Is the sequential concept of a timeline a good conceptual representation for asynchronous events that my run at different speeds? I had in mind more kind of a

Is the sequential concept of a timeline a good conceptual representation for asynchronous events that my run at different speeds? I had in mind more kind of a matrix, but I am asking here to gain knowledge from people that already must have been thinking more about this than me. How do you handle dozens or hundreds of animation events?