What is push

Push is a hardware instrument designed and manufactured by the Ableton brand to create expressive music in practical mode and fully integrate into the live environment. Push and Live work perfectly together, so you can create bits, play notes and chords, cut samples, and create the entire structure of the song - all without looking at the computer.

Build bits

Browse, listen, and upload your own samples, visit the extensive live drum kit library, or explore Beat Tools - a range of samples you get with Push. Play your compositions with 64 pressure sensitive pads and make sounds while playing with eight touch sensitive encoders (endless rotation). With Live 10 you can view the notes, their length and dynamics right on the screen.

In 16-pad push mode, you can play notes, program sequences in steps, and adjust the length of the loop - all in the same view. The 64-pad system allows the entire 8x8 matrix to be used to play multiple samples, e.g. B. drums, in real time. The new 32-pad mode added in Live 10 allows you to play notes and sequence programs (in the upper part of the matrix) at the same time.

Play notes and chords

Push pads and treble correspond to specific sounds, the arrangement and structure provides a very intuitive and easy to play melodies and chords. Large intervals or complex parties are not the slightest problem. You will be delighted with the ease with which you can choose the key and scale.

Live 10 has new features that appear on the push screen. Now you're spending even less time on the computer, whether you're creating ideas, editing MIDI editing, and mixing the recording.

Work with samples

Three independent modes offer a quick and comfortable working environment for your samples. Slice mode allows you to cut long samples instantly and automatically assign the cut pieces to the pads - ideal for rearranging the loops on the fly, or creating a sampled drum kit from drum loops. Classic mode offers the ability to assign melodic instrument samples to convert samples to sample pads of different heights. What's more, thanks to the touch transmitter can edit the beginning and the end of the sample and the envelope. One Shot mode plays the sample from start to finish, no matter how long you hold down the pad - is ideal for playing drum samples. Interestingly, the pads can also change the height of the sample playback without having to change the trigger and the point at which it is currently playing.

In addition, you can now try the input and output of audio and MIDI directly on the push-in, an external hardware - without disturbing the flow.

Nice and musical

Each push element has been carefully thought out to bring a new level of experience to users. Multicolor display is customized to show exactly what they need to be in a creative sequence. Push pads are soft, sensitive and responsive - ideal for playing bits and melodies.

Push is an instrument that works at home, in the studio, and on stage. Your performances will be unique due to the ability to improvise freely in each mode. Whether you're playing melodies, chords or working on rehearsals and drums - everything you have on hand and on cue, one instrument all on - push-in.

Key functions

- a hardware instrument that you can use to work with Ableton Live,

- simultaneously play and program sounds step by step in the same view,

- Creative environment for samples: cut, play and edit samples from the push level,

- a large color display that shows exactly what you need,

- 64 pressure-sensitive and illuminated pads,

- 8 touch sensitive controls,

- Triggering of clips for live work and spontaneous arranging, comfortable playing of melodies and chords thanks to the suitable structure of the note arrangement,

- Scale mode allows a unique approximation of notes and chords,

- Includes Beat Tools: a range of sounds for beat makers with more than 150 drum kits and instruments, 180 audio loops and additional samples.

- Includes live intro software.

Technical specifications:

Contents: Push instrument, universal power supply 100-240VAC, 50 / 60Hz with interchangeable plugs, USB cable, Ableton Intro version for download

Dimensions: width 370 mm, depth 293 mm, height 26 mm / height with potentiometers 46 mm,

Weight: 2,990 g

Connections: external 12V DC power supply 1.25A, USB 5V / 0.5A,

two pedal inputs

Kensington Lock anti-theft device

Housing: The upper part of the housing is made of lightweight but durable anodized Aluminum.

Pads: soft silicone pads, perfectly calibrated to respond to bumps / pressure. Highlight RGB pads,

Keys: Keys that are responsible for controlling the working modes have a pleasant click and white or multicolored LED backlighting.

