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A music sequencer (or simply sequencer) is a device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically CV/Gate, MIDI, or Open Sound Control (OSC), and possibly audio and automation data for DAWs and plug-ins. (See § Types of music sequencer)[note 1]

Overview

Modern sequencers

1980s typical software sequencer platform, using Atari Mega ST computer.
Today's typical software sequencer, supporting multitrack audio (DAW) and plug-ins (Steinberg Cubase 6[1])
User interface on Steinberg Cubase v6.0, a digital audio workstation with an integrated software sequencer.
See also: § Software sequencers, Audio sequencer, Digital audio workstation, and Audio plug-in

The advent of Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) and the Atari ST home computer in the 1980s gave programmers the opportunity to design software that could more easily record and play back sequences of notes played or programmed by a musician. This software also improved on the quality of the earlier sequencers which tended to be mechanical sounding and were only able to play back notes of exactly equal duration. Software-based sequencers allowed musicians to program performances that were more expressive and more human. These new sequencers could also be used to control external synthesizers, especially rackmounted sound modules, and it was no longer necessary for each synthesizer to have its own devoted keyboard.

As the technology matured, sequencers gained more features, such as the ability to record multitrack audio. Sequencers used for audio recording are called digital audio workstations (or DAWs).

Many modern sequencers can be used to control virtual instruments implemented as software plug-ins. This allows musicians to replace expensive and cumbersome standalone synthesizers with their software equivalents.

Today the term "sequencer" is often used to describe software. However, hardware sequencers still exist. Workstation keyboards have their own proprietary built-in MIDI sequencers. Drum machines and some older synthesizers have their own step sequencer built in. There are still also standalone hardware MIDI sequencers, although the market demand for those has diminished greatly due to the greater feature set of their software counterparts.

Types of music sequencer

Music sequencers are often categorized by handling data types, as following:.[citation needed]

Also, music sequencer can be categorized by its construction and supporting modes.

Realtime sequencer (realtime recording mode)

A realtime sequencer on the synthesizer
See also: § Digital sequencers, List of music sequencers § Digital sequencers, and List of music sequencers § Software sequencers and DAWs with sequencing features

Realtime sequencers record the musical notes in real-time as on audio recorders, and play back musical notes with designated tempo, quantizations, and pitch. For editing, usually "punch in/punch out" feature originated in the tape recording is provided, although it requires enough skills to obtain desired result. For detailed editing, possibly another visual editing modes under graphical user interface may be more suitable. Anyway, this mode provides usability similar to the audio recorder already familiarized by musicians, and it is widely supported on software sequencer, DAW, and built-in hardware sequencers.

Analog sequencer

An analog sequencer
See also: § Analog sequencers, and List of music sequencers § Analog sequencers

Analog sequencers are typically implemented with analog electronics, and play the musical notes designated by a series of knobs or sliders corresponding to each musical note (step). It is designed for both composition and live performance; users can change the musical notes at any time without regarding recording mode. And also possibly, the time-interval between each musical note (length of each step) can be independently adjustable. Typically, analog sequencer is used to generate the repeated minimalistic phrases which is reminiscent of Tangerine Dream, Giorgio Moroder or trance music.

Step sequencer (step recording mode)

A step rhythm sequencer on the drum machine
A step note sequencer on the bass machine
See also: § Step sequencers, and List of music sequencers § Step sequencers (supported on)

On the step sequencers, musical notes are rounded into the steps of equal time-interval, and users can enter each musical note without exact timing; Instead, each timing and duration of step are designated in several ways:

  • On the drum machines: select a trigger timing from a row of step-buttons.
  • On the bass machines: select a step note (or rest) from a chromatic keypads, then select a step duration (or tie) from a group of length-buttons, sequentially.
  • On the several home keyboards: in addition to the realtime sequencer, a pair of step trigger button is provided; using it, notes on the pre-recorded sequence can be triggered in arbitrary timings for the timing dedicated recordings or performances. (See List of music sequencers#Step sequencers (supported on).)

In general, step mode, along with roughly quantized semi-realtime mode, is often supported on the analog drum machines, bass machines and several groove machines.

Software sequencer

See also: § Software sequencers, and List of music sequencers § Software sequencers and DAWs with sequencing features

Software sequencer is a class of application software providing a functionality of music sequencer, and often provided as one feature of the DAW or the integrated music authoring environments. The features provided as sequencers vary widely depending on the software; even an analog sequencer can be simulated. The user may control the software sequencer either by using the graphical user interfaces or a specialized input devices, such as a MIDI controller.

