Post-Production, Mastering, and Broadcast
The world's most renowned studios rely on Sequoia — now with a new ADM editor and Dolby Atmos rendering for immersive 3D audio productions. Broadcasters and top sound engineers trust its reliability, intuitive workflow, and flexible integration in the studio and live environment.
Hybrid Audio Engine
With its intelligent latency management, the Hybrid Audio Engine delivers uncompromising audio quality. Reduced response time when calculating track effects allows for live monitoring at lower latencies. In addition, the integrated High Latency Engine ensures more effective system utilization and the integration of sophisticated object, AUX & Surround functions. Create flawless 32-bit float recordings and achieve maximum precision at up to 384 kHz. Take advantage of unsurpassed clarity and detail on your most demanding projects.
Object-Based Editing
Every aspect of your audio project is in your hands with Sequoia’s object-based editing. Break your tracks into as many objects as you need and position them anywhere on the timeline. Every object has custom fades, effects, automations, and even routing. Object-based editing gives you real-time control over every parameter so that you can tweak, refine, and perfect your sound at the most granular level.
Used by the Industry’s Best
“It sounds better. That is why I use it.”
John Greenham
Grammy Award Winning Mastering Engineer
Billie Eilish • Sam Smith • Ice Cube
Mastering
The best mastering engineers in the world rely on Sequoia for their most important projects. Discover seamless workflows and diverse professional tools and functions, including object-based editing, artifact-free resampling algorithms, and multi-codec export. The greatest advantage of all? Sequoia simply sounds better. The high-performance audio engine delivers unparalleled sound.
“It works, it never goeswrong, and that’s why I really like it.”
Antony King
Live Sound Engineer
Foo Fighters • Depeche Mode • Nine Inch Nails
Live and Classical Productions
When it comes to concert audio production, stability and reliability are of the utmost importance. Professionals such as Antony King work exclusively with Sequoia for track-intensive projects. Whether for pop, rock, or symphony orchestra, Sequoia effortlessly handles up to 512 inputs and offers consistent performance. It also offers innovative features such as multi-synchronous cut and source/destination editing.
Broadcast
Time and stability are crucial factors in broadcasting. That's why major broadcasters such as ARD, ZDF, and Radio France rely on Sequoia and its direct and fast connection to the latest broadcast CMS and automation systems. The ultra-powerful audio engine allows material to be edited and directly broadcast to stations even while recording is in progress.
Tech Specs
- Processor: Intel Core i/ultra-series, AMD Ryzen (8 cores or more recommended)
- RAM: 8 GB (16 GB recommended)
- Graphics card: iGPU or dedicated graphics card
- Sound card: ASIO-compatible sound card (native ASIO driver recommended) • Available drive space: 2 GB for minimum installation, 90 GB with instruments and sounds
- Internet connection: Recommended for license activation (offline activation possible)
- Hardware dongle
3rd generation dongle is required. This dongle works using hardware copy protection. The advantage of a hardware dongle is that it allows for easy transfer from one computer to another. - Software dongle
In addition to hardware copy protection, there are electronic non-hardware containers that offer the same options as hardware dongles. The advantage of a software dongle is that it is simple to use, and can be used immediately without a hardware dongle.
NEW! Sequoia 17
Optimized Design, Faster Workflow
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Dolby Atmos
Enjoy a new dimension of audio production. Use integrated Dolby Atmos to place and move sounds accurately in 3D space. Create immersive soundscapes that go beyond traditional surround sound. Take your music, broadcast, and audiobook productions to the highest level.
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ADM Editor
The ADM Editor enables structured management and clear presentation of ADM (Audio Definition Model) metadata for immersive audio formats such as Dolby Atmos. The editor allows you to organize your ADM metadata and keep track of it throughout the entire production process, from creation to final ADM export.
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Range Marker + Export
Organize your project into multiple sections and distinguish them visually. Use the range marker export to precisely select the tracks and sections you want to export. Export stems without having to mute or solo tracks manually.
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ARA2 Plugins on Tracks
ARA2 supports the integration of plugins such as Celemony Melodyne. It enables the direct transfer of tempo and pitch values, volume, and intonation, as well as the display and playback of all objects on a track. It’s a real game-changer for your workflow.
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External Hardware Integration
Easily integrate as many external hardware effects as you want as latency-compensated plugins in the Sequoia mixer. This makes working with effect devices more intuitive and straightforward. Experience more creative possibilities and more flexible routing.
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Acon Digital Acoustica 7 Premium Edition
Sequoia includes the latest version of Acon Digital’s spectral cleanup tool, Acoustica 7.7. Acoustica 7.7 offers a comprehensive toolkit of high-precision processing tools to craft distinctive and original sound design. The AI-powered Remix tool can split an audio file into five stems, allowing you to adjust their levels in real-time. Acoustica 7 features state-of-the-art spectral editing as well as a suite of mastering, audio restoration, and dialogue cleanup tools.
