Music ~ Sequencing
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- A Seuencer is...
- ...A device that allows musicians to record, edit, and playback a series of events.
- With MIDI sequencing, it is possible to change the tempo without affecting the...
- ...Pitch
- Integrated Sequencers
- Bulit into a synthesizer (keyboard) Varying editing abilities
- Dedicated Sequencers
- Stand - Alone units dedicated solely to sequencing
- Computer Software Sequencers
- Programs that run on computers
- The purpose of a sequencer is to...
- ...Capture a musical proformance.
- The purpose of a notation program is to...
- ...produce a score on paper.
- MIDI sequencers record, and play back all aspects of a...
- ...MIDI preformance.
- The degree of accuracy of time placement of events in a MIDI sequence is referred to as...
- ...Resolution and is expressed as Ticks/Pulses per quarter note.
- Most MIDI sequencers can record...
- ...Multi tracks of MIDI data.
- Tracks
- Each track has seperate part of the composition. Each track can send to one channel and multiple tracks can send to one channel
- Channels
- From MIDI determine the timbre to be heard
- Punch In / Punch Out Record
- Allows you to start and stop recording at particular spots
- Reset
- Allows you to stop any stuck notes
- Event Editing
- The changing of any MIDI event
- Region Editing
- Any change made affects the entire selected region and only that region
- Delete
- Cuts the selected event or region from the sequence
- Delete Time
- The MIDI events and the time the occupy are deleted
- Erase
- Eliminates MIDI events while preserving the time they occupied
- Insert
- To place new information in a squence
- Instert Time
- Inserts empty measures of amount of time
- Cut / Paste
- Deltes a selected region from one location to be inserted at another
- Copy / Paste
- Makes a duplicate of a region to be inserted at another location
- Merge
- Combines information from multiple tracks to one track
- Quantize
- Makes notes fit to a selected rhythmis grid
- Track Shifting
- Moves an entire track ahead or behind the beat by a set number of ticks
- Transpose
- To move all notes in a region up or down by a specific interval
- Filter
- Things out certain types of MIDI data such as pitch, bend, volume, or modulation
- Real-Time Recording
- The sequencer captures a preformance as it is played
- Step Recording
- A Sequence is created one note and time value at a time
- Looping
- To continuously repeat a track or section of a track
- Pattern-based sequencing
- Uses looping to create tracks within a sequence. Popular with dance, house and rap musicians
- Song Arrangement
- Serval different sequences are used within a file for different sections of the music such as introduction, verse and chorus, ect.
- Standard MIDI Files
- Should be saved as Standard MIDI Files. It allows the file to be opened by other sequencers. It is easier to transfer to a notation program