Multiple distant musician audio loop recording apparatus and listening method

A computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that is programmed to enable communication between a first audio looping device, a second audio loop and a computing device, the computer-program product comprising instructions to:

• receive, at a first audio looping device that is implemented as a foot pedal for switching by a first user, a first audio signal from a musical instrument of the first user;
• generate a first audio loop with the first audio signal for the first user prior to generating a second audio loop with a second audio looping device for a second user,
• wirelessly transmit via a transceiver positioned within the foot pedal, an electronic identification to the computing device to indicate that the first user is granted administrative privileges to revise a combined audio loop including the first audio loop at the computing device after generating the first audio loop;
• transmit the first audio loop to the second audio looping device with the computing device, the second audio looping device combining the first audio loop with the second audio loop to provide the combined audio loop;
• receive, at the first audio looping device, the combined audio loop from the second audio looping device via the computing device;
• and
• wherein the electronic identification enables the first user to remove the second audio loop from the combined audio loop at one of the computing device and the first audio looping device
• determine first loop information at the first audio looping device, the first loop information including a first loop length for the first audio loop;
• and
• transmit the first loop information to the second audio looping device along with the first audio loop such that the second audio looping device generates the combined audio loop at a loop length that is equal to the first loop length of the first audio loop since the first audio loop has been generated prior to the second audio loop and to the combined audio loop,
• wherein the first audio looping device receives the combined audio loop from the second audio looping device at the loop length that is equal to the first loop length.

An apparatus comprising:

• a computing device being electrically coupled to a first audio looping device that is implemented as a foot pedal for switching for a first user, the first audio looping device is configured to (i) receive a first audio signal from a musical instrument of a first user, (ii) generate a first audio loop with the first audio signal prior to generating a second audio loop with a second audio looping device for a second user, and (iii) determine first loop information including a first loop length for the first audio loop after generating the first audio loop, the computing device being programmed to:
• receive an electronic identification from a transceiver of the foot pedal the to indicate the first user to the computing device, the electronic identification being indicative of the first user having administrative privileges to revise a combined audio loop;
• transmit the first audio loop to a second audio looping device that generates a second audio loop for a second user and combines the first audio loop with the second audio loop to provide a combined audio loop;
• receive the combined audio loop from the second audio looping device;
• and
• playback the combined audio loop;
• and
• enable the first user to revise the combined audio loop based on the electronic identification,
• wherein the electronic identification enables the first user to remove the second audio loop from the combined audio loop at the computing device, and
• wherein the computing device is further configured to:
• enable the first loop information to be transmitted to the second audio looping device along with the first audio loop such that the second audio looping device generates the combined audio loop at a loop length that is equal to the first loop length of the first audio loop since the first audio loop has been generated prior to the second audio loop and to the combined audio loop,
• transmit the combined audio loop from the second audio looping device to the first audio looping device such that the loop length of the combined audio loop generated at the second audio looping device is equal to the first loop length and the first audio looping device receives the combined audio loop from the second audio looping device at the loop length that is equal to the first loop length.