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CrumplePop
CrumplePop’s AI-powered audio restoration plugins are the fastest and easiest way to remove noise and other unwanted sounds from your vocal recordings. Whether it’s echo, background noise, uneven levels, traffic, or more, all you need to do is apply CrumplePop to your project, adjust how much noise removal you want, and that’s it! Unlike other tools that rely on cloud processing, CrumplePop works entirely on your local machine, keeping your data private and secure.
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Improved Comping
Get the perfect take in no time at all — simply switch between different recordings, select the best sections, and edit them together directly under each track in the project.
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AudioWarp
Optimize timing in your audio files in a flash. Advanced time-stretching algorithms ensure excellent sound quality and let you deliver perfect results, fast.
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Marker Track
Markers are displayed on multiple lines, allowing you to keep an overview of all essential information. Create markers in different colors, edit them together, or move them.
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Improved Export Function
You can now export your projects in several codecs simultaneously and in several formats, such as surround and stereo. The new, convenient export list even allows you to select multiple projects at once and export them.
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Multi-Track Export (Stem)
Export all project tracks as individual audio files, including the audio content of AUX and submix busses, without needing to render them separately. Ideal for collaborative projects and archiving complex mixes.
Audio Restoration
Unparalleled Audio Quality
Crystal-Clear Sound
Sequoia delivers powerful features for those who don’t want to compromise on the quality of their results. Restore audio recordings with the built-in spectral cleaning feature, the new AI-powered Acoustica 7, and a whole range of sophisticated plugins.
Spectral Cleaning in Sequoia
Use spectral cleaning to effortlessly remove background noise such as moving chairs, cell phones, or coughing from your live recordings and interviews. Using conventional filters with complex crossfade editing is often time-consuming and results in audible changes to the usable signal. By contrast, spectral cleaning gives you undistorted results in no time at all.
Audio disturbances can be easily selected for removal with the mouse. The spectrograph display and A/B testing options allow you to restore signals quickly and easily. Elements that have gone missing from the original frequency spectrum are recalculated into the recording using interpolation or transitions from the surrounding usable signal.
Threshold Range Editing
With this setting, you can limit interpolation to certain amplitudes in the spectrum. This means specific notes can be removed from the spectrum without influencing background signals. This range determines the volume window in which the set threshold can be interpolated. Quieter or louder signal components outside the area will not be affected.
Logarithmic Display
When working in low-frequency ranges, you can switch the spectrum display from linear to logarithmic. This makes it easier to identify ranges and make precise adjustments to the material.
CrumplePop
AI-Powered Audio Cleanup
CrumplePop’s AI-driven audio restoration plugins are the fastest and easiest way to remove noise and other unwanted sounds from your vocal recordings. Whether it’s echo, background noise, uneven levels, traffic, or more, all you need to do is apply CrumplePop to your project, adjust how much noise removal you want, and that’s it! Unlike other tools that rely on cloud processing, CrumplePop works entirely on your local machine, keeping your data private and secure.
Acon Digital Acoustica 7 Premium Edition
High-Quality Processing Tools for Sound Design
Acoustica 7 offers a comprehensive toolkit of high-precision processing and cleanup tools for crafting distinctive and original sound design. The AI-powered Remix tool can split an audio file into five stems, allowing you to adjust their levels in real-time. Acoustica 7 features state-of-the-art spectral editing as well as a suite of mastering, audio restoration, and dialogue cleanup tools.
High-Precision Editing
Target problem areas in your recordings with precision using Acoustica’s high-level Spectral Editing mode. Clean up your audio using brush, freehand, or magic wand selection tools to easily isolate and remove imperfections.
High-Quality Plugins and Tools
Acoustica 7 features a series of plugins such as their reverb effect, Verberate 2, Dynamics, Multiband Dynamics, Dither, Limit, and more. It also includes restoration and noise reduction tools, such as DeNoise 2, DeHum 2, DeClick 2, DeClip 2, and Extract:Dialogue.
Real-Time Analysis
Analyze your projects with tools such as spectrum, spectrogram, and wavelet analysis. Visualize your audio output in real-time with EBU R-128 loudness, level, spectral, and phase correlation meters.
Repair and Restore
Manually or fully automatically use AI-powered tools to find and remove errors or unwanted noise, reduce hiss, repair clips, remove clicks, and tame transients. Work quickly and accurately to achieve stunning results you never thought possible.
Professional Audio Restoration and Enhancement Tools
Whether you’re dealing with subtle background noise, distorted peaks, or dull high frequencies – integrated restoration and mastering tools allow you to refine and polish your audio with precision. Designed for professional use, each module helps eliminate unwanted artifacts and enhance sonic clarity, resulting in clean, transparent, and brilliant sound across all types of productions.
DeHisser
Removes the uniform, low-level white noise typically produced by microphone preamps or AD converters.