Potentiometer: very high-resolution tactile rotary encoder,

Display: High resolution, RGB colors and very large working angles. Very bright and clear picture,

Touch bar: 17 cm, for controlling modulation, pitch band function and scrolling,

  31 LEDs support the navigation function.

Ableton Live 11 Intro

Live comes in three editions: Intro, Standard and Suite. They share common features, but Standard and Suite have additional features, instruments, effects, and Packs.

Overview

Key Features : Limited

Software Instruments : 4

Sounds : 1500+

Library Size : 5+ GB

Audio Effects : 21

Live Key Features: 

Unique Session View for quick, intuitive composition, flexible performance and improvisation

Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo

Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz

Powerful MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments

Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching

Unlimited Instruments, Audio effects and MIDI effects per project

Group tracks

Use multiple levels of groups to mix with greater flexibility and manage detailed arrangements more easily.

VST2, VST3 and Audio Unit support

Time signature changes

Comping New in Live 11

Record multiple takes of a performance, then combine the best ones.

Multiple automation lanes

MIDI Polyphonic Expression New in Live 11

Add bends, slides and pressure for each individual note in a chord, add subtle expression variations, morph between chords and create evolving sonic textures more easily.

Track Freeze

Capture MIDI

Recall your best ideas after you’ve played them – Capture MIDI can turn what you played into MIDI clips, without having to think about recording.

Tempo Following New in Live 11

Live listens to and adjusts its tempo based on incoming audio in real time, making it a dynamic part of the band instead of the tempo source that everyone has to follow.

Note Chance New in Live 11

Set the probability that a note or drum hit will occur and let Live generate surprising variations to your patterns that change over time.

Velocity Chance New in Live 11

Define ranges for velocity probability for subtle, humanized variations in the dynamics of your patterns.

Automatic plug-in delay compensation

MIDI remote control instant mapping

MIDI output to hardware synths

MIDI Clock/sync

Multicore/multiprocessor support

WAV, AIFF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC file support

Ableton Link

A technology that keeps instances of Live and a growing collection of iOS apps in time over a wireless network.

Instrument Racks Updated for Live 11

Combine multiple instruments and effects into a single device, allowing for split and layered sounds with customized Macro controls

MIDI Effect Racks Updated for Live 11

Combine MIDI effects into a single device, allowing for customized MIDI processing chains with simple Macro controls

Drum Rack Updated for Live 11

An instrument for layering samples, synths and effects in a classic 16-pad grid

Audio & MIDI tracks :16

Scenes Updated for Live 11 : 16

Send and return tracks : 2

Audio inputs

Mono audio input channels : 8

Audio outputs

Mono audio output channels : 8

Complex warp modes

Advanced algorithms for stretching audio, ideal for working with mixed audio or full tracks.

Groove Pool and extract groove

A set of templates that lets you adjust the timing and “feel” of sequences or make your own by extracting timing from existing audio material.

Video import/export Updated for Live 11

Import video as a clip and save modified video and audio.

Software Instruments

Drum Rack Updated for Live 11

An instrument for layering samples, synths and effects in a classic 16-pad grid.

Impulse

A drum sampler with complex modulation capabilities.

Instrument Rack Updated for Live 11

Combine multiple instruments and effects into a single device, allowing for split and layered sounds with customized Macro controls.

Simpler

An easy-to-use but powerful sampler with classic synthesis parameters.

Packs

Chop and Swing Updated for Live 11

A homage to the style that made sampling an art form and put a new kind of groove on the musical map. Chop and Swing comes loaded with curated recordings and professional presets perfect for cutting up and re-combining into fresh new tracks.

Audio Effects

Audio Effect Rack Updated for Live 11

Combine audio effects into a single device, allowing for the creation of simplified Macro controls for complex effects chains.

Auto Filter

Classic analog filter emulation with an envelope follower and LFO.

Auto Pan

LFO-driven panning, tremolo and beat-synchronized chopping effects.

Beat Repeat

Creative beat mangling with controlled or randomized repetitions of an incoming signal.

Channel EQ

A flexible and simple EQ with curves and gain ranges suitable for a variety of audio material.

