Talk:Music sequencer

message: User:Bfinn said this in my users page after I removed the "Main" and "Other" categories in the sequencer's links:
Re Music sequencer, the point of the 'main' and 'other' categories was (as in the Scorewriter article) to distinguish between those that are widely used from the obscure ones, which I should think is useful information for at least some people.  The big 4 in terms of market share are undoubtedly Logic, ProTools, Cubase and Cakewalk. (I have some industry stats on these.) I'd guess that Digital Performer comes next. Of the rest in the list, Reason and to a lesser extent Acid are quite widely used; GarageBand increasingly so too, though the fact that it is effectively free makes it a special case. But most of the rest are very obscure products AFAIK.
I don't personally think that main and other are reasonable encyclopedia terms.  If you've got actual dated statistics with sources and all that which could be included they would come across as less arbitrary.
But as you said this gets tricky; truth be told GarageBand is probably the most used, but I'm not sure how "main" that makes it.  Ableton Live I would guess is probably up there with Reason and possibly Acid -- it's at least the competing product to those two and gets a similar amount of press attention.  Many of the rest on the rest on the list are special because they're Linux only.
I suppose some of my opposition to those terms as well is that it kind of implies that they're interchangeable and that there are some that are market leaders whereas I think more appropriate categorization might point out that there are in fact functional groups -- based on features, focus, platform, price, etc. Scott.wheeler 02:11, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the industry stats I have are in the public domain unfortunately, so I can't really cite them as a source. Grouping the sequencers by functionality might be a useful solution, and/or indicating those that are Linux based (which at least clarifies that those ones are probably not commercial nor very widely used). Ben Finn 10:50, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: If you're fine with such I'll go through and lump them into "Traditional", "Loop Based" and "Linux / UNIX" categories.  Alternatively a table somewhat akin to some of the tables in Comparison of media players would be possible, but I think that'd likely be overkill. Scott.wheeler 01:19, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

text: I just wanted to hop in and say that the "main five" was extremely helpful to me when I had to choose one a few months ago. Is it possible to list the current list by popularity? Fire 18:38, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem was that the "main five" was just someone's guess at what the main five are.  If you can find a reliable source with sales figures then sure.  However, there's the additional problem that sequencers aren't interchangeable.  You can't really "choose" for instance between Reason and Protools.  If one fits your needs the other almost certainly does not.  At least all of the products left in the commercial category are major products with significant followings.  What might be more appropriate would be a feature matrix. Scott.wheeler 21:52, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Main" and "Other" Categories 

message: MIDI control information is what a sequencer records. They do not record audio. That would be a recorder. Often, the software blends these features leading to confusion about which is which. I've edited the article to make this more clear.
--Trweiss 14:30, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Protools is a DAW. --Trweiss 14:22, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

text: Tend to agree, but we probably need to look at the standard definition, and keep in mind that definitions can change. Sequencers may not record audio, but DAWs can "sequence" audio that is already recorded: they can copy and loop audio clips, time-stretch them, and arrange them in various ways. That goes beyond what a "recorder" does, so when we discuss sequencers, recorders and DAWs, we need to be specific about what function is being performed at a given time. Dementia13 (talk) 14:09, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does a sequencer do? 

message: I propose to split the list of software sequencers to separate "software sequencers" and "DAWs with sequencing features" and yet another split (maybe first) to open source/closed source applications. --- Nedkoself bias resist 11:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: so do it Chavatshimshon 02:00, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't think that line is well defined enough to group things effectively.  There are some pieces of software that fall clearly on one side of the line, but others like, say, Live (just one example from many) that don't clearly fit in one category.  I think Commercial / Open Source / Free- or Shareware would probably be better groupings.  Scott.wheeler 20:14, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal 

message: Which Music sequencer is the most popular one? An important detail that is left out here! Chavatshimshon 02:01, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've not had a responce and am I am putting the big four at the top of list to mark them out. Chavatshimshon 17:50, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  The "main five" is again both inaccurate and not sourced and I'm removing it again as such.  The most important commercial sequencers / DAWs arguably are Logic, Live, Cubase, Protools, Sonar, Digital Performer and kind of amusingly, Garage Band, with Acid and Reason (and maybe even Fruity Loops, though it's even more removed from the mainstream) being somewhat arguable.  The problem is that all of these have established niches and somewhat distinct markets.  Reason can't be used for film scoring, Cubase wouldn't be used for live performance and so on.   (Note that I do work in the music software industry, so this isn't just prognostication.) Scott.wheeler 20:14, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Most popular music sequencers