DeClipper
Eliminates clipping and distorted sounds and is especially useful for piano or vocal recordings. Sections with clipping are recalculated based on the material surrounding them.
DeNoiser
Uses noise prints to remove distracting background noise with minimal impact on the actual audio signal.
DeClicker/DeCrackler
Removes crackling and individual clicking noises that are typical of scratched records, while the DeCrackler eliminates the crackling noises that can be heard on old records.
Brilliance Enhancer
This precise mastering effect for pop or rock songs ensures greater transparency and brilliance in your sound. It compensates for sound loss in the higher frequencies and polishes your audio material to a sheen.
Broadcast
Comprehensive Broadcast Suite
For Radio and Podcast
Efficient time management is crucial for broadcasters. Sequoia allows you to preview, cut, and arrange material at any point while a recording is still running. This means you can prepare live concert recordings while they are already being broadcast to a media station.
Broadcast CMS and Automation Systems
The interface in Sequoia guarantees seamless workflow integration, whether you’re working on a news or feature production or a larger multi-track project. Productions can be imported and exported from any workstation at the press of a button.
All audio material and Sequoia projects can be saved on database servers. Automatic backup and deletion routines maintain data integrity at all times. Incremental and differential saving results in reduced network load and saves a ton of time. Only project changes are saved, instead of complete projects.
Import/Export of ISRC in Broadcast Wave Files
Exporting in broadcast wave files compliant with EBU Tech 3352 is possible. ISRC information is embedded into the wave file during export with the setting “Each CD track in a file.” ISRCs for wave files are displayed and can be edited in the Broadcast Wave Manager. CD indices that include the respective ISRC and will be used for burning or export can be set automatically using the function “Set track indices on Object Edges.” The BWF ISRC information is embedded into single wave files during CD import. There are also various display options for ISRC in objects.
Auto Ducking
Match background music and voice-overs with precision. This dialog-based tool manipulates volume curves and lowers the music level as soon as someone begins talking on another track. Edits are made using the volume of the audio material in the source track and can be applied to multiple target tracks.
Cue Mode
Cue mode is a special live playback mode often used for cueing sounds in radio broadcasts and theater. You can play back objects contained in the cue mode track in sequence while a recording is taking place in another track simultaneously. For example, when recording radio dramas, you can record a speaker and seamlessly integrate noises and pre-produced elements as script calls.
Playback, Editing and Export During Recording
Live productions rely on the flow of real-time information. Sequoia enables you to listen to your material at any point while a recording’s still running, cut and arrange objects in the project, and export existing material.
Network-Dongles
Each CodeMeter dongle can make its network licenses usable on other workstations. Sequoia Enterprise 17 offers network dongles that distribute any desired number of licenses within a network, so they can be accessed from any workstation. This greatly simplifies processes for firmware updates and upgrades.
Advanced Licensing
You can activate Sequoia 17 via a license on a hardware-based dongle or a software dongle. Hardware and software dongles are license containers for activating the software.
- Hardware Dongle
A 3rd generation dongle is required. This dongle works using hardware copy protection. The advantage of a hardware dongle is that it allows for easy transfer from one computer to another. - Software Dongle
In addition to hardware copy protection, there are electronic non-hardware containers that offer the same options as hardware dongles. The advantage of a software dongle is that it is simple to use, and can be used immediately without a hardware dongle.
Network-Dongles
Each CodeMeter dongle can make its network licenses usable on other workstations. Sequoia Enterprise 17 offers network dongles that distribute any desired number of licenses within a network, so they can be accessed from any workstation. This greatly simplifies processes for firmware updates and upgrades.
License Properties
- Network Licenses Hardware Dongle
Network licenses in Sequoia Enterprise 17 are designed to allow multiple users to access the software in a networked environment. This is particularly useful for collaborative projects in the studio or in broadcasting companies. This technology allows licenses to be flexibly managed and distributed within a networked environment, without individual users needing a physical dongle. - License Borrowing Software Dongle
License borrowing in Sequoia Enterprise 17 lets users temporarily “borrow” a license digitally from a central server. This is particularly useful in situations where a user needs to work offline or outside the primary network and needs access to the software without an internet connection. The advantage of license borrowing is that this form of license cannot be lost.
Live and Classical Productions
Innovative Editing Workflow For
Live and Classical Productions
Precision, timing, and recording authenticity take top priority for live recordings. Sequoia offers innovative functions such as source/destination cut and multi-sync editing, allowing you to combine the best parts from different takes and create an authentically reproduced track in no time at all. It can all be done in real time thanks to the program’s reliable performance.
Source/Destination Editing
Combine different recordings to create the perfect final version. Two display areas enable you to view and play back source and destination tracks simultaneously. Material in both areas can be navigated, zoomed, and played independently. You can navigate to the source material during playback in the destination area to position markers for the next cut.
