Editing Music sequencer (section)

{{Short description|Device or software that records, edits or plays back musical notes}}

A '''music sequencer''' (or '''audio sequencer'''<ref name=Pejrolo>{{cite book| last=Pejrolo | first=Andrea| chapter=1.7.1 The Primary Goals You Want to Achieve with Your Audio Sequencer| title=Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production: A Practical Guide to Pro Tools, Logic, Digital Performer, and Cubase|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k-vFPYjwpW0C&q=Music%20sequencer%20analog%20step%20digital%20realtime&pg=PR5| publisher = Taylor & Francis| date = 2011|isbn = 978-0-240-52216-6|page= 48}}</ref> or simply '''sequencer''') is a device or [[application software]] that can record, edit, or play back [[music]], by handling [[Musical note|note]] and performance information in several forms, typically [[CV/Gate]], [[MIDI]],<ref>{{cite web
 |author      = Margaret Rouse
 |date        = April 2005
 |url         = https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/sequencer
 |title       = sequencer
 |work        = WhatIs.com
 |publisher   = TechTarget
 |quote       = In digital audio recording, a sequencer is a program in a computer or stand-alone keyboard unit that puts together a sound sequence from a series (or sequence) of Musical Instrument Digital Interface ( MIDI ) events (operations). The MIDI sequencer allows the user to record and edit a musical performance without using an audio-based input source. ...
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150627101306/http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/sequencer
 |archive-date = 2015-06-27
}}</ref> or [[Open Sound Control]], and possibly [[audio signal|audio]] and [[automation]] data for [[digital audio workstation]]s (DAWs) and [[Audio plugin|plug-ins]].