Latest entries for the tag Pushