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Magnetize
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Whats a sequencer?
sonusman
Banned
A sort of recording machine for MIDI on and off notes, or MIDI commands (which are usually either on/off, or a value between 0-127 or 1-128 depending upon how the MIDI gear is configured).
It is used to store the Note On and Off of a keyboard usually. These On and Off notes are then routed to some kind of tone generator to create the actual sound.
You cannot use a Sequencer to record audio tracks. Only MIDI.
Ed
It is used to store the Note On and Off of a keyboard usually. These On and Off notes are then routed to some kind of tone generator to create the actual sound.
You cannot use a Sequencer to record audio tracks. Only MIDI.
Ed
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nodark
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[taken from "Sequencing Basics" by Don Muro]
-It might be easier to understand how this process works if you understand a basic difference between a tape recorder and a sequencer. A tape recorder records only the finished product: sound. A sequencer records everything that goes into making the sound but not the sound itself. In other words, the sequencer records the performance information and then on playback "tells" a MIDI-equippped instrument what to do to reproduce the sound. Sequencers make it possible to edit any aspect of performance information. For example, most sequencers allow us to correct wrong notes, to increase or decrease a song's tempo, to play a song back in a different key, and more. A sequencer, therefore, is a device that can record, edit, store, and play back digital data which represent a musical performance.
-It might be easier to understand how this process works if you understand a basic difference between a tape recorder and a sequencer. A tape recorder records only the finished product: sound. A sequencer records everything that goes into making the sound but not the sound itself. In other words, the sequencer records the performance information and then on playback "tells" a MIDI-equippped instrument what to do to reproduce the sound. Sequencers make it possible to edit any aspect of performance information. For example, most sequencers allow us to correct wrong notes, to increase or decrease a song's tempo, to play a song back in a different key, and more. A sequencer, therefore, is a device that can record, edit, store, and play back digital data which represent a musical performance.
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gordone
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One thing I always liked about sequencers is that after you record a part (or track) you can play it back using a different sound...
Don't like that cello part, make it into a violin track! Change that acoustic piano to an electric piano...
However, I don't recommend changing a drum part to an instrumental part (or vice versa)!
-Evan
Don't like that cello part, make it into a violin track! Change that acoustic piano to an electric piano...
However, I don't recommend changing a drum part to an instrumental part (or vice versa)!
-Evan
monty
Banned
Magnetize...my Roland W30 synthesizer has a 16 track sequencer in it. It's fun to download midi files and assign oddball sounds to the tracks. Like Van Halen songs done with flutes and violins, or Billy Idol done with oboes and cellos, etc. Cakewalk makes a sequencer out of my computer which will do the same thing only more tracks. I also have a Kawai Q80 32 track sequencer which is a stand alone unit, good for augmenting live performances, or adding tracks to other sequencers as they can all be synchronized through midi.
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bubblegum
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> It might be easier to understand how this > > process works if you understand a basic > > > difference between a tape recorder and a
> sequencer. A tape recorder > > > records only the finished product: sound. A > sequencer records everything that goes into > making
> the sound but not the sound > > > itself. In other words, the sequencer > > records the performance information and > > > then on playback
> "tells" a MIDI-equippped > > instrument what to do to reproduce the > > sound. Sequencers make it possible to edit > any aspect of performance information.
Hi, I've got a sampler and I've been
told I need a sequencer to go with it.
Let me get this straight: you record
data from the MIDI instrument into the
sequencer, and "playback" here means that
the data is sent back to the instrument?
Sorry if I sound stupid - I've mostly
recorded guitars, keyboards and percussion
at home: I'm new to MIDI.
Thanks.
> sequencer. A tape recorder > > > records only the finished product: sound. A > sequencer records everything that goes into > making
> the sound but not the sound > > > itself. In other words, the sequencer > > records the performance information and > > > then on playback
> "tells" a MIDI-equippped > > instrument what to do to reproduce the > > sound. Sequencers make it possible to edit > any aspect of performance information.
Hi, I've got a sampler and I've been
told I need a sequencer to go with it.
Let me get this straight: you record
data from the MIDI instrument into the
sequencer, and "playback" here means that
the data is sent back to the instrument?
Sorry if I sound stupid - I've mostly
recorded guitars, keyboards and percussion
at home: I'm new to MIDI.
Thanks.
hixmix
Halibut, North Dakota
What's a sequencer?
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