Seq24 is a software
MIDI
MIDI (; Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and re ...
music sequencer
A music sequencer (or audio 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 Cont ...
that runs under
Linux
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and
Microsoft Windows
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. Written in
C++,
it is designed to be simple to use and appropriate for live performance.
Distributed under the terms of the
GPL-2.0-or-later license, Seq24 is
free software
Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, no ...
.
Seq24 is intended to be similar to hardware sequencers/samplers such as
Akai's
MPC line of instruments. It works by sequencing smaller sequences or
loops of MIDI notes and performance information into larger music sequences in a manner similar to the way in which
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
's
Acid
In computer science, ACID ( atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) is a set of properties of database transactions intended to guarantee data validity despite errors, power failures, and other mishaps. In the context of databases, a sequ ...
software is used to sequence audio clips. In order to do this, it has a patterns panel, a pattern editor and a song editor.
Sequences are saved as
Standard MIDI file
MIDI (; Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and rel ...
format, type 1.
While developed from 2002 to 2006 by Rob Buse, a team (calling themselves simply 'Seq24team') picked up the project in 2008 with Rob's blessing, and resumed work with release 0.8.8.
See also
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Free audio software
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Players
Audio analysis
Converters
DJ software
...
References
External links
Seq24- Official Webpage
Seq24 Launchpad Site- The development site for Seq24
Seq24 wiki- A wiki created around new development efforts of Seq24
Seq24plus- GitHub repository for developing Seq24 further
Sequencer64- A major reboot of Seq24, with many new features
Free music software
Linux audio video-related software
Free audio editors
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