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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 08/09/2026

Literally everything you're about to hear was made from a fart. PAX West just wrapped and for one of my panels I was challenged to rescored this scene from Uncharted 2 using a secret sound effect (a fart). So I turned that fart into every instrument you're hearing right now. Best #paxwest yet.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 10/07/2026

Davinci Resolve’s transcript tool is really hanging my ass out to dry here lmao

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 17/06/2026

One week until Variables drops! I'd love it if you pre-saved it! distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... #musicproduction #idm #pop

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 02/06/2026

Procedural music is really fun!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 01/06/2026

Variables song and music video drops June 24th! If you like your pop mixed with IDM then you'll like this track. Pre-save link is in the next reply. Please, pre-save!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 05/12/2025

My music and YT work is featured on Ableton's blog and homepage this week! Such an awesome experience. You can also listen to my new single there as well! www.ableton.com/en/blog/past...

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 20/09/2025

IN LESS THAN A YEAR! Absolutely wild!!!

Screen capture of my YouTubr subscriber count, which is 10,019.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 16/09/2025

Prepping slides fro the upcoming term and I'm always grateful for this reminder.

"First, please remember: There are no advanced techniques, only advanced application of the fundamentals."

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 13/09/2025

I googled a question about Digital Performer and google's automatic AI response gives me a video about Logic Pro alongside a screenshot from Ableton Live. 😂

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 10/09/2025

Sega is gearing up for the heist of a lifetime rn

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 09/09/2025

I received this incredibly kind email from one of my subscribers on the clear other side of the world. The fact that my music, writings, and videos has impacted anybody enough to reach out to me from halfway around the world is mind boggling!

“Bro you are doing so well! Hang in there and dont do anything rash! Your teaching style is awesome and inspiring! You WILL reach a point where the numbers turn around again! Stay true to your mission and your core audience! Its not a competition!

Im looking forward to your next videos!

Much brotherly love from Denmark

-Jesper”

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 06/09/2025

Conducting a 500+ person impromptu sample recording session at PAX West last week was not without it's problems. Link to the full video in the next comment! #PAXWest #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 29/08/2025

Want to see me make all the music and SFX for a video game in just one hour? Be at the Firebird Theater at 9:30 pm TONIGHT. #PAXWest

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 23/08/2025

BC for the weekend. Incredibly beautiful. Grateful to sneak in one trip this summer.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 22/08/2025

I got a new wallet because this one reached the end of its lifecycle. I feel oddly sentimental about letting go of this thing that I’ve used every day now for years.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 19/08/2025

Sometimes your camera roll hits you with a good one

Me squatting in front of a record bin labeled “unusually experimental.”

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 05/08/2025

I was trying to take thumbnail shots for next week’s YT video but she wasn’t having any of it.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 28/07/2025

✨ ASK ME ANY MUSIC PRODUCTION QUESTION! ✨ I'm launching a monthly Q&A series on my YT channel called EQ&A, where I answer your biggest music production questions. Let me help you balance out your production knowledge. ⬇️ Fire off your questions below and I'll answer some in next month's episode! ⬇️

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 10/07/2025

This week I crossed 5000 subscribers on my YouTube channel! I've made it my goal to hit 10,000 subscribers by the end of 2025 and it feels great to be halfway to my goal at the halfway mark of the year. Here's to the next 5k! (Also crazy that I started the year with only 631!)

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 17/05/2025

I’ve been practicing writing cozy game music for my reel and I really love the orchestration at the end of this track! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio #gamemusic

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 22/04/2025

This shit is so funny to me out of context* *in case you're wondering "Ping Pong" is a type of delay in which they delay from the left channel repeats on the right channel and vice versa

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 22/04/2025

Final edits on the course content are going wel- #ableton #producersky

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 07/04/2025

The fact that this wasn’t accepted is a crime

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 19/02/2025

Me too, To-Fu. Me too. So excited for the full launch @kaizengameworks.com

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 16/02/2025

Just listen… music.apple.com/us/album/hea...

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 14/02/2025

The sax is so good!!! Funny enough, I’m working on a track called Spring Bloom. Are double singles a thing? 😂

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 10/02/2025

Took my baby to see the 60 ft duck at Lumen Field. She was into it.

Me holding my baby Simba-style towards a 60 foot tall rubber duck.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 07/02/2025

🤔 Ok what if you're making UK garage? 👀 But you're controlling synths with your voice? 👀 AND you're controlling cool vocal effects with your voice? 👀 AND it feels like the first warm day of spring? ☀️ I'm so excited to release the full track (hey, labels?) #ableton #gamedev #gamemusic #gameaudio

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 04/12/2024

Drum sampler is so good for creating glitchy chord stabs. #ableton #gamemusic

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 02/12/2024

How many cats do you have in your studio?

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 02/12/2024

I'm turning Ableton Live's Drum Sampler into a frenetic chord stab glitch-ifier in this week's YouTube video. Here's a screenshot for proof!

Screenshot of a YouTube video with an Ableton Live Instrument rack superimposed over an Ableton Live MIDI clip with a number of automation lanes active.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 25/11/2024

I want to share a technique I teach my students to help them fix structural issues in their productions. I call it the “Oops! All Piano” method. 🎹 🧵👇

A cat is playing a piano. This is superimposed against a screenshot of Ableton Live.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 25/11/2024

⭐️ Ableton users! ⭐️ I created a tutorial to help you level up your bass sound design using just stock plugins (and give you the rack I made in the demonstration for free!) It's also a great primer on advanced audio effect rack features. Link in the next post of this thread 🧵 👇

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 27/11/2023

New edition of Keep Living With Music is out today on Substack. I talk all about sampling and how I approach it as a composer and producer. zwbuckley.substack.com/p/sampling-i...

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 02/09/2023

Our PAX panel was standing room only!!!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 28/07/2023

Trying to find some new vibes for promo/newsletter images. I'll show it to y'all first since this place also seems to be the new vibe. I think this has a pretty rad vintage dslr vibe (i mean, it is shot on an old dslr so it does check out) What do y'all think?

Me in a red wrangler shirt sitting at my desk, making music in Ableton. Heavy hues of reds, pinks, and oranges abound.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 05/07/2023

Two days until Fever Dreams at Ruger Place drops! This EP is a collection of songs dealing with dreams, desire, and the liminal space between wakefulness and sleeping. Hyperpop, d&b, and vibes aplenty. ⬇️ Pre-Save ⬇️ distrokid.com/hyperfollow/zwbuckley…

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