Editing Scorewriter (section)

==Comparison with multitrack sequencer software==
[[Music sequencer|Multitrack sequencer software]] and scorewriters typically employ different methods for notation input and display.

Scorewriters are based on traditional music notation, using [[staff (music)|staff lines]] and round [[Notehead|note heads]], which originates from European [[classical music]]. They use symbols representing durations in [[sound]] and [[silence]], [[Dynamics (music)|dynamics]], [[Articulation (music)|articulations]] and [[tempo]]. Some also allow users to import and/or create their own symbols. Multitrack sequencer software typically uses a multitrack recorder metaphor as the main interface, with multiple tracks and track segments. Individual tracks can be edited using [[graphic notation (music)|graphic notation]] in the form of a "[[piano roll]]"-guided input for the control of [[MIDI]]-based hardware and software instruments.

A third approach has also emerged that combines the first two input methods into a [[digital audio workstation]], allowing users to score parts using traditional notation, the graphic notation of the piano roll, and recording [[Acoustic music|acoustic]] or [[Electronic musical instrument|electronic instruments]] in [[Real-time computing|real time]] alongside the existing scores. With all three methods, the [[computer keyboard]], [[Computer mouse|mouse]], and a [[MIDI]] [[musical keyboard]] can be used to enter music that can then be edited with traditional or piano-roll-based notation.