A music 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 C
1980s typical software sequencer platform, using Atari Mega ST computer
User interface on Steinberg Cubase 6, a digital audio workstation with an integrated software sequencer
A step rhythm sequencer on the drum machine
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns. Drum machines may imitate drum kits or other percussion instruments, or produce unique soun
Music sequencer
…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. The market demand for standalone hardware MIDI sequencers has diminished greatly…
Elektron Analog RYTM drum machine
Rhythmicon (1932) and Joseph Schillinger, a music educator
Wurlitzer Side Man (1959, inner view)
Seeburg/Gulbransen Rhythm Prince using a mechanical wheel, as seen on bailed out left panel