What stays familiar
- timeline on the x-axis
- pitch on the y-axis
- note blocks you can draw, move, resize, and select
- transport, zoom, snapping, quantization, export
About Intonara
A sequencer built around continuous sound-space.
Traditional DAWs usually inherit the assumptions of keyboard instruments: fixed semitones, fixed octave structures, fixed rhythmic subdivisions, and meter treated like a kind of moral law. Intonara rejects that foundation without throwing away the useful parts of a sequencer.
In Intonara, time is stored canonically as seconds and pitch is stored canonically as frequency in Hz. Tempo maps, time signatures, guide lanes, western note helpers, and named scales are overlays — editable, helpful overlays, but not the underlying truth.
What changes
- pitch is exact Hz, not MIDI pretending to be reality
- tempo and meter change independently
- tuning is editable and visible in the editor itself
- quantization works on both axes with configurable rules
Why the y-axis defaults to logarithmic frequency
People hear pitch relationships logarithmically. A literal linear-Hz axis turns the upper range into visual nonsense. So Intonara defaults to a log-frequency editor while still letting experts switch to linear Hz when they need the raw view.
v1 is deliberately scoped
This release is about proving the core model: sequencing, tuning, timing, playback, persistence, and export. It is not trying to beat giant incumbent DAWs at buses, plugins, collaboration, or recording suites on day one.