Typical features on software sequencers

Numerical editor on Tracker
Score editor
 
Piano roll editor
with strip chart
Audio and MIDI tracks on DAW
Loop sequencer
  		File:Cubase6 Sample Editor beat slicing - Amen break.jpg
Sample editor
with beat slicer
Vocal editor
for pitch and timing

History

Early sequencers

See also: Category:Mechanical musical instruments and Music box § Evolving box production
Barrel with pins on a large stationary barrel organ
Music roll
on barrel organ

The early music sequencers were sound producing devices such as automatic musical instruments, music boxes, mechanical organs, player pianos, and Orchestrions. Player pianos, for example, had much in common with contemporary sequencers. Composers or arrangers transmitted music to piano rolls which were subsequently edited by technicians who prepared the rolls for mass duplication. Eventually consumers were able to purchase these rolls and play them back on their own player pianos.

The origin of automatic musical instruments seems considerably old. As early as the 9th century, Persian inventors Banū Mūsā brothers invented hydropowered organ using exchangeable cylinders with pins,[6] and also automatic flute player using steam power,[7][8] as described on their Book of Ingenious Devices. In the 14th century, rotating cylinder with pins were used to play carillon in Flanders,[citation needed] and at least in the 15th century, barrel organs were seen in the Netherlands.[9]

Player piano (1920) controlled by piano roll.
RCA Mark II (1957),
controlled via wide punched paper roll

In the late-18th or early-19th century, as the results of Industrial Revolution, various automatic musical instruments were invented, for examples: music box, barrel organ and barrel piano using barrel / cylinder with pins or metal disc with punched holes; or mechanical organ, player piano and orchestrion using book music / music rolls (piano rolls) with punched holes, etc. These instruments were widely spread as the popular entertainment devices before the inventions of phonograph, radio, and sound film. Amongst of all, especially the punched tape media had been long lived until the mid-20th century: earliest programmable music synthesizers including RCA Mark II Sound Synthesizer in 1957, and Siemens Synthesizer in 1959, were also controlled via punch tapes similar to piano rolls.[10][11][12]

Another inventions were came from sound film technology. The drawn sound technique which appeared in the late 1920s, is notable as a precursor of today's intuitive graphical user interfaces. On this technique, notes and various sound parameters were controlled by hand-drawn waves on the films, resembling piano rolls or strip charts on the modern sequencers/DAWs. It was often utilized on early experiments of electronic music, including Variophone developed by Yevgeny Sholpo in 1930, and Oramics designed by Daphne Oram in 1957, etc.

Analog sequencers

Earliest commercially available analog sequencers (bottom) on Buchla 100 (1964/1966)[13]
Moog sequencer module (left, probably added after 1968) on Moog Modular (1964)
Main article: Analog sequencer

During the 1940s–1960s, Raymond Scott, an American composer of electronic music, invented various kind of music sequencers for his electric compositions. The "Wall of Sound", once covered on the wall of his studio in New York during the 1940s–1950s, was an electro-mechanical sequencer to produce rhythmic patterns, consisting of stepping relays (used on dial pulse telephone exchange), solenoids, control switches, and tone circuits with 16 individual oscillators.[14] Later, Robert Moog explained it as "the whole room would go 'clack - clack - clack', and the sounds would come out all over the place".[15] The Circle Machine, developed in 1959, had dimmer bulbs arranged in a ring, and a rotating arm with photocell scanning over the ring, to generate arbitrary waveform. Also, the rotating speed of arm was controlled via brightness of lights, and as the results, arbitrary rhythms were generated.[16]

Clavivox, developed since 1952, was a kind of keyboard synthesizer with sequencer.[verification needed] On its prototype, a theremin manufactured by young Robert Moog was utilized to enable portamento over 3-octave range, and on later version, it was replaced by a pair of photographic film and photocell for controlling the pitch by voltage.[15]

In 1965 Ralph Lundsten had a polyphonic synthesizer with sequencer called Andromatic. built for him by Erkki Kurenniemi.[17]

Step sequencers

Electro-mechanical disc sequencer on early drum machine (1959)
Eko ComputeRhythm (1972),[18][19] one of the earliest programmable drum machines
Firstman SQ-01 (1980),[20] one of the earliest step bass machines
See also: Drum machine, Bass synth, and Groovebox

The step sequencers played rigid patterns of notes using a grid of (usually) 16 buttons, or steps, each step being 1/16 of a measure. These patterns of notes were then chained together to form longer compositions. Sequencers of this kind are still in use, mostly built into drum machines and grooveboxes. They are monophonic by nature, although some are multi-timbral, meaning that they can control several different sounds but only play one note on each of those sounds.[clarification needed]