Multi-Synchronous Cut (MuSyC)
Simplify the search for similar musical sections and accelerate your editing process. MuSyC allows you to make cuts and precise adjustments to your sound, even in takes recorded at slightly different tempos. Cuts are always made at the correct position, removing the need to search for the beginnings of alternative recordings. You can then continue editing the finished project right away.
Advanced Crossfade Editor
Adjust cuts with precision and create flawless transitions between objects. All crossfades are computed in real time, meaning modifications are immediate and can be played without any intermediate calculations or delay. Even unused material remains visible and can be monitored if necessary – allowing for highly precise adjustments to the transition.
Mastering
Mastering without Compromise
Trusted by Professionals
Top mastering engineers worldwide place their trust in Sequoia for its uncompromising quality. The Mastering Suite contains not only versatile plugins such as linear EQ, true-peak limiter, stereo enhancing and multi-band compression, but also streamlined workflows and data exchange in accordance with industry standards such as DDP export.
Object-Based Editing
Apply processing independently to each object and in real time with the dedicated buffer: Plugin chains, AUX sends, pitch shifting and time stretching, as well as EQ and automation. Seamlessly work with media in any format without any conversion required.
Export List for Improved Export
You can now export your projects in several codecs simultaneously, and in several formats such as surround and stereo too. The new, convenient export list even allows you to select several projects and have them exported – no need for you to wait around until the process is finished. This can be done with open or closed projects imported from your hard disk.
Optimized Export Workflow
Exporting audio files is a core function of any DAW. With its clearer structure and design, the new export dialog now offers an optimized overview of the essential options. This provides you with even faster access to your favorite export formats.
Finalize Tracks with Just One-Click
Streamline your workflow by exporting different target formats simultaneously. Simply select the codecs you need and get all files automatically in a single export process. The settings you define for this process can then be saved as presets.
MP3/AAC Preview Plugin
With this encoder preview plugin, you can preview projects that are intended for AAC or MP3 export even during editing. Export settings can be directly adjusted in order to identify the encoder properties and optimize the quality accordingly.
Batch Processing for Watch Folders
Significantly reduce production time. Batch processing with Batch XML files can now be done in watch folders and even includes L&R files. In addition, shorter items are automatically processed first. The “KeepFileExtension” job entry enables the file extensions to be retained permanently (e.g. for type conversion) and advanced error codes are now available for watchfolder.ini. Watch folder features are available for Sequoia Enterprise customers.
POW-r Dithering
The patented algorithm, developed by the POW-r Consortium, offers the highest quality even on 16-bit CD formats. It works on a psycho-acoustic basis to permit word length reduction with a very high degree of usable signal dynamics with or without noise shaping.
DDP Import/Export
Sequoia supports professional file exchange between mastering studios and pressing plants. DDP masters are mastered CDs that are not burned to audio CDs. They are digital data provided with a checksum that are sent to the pressing plant to guarantee that the production is fully free of errors. DDP masters can also be imported and then edited further or compared with the original project.
Import/Export of ISRC in Broadcast-Wave Files
Sequoia can write to broadcast wave files according to EBU Tech 3352 ISRC, optimizing file-based workflows.
Sonoris Sequoia DDP Player
The player is a standalone application for checking a DDP master that you’ve created yourself or received from others. You can play back tracks and transitions, view all PQ codes, ISRC, MCN and CD text data, and automatically check projects for Red Book compatibility. The DDP player can read DDP 1.0x and 2.00 formats.
Metering in Sequoia
Work with maximum precision. Choose from a wide range of visual layouts and set up your own “cockpit” with different metering displays. The following presets are also available for radio and TV broadcast norms:
Type I, DIN scale – Type I, Nordic scale
Type IIA, BBC – Type IIB, EBU
Loudness Metering in Accordance with EBU R128 and ITU-R BS.1771
This plugin enables you to adjust loudness and dynamics in accordance with international broadcasting standards EBU R128 and ITU-R BS.1770 for TV and radio programs, which have taken over from peak-based metering methods.
True Peak Metering
Loudness Normalization According to EBU R128/ITU-R BS.1771
You can normalize objects and audio files in accordance with EBU R128/ITU-R BS.1770/1771, which standardizes them for broadcasting on the radio or TV.
Dynamic Limiting (loudness range normalization)
Lets you limit object dynamics in order to even out loudness variation within the audio material.
Loudness Normalization in Batch Processing
Adjusts a large number of files to the desired loudness value automatically. Watch folder functionality is also included for Sequoia Enterprise customers.
Watch Folder
New files added to the selected folder are edited automatically (e.g. with loudness normalization). Batch processing can also be accessed through the command line.
Calculate Loudness
Calculate loudness for an entire project or a selected range. You can then adjust the volume in the stereo master/surround master.
Post Production
Cinematic Post-Production More Than Just Background Music
Whatever kind of project you’re working on — documentaries, blockbusters, or music videos — Sequoia offers a huge library of content and tools for sound design and dubbing in film productions. The powerful audio engine makes it possible to easily edit and mix complex arrangements and sound effects in video productions.