Chorus-Ensemble Updated for Live 11

Create thickening, flanging and vibrato effects. Ensemble is a new algorithm inspired by a thick 3-delay line chorus used in the 70s for string machines.

Compressor

Dynamics processing to add punch and loudness.

Delay

A simple delay with Ping pong behavior, filter modulation and the ability to infinitely repeat the input signal.

EQ Three

Three-band EQ with kill switches, modeled on classic DJ mixers.

Erosion

Adds “digital”-sounding artifacts and noise to audio signals.

Gate

Dynamics processing for noise reduction and decay or reverb shaping.

Grain Delay

Granular delay with controlled or randomized pitch.

LFO Now in Live 11 Intro and Standard

An LFO with sync to modulate up to eight device parameters with one device.

Limiter

Sets an absolute output limit, suitable for mastering.

Looper

Records, loops and overdubs audio, based on classic hardware looping pedals.

Phaser-Flanger Updated for Live 11

Phaser-Flanger has a new, lusher sound with increased frequency and modulation ranges.

Redux Updated for Live 11

Redux adds a wider range of sounds from vintage digital gear including harsh distortion, digital and aliasing artifacts, as well as warm and saturated 8-bit textures.

Reverb

Simulates the acoustics of real or imaginary rooms.

Saturator

Waveshaping distortion for adding dirt, punch and warmth.

Tuner

Tuner shows the incoming pitch and its distance from the nearest semitone, helping you quickly get instruments in tune.

Utility

Multipurpose tool for adjusting gain, phase, stereo width and more.

MIDI Effects

Arpeggiator

Takes individual notes from a held chord and plays them as a rhythmical pattern.

Chord

Adds up to six additional pitches to incoming MIDI notes to create chords.

Expression Control Now in Live 11 Intro and StandardUpdated for Live 11

A control device for pairing MIDI parameters such as velocity, modwheel, pitchbend, aftertouch, and keytrack with any parameter in your Live Set.

MIDI Effect Rack Updated for Live 11

Combine MIDI effects into a single device, allowing for customized MIDI processing chains with simple Macro controls

MIDI Monitor Now in Live 11 Intro and Standard

Monitor your MIDI data stream.

MPE Control New in Live 11

Adjust Live’s response to MPE information from your MPE controller.

Note Length

Alters the length of incoming MIDI notes or triggers notes via Note Off.

Pitch

Transposes MIDI notes by a specified amount.

Random

Applies chance-based random transposition to MIDI notes.

Scale

Remaps incoming MIDI notes to different outgoing MIDI notes.

Velocity

Randomizes or compresses MIDI note velocity.

Export-enabled products

In a growing number of products you can save your ideas as Ableton Live Sets – complete with audio and MIDI clips.

Currently built into the following products:

BeatHawk

Blocs Wave

EG Pulse

Elastic Drums

FORCE

Groovebox

iKaossilator

Koala Sampler

KORG Gadget

Loopseque 8

MPC Live

MPC Live II

MPC One

MPC X

Ninja Jamm

Patterning 2

Patterning for iPhone

Triqtraq - Jam Sequencer

Live 11 System Requirements

macOS

macOS High Sierra 10.13 to Monterey 12

Intel® Core™ i5 processor or Apple M1

8 GB RAM

1280x800 display resolution

Core Audio compliant audio interface recommended

Access to an internet connection for authorizing Live (for downloading additional content and updating Live, a fast internet connection is recommended)

Approximately 3 GB disk space on the system drive for the basic installation (8 GB free disk space recommended)

Up to 76 GB disk space for additionally available sound content

Windows

Windows 10 (Build 1909 and later)

Intel® Core™ i5 processor or an AMD multi-core processor.

8 GB RAM

1366x768 display resolution

ASIO compatible audio hardware for Link support (also recommended for optimal audio performance)

Access to an internet connection for authorizing Live (for downloading additional content and updating Live, a fast internet connection is recommended)

Approximately 3 GB disk space on the system drive for the basic installation (8 GB free disk space recommended)

Up to 76 GB disk space for additionally available sound content