Systems and methods for generating audio content in a digital audio workstation

An electronic device, comprising:

• a display;
• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• displaying a graphical user interface for a step sequencer in a digital audio workstation, wherein:
• the graphical user interface for the step sequencer includes a plurality of user interface elements,
• the plurality of user interface elements corresponds to a portion of a roll for an audio composition,
• each user interface element in the plurality of user interface elements represents a respective time interval for a note,
• the plurality of user interface elements includes a first subset of the plurality of user interface elements representing played notes for the corresponding respective time interval and a second subset of the plurality of user interface elements representing rests for the corresponding respective time interval;
• the plurality of user interface elements correspond to toggleable buttons arranged in an array comprising a plurality of rows and columns, each toggleable button being activated or inactivated by a user, wherein a row of the plurality of rows corresponds to a sequence of user interface elements;
• receiving a user input interacting with a first user interface element of the first subset of the plurality of user interface elements;
• in response to the user input interacting with the first user interface element of the first subset of the plurality of user interface elements:
• splitting a played note represented by the first user interface element into two or more played notes;
• replacing display of the first user interface element with two or more additional user interface elements, each of the two or more additional user interface elements representing a respective one of the two or more played notes;
• and
• providing the audio composition for playback by a speaker.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by an electronic device with a display and one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:

• displaying a graphical user interface for a step sequencer in a digital audio workstation, wherein:
• the graphical user interface for the step sequencer includes a plurality of user interface elements,
• the plurality of user interface elements corresponds to a portion of a roll for an audio composition,
• each user interface element in the plurality of user interface elements represents a respective time interval for a note,
• the plurality of user interface elements includes a first subset of the plurality of user interface elements representing played notes for the corresponding respective time interval and a second subset of the plurality of user interface elements representing rests for the corresponding respective time interval;
• the plurality of user interface elements correspond to toggleable buttons arranged in an array comprising a plurality of rows and columns, each toggleable button being activated or inactivated by a user, wherein a row of the plurality of rows corresponds to a sequence of user interface elements;
• receiving a user input interacting with a first user interface element of the first subset of the plurality of user interface elements;
• in response to the user input interacting with the first user interface element of the first subset of the plurality of user interface elements:
• splitting a played note represented by the first user interface element into two or more played notes;
• replacing display of the first user interface element with two or more additional user interface elements, each of the two or more additional user interface elements representing a respective one of the two or more played notes;
• and
• providing the audio composition for playback by a speaker.