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Introduction
Welcome
Congratulations and thank you for your purchase of Stein-
berg Sequel. You have now become a member of the
world's largest community of music production software
users. Looking back at more than 20 years of innovation in
computer-based music production, Steinberg has always
been the driving force behind software technology.
Sequel is a new entry-level sequencer designed to be an
easy-to-use, all-inclusive music production platform. Se-
quel provides all of the tools needed to record, edit and
mix music.
Sequel can be used in the ‘traditional’ way to record, edit
and mix audio or virtual instruments. For example, a home
musician could record himself playing an instrument (either
an acoustic or a virtual instrument) or singing. An electric
guitar can be plugged directly into an audio interface and
then be recorded with Sequel’s on-board effects.
Music enthusiasts may want to take a wholly different ap-
proach to creating music. Their starting point is Sequel’s
extensive library of loops and phrases. Pieces of music can
be assembled based entirely on loops and without actually
playing a single note on a keyboard or instrument. Typi-
cally, this is a more DJ-oriented workflow and very popular
especially for current dance and electronic music styles.
Another key-application for Sequel is live performance.
The concept of mixing and remixing is familiar to practically
everyone today. Mixing and remixing has become a cre-
ative act in its own right and sometimes totally unrelated to
creating new music itself. Sequel provides all the tools
necessary to mixing and remixing (rearranging) music.
The act of performing music on stage using a computer
has become standard in today’s music and club scene.
The goal of performing music on stage might be some-
one’s primary motivation to use his/her computer for mak-
ing music. Sequel puts a special focus on the live aspect
of making music, which separates it from traditional se-
quencers. Instead of linear playback, it has special tools to
perform and interact, by mixing and re-combining sections
of a song or project.
After you have registered Sequel online, take some time to
explore the community section at www.steinberg.net.
You will find lots of useful information and get to know
other users in our discussion forums. Registering at
www.mysteinberg.com also gives you access to special
offers from Steinberg in the future.
Have fun creating your own music!
The Steinberg Sequel Team
About this manual
This manual is divided into two sections. The first section
guides you through several tutorials showing you how to
use Sequel.
The second section gives you a brief description of every
feature in Sequel. At the end of this manual you will find
useful tips for your work with Sequel and information on
how to set up your computer.
We are sure that after you have completed both sections
you will be on your way to having a lot of fun and making
exciting music.
Key command conventions
Many of the default key commands in Sequel use modifier
keys, some of which are different depending on the oper-
ating system. For example, the default key command for
Undo is [Ctrl]+[Z] under Windows and [Command]+[Z]
under Mac OS X.
When key commands with modifier keys are described in
this manual, they are shown with the Windows modifier
key first, in the following way:
[Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key]+[key]
For example, [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Z] means “press [Ctrl] un-
der Windows or [Command] under Mac OS X, then press
[Z]”. Similarly, [Alt]/[Option]+[X] means “press [Alt] under
Windows or [Option] under Mac OS X, then press [X]”.