message: This was the list of sequencers I removed.  I went through the entire list doing a little research on each.  There were a few main reasons for removal:
* did not meet WP:SOFTWARE (most of the list)
* had not been in production for more than 5 years (i.e. Buzz)
* are not in fact software sequencers (i.e. Reaktor, Ardour)
* did not contribute significantly to the notion of a software sequencer (i.e. things that are mostly just bundled with sound cards)
The first four items are somewhat arguable.  I'd be fine with them being readded if another semi-established WP editor wants them in.  The others I'd expect to see citations to proove that they meet WP:SOFTWARE.
Also remember that there is no need to have an exhaustive list in this article.  At some point it make make more sense to simply create a category and then to weed out the non-notable members from there.
* Sagan Technology Metro
* Pyramix from Merging Technologies 
* Orion Platinum from Synapse Audio Software
* PowerTracks from PG Music
* Jeskola Buzz
* Reaktor from Native Instruments 
* Anvil Studio
* Audio Dementia from Holladay Audio
* | EnergyXT
* MIDI Maker 
* Making Waves 
* MusicPhrase music sequencer 
* OrganAssist
* Psycle from your contributions
* Techno Ejay 
* Tunafish free software based VST/midi controller
* Turtle Beach/Voyetra MIDI/Digital Orchestrator Pro
* Vision, AKA Studio Vision -  from Opcode Systems. (Once-popular Classic Mac OS MIDI/audio sequencer)
* Virtual Composer 
* WinJammer Shareware/Professional (discontinued)
* Yamaha SOL2
* Yamaha XGworks ST
* Zadok Audio & Media Products' WinAudio
* Ardour
I also combined multiple sequencers from the same company onto one line.
: Orion is a software sequencer, but I can't be bothered to dig up citations at the moment. There are head-to-head comparison reviews of various sequencer packages that could be good reference sources. WP:SOFTWARE is mentioned as though it's a Wikipedia style guideline, but it now links to a WikiProject and has no information about criteria for inclusion or exclusion. Dementia13 (talk) 17:37, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Ardour 3.0 and later has MIDI recording, playback, and editing. I moved it under the DAW heading and removed the note about "No sequencer found).--dbolton (talk) 02:00, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

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message: I think there should be made seperate lists for simple step sequencers (such as the Moog 960 or the FutureRetro Mobius) and advanced multitrack midi sequencers (such as the Akai MPC or the Alesis MT-8). Both the concepts of how they work and their uses are different.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.213.255.141 (talk) 23:04, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Step sequencers and multitrack sequencers 

message: I suggest this section is removed by merging into List of MIDI editors and sequencers, rather than pointlessly duplicating it. Ben Finn (talk) 13:51, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Software sequencers / DAWs with sequencing features

message: I propose the article should be renamed to Sequencer (music), as in my experience they are almost always referred to as 'sequencers', not 'music sequencers'. Ben Finn (talk) 13:51, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Rename

message: While I've edited this article, I've recognized that several important terminologies and concepts related to Music sequencer seem not enough mentioned on anywhere on Wikipedia.  Most of them are sub-concepts of more larger concepts already mentioned on several existing articles, thus, we can solve the issue by adding descriptions on existing articles and adding redirection for each description, IMO. --Clusternote (talk) 04:32, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of undefined terminology/concepts on Wikipedia 

message: There's a copy edit tag on this page, but the issues here are far deeper than what a copy edit can fix. A copy edit will clean up the grammar, but this page needs to be overhauled by an experienced editor. Any changes made during the copy edit would likely be discarded, so it would be a waste of time. The page is full of hearsay statements and has almost no citations. The reason for citations is to encourage better-researched pages, which in turn avoids the kind of semi-accurate information that shows up here. There is also a ton of cruft, such as in the sections that list various sequencers. This is not meant to be a comprehensive resource, so if you're going to list an item, especially one too obscure to have its own Wikipedia page, you need to provide a citation and explain why listing it adds to anybody's understanding of the subject. Dementia13 (talk) 19:49, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyedit Reviewed

message: The sections on hardware and software sequencers seem to be excessive lists. Is there any objection to removing them? Or else, can we split them off into stand-alone lists? —174.141.182.82 (talk) 07:00, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Support splitting off into list of music sequencers but separate lists for hardware and software. The article is already too long. -- Rob Kam (talk) 12:10, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove the lists of sequencers 

message: In response to this partial revert by User:Clusternote: That was not an accidental removal. I removed the (improperly formatted) list of modules because it didn’t seem to me like this article needed that much detail. Is there a need to specify the particular modules by name? —174.141.182.82 (talk) 19:01, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Your editing was summarized as "ce" (copy edit) on history, however, your real editing is not what called "ce", thus partially reverted. Anyway, that long list should be kept as is for a while, until the completion of the split of article mentioned above. --Clusternote (talk) 00:27, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I’m not sure that trimming trivial content shouldn’t be considered copy-editing… but admittedly, it was probably a bit more substantive a change than typical “ce” edits. I’ll keep it in mind, thanks. —174.141.182.82 (talk) 01:39, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

text: Ohh, I see now, I misunderstood the layout of the list. I assumed that the two-column list following the two-item list at  was supposed to be a sublist of the second item. So is it supposed to be a single top-level list? If so, the template splits it in two (check the DOM tree). Sometimes, wikimarkup is too simple for its own good… —174.141.182.82 (talk) 01:49, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, surely this list is very complicated since I tried to re-structuring the previous long random list, for a few years ago. Thus, it should be split to other article. Thanks for your sincere response. --Clusternote (talk) 06:48, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moog modules 

message: Can someone create it and move the lists from here? Also, has anyone done a notability check—do these lists of commercial products satisfy WP:N? —174.141.182.82 (talk) 22:14, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
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