Video Import and Export
Sequoia supports most standard audio and video formats. It’s also possible to edit video material for dubbing and post-production in Sequoia. Multiple videos can be loaded into Sequoia natively. Make sure you use uncompressed (or minimally compressed) formats, since positioning and editing these is much faster.
Synchronized Video Recording
The video recording feature allows you to record audio at the same time as video. Recording can be done on any available recording device present in the system. For example, a reference video track can be recorded in order to document additional stage sound for editing and mixing later.
Timecode Track
You can display the SMPTE timecode of a timecode track using the time display in Sequoia. This is particularly useful in post-production projects, where a recorded timecode can be displayed as a reference when editing in Sequoia.
AAF/OMF Import and Export
Sequoia offers integrated OMF/AAF support, making it possible to exchange projects between programs and platforms. AAF is the preferred exchange format due to its larger feature set and open documentation.
Recording and Mixing
Fully Flexible Recording & Mixing
Includes Tools For Any Project
Sequoia offers tools and workflows for mixing each and every kind of production from simple stereo radio commentary to complex music productions or movie scores in different multichannel formats. With automatic sample rate conversion and the option to decode compressed audio files in real time, diverse audio formats can be combined with no issues.
Use External Hardware Effects as Plugins
Sequoia enables you to make the most of new connectivity for external hardware effects, which can be integrated into your project as effect plugins. Not only does this simplify work with effect devices, you can also import as many external effects as you want into your project via the plugin browser. You’ll experience more creative possibilities and enhanced flexibility for routing, too.
coreFX Suite
The coreFX Suite is the ultimate effect bundle with all the essential tools you need for professional sound design. It includes a pumping effect for contemporary productions, five plugins for precise dynamic control, three modulation effects to create richness and space, and the latest addition, a tool for automating all essential processing tasks within one plugin. All dynamic plugins display the dry and processed waveform in real time.
coreFX includes: VolumeFormer, 2-Point-Compressor, Compressor, Limiter, Gate, Expander, D elay, Chorus, Flanger, and coreFX Utility.
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colorFX Suite
colorFX Suite delivers a wide sound coloration palette. Tape Machine combines the pulsating dynamics of analog hardware with the precision of virtual sound control. Bitcrusher takes the concept of digital distortion to a new level, delivering more parameters for more excitement. Tube Distortion gives sound a singing quality that ranges from quiet and harmonic to fiery and crashing.
With signal routing that can be filtered and modulated, colorFX can be used flexibly – as subtle emulsifiers for masters and grouped signals, or to create a distinctive texture for individual tracks.
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32-Bit Float Recording
Sequoia delivers ultra-clear sound and massive dynamic range for field recordings, interviews, and live broadcasts with native 32-bit float recording and up to 384 kHz sampling rate. Thanks to 32-bit float, setting the gain or adjusting levels is now a thing of the past.
Comping
Get the perfect take in next to no time. Switch effortlessly between different recordings, select the best sections, and edit them together directly under each track in the project. Jointly recorded tracks are automatically grouped, giving you an overview of your progress at all times.
Marker Track
Organize your projects more efficiently. Markers are displayed on multiple lines, allowing you to keep an overview of all essential information. You can create markers in different colors, edit them together or move them. It’s also possible to assign markers to dedicated tracks, such as a video track. Audio and video markers function independently of each other.
Clear MIDI Display
Keep a clear overview of your MIDI productions at all times. More prominent note blocks and a clearer color design allow for better orientation in your project and help you get to the finish line faster.
3D Surround Editing
Mix your material in 3D audio channel formats with up to 32 channels per track.
3D Surround Panner
The new clear view in the dialog allows intuitive control when positioning highs in virtual sound sources. The positioning of the spatial axis can be automatized in both track and object. The new VBAP positioning mode (“Vector Base Amplitude Panning”) enables users to create surround setup phantom sources with high sound localization acuity. VBAP can be used independently of the number of virtual speakers and in an either 2D or 3D setup.
Surround Tracks
Sequoia supports the use of any number of surround masters in a single project and up to 24 channels per track. The surround master can now be downmixed to the stereo master. Level components for surround channels can also be freely defined.
Automation Lanes
Track automation can be displayed across multiple sub-tracks as lanes. You can display and edit as many track parameters as you like, such as volume, panning or effect settings, all at the same time. Select particularly detailed or complex curves and copy them simultaneously to any number of automation lanes on other tracks. For example, you can assign identical volume curves to all grouped instruments.
Hardware Controller
Sequoia supports hardware controllers from SSL, PreSonus, JLCooper, Tascam, and Yamaha, as well as all controllers based on Mackie Control and Mackie HUI. Sequoia also works with the Artist Series controllers Artist Mix, Artist Control, and Artist Transport.
