Music sequencers are hardware devices or application software that can record, edit, or play back music, by handling note and performance information.
Many synthesizers, and by definition all music workstations, groove machines and drum machines, contain their own sequencers.
The following are specifically designed to function primarily as the music sequencers:
Since the analog synthesizer revivals in the 1990s, newly designed MIDI sequencers with a series of knobs or sliders similar to analog sequencer have appeared. These often equip CV/Gate and DIN sync interface along with MIDI, and even patch memory for multiple sequence patterns and possibly song sequences. These analog-digital hybrid machines are often called "Analogue-style MIDI step sequencer" or "MIDI analogue sequencer", etc.
Several machines also provide "song mode" to play the sequence of memorised patterns in specified order, as per drum machines.
Typical step sequencers are integrated on drum machines, bass machines, groove machines, music production machines, and these software versions. Often, these also support the semi-realtime recording mode, too.
Several tiny keyboards provide a step sequencer combined with an independent timing mode for recording and performance:
Several machines have white and black chromatic keypads, to enter the musical phrases.
Groovebox-type machines with white and black chromatic keypads, often support step recording mode along with realtime recording mode:
Other groovebox-type machines (including several music production machines) also often support step recording mode, of course:
Recently emerging button-grid-style interfaces/instruments are naturally support step sequence. On these machines, one axis on grid means musical scale or sample to play, and another axis means timing of notes.
In addition, newly designed hardware MIDI sequencers equipping a series of knobs/sliders similar to analog sequencers, are appeared. For details, see #Analog-style MIDI step sequencers.
Also often support Gate clock and DIN sync interfaces.
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Moog admired Buchla's work, recently stating that Buchla designed a system not only for "making new sounds but [for] making textures out of these sounds by specifying when these sounds could change and how regular those change would be."
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