Oh, for crying out loud!.....

Okay, here’s the part I don’t get. Not trolling - I truly don’t understand the difference between a step sequencer and the drum editor.

I watched the opening of the Sonar one, and what went through my mind as he covered the initial bases was this mental comparison to the Cubase drum editor.

List of instruments down the left side: check.
Set to whatever time signature you want: check.
Set the granularity of the notes (1/8th, 16th, etc.): check.
Click on the row of the instrument you want at the beat you want: check.

Honestly, the only conceptual difference I’m seeing is that step sequencers have squares and the drum editor uses diamonds.

What am I missing here?