These controllers are controlled using EUCON protocol and require Windows as an operating system. Sequoia is specially designed to work with Avid® Pro Tools | S6 controllers.
Efficient Docking Options
The docking options let you set up a working environment customized to your needs and offer optimal use of the screen area. There’s also a new project management workflow for a clearer overview with new tabs and the option to switch between projects when several are open.
Edit Between Projects Seamlessly
Sequoia allows you to keep multiple projects open at the same time and work on them simultaneously. Transfer tracks between projects while retaining all the effects, automations, plugins, and other track properties you want.
VCA Fader
Working with VCAs (Voltage Controlled Amplifiers) or DCAs (Digital Controlled Amplifiers) makes mixing and finalizing much easier. Channel levels assigned to a VCA group can be controlled using a VCA fader in Sequoia’s mixer.
You can assign as many channel strips as you want to a VCA master fader. Each existing channel strip can also be easily turned into a VCA fader. By displaying “ghost faders,” changes from adjustments made in the VCA Master can also be read in the individual channels.
Free Plugin Routingg
- No more limitations on the sequence of internal effects and VST plugins. You can now change the order of the plugins any way you want. The only exception is for Object AUX sends – these are still positioned last.
- Internal effects can now be used multiple times per track/object. Exceptions: EQ, Dynamics, Distortion, and Delay.
- The order of surround effects can be changed. In this case, the plugins in the individual channels are always calculated before the surround effects. Note: This new functionality is not compatible with the properties of older program versions.
Multiple Outputs
Sequoia lets you easily add or remove additional outputs for even more flexible routing during mixing. You can also assign no outputs to a track and view and select multiple outputs directly in the routing manager.
Different tap points downstream of the volume control (post), upstream of the volume control (pre), or directly after the gain (direct out) make it easier to mix complex music productions.
Automation Modes
Sequoia supports the standard automation modes touch, latch, trim, and overwrite. Automation curves are displayed graphically and can be easily edited.
In addition to volume and panorama, you can also automate VST instrument parameters and plugins on both the track level and object level.
Surround Downmix
In the surround master you can select “Surround downmix” as an output device and use various presets in the Downmix Matrix. Surround buses can now be routed to stereo buses. You can also set the Downmix Matrix here. The downmix is factored in during a stereo master bounce project, i.e. you can stereo bounce from a surround project when downmix is adjusted.
Object-Based Editing
Audio material in Sequoia can be split into as many objects as you want and moved around freely on tracks. You can edit each object with custom fades and effects, even sending to individual AUX channels and the surround bus is possible at object level. The object editor provides real-time access to every object setting. All changes are calculated in real time and you can modify them whenever you want.
Macro Functionality
Being able to manage complex workflows can save you a lot of time during production. Macro functionality in Sequoia enables you to record, program, and run custom command sequences. You can assign up to 128 macros to keyboard shortcuts for quick access. It’s also possible to run macros through markers in a project.
Excellent Sound Quality
Highly-advanced digital algorithms, outstanding effects plugins, and continuous use of floating point calculations ensure that sound retains its nuances, even following extensive digital processing and accumulation of individual signals.
Virtual Instruments
All Vita Solo Instruments can be used in Sequoia.
These virtual instruments offer impressive sound design, intuitive controls and a huge range of modulation options.
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String Ensemble
Discover the perfect mix of captivating string sounds – from classical recordings to contemporary scores and effects.
Power Guitar
Phenomenal power chords, screeching slides and powerful overdrives – all you need for a deep, full guitar sound.nahme ein.
Century Guitar
The pristine sounds and melodies of clean guitar provide the experience of an authentic performance.
Concert Guitar
Elegant picking techniques, subtle finger sounds and delicate slides for creating authentic guitar sounds.
Electric Bass
Perfect for laid-back funk riffs, soul ballads or as a groovy foundation for modern music production.
Upright Bass
Ideal for adding character to any recording – with sounds ranging from classical to funk to rock.
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Pop Brass
A brass ensemble for slick funk, fundamental orchestra arrangements, tight Latin rhythms and the sound of the roaring '20s.
Saxophone
These brilliant saxophone sounds add a special, unique touch to any genre of music.
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Tiny Percussion Barrel
Thrilling drum rhythms ensure the perfect suspense – ideal for dramatic moments in movies.
Tiny Percussion Christmas Bells
This instrument is ideal for adding a festive atmosphere to any song.
Tiny Percussion Claps & Snaps
The light clap and snap sounds will inspire your listeners to start dancing.
Tiny Percussion Cowbells
This instrument is ideal for adding a festive atmosphere to any song.
Tiny Percussion Darbuka
This sound evokes the tales of the Arabian Nights and is perfect for Middle Eastern and belly dance music.
Tiny Percussion Djembe
This popular goblet drum transports you on a musical journey across West Africa.
Tiny Percussion Doumbek
Spark a musical fire in your listeners' ears using passionate rhythms created with this drum.
