Push by Ableton is an instrument that puts everything you need to make music in one place.
Making music can be challenging. To stay in the groove, you need to be able to capture ideas quickly and you need technology that doesn't distract the flow. Computers allow humans to create whole worlds of sound but instruments are the source of inspiration. Push offers the best of both worlds. A powerful and expressive instrument that gives you hands-on control of an endless palette of sounds without even looking at your computer.
Play all your music ideas or sequence them step by step. Whether playing drums or pitched instruments, Push adapts to your musical needs, with great feeling pads and controls that keep you in the flow. Push gives you a range of ways to play and manipulate your samples. Slice samples across the pads, play single hits, or warp long samples so that they always stay in time with your song.
Access all of Live’s devices, your third-party plug-ins, and samples. Use Push to browse, preview, and load your sounds. Get fast hands-on access to Live’s built-in devices, VST or Audio Units plug-ins, and your sample library. The colour display shows your sample or device parameters, enabling intuitive but powerful sound design from the touch-sensitive encoders.
Record everything you play. Create variations and try out new combinations to play with song structure. Push captures every move you make into musical ideas that you can recombine to create your song. Get hands-on with your mix using the encoders and adjust levels, pans, and sends with immediate feedback on the display. Push 2 is equally at home in the studio or on stage. Keep your performances in-the-moment by switching between improvising with loops and playing drums, notes, and chords—all from the same expressive grid of pads.
Features
- Hardware instrument for hands-on playability with Ableton Live 11
- Play or step sequence beats, notes, chords and automation
- New sampling workflows: slice, play and manipulate samples from Push
- Large multicolour display adapts to show what you need
- 64 sensitive and playable backlit pads
- 8 touch-sensitive encoders for controlling mixer, devices and instruments, and Live browser navigation
- Clip launch mode for live performance and arrangement recording
- Scales mode offers unique approach to playing notes and chords
- 700+ sounds
- 3 Instruments including Drum Rack, Impulse and Simpler
- Supports up to 16 tracks and 8 scenes with some other feature limitations
- Includes 26 effects