![]() Most of the screen is dominated with a familiar piano roll, where you draw in your notes. Select the clip and then move to the Liquid Music window. The first thing you must do is load an instrument on a MIDI track and create an empty MIDI clip. ![]() Drop Liquid Music on a MIDI track and it is ready to work for every track in your arrangement. We navigate to our Max for Live folder and find Liquid Music in the MIDI devices folder. Liquid Music works similarly in any DAW, as a VST or AU (the most recent update features a useful MIDI export option). For this review, I'll be discussing the Max for Live device for Ableton Live. After a little bit of time learning the interface, I found myself drawing in musical ideas that I would never have performed or programmed otherwise. Liquid Music creates melodies, chords, and rhythms that are perfectly in key and very musical, all based on the shapes you draw. You can set the key, chord progressions, and rhythms, or choose from a huge offering of presets, and begin drawing in music. Liquid Music is an AU, VST, and Max for Live plug-in that allows you to set a few musical guidelines and paint your music by clicking and dragging. This is why I think Liquid Music by WaveDNA is so cool. Watch AfroDJMac's overview video of Liquid Music: A new instrument, plug-in, or even workspace can inject inspiration and cause us to work in new ways, leading to new ideas. We begin to rely on old tricks and habits, and as a result, our music can feel stale and redundant. As much as I believe that having a system, routine, and even templates can help improve your productivity, sometimes this all leads to music that all sounds the same. One of the biggest reasons I buy new gear is that it offers a fresh workflow.
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