Tiny Percussion Tambourine
These drums sounds from Cuba add an exciting rhythm and a hot salsa flair.
Tiny Percussion Bongos
These drums sounds from Cuba add an exciting rhythm and a hot salsa flair.
Tiny Percussion Congas
When the congas kick in, it's guaranteed to get everyone onto the dance floor.
Tiny Percussion Shaker
From pop and jazz to Latin sounds, the shaker can be used in any genre to create the perfect groove.
Tiny Percussion Taiko
Drum sounds from Japan that form the perfect backdrop to fast-paced fighting scenes and create a dramatic effect.
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Soundtrack Percussion
A wide palette of impressive bells, drums, timpani, gongs and taiko drums for building up the drama in film music in a rhythmic way.
World Percussion
Sounds for bongos, congas, cowbells, güiros, shakers, vibraslaps, tambourines and timbales that make for remarkably exotic rhythms.
Jazz Drums
Drum sticks, brushes, tom toms, ride cymbals and hi-hats provide that true groovy jazz sound.
Rock Drums
Dynamic snares, powerful kick and precise hi-hats. Supported by a wild electric guitar.
Drum Engine
The classic sound and style of legendary drum machines and samplers.
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Electric Piano
Whether for jazz, melodic blue notes or fully overdriven funky riffs – this piano is extremely versatile.
Century Keys
An impressive collection of pianos and concert grands – perfect for pop, rock, jazz, hip hop, Soul, RnB and house.
Vintage Organ
Vintage Organ captures the classic organ sounds of the 60s and 70s with unbelievable precision and authenticity.
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Lead Synth
This polyphonic synth specializes in catchy lead sounds, growling sawtooth and smooth phatty sounds.
Bass Machine
This bass machine delivers the ultimate bass lines with a powerful, bone-rattling tone.
DN-e1
With driving electro sounds and vibrating bass, the DN-e1 is ready for the club.
Revolta 2
Perfect for creating electronic dance tracks with energizing beats and playful synth lines.
Space Pad
Out of this world spacey sounds that add a nostalgic 80s synth pop flair.
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Vibraphone
This jazz classic fits perfectly into any arrangement and will add that special something to any music project!
Vita 2
Discover a ton of rich sounds in a single plugin.
Vita Sampler
With the Vita sampler, you can play every loop like an instrument.
Orchestral Ensemble
Full orchestra, brass, woodwind, percussion and strings with an impressively authentic sound – ideal for arranging a film score.
Testimonials & Credentials
Voices from the Community
Nicolas De Porcel
RIAA Diamond Certified & Grammy Award-Winning Mastering Engineer
“The meticulous detail I strive for in the studio also translates to Sequoia. My visualization layout, how everything is so custom, and how I route everything is fantastic. I can easily switch from my stereo template to my stem mastering template. I can design my DAW the same way I’ve designed my studio. Those features alone are the reason why Sequoia is my preferred DAW — the only one I will ever use to master."
Credentials
Roddy Ricch, Kendrick Lamar, Baby Keem, DaBaby, Summer Walker, SZA
John Greenham
Grammy Award-Winning Mastering Engineer
“What I liked about Sequoia when I first started using it, is that I was able to use it without looking at the manual. Mastering is the last stop for music. So, any small advantage that you can find, you should use it. I just feel that — for whatever reason — it sounds better. That’s why I use it."
Credentials
4 GRAMMYs, including ‘Record of the Year’ and ‘Best Engineered Album’ | Billie Eilish
Heba Kadry
Mixing and Mastering Engineer
“Sequoia really changed the way I master, specifically the object editor. I can create up to 4 snapshots. Each one has a chain of plugins that you can add. I can recall these snapshots very quickly, slice the track into regions, and pop them in. I have a precise approach to the way I master. I like going in and resolving the problem. The object editor lets me go very fast, zone in on problems, and fix them nearly instantaneously. It’s like a Swiss Army knife. It’s pretty incredible."
Credentials
Björk, RAC (Tearing Me Up Remix, Grammy-winning), Alex G, Jackie OST (Mica Levi), Neon Indian
George Seara
Mixing and Recording Engineer
“Sequoia shines at the most critical stages, such as a mix down. I also use it for critical editing, object-based processing, audio restoration, and to deliver any needed parts (i.e., DDP, etc.). In rare instances, I rely on it for time/tempo adjustments while maintaining pitch.
Sequoia maintains 100% sound neutrality and fidelity throughout its processing. It includes a vast array of professional plugins, extensive metering and loudness measurement tools, excellent restoration tools, including Spectral Cleaning and Denoising, and a real-time AAC, MP3 preview plugin. Simply put, Sequoia is the gold standard for high-definition audio production."
