In most cases, the software runs as a standalone application which interfaces with your DAW via a plugin ( integration with Ableton Live is a little more sophisticated). The way Liquid Music works depends on your DAW, but it’s not quite as straightforward as the more simple Liquid Rhythm. In that sense, it can be thought of along similar lines as an arpeggiator or a MIDI effect, although the workflow is a little more complex than either of those. Think of it instead as a tool that can help you break out of ingrained habits, overcome creative blocks or simply explore ideas related to a musical motif you’ve created. In reality, Liquid Music will certainly not write tracks for you, despite the fact that there are presets to use as starting points.
There will be some who say that software like Liquid Music is cheating, sapping the creativity from the music making process or even worse ‘writing music for you’. Liquid Music also incorporates the drum programming features of Liquid Rhythm, which makes it an all-round creative tool.īefore we go any further, it’s worth addressing the elephant in the room.
Liquid Music is a “MIDI performance designer” which looks to do the same for melodic and harmonic elements as Liquid Rhythm did for drum parts: in essence, it allows you to create music ideas or start with one and then evolve and mutate it into multiple new variations on the same theme. Liquid Music is the follow-up to WaveDNA’s Liquid Rhythm, which we were impressed with when we tested it back in 2014.
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