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Once and a while I find myself getting stuck when writing out my composition. I might have an awesome bass line and beat, but really finishing up the track could stump me. I have developed a way of making me feel more organized and creative with my songwriting / composition. This video walks...

I have heard a lot about panning in ableton live. I just wrote an Ableton Live Panning works,]article on panning with live and how to improve it with the Utility. The article goes over how Ableton goes about panning by reducing volume of left or right, but might not be what you are looking...

So after months of work I am proud to release my (aq) Aftertouch Devices for Push. They are free download. Check out the video below and download it at: (aq) Push Pack for Aftertouch These devices will make aftertouch a whole new thing in live letting you control how it works and can even add a...

I have been working on some glitch hop / lovestep music the last few weeks and have gotten way obsessed with making cool sound effects. I didn't find many tutorials online about making unique morphing sounds. Manly they show of the basics like just sweeping the eq, but I wanted something more...

I just posted a collection of Latin Jazz Flute I recorded with Antonio H Cruz in Seattle. We were jamming out to a track I am working on, and I just edited the out takes and made a sample pack. You can check it out here: Antonio H Cruz Mystic Flute Samples It's a free download of 36 samples...

So the 80's and 70's were awesome. Well sometimes they were. There are aspects of the music that is just awesome. Today I put together some drum racks using one shots from vintage Drum Machines. I made these racks free to download. They include the LinnDrum, Alesis hr-1, and the Simmons Crash...

I'm getting ready for a new 2step Ep and started building some of the resources of it. I made a massive library of MIDI Rhythms as well as a one shot sample library. I put the MIDI Library and some of the samples up for free on my site. Here is the link: Future Step MIDI Library Check out...

I've been digging this new technique I've been using of using simpler to play waveforms, giving it the ability to be like a Wavetabel synth. I've made and distort a lot of waveforms and packaged it all togeather in an Abelton Live Pack. Also have all the waveforms in a zip file for use in any...

Hey Ya'll It's been my life goal to get people collaborating on art and music. I've been able to do that through my Subaqueous website, but I wanted to take it a step further with a new product that helps bridge the gap between musicians and other music producers. This lead me to create the USB...

I am glad to announce my 3rd Subaqueous Remix Competition. Got lots of prizes for the winner and will be a great community event for producers. Grand Prize: ($1000 dollars in value) 5 Loopmasters Artist Series DVDs of their choice and two Patchworx releases of their choice. Audiofile...

Moving your live 8 library to Live 9 can be quite a task. I made this video that explains how I did it and the steps involved. sjiTmfWmEIU

I have sat in the studio for a month making yet another MIDI library for you all. This is a collection of MIDI drum patterns for hip hop from 80-100 bpm. I put togeather an ableton live set as well as a collection of these MIDI patterns. Check it out here: (aq) Hip Hop Midi Library This...

I've been hacking away to make a new Taiko Drum rack and just released it for free. The Taiko is a beautiful and big drum. I made the Drum rack with multi sample one shots for velocity. Really proud of this and glad to share it with other producers. Here is a video on it: And link to...

Over the last 2 months I have put together this hug collection of MIDI drum patterns . I've put this all together into a Library and am giving it away as a free resource. Below is a link to the collection. It has 63 different MIDI grooves I made. It has them separated by genera, which is...

I just wrote up an article on how I use a MIDI Translator for looping and keystokes in Ableton. It's opened up worlds for my live set. Here is the link: http://subaqueousmusic.com/production-articles/gear-reviews/133-midi-looping-and-midi-translator-live It's got a quick video on the idea and...

I checked out the new touch screen MIDI controller by iCON called i-creativ. Loved what little I saw on it. After getting it I made a good review video that shows all it's functions and what you can do with it. Here is the review of the i-creativ Review of the i-creativ MIDI Controller from...

My new Album Immerge is coming out in may and to celebrate I am working with some great companies including Loopbased, De la Mancha, Loopmasters, Sknote, Fabfilter, HG Fortune, and Samplephonics for prizes. You can check out the tunes and more info here: Subaqueous Upcoming events, Music...

I just spent about 2 months learning as much as I can about Arabic and different ethnic rhythms. I started making a large library of chords so I could then drag and drop some rhythms in. It's been a great and fast flow so I wanted to share the midi library. The library is a pack of...

I just wrote another article on Harmonic theory with the circle of fifths. It goes over the basics of tenstion with harmony and your chord progression. I also finally got around to making a video that runs through how to use my Library of Chords Library of Midi Chords- Using Circle of Fifths...

I wrote an article on Midi Routing and some midi tricks. I have been using these tricks for a while and updated them and anted to share. One thing that is SUPPER annoying in Ableton live for PC users is that when you start up Live you can't plug in new Midi devices with out restarting. I ended...