Early computers

Main article: Computer music
CSIRAC played the earliest computer music in 1951

On the other hand, software sequencers were continuously utilized since the 1950s in the context of computer music, including computer-played music (software sequencer), computer-composed music (music synthesis), and computer sound generation (sound synthesis). In June 1951, the first computer music Colonel Bogey was played on CSIRAC, Australia's first digital computer.[21][22] In 1956, Lejaren Hiller at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign wrote one of the earliest programs for computer music composition on ILLIAC, and collaborated on the first piece, Illiac Suite for String Quartet, with Leonard Issaction.[23] In 1957 Max Mathews at Bell Labs wrote MUSIC, the first widely used program for sound generation, and a 17-second composition was performed by the IBM 704 computer. Subsequently, computer music was mainly researched on the expensive mainframe computers in computer centers, until the 1970s when minicomputers and then microcomputers became available in this field.

In Japan, experiments in computer music date back to 1962, when Keio University professor Sekine and Toshiba engineer Hayashi experimented with the TOSBAC computer. This resulted in a piece entitled TOSBAC Suite.[24]

DDP-24 S Block (expansion card rack unit) that is assumed the A/D converters used for GROOVE (1970) by Max Mathews.

In 1965,[25] Mathews and L. Rosler developed Graphic 1, an interactive graphical sound system (that implies sequencer) on which one could draw figures using a light-pen that would be converted into sound, simplifying the process of composing computer generated music.[26][27] It used PDP-5 minicomputer for data input, and IBM 7094 mainframe computer for rendering sound. Also in 1970, Mathews and F. R. Moore developed the GROOVE (Generated Real-time Output Operations on Voltage-controlled Equipment) system,[28] a first fully developed music synthesis system for interactive composition (that implies sequencer) and realtime performance, using 3C/Honeywell DDP-24[29] (or DDP-224[30]) minicomputers. It used a CRT display to simplify the management of music synthesis in realtime, 12bit D/A for realtime sound playback, an interface for analog devices, and even several controllers including a musical keyboard, knobs, and rotating joysticks to capture realtime performance.[26][30][27]

Digital sequencers

EMS Sequencer 256 (1971), branched from Synthi 100.

In 1971, Electronic Music Studios (EMS) released one of the first digital sequencer products as a module of Synthi 100, and its derivation, Synthi Sequencer series.[31][32] After then, Oberheim released the DS-2 Digital Sequencer in 1974,[33] and Sequential Circuits released Model 800 in 1977 [34]

Music workstations

See also: Music workstation
Synclavier I (1977)
Fairlight CMI (1979) supporting MCL (sequencer)

In 1975, New England Digital (NED) released ABLE computer (microcomputer)[35] as a dedicated data processing unit for Dartmouth Digital Synthesizer (1973), and based on it, later Synclavier series were developed.

The Synclavier I, released in September 1977,[36] was one of the earliest digital music workstation product with multitrack sequencer. Synclavier series evolved throughout the late-1970s to the mid-1980s, and they also established integration of digital-audio and music-sequencer, on their Direct-to-Disk option in 1984, and later Tapeless Studio system.

Yamaha's GS-1, the first FM digital synthesizer, was released in 1980.[37] To program the synthesizer, Yamaha built a custom computer workstation designed to be used as a sequencer for the GS-1. It was only available at Yamaha's headquarters in Japan (Hamamatsu) and the United States (Buena Park).[38]

In 1982,[39] renewed the Fairlight CMI Series II with its sequencer, "Page R", which combined step sequencing with sample playback.

Roland MC-8 Microcomposer (1977)

Standalone CV/Gate sequencers

In 1977, Roland Corporation released the MC-8 Microcomposer, also called computer music composer by Roland. It was an early stand-alone, microprocessor-based, digital CV/Gate sequencer,[40][41] and an early polyphonic sequencer.[42][43] It equipped a keypad to enter notes as numeric codes, 16 KB of RAM for a maximum of 5200 notes (large for the time), and a polyphony function which allocated multiple pitch CVs to a single Gate.[44] It was capable of eight-channel polyphony, allowing the creation of polyrhythmic sequences.[45] While there were earlier microprocessor-based sequencers,[note 4] they were based on keyboard entry, and lacked the MC-8's CV/Gate capabilities and depth of control/synchronization facilities.[40][41] The MC-8 had a significant impact on popular electronic music, with the MC-8 and its descendants (such as the Roland MC-4 Microcomposer) impacting popular electronic music production in the 1970s and 1980s more than any other family of sequencers.[45] The MC-8's earliest known users were Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1978.[46]

