Timeless Sounds. Creative Freedom.
Q Up Arts virtual instruments, loops, and sample libraries are designed for longevity — tools you’ll return to year after year to unlock new ideas and push your productions further.
At Q Up Arts, our mission is simple: inspire your creativity.
Q Up Arts was founded on the California central coast town of Santa Cruz in by Douglas & Susan Morton in 1993 after working with EMU Systems and Optical Media International (OMI). They've been creating and licensing world-class sound collections for music producers, film/TV composers, game developers, and recording artists across the globe. From their roots in Santa Cruz, California to studios worldwide, Q Up Arts sounds have helped shape everything from major motion pictures, AAA video games to hit albums and billions of streams
Southern California based composer and sound designer Douglas Morton is the lead producer and president of Q Up Arts. Morton and his roster of artists create and license professional-grade sample libraries, loops, virtual instruments, and other production audio used by music producers, film/TV and game composers and hardware makers worldwide. Morton has spent decades building sound libraries and instrument content for keyboards, iOS music apps, and music hardware. His audio and virtual instruments have been built into commercial products including content for Korg, Roland, Yamaha, UVI, Slate Digital, Guitar Center Private Brands (Williams Digital Pianos & Simmons Drums. His work has been used in venues ranging from aquariums to NAMM's TEC Awards. Douglas Morton linkedin.com
As a composer, Morton is world renowned for creating immersive music and soundscapes for major public aquariums, including the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Utah, and Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco. His work is literally part of the exhibits — guests walk through galleries accompanied by his ambient, underwater-inspired scores, which are written to match the motion, mood, and personality of specific animals (for example, he’s talked about writing playful, high-energy music like “Penguin Boogie” after watching penguins). Douglas Morton Deseret News
He has released multiple albums of this music, such as Music of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Jellies: Living Art, Mysteries of the Deep, The Living Planet Aquarium Soundtrack, Aquarium of the Bay Soundtrack, and Music for Aquariums. These albums collect themes written for exhibits like Kelp Forest, Open Sea, Deep Blue, Seahorse Waltz, and Penguin Boogie, and are sold/streamed commercially (Apple Music, Spotify, Bandcamp, etc.).
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is often praised for the artistry of its exhibits — not just the visual design (like living kelp-forest tanks and jellyfish galleries), but also the original Douglas Morton soundtracks that help create a calm, immersive “underwater world” experience for roughly two million visitors a year.
Licensing Info
When you purchase from Q Up Arts, you’re buying a royalty-free, single-user license for personal or commercial use in:
- Album and record production
- Streaming music releases
- Film, TV, and game soundtracks
- Live performances
- Library music creation (using playable instruments only)
What’s Not Allowed:
- Using Q Up Arts content to train or model AI applications
- Reselling, transferring, or redistributing sounds
- Uploading content to torrent/shareware sites
- Using loops or soundscapes by themselves in sample libraries or production music catalogs
If you're unsure or need a custom license, just reach out.
Licensing & Contact
Licensing Inquiries:
310.714.9547
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General Contact:
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Q Up Arts.com LLC
825 College Blvd, Ste 102-1058
Oceanside CA 92057
