One of the questions I often get when it comes to making beats with Push is how to spread the pitch a drum rack pad across the entire keyboard range. This is useful when you want to do drum or snare rolls and want to be able to play the pitch at the same time, […]
Live 9.7 New Beat & Region Slicing Options for Push 2
Here’s another feature that’s new in Ableton’s Live 9.7 update, more slicing options for Push 2! You can now slice by beat divisions or by equal regions in addition to transient and manual mode. This gives more flexibility for working with your audio samples, you’re not just locked to live pad slicing or transients. Beat […]
Live 9.7 Using 16 Level Velocity Drum Rack Mode on Push 2
Another cool feature of the Ableton Live 9.7 update is the 16 level velocity mode when using a drum rack. This lets you take any pad and scale it across 16 velocities similar to the MPC or Maschine, which is great for manually adding in natural variation to your tracks or even creating a “delay […]
Live 9.7 Routing Audio Track Input & Output From Push 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch/2nwPo6gXH7s Ableton released the public beta of Live 9.7 and there are quite a few new workflow features. However, my personal favorite would have to be the new ability to route input and output settings for audio tracks directly from the Push 2 controller. This is something I’ve wanted for YEARS, ever since they first […]
Live 9.7 Update Changing Pad, Clip, and Track Color from Push 2
Ableton released the Live 9.7 update into public beta today and one of the new features is being able to color your clips, drum rack pads, and tracks directly from Push 2. I’m all for workflow enhancements and I’m sure this feature will help many people with their session organization. As always, if you have […]
Push 2 Chopping Samples Manually in a Drum Rack
Ever since Push 2 came out with sample chopping I’ve been getting questions on how to manually chop your samples from the controller. For those that don’t wish to use autochop, or the live chopping feature, manual chopping gives you more control over the sample chopping process. It’s basically the concept of adjusting the start […]
Push 2 – Disable & Enable Devices from the Controller
I’ve been getting some questions about on how to enable or disable a device in a chain directly from the Push 2 controller. In this quick tip video I show you how it’s done, so that you can quickly audition your sounds and instruments with or without various devices in the chain. I’m all about […]
Ableton Loop Footage from Registration and Day 2
Had a great time at Ableton’s Loop event, really dope experience. There was so much going on from workshops to networking, music, etc. I just wanted to capture a little bit of what went down to share with those that couldn’t go, I’m sure there will be some official footage from Ableton but sometimes it’s […]
Push 2 – Checking Out the New Browser
Love it or hate it, browsing from Push was definitely in need of an update. Fortunately the browser on Push 2 is much improved in many areas, for me some of the highlights are being able to quickly access your user content, being able to browse you plugins directly (no need to save them as […]
Adding your own Samples to a Drum Rack
This is just a quick video in response to a question I got on twitter about how to load your own samples into a drum rack from the Push controller. It’s pretty straight forward but definitely something you’d want to know if you prefer to build your own kits. If you have any questions let […]