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Many sequencers have features for limited Music Notation , and most are able to show music in a Piano Roll notation. (For software designed specifically for music notation, see Scorewriter .) Music can also be sequenced using Tracker s such as ModPlug Tracker , and some of those are able to sequence MIDI events too. HISTORY Early analog music sequencers used a Control Voltage/trigger Interface , but were replaced by digital hardware- or software-based MIDI sequencers, which play back MIDI events and MIDI control information at a specified number of beats per minute. As computer speeds increased in the 1990s, audio recording, audio editing, and sample triggering features were added to the software. Software so enhanced is called a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) to distinguish from sequencers and Multitrack Recording programs. DAWs almost always include sequencing features but, strictly speaking, go beyond what a sequencer is. STEP SEQUENCERS A special case of sequencers are step sequencers. Instead of recording played notes or drawing notes by hand on the piano roll, the user composes patterns using a grid of (usually) 16 buttons, or steps, each step being 1/16th of a Measure . Step sequencer patterns are monophonic by nature, but usually a single pattern may contain individual subpatterns for a number of different instruments. These patterns are then chained together to form longer compositions. Step sequencers are mostly used in Drum Machine s and Groovebox es. LIST OF SOFTWARE SEQUENCERS / DAWS WITH SEQUENCING FEATURES 's Home Studio 2002.]] 's Cubase VST.]] ''For a list of trackers, see the Tracker article.'' ''Also see: List Of MIDI Editors And Sequencers . Commercial Sequencers:
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HARDWARE MUSIC SEQUENCERS A list of hardware sequencers and synthesizers, grooveboxes and drum machines that contain a sequencer in alphabetical order (and by no means exhaustive):
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