Seq66 Basic Tutorial

The Tutorial

 

This section starts the actual tutorial, where we step through the first start of Seq66, creating a song, editing the patterns, laying out a song performance, etc.

 
  • First Startup. Seq66 runs, a default setup loads, MIDI ports are detected. When Seq66 exits, a number of configuration files are created as discussed here. They are very readable and include explanations of most of the settings.
  • New Song. Before making the first pattern, decide on the time signature and precision, beats-per-minute, MIDI subsystem (Linux), preferences, etc.
  • New Patterns/Tracks. Create a new pattern, decide its length,color, output bus, and output channel. Record a track, or paint notes in the track. Organize them into sets.
  • Live Play. Mute and unmute tracks on the fly, set up mute-groups.
  • Song Performance. Lay out the tracks to create a song that play without the musician's input.
  • Other Features. The event editor; play-lists; set-master; mutes-master; session information (see the picture at right).

Seq66 session tab

Normal Session Info

Seq66 is a live-looping MIDI sequencer with a hardware-sampler-like grid interface, sets and playlists for song management, a scale and chord-aware piano-roll interface, song editor for creative composition, and control via MIDI automation for live performance.