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Music sequencer
In the field of electronic music, a sequencer was originally any device that recorded and played back a sequence of control information for an electronic musical instrument.
Early analog music sequencers used control voltage/trigger interface, but have generally been replaced by digital sequencers utilizing MIDI. A MIDI sequencer plays back MIDI events and MIDI control information at a specified number of beats per minute.
Some synthesizers and almost all music workstations include a built-in MIDI sequencer. There are also standalone hardware MIDI sequencers, such as the Yamaha QY700 .
Software music sequencers run entirely on personal computers. These come in two varieties- pure MIDI sequencers and MIDI/audio sequencers. The former only allows the recording, playing back and editing of MIDI data. The latter adds the ability to sequence MIDI data alongside audio data.
Music sequencing software
- Ableton Live
- Digital Performer (also see MOTU's page for Digital Performer )
- Emagic Logic
- GarageBand
- energyXT
- FL Studio
- Rosegarden
- Sonar
- Steinberg Cubase
- Tracktion
- MusE (not to be confused with MuSE, the streaming audio engine)
- Ardour
- Propellerhead Reason
- seq24
- SawStudio
- Acid Pro 5 (For Win2k and Win XP Pro)
Hardware music sequencers
Similarly, music can be sequenced in a sense using trackers such as ModPlug Tracker, and a drum machine can be viewed as a specialized music sequencer.
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