Sequencer music
With Sequencermusik primarily is electronic music that also pattern-oriented electronic music or labeled repetitive sound, sound and rhythm structures Synthesizer Loops is called.
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Early forms of sequencer music include a. the Berlin School with artists such as Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze and Electronic Body Music (EBM), which emerged in the early 1980s, with groups such as DAF , Die Krupps , Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb . One of the currently best-known forms of sequencer music is techno , which is based on these musical styles, with its numerous offshoots and further developments. The sequencer and the synthesizer (music synthesizer) are among the most important tools in sequencer music.
The sequencer is a control unit that controls the synthesizer as a sound generator. Different technologies can be used: A distinction is essentially made between analog and digital sequencers or software sequencers, which can run as a program on a commercially available computer. The sound generation is based on the same technology classes.
The essential distinguishing feature of sequencer music are constantly recurring, more or less melodic and / or rhythmic phrases, so-called patterns or loops , which are sometimes kept constant over the entire playing time of a piece or which manage with only very few variations. A very popular variety of sequencer music is z. B. the so-called mute (from English mute for "still" or "mute" and also transmit "dampen") or muting , here individual instrument voices are faded in and out (or muted) synchronously with the beat to build up a tension and the piece respectively.
Opinions and views on sequencer music are drifting apart: It remains to be seen whether one can speak of a separate form of music or not, whether this is music at all or even an art form of its own.
In general, the typical Sequencermusik is not in the form of musical notes (see also note (music) ), and dealt with, but as a sequence of steps or steps . Usually sixteenth notes are used in 1, 2 or 4 bars, although this is not mandatory. In addition to the pitch and volume, the duration of a tone, the time offset (also called groove ), numerous tonal parameters and modulations are controlled with the sequencer in sequencer music.
The development of sequencer music is now very much influenced by the development of computer technology - especially software. Since the sequencer and the synthesizer always form a functional unit, the operation must also offer intuitive intervention options, which are ultimately reflected in the artistic expression. Electronic music enjoys the reputation of a certain experimental freedom, and quite a few musicians, artists and sound performers are also technicians who develop their own devices and thus give the music industry essential impulses.
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- ↑ mute ( Memento of the original from August 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English-German) - Duden / Langenscheidt ; 2015
