![]() ![]() What appealed to me most about the vertical approach was how it allowed me to see everything together. I watched the first ten tutorials and got to know my way around a few things. Here’s a little video example of a tracker in action, complete with composition for your education / enjoyment!Ī lot of things were different but of course it was still Greek to me. Of course if your channels exceed a certain number, you’d have to scroll but generally everything can be viewed together. They take on a graphical form, with the optional feature of having the actual note script or using the piano roll.įinally, with a tracker (as is with a spreadsheet), you can view the content of all channels in your project all at once. With a tracker, the notes are written down (e.g. Secondly, the mode of entering the notes is different too. Trackers generally look like spreadsheets with cells whereas a sequencer’s interface looks like a bunch of channels with a bar behind it, representing a score of music. A Sequencerįirst, we have the appearance. The simplest explanation is that trackers involve a top down approach while sequencers take in a horizontal approach. You can classify these programs in whatever categories, but today, I’m gonna focus on sequencers versus trackers. But every workman has their preferred tools of work and music production software is no different. Now, all DAWs achieve the same goal: making good music (They’re at least meant to). If you’ve come across or heard of Ableton Live, Reaper, FL Studio, Cubase, Reason, Cakewalk Sonar, ProTools et cetera, then you’ve already interacted with these guys. ![]() But if you’re a new or an aspiring music producer, a DAW is simply computer program used for editing, recording and producing music. Hang on what’s a Digital Audio Workstation? If you’re not new to this, you already know the answer so move on to the next paragraph. Digital Audio Workstations when it comes to them, music producers are spoilt for choice. ![]()
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