl The Vinyl District 30 June accessed 22 July 2011 Condry Ian 2006 Hip hop Japan Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization Duke University Press ISBN 0 8223 3892 0 Retrieved 12 June 2011 Decroupet Pascal and Elena Ungeheuer 1998 Through the Sensory Looking Glass The Aesthetic and Serial Foundations of Gesang der Junglinge translated by Jerome Kohl Perspectives of New Music 36 no 1 Winter pp 97 142 doi 10 2307 833578 Equipboard staff 2018 5 Best Looper Pedals for Guitar Equipboard website 14 August accessed 18 October 2018 Duffell Daniel 2005 Making Music with Samples Tips Techniques and 600 Ready to Use Samples San Francisco Backbeat ISBN 0 87930 839 7 Entropy Records 2011 Jan Linton Buddha Machine Music Entropy Records Archived from the original on 12 March 2012 Retrieved 5 July 2011 Hawkins Erik 2004 The Complete Guide to Remixing Produce Professional Dance Floor Hits on Your Home Computer Boston Berklee Press ISBN 0 87639 044 0 Holmes Thom 2008 Early Synthesizers and Experimenters Electronic and Experimental Music Technology Music and Culture 3rd ed Taylor amp Francis ISBN 978 0 415 95781 6 Retrieved 10 June 2014 Horlaes 2018 Creating a Drum Loop Like a Pro Exclusivemusicplus No 30 October Retrieved 30 November 2018 unreliable source Ross Michael 29 July 2010 DigiTech JML2 JamMan Stereo Review Up to 6 Hours of Looping at the Touch of a Button Gearwire Forums archived from the original on 25 November 2012 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint unfit URL link Archive from 25 November 2012 accessed 10 June 2014 Veal Michael E 2007 Dub Songscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae Middletown Wesleyan University Press ISBN 978 0 8195 7442 8 Further reading EditBaumgartel Tilman 2015 Schleifen Zur Geschichte und Asthetik des Loops Berlin Kulturverlag Kadmos ISBN 978 3 86599 271 0 Retrieved 11 July 2015 External links EditMusic loops at Curlie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Loop music amp oldid 1136315282, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
