Ed Sheeran and Robert Fripp come from very different worlds, but they and others blazed a trail, to make loopers mainstream When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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For those new to Ed Sheeran, his headline slot at Glastonbury caused a bit of confusion. How come he could stop playing his guitar, yet the music carried on? Was he miming? Or using a backing track?

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 ...

Ed Sheeran was accused of miming at Glastonbury 2017, but he actually uses a clever bit of kit called a loop station LAST year Ed Sheeran was wrongly accused of using a backing track during his ...