At the risk of being a nitpick, this is not a tracker.
A tracker has one axis for time (usually down) and another for channels. Each cell is a note, the pitch of which is written as text (eg “C-5”). This lets you see and edit multiple channels quickly in the same view. That’s the distinguishing quality of trackers.
This Excel DAW appears to have a separate sheet per channel: each sheet has one axis for time and another for note pitch. In other words, it’s a piano roll. These are common in most regular DAWs but not in trackers.
In other words, the only thing this has in common with trackers is superficial, ie the grid/table look.
Yeah, a piano roll is a really good comparison. The "tracker-style" notation is much more compact (has to be, after all the first trackers ran on the Amiga in 320x200/256 resolution).
I only watched a few seconds, but there is a minor difference between a DAW and a sequencer. This looks like MIDI, and I didn't hear any real sounds, so I would call it a sequencer. Maybe there is actual recorded sounds later in the video?
The demo song plays a decent version of Take on Me by Aha! [0]
I have not enabled macros in an xlsx for years, but this was worth opening in safe place.
It really is a functional basic sequencer. So freaking cool! But I don't yet see the option for recording audio, so maybe not a DAW. But it does export an Ableton file. So cool.
Personally I prefer sequencer because that's what they were called back in the day. DAW to my British ears seems like a clunky Americanism that's sounds wrong both as D.A.W. and rhyming with door.
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This Excel DAW appears to have a separate sheet per channel: each sheet has one axis for time and another for note pitch. In other words, it’s a piano roll. These are common in most regular DAWs but not in trackers.
In other words, the only thing this has in common with trackers is superficial, ie the grid/table look.
comment on the video.... this is nice
Still nutty amazing.
I have not enabled macros in an xlsx for years, but this was worth opening in safe place.
It really is a functional basic sequencer. So freaking cool! But I don't yet see the option for recording audio, so maybe not a DAW. But it does export an Ableton file. So cool.
[0] https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18OkY-KUU6ewZOC1u-Djn...