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). |
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.