Even with the sun shining directly on the device, everything remains clearly visible. Ableton significantly improved the backlight of both the display and the pads compared to Push 2. Let’s go outside! I took Push 3 for a spin in my garden to get a better feel for its standalone capabilities. If you load up one of the MPE-ready presets, a pad sound for example, and just move your fingers on the trigger pads ever so slightly, you instantly create these gigantic endlessly evolving drones. Also, holding, pushing, or moving a single pad almost feels alive, when Push 3 is triggering an MPE instrument.
The main advantage of this setup is that you can wiggle and slide on each pad from left to right (soon a second direction up-down will be added as well) to create polyphonic note glides or modulate effects.
Although is technically one giant pad, you’d never notice it. It’s actually not 64 individual pads but a singular giant MPE pad for playing notes and entering controller values. How can you top that? Well, this 8×8 array of trigger pads on the Push 3 is a serious contender. After the first wave with Roli Seaboard leading the way, then came Osmose. MPE adoption has come to the point where it’s almost mainstream in the industry. Ableton Live 11 Intro is pre-installed on Ableton Push 3, so you can get going right away.Ībleton Push 3 and its new session view workflow By the way: Push’s OS is Linux-based and it was specifically modified to fit Live’s workflow. Push 3 – First contactĪbleton Push 3 comes with its own proprietary operating system and that needs around 30 to 45 seconds to fully boot up, depending on how large the last loaded project was. It’s exciting already, as some of the white trigger pads have started flashing. So let’s get the controller out of its box, plug in the power supply, and hit the power button. And that’s what I want to test right now. The general workflow has remained much the same, so if you’re familiar with Push 1 or Push 2, you’ll feel right at home. For I/O there is a variety of ports on the back for additional MIDI-Controlers, a USB power connection, your studio monitors, or a pair of headphones. Push sits on my desk without the slightest movement due to its four rubber feet. Underneath the much more stylish-looking Ableton Push 3, there is a quick start guide, a poster, and obligatory security advice. Push 3 is just glowing with its huge white trigger pads, waiting to become my new production centerpiece. Once you open up the box, there is the device, a power supply, and a USB-C cable. The cardboard box seems sturdy enough to act as a temporary replacement for an actual case. I was reminded of unboxing a product from Apple when I opened the package with Ableton Push 3 inside.
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A full in-depth review would be beyond the scope of this article, so consider this a detailed first impression. Ableton presents the newest member of the Push family, the Ableton Push 3.Ībleton Push 3 and the new MPE trigger padsīut what exactly is new and how does the Push 3 fit into my studio workflow? The Push 3 being a standalone unit, how is the mobile production workflow? I’ve been taking a close look at both aspects for the last few days. But in the backrooms and during the coffee talks, it was always clear: they must be working on something new. Then in 2015, Ableton released Push 2, now with in-house hardware development, an improved workflow, and new features. It gave you full control over the DAW and brought on a creative workflow for creating tracks – that was Push. Back in 2013, when Ableton introduced the first iteration of Push in collaboration with Akai, it was already clear that this was no ordinary MIDI controller. No other MIDI controller is as closely interwoven as Push is with Ableton Live.
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