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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 online, or locally as sequence files, MIDIs, or audio files such as MP3 and WAV. 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 Commands|console]].
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! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#254d88; text-align: left;" |'''About Online Sequencer'''
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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 to 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.


Online Sequencer was created in January 2013 by Jacob Morgan during a break at Georgia Tech.
All dates on this wiki are stored in the MM/DD/YYYY or MM/DD/YY; please do not alter this.


==Features==
[https://onlinesequencer.net/wiki/Special:AllPages?hideredirects=1 All wiki pages]
Within the editor, numerous user interface features allow for various changes which will impact the individual sequence on that page.
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*[[Features]]
*[[Instruments]]
**[[Instrument Options]]
**[[Equalizer]]
**[[Custom Instrument Archive]]
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! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#254d88; text-align: left" ; |'''Did you know...'''<!-- Interesting facts about the website -->
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===Basic features===
* ...that [[Robo]] was created on July 4th, 2019?
UI features include:
* ...that there are multiple secret pages?
* ...that [https://onlinesequencer.net/members/30110 adBot] used to convert images into notes?
* ...that Online Sequencer is old enough to use the Online Sequencer chat?
* ...that the easiest way to make a sequence is to place notes down?
* ...that Timpani is found at F7-G7 of the 2023 Drum Kit?
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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.''


*Tempo (10-999 BPM)
*Rhodes has been pushed to the [https://onlinesequencer.net main site]! (1/20/2026)
*Measure count or Time count (MM: SS.ssss)
*Online Sequencer turned 13 years old! (1/2/2026)
*Time signature (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4)
** This means it is finally old enough to use chat.
*Grid size (This correlates to note divisions; 1/16, 1/12, 1/8, 1/6, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2)
*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===
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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, distortion, and an 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.
! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#254d88; text-align: left" ; |'''Community'''<!-- For contests, mod applications, other community stuff -->
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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)]
*[https://onlinesequencer.myspreadshop.com/ Merch Store]
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[https://onlinesequencer.net/forum/thread-9836.html Current Contest] (4/1/26 - 4/21/26)


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.
Theme: "an industrial or urban environment" 


==== Console Commands ====
Winners will be announced on 4/30/26! 
''Main article: [[Console|Console Commands]]''
 
[https://onlinesequencer.net/forum/thread-9763.html Last Contest] (3/1/26 - 3/21/26)
 
Theme: "Latin American music"
 
Winning entries:
 
* [https://onlinesequencer.net/5252875 Azure Bay] by [https://onlinesequencer.net/members/164397 spira.]
* [https://onlinesequencer.net/5260216 Drink a coconut] by [https://onlinesequencer.net/members/101468 SIRSALLAD]
* [https://onlinesequencer.net/4498555 fat furries] by [https://onlinesequencer.net/members/165531 furrymusic]
 
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Latest revision as of 11:19, 1 June 2026

Welcome to the Online Sequencer Wiki, a wiki for using and navigating Online Sequencer.

Online Sequencer is a web-based music sequencer that allows users to create music saved online or on their computer and share it with other users.

About Online Sequencer

Online Sequencer was created by Jacob Morgan and 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.


All dates on this wiki are stored in the MM/DD/YYYY or MM/DD/YY; please do not alter this.

All wiki pages

Getting Started
Did you know...
  • ...that Robo was created on July 4th, 2019?
  • ...that there are multiple secret pages?
  • ...that adBot used to convert images into notes?
  • ...that Online Sequencer is old enough to use the Online Sequencer chat?
  • ...that the easiest way to make a sequence is to place notes down?
  • ...that Timpani is found at F7-G7 of the 2023 Drum Kit?
Online Sequencer News

News and events regarding Online Sequencer.

  • Rhodes has been pushed to the main site! (1/20/2026)
  • Online Sequencer turned 13 years old! (1/2/2026)
    • This means it is finally old enough to use chat.
Community

The community is a great place for users to share their thoughts and music! (But mostly their music.)


Current Contest (4/1/26 - 4/21/26)

Theme: "an industrial or urban environment"

Winners will be announced on 4/30/26!

Last Contest (3/1/26 - 3/21/26)

Theme: "Latin American music"

Winning entries: