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Originally posted by DanO1:
How do you define sequencing ?


Sequencing is simply controlling keyboard playback from another device.

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Does sequencing strictly apply to midi ?


Nope. While MIDI sequencing is now how machine controlled keyboard playback is done it was not always that way. Analog sequencers were around long before MIDI was born. They were electronic devices that provided a step sequence interface. The early drum machines like the Roland TR606 and TR808 used a very similar step sequencing interface.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_sequencer has a long list of hardware sequencers over the years.


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Is sequencing playing a style off your arranger in to midi software to generate a midi template that you can manipulate or add to ? Or is sequencing strictly using midi to create original composition track by track to create a final song ?



Sequencing is simply the triggering of a sequence of notes. How you go about creating that list of notes is really inconsequential. So either method you mention is is sequencing. They are just 2 different ways to approach it.