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How else could you represent piano roll data than as a stream of events? I thought that was ubiquitous since the invention of MIDI.

Are you saying other sequencers are unable to render the same data as piano roll and score?





Among professional-ready DAWs, as far as I know, it's unique in its approach. Pro Tools and FL Studio still don't have score rendering or even MusicXML export! Reaper has limited score rendering/engraving support, but minimal customizability.

And on the notation-oriented side, you have things like MuseScore, Finale, etc. where there is an event model, but the UI itself doesn't have mature (or any) support for tracking mixer/knob automation (outside of what can be derived automatically from dynamic symbols).

Years ago, I used Logic in a musical theater context where I could build a constantly-updated demo for pitching/rehearsals/live-iteration and edit the final orchestration to be printed for the pit orchestra, both from the same living document. Could I have duplicated my changes in a DAW and notation software separately, and kept them in sync manually? Absolutely, and many creators do. But there's something special about having that holy grail at your fingertips.


Among professional-ready DAWs, as far as I know, it's unique in its approach.

Cubase, surely? I'm pretty sure it has done this for decades unless I am misunderstanding what you're saying.


Cubase recently revamped their score editor to embed a version of Dorico, so it's better than it was!

https://blog.dorico.com/2024/11/cubase-14-score-editor/

I'm still a Logic Pro fan, but credit where credit's due!




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