MIDI sequencers

Main article: MIDI
See also: Comparison of MIDI editors and sequencers and Groovebox

In June 1981, Roland Corporation founder Ikutaro Kakehashi proposed the concept of standardization between different manufacturers' instruments as well as computers, to Oberheim Electronics founder Tom Oberheim and Sequential Circuits president Dave Smith. In October 1981, Kakehashi, Oberheim and Smith discussed the concept with representatives from Yamaha, Korg and Kawai.[47] In 1983, the MIDI standard was unveiled by Kakehashi and Smith.[48][49] The first MIDI sequencer was the Roland MSQ-700, released in 1983.[50]

It was not until the advent of MIDI that general-purpose computers started to play a role as sequencers. Following the widespread adoption of MIDI, computer-based MIDI sequencers were developed. MIDI-to-CV/Gate converters were then used to enable analogue synthesizers to be controlled by a MIDI sequencer.[41] Since its introduction, MIDI has remained the musical instrument industry standard interface through to the present day.[51]

Personal computers

See also: MIDI, Music Macro Language, Computer music, Sampler (musical instrument), and Music tracker

In 1978, Japanese personal computers such as the Sharp MZ and Hitachi Basic Master were capable of digital synthesis, which were sequenced using Music Macro Language (MML).[52] This was used to produce chiptune video game music.[24]

It was not until the advent of MIDI, introduced to the public in 1983, that general-purpose computers really started to play a role as software sequencers. Following the widespread adoption of MIDI, computer-based MIDI software sequencers were developed.[41]

Page R on Fairlight
Tracker software

NEC's personal computers, the PC-88 and PC-98, added support for MIDI sequencing with MML programming in 1982.[24] In 1983, Yamaha released the Yamaha CX5M, a general-purpose MSX personal computer designed for music production,[53] capable of real-time FM synthesis with sequencing, as well as MIDI sequencing,[54] with a graphical user interface for the software sequencer.[55]

In 1987, software sequencers called trackers were developed. They became popular in the 1980s and 1990s as simple sequencers for creating computer game music, and remain popular in the demoscene and chiptune music.

Visual timeline of rhythm sequencers

Main articles: Drum machines, Groovebox, Beat slicing, and Sampler (musical instrument)

Mechanical (pre 20c)





Rhythmicon (1930)




Drum machine
(1959–)





Transistorized drum machine (1964–)





Step drum machine (1972–)

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Microprocessor drum machine (1978–)





Digital drum machine (1980–)





DCB drum machine (1980–)





“Page R” on Fairlight (1982)

MIDI drum machine (1983–)


Groove machine (1983–)





PC rhythm sequencer (1983–)





Tracker (1987–)




File:Cubase6 Sample Editor beat slicing - Amen break.jpg

Beat slicer (1990s–)


Spectrogram editing (1994)

Loop sequencer (1998–)





Note manipulation on audio tracks (2009–)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ On WhatIs.com of TechTarget (whatis.techtarget.com), an author seems to define a term "Sequencer" as an abbreviation of "MIDI sequencer".
    • Margaret Rouse (April 2005). "Define sequencer". WhatIs.com (whatis.techtarget.com). TechTarget. In digital audio recording, a sequencer is a program in a computer or stand-alone keyboard unit that puts together a sound sequence from a series (or sequence) of Musical Instrument Digital Interface ( MIDI ) events (operations). The MIDI sequencer allows the user to record and edit a musical performance without using an audio-based input source. ... {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help); External link in |author= and |quote= (help)
  2. ^ Automation parameters on the DAW are often interoperable with MIDI messages (control changes (CC) or SysEx); in that case, it can be controlled in real-time via pre-assigned MIDI messages generated by MIDI controllers or MIDI sequencers, etc.   And even more, on the several DAWs, automation parameters are explicitly recorded as MIDI messages on their embedded MIDI sequencers. (See Price 2006)
  3. ^ The term "audio sequencer" seems to be relatively new expression and seems to be not clearly defined, yet. For example, "DAW integrated with MIDI sequencer" is often referred as "Audio and MIDI sequencer". However, in this usage, the term "audio sequencer" is just a synonym for the "DAW", and beyond the scope of this article. In that case, please check Digital audio workstation.
  4. ^ In 1974-1975, Australian computer music engineer Tony Furse developed the MC6800-based Qasar M8 with a software sequencer MUSEQ 8, with a minimum price of $8,000. In 1976, it was licensed to Fairlight Instruments Pty Ltd., and eventually Fairlight CMI was released in 1979. (For details, see Fairlight CMI)

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  55. ^ Yamaha CX5M Music Computer Flyer, Yamaha

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