Editing Music sequencer (section)

=== Digital sequencers ===
In 1971, [[Electronic Music Studios]] (EMS) released one of the first digital sequencer products as a module of [[EMS Synthi 100|Synthi 100]], and its derivation, [[Electronic Music Studios#Timeline of major products|Synthi Sequencer]] series.<ref name=synthi100>
{{cite web | last = Hinton | first = Graham | year = 2001 | title = Synthi 100 (1971, formerly Digitana, aka the Delaware) | url = https://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsprods.html#synthi100 | publisher = Electronic Music Studios (Cornwall) | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131031040324/http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsprods.html#synthi100 | archive-date = 2013-10-31 }}
</ref><ref name=seq256>
{{cite web | last = Hinton | first = Graham | year = 2001 | title = Synthi Sequencer 256 (1971, formerly Synthi Moog Sequencer) | url = https://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsprods.html#seq256 | publisher = Electronic Music Studios (Cornwall) | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131031040324/http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsprods.html#seq256 | archive-date = 2013-10-31 }}</ref>
After then, [[Oberheim]] released the DS-2 Digital Sequencer in 1974,<ref name=ds2>
{{cite book
 |author       = J.Michmerhuizen
 |author2      = Thomas E. Oberheim
 |date         = June 1974
 |title        = DS-2 Digital Sequencer Instruction and Service Manual
 |url          = https://www.cem3374.com/docs/Manuals/Oberheim/DS2_O&SM.pdf
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111218194017/http://www.cem3374.com/docs/Manuals/Oberheim/DS2_O%26SM.pdf
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-date = 2011-12-18
 |access-date  = 2017-12-06
}}
</ref> and [[Sequential Circuits]] released Model 800 in 1977 <ref name=model800>
{{cite web
 |title       = Model 800 Sequencer
 |url         = https://www.synthmuseum.com/sequ/seqseq80001.html
 |publisher   = SynthMuseum.com
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111011114838/http://synthmuseum.com/sequ/seqseq80001.html
 |archive-date = 2011-10-11
}}</ref>

==== In Japan ====
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 | caption2 = [[Roland MC-8 MicroComposer]] (1977)
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In 1977, [[Roland Corporation]] released the [[Roland MC-8 Microcomposer|MC-8 MicroComposer]], also called ''[[computer music]] composer'' by Roland. It was an early stand-alone, [[microprocessor]]-based, digital CV/gate sequencer,<ref name="russ">{{cite book
 | last      = Russ
 |first      = Martin
 | year      = 2008
 | title     = Sound Synthesis and Sampling
 | url       = https://books.google.com/books?id=_D2cTt5DPmEC&pg=PA346
 | publisher = [[Focal Press]]
 | isbn      = 978-0240521053
 | page      = 346
 | access-date = 21 June 2011
}}</ref><ref name="russ2012">{{cite book
| last      = Russ
| first     = Martin
| year      = 2012
| title     = Sound Synthesis and Sampling
| url       = https://books.google.com/books?id=X9h5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA192
| publisher = [[CRC Press]]
| isbn      = 978-1136122149
| page      = 192 | access-date = 26 April 2017}}</ref> and an early [[polyphony and monophony in instruments|polyphonic]] sequencer.<ref>Paul Théberge (1997), [https://books.google.com/books?id=asBnYmKKz6kC&pg=PA223 ''Any Sound You Can Imagine: Making Music/Consuming Technology'', page 223], [[Wesleyan University Press]]</ref><ref>Herbert A. Deutsch (1985), [https://books.google.com/books?id=tjEJAQAAMAAJ ''Synthesis: an introduction to the history, theory & practice of electronic music''], page 96, [[Alfred Music]]</ref> It equipped a [[keypad]] to enter [[Musical note|notes]] as numeric codes, 16&nbsp;[[Kilobyte|KB]] of [[RAM]] for a maximum of 5200 notes (large for the time), and a [[polyphony]] function which allocated multiple pitch [[CV/gate|CVs]] to a single [[CV/gate|Gate]].<ref name="SOS Nov. 2004">
{{cite journal
 |last        = Reid
 |first       = Gordon
 |title       = The History Of Roland Part 1: 1930–1978
 |url         = https://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov04/articles/roland.htm
 |issue       = Nov 2004
 |journal     = [[Sound on Sound]]
 |access-date = 2011-06-19
 |url-status  = live
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629214447/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov04/articles/roland.htm
 |archive-date= 2011-06-29
}}
</ref> It was capable of eight-channel polyphony, allowing the creation of [[polyrhythm]]ic sequences.<ref name="sos">[[Chris Carter (British musician)|Chris Carter]], [https://www.chriscarter.co.uk/content/sos/roland_mc8.html ROLAND MC8 MICROCOMPOSER] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420095502/http://www.chriscarter.co.uk/content/sos/roland_mc8.html |date=2017-04-20 }}, ''[[Sound on Sound]]'', vol.12, no.5, March 1997</ref><ref name="russ"/><ref name="russ2012"/> The MC-8 had a significant impact on popular [[electronic music]], with the MC-8 and its descendants (such as the [[Roland MC-4 Microcomposer]]) impacting popular electronic music production in the 1970s and 1980s more than any other family of sequencers.<ref name="sos"/> The MC-8's earliest known users were [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]] in 1978.<ref name="discogs_ymo_lp">{{Discogs release|453067|Yellow Magic Orchestra—Yellow Magic Orchestra}}</ref><!-- VERIFICATION FAILED: they created new sounds not possible until then.{{Peacock term|date=October 2011}}<ref name="billboard_1979">
{{cite journal
 | title     = Artists and producers strive for inroads overseas
 | url       = https://books.google.com/books?id=_iQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT61
 | journal   = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
 | publication-date = 26 May 1979
 | volume    = 91 | issue = 20 | page = 61
 | issn      = 0006-2510
 | access-date = 2011-05-29
}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=October 2011|reason=Given article didn't mentioned on "Roland MC-8".}} -->