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Welcome to the '''Online Sequencer Wiki''', a guide designed to help navigate and use Online Sequencer (OS)
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<span style="font-size:125%;">Welcome to the '''{{SITENAME}}''', a wiki for using and navigating [https://onlinesequencer.net/ Online Sequencer].</span>


==Overview==
'''[[Online Sequencer]]''' is a web-based music [[wikipedia:Music_sequencer|sequencer]] that allows users to create music saved online or on their computer and share it with other users.
'''Online Sequencer''' is a web-based music [[wikipedia:Music_sequencer|sequencer]] that allows users to create music, or "sequences", which can be saved and shared online. Sequences can also be saved as .sequence files, MIDIs, or MP3 and WAV files. The piano roll is essential to the sequencer, which is on the left of the screen, with 72 notes from C2-B7 (labelled differently from a piano, C2 on the sequencer corresponds to C1 on a piano).  In addition to several parameters which can be modified to change the sound of the music, additional functionality can be accessed via the [[console]].
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[[File:OS Logo.png|left|155x155px]]
''[[Online Sequencer]]'' was created by [[Jacob Morgan]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Burdell George Burdell] in 2013. Users can create a sequence by placing notes in a piano roll-style interface. Over time, various features were added, such as new instruments, effects, and control options for sequences. The community around the site also expanded, adding a forum, chat, and this wiki.


Upon opening the site, users can begin composing and "drawing" notes on the grid, with the default [[Instruments|instrument]] being Electric Piano. By default, a sequence's time signature is set to 4/4, and the grid spacing is set to 1/4 (16 notes per measure). The note lengths can be adjusted by dragging the dark tab on the right of each note, and precision can be afforded by changing the 'Grid' option to other note divisions.
[https://onlinesequencer.net/wiki/Special:AllPages?hideredirects=1 All wiki pages]
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*[[Features]]
*[[Instruments]]
**[[Instrument Options]]
**[[Equalizer]]
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== History ==
* ...that [[Robo]] was created on July 4th, 2019?
Online Sequencer was created on January 2, 2013 by Jacob Morgan, during a break at Georgia Tech.
* ...that there are multiple secret pages?
* ...that [https://onlinesequencer.net/members/30110 adBot] used to convert images into notes?
* ...that [https://onlinesequencer.net/members/1632 LucentTear] has been using Online Sequencer for almost 10 years?!
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! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#254d88; text-align: left;" |'''Online Sequencer News'''<!-- For news about the site itself -->
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''News and events regarding Online Sequencer''


In November 2014, accounts were available but were separate from the music portion of the site. They were only used to operate the Online Sequencer Forum.
*[https://onlinesequencer.net/members/35935 PuzzlePuddles] saves [https://onlinesequencer.net/4000000 4 millionth sequence].
*The original Note block theme was scrapped in due to limitations and was replaced by only using two octaves for the May 2024 Contest.
*4 new reverbs were added to Online Sequencer.


In 2015, accounts were linked to the main website and allowed songs to be saved under someone's username.
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''The community is a great place for users to share their thoughts and music! (But mostly their music.)''
*[https://onlinesequencer.net/forum/ Online Sequencer Forum]
*[https://onlinesequencer.net/discord Discord (via Robo)]
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[https://onlinesequencer.net/forum/thread-8611.html Current Contest] (5/1/24 - 5/21/24)


The World Update in 2018 added several new instruments and changed the landscape of sound design on the site.
Theme: "''all entries must have their notes constrained to two octaves!''"


Starting in late 2020, OS began to receive a variety of updates which vastly improved the functionality of the site. These updates introduced features like custom grid sizes, automation with [[markers]], extra [[reverb]] options, [[detune]], and [[distortion]].
Winners will be announced on 5/30!


In late 2022, a series of updates introduced additional instruments to the site, including the 909 Drum Kit and various sustainable strings.
[https://onlinesequencer.net/forum/thread-8528.html Last Contest] (4/1/24 - 4/21/24)


== Features ==
Theme: ''"make world music"''
Within the editor, numerous user interface features allow for various changes which will impact the individual sequence on that page.


===Basic features===
Winning entries:
UI features include:
*[http://onlinesequencer.net/3955340 استلهمت من الموسيقى الإيرانية] by [https://onlinesequencer.net/members/14215 Lopyt]
 
*[https://onlinesequencer.net/3925847 welkine] by Triangle
*Tempo (10-999 BPM)
*[http://onlinesequencer.net/3957967 翻译错误] by [https://onlinesequencer.net/members/14215 Lopyt]
*Measure count or Time count (MM: SS.ssss)
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*Time signature (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4)
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*Grid size (This correlates to note divisions; 1/16, 1/12, 1/8, 1/6, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2)
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*Auto Scroll (Fast, Smooth, Off; how the sequencer displays measures off-screen as a sequence plays)
*Add an Audio Track (This won't be saved to the sequence but will play alongside it for ease of transcription)
*Title input
*Draw, select, and erase
*Instrument dropdown, instrument options, and select instrument (only select all notes of the current instrument)
*Select all, Cut, Copy, and Paste
*Zoom options
*Export options
*Help
*Fullscreen
*Tooltips
 
===Advanced features===
''Main article: [[Instrument Options]]''
 
Users can access more advanced features for use in their sequences by clicking the advanced tab on the instrument they wish to change. This menu contains options to change volume, panning, detune (-1200 to +1200), [[Reverb|reverb]], [[Distortion|distortion]], and an [[Equalizer|equalizer]]. This array lets users configure specific instruments to create specific sounds, and textures, or to accompany other instruments as a layer or development of the original sound.
 
OS also allows for commands to be entered in the browser console to manipulate different options in specific ways, such as setting custom to detune values (0-infinity), custom grid sizes, note divisions, and sequence ID amongst other things. These options bring OS closer to that of classic Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) but are still limited in terms of accessibility and availability.
 
==== Console Commands ====
''Main article: [[Console Commands]]''
 
== Browser Support ==
Online Sequencer is supported by Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Brave. Firefox is partially supported, but with limited functionality and various bugs. Other browsers, such as Safari and Internet Explorer, are not supported and may not load. Mobile browsers are supported too but are only able to play sequences. Editing on mobile browsers, however, is not supported.
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