Credentials
Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, Drake, Herbie Hancock, Sting | Thriller 25th Anniversary Album | Fast And The Furious 7 (OST)
Steven Epstein
Grammy Award-Winning Producer, Recording, Mixing, and Mastering Engineer
“Several years ago, when I became an independent producer/engineer (having retired from Sony Masterworks), I needed to acquire a full featured DAW that was state of the art with regards to neutrality and sound accuracy as well as a program that allowed me to record, edit, mix, and master my productions in a user-friendly and efficient way. I had heard that Sequoia fulfilled all of those requirements from top engineers. They were right! Over the years, I have made recordings (both as producer and engineer) for many labels that have been quite successful. I really do love this program!"
Credentials
15 GRAMMYs & 2 Latin GRAMMYs | Yo-Yo Ma, Chic Corea, James Taylor, Bobby McFerrin, Wynton Marsalis, Isaac Stern, Lorin Maazel | Former Sony Masterworks Senior Executive Producer
Jonathan Wyner
Mastering Engineer and Director of Education at iZotope
“Sequoia is the most comprehensive and complete workstation, period. It excels as it fulfills all of my needs as a mastering engineer. The 4-point editing, object-oriented processing, and comprehensive delivery to DDP and codec preview, help me work efficiently all in one ecosystem — now even more so with the addition of simultaneous multi-format export! With 64-bit support and multi-core addressing, Sequoia runs incredibly smoothly, too, and is very stable."
Credentials
David Bowie, Nirvana, Aerosmith, James Taylor | Director of Education at iZotope
Antony King
Live Audio Engineer
“I love Sequoia for many, many reasons, but the number 1 reason: it’s never crashed. In the ten years that I’ve been using Sequoia, it has never gone wrong. You don’t need a backup. It’s that reliable! We recorded 114 channels every night during the Depeche Mode Global Spirit Tour, and it never crashed."
Credentials
Depeche Mode, Marilyn Manson, Simply Red
Mitch Malloy
Producer, Engineer, Recording Artist, Songwriter, Rock Star
“In 2000, I changed my entire studio to a PC-based system with Nuendo 1. After struggling for almost two years on that software and hating the sound, someone suggested I try Samplitude. I did and was elated with its ease of use and layout workability. I’ve been with it ever since. I’ve tried every app on Mac and PC. Nothing can replace what Samplitude and Sequoia do for me. They are all I use and all I need. I can’t go back. Plain and simple."
Credentials
Taylor Swift, Van Halen, Great White, Boys Like Girls, Kenny Logins
Olivier Glissant
Composer, Conductor, Producer
“One thing that impresses me about Sequoia is the complete character of its design. The software does not specialize. Whatever domain you use it for (production, broadcasting, mastering, film scoring) in whatever style of music, you find the same quality, complexity, depth, and features that you probably never even thought about looking for in any program, before stumbling across them in Sequoia."
Credentials
Philip Glass, Norah Jones, Bill Frisel | Brooklyn Orchestra
Oleksa Lozowchuk
Music Director, Composer, Producer
“I’ve been using Samplitude and Sequoia for almost 20 years now. I can’t imagine working without them. They allow me to achieve flow more quickly than any other DAW. I really couldn’t function at this level without Comparisonics viewing, object-based editing, and its in-line spectral editing and solid cross-fade workflow. It helps bring my ideas to life."
Credentials
Damian Taylor (The Prodigy, Evanescence, Björk) | Dead Rising 2, 3 & 4 (Capcom Vancouver) | Former Music Director of Capcom Vancouver | Music for Apple, Disney, Microsoft, McDonald’s
Bruce Somers
Producer, Songwriter, Sound & Mastering Engineer
“he program is by far the most efficient DAW out there on the market. It never stops running, even when I load it up with a ton of plugins. The mastering workflow is considered the gold standard by most mastering engineers, which is why I started using it years ago. I am always amazed how much better, faster, and more efficient Sequoia is than my old mastering platforms. Having a super stable DAW platform like Sequoia makes everything possible."
Credentials
Founding member of the Kidneythieves | Marilyn Manson, Pussycat Dolls, Good Charlotte
Terence Goodchild
Live Audio Engineer
“Sequoia not only gives me a digital first aid kit to solve any problem, it provides a modular toolbox with precise instruments, a rock-solid audio engine, and great support to adapt to nearly any task and situation I can think of. Modern productions require an engineer to handle complex audio scenarios under time constraints, often with high responsibility. Sequoia helps me concentrate on my work."
Credentials
Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds, Johann Johannson, Lambert, Kiasmos, Helen Grimaud, Deutsche Grammophon
Marco Lecci
Recording/Mixing and Mastering Engineer
“The technical depth of the software and its creative musical workflow are very well balanced. It’s incredibly easy and fast to bring the sounds I envision to life. Operations are well displayed on screen. Everything appears clear and understandable. All the plugins are light and powerful! Sequoia’s sound is great, transparent, and super defined."
Credentials
Paola Turci, Plácido Domingo, Luca Barbarossa