Ableton Push 3 + Live 12 Suite Bundle

Description

What is Push?

Push is a hardware instrument designed and engineered by Ableton for a music-making experience that is as hands-on, expressive and closely integrated with Live as possible. Push and Live work together seamlessly to let you make beats, play notes and chords, work with samples and develop song structure – all without needing to look at a computer.

Connect your gear. Sculpt your sound. Play in a style that’s recognizably yours. An upgradeable instrument and an ever-evolving bond with Ableton Live, Push is designed to sit at the heart of your setup for years to come.

MPE Enabled Pads
Shape your sound with pads that respond to the slightest movement of your fingers. Bend, slide and shift between different notes, sounds and articulations.

Built-in Audio Interface
Plug your instruments into Push’s own audio interface to record straight into your set. Plus, send CV and gate signals to your modular setup.

Make beats

Browse, preview and load your own samples, or access Live’s diverse library of drums. Then play beats live with the 64 velocity-sensitive pads and use the touch-sensitive encoders to tweak sounds while you play. Adjust velocity, note position and length looking at visuals directly on Push’s display.

The 16-pad mode on Push allows you to play in real time, step sequence beats, and adjust the length of your loop, all at the same time. Use the entire 8×8 pad grid for real-time drum playing in 64-pad mode. Or use the 32-pad mode to sequence and play notes from the same pad layout.

Play notes and chords

Push’s pads offer a condensed layout that encourages a fresh approach to melody and harmony: large intervals can be reached easily, and patterns can be played with the same fingerings in all keys. You can step sequence notes and chords, and set key and scale directly from Push, or link them directly to Live 12’s key and scale feature so they can be changed per clip.

Also new in Live 12 is Polyphonic aftertouch support – now you can play Wavetable, Sampler, Arpeggiator and supported VSTs with more expressiveness on Push. Apply different levels of aftertouch to individual notes for more nuanced and dynamic performances.

Work with samples

Push offers three separate workflows to get creative with your samples. Classic mode lets you turn melodic samples into playable pitched instruments. One Shot mode is perfect for playing drums. You can also transpose a playing sample without retriggering it, allowing you to transform musical phrases into whole new melodies.

Slicing mode is designed for chopping up longer samples. Slice by transients, beat division and region, or manually set slices, and instantly play each slice on a different pad. It’s perfect for rearranging loops on the fly or creating drum kits from recorded grooves. Plus you can select and record audio and MIDI ins and outs directly from Push to sample your external gear and more, without disrupting your flow.

Beautiful and playable

Everything about Push has been carefully considered to provide a quality playing experience. Push’s pads feel soft, smooth and responsive: perfect for creating expressive beats and melodies. The multicolor display adapts to show you exactly what you need, and includes in-depth displays of devices like Spectral Resonator and Spectral Time, Hybrid Reverb and Wavetable.

Push 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 from the same playing surface.

Seamless with Live

Launch clips and scenes, tweak device parameters and control mixer levels and sends – Live can capture every movement. When you’re ready, switch from Push to your computer to find your music already laid out in Live – the software that was powering your work the whole time.

Live 12

Live is fast, fluid and flexible software for music creation and performance. It comes with all kinds of effects, instruments, sounds and creative tools – everything you need to make any kind of music.

Use Live’s linear Arrangement View to sequence your music, or the Session View to improvise and try out ideas without the constraints of a timeline. Change the tempo and timing of any audio in real time without stopping the music thanks to Live’s warping. Record MIDI or real-world instruments, vocals or other audio, using Live’s creative features to perfect your performance, spark new ideas, or turn spontaneous moments into music. Use MIDI Transformations to add variations to your patterns, or MIDI Generators to create new ideas that you can turn into your own. And find presets and sounds comparable to the ones you’re working on with Sound Similarity.

Build your sound with Live’s rich range of instruments and effects, or shape a diverse collection of curated Packs into something new. And since the software lets you do everything in real time and is endlessly customizable, it’s perfect for live performance and hands-on play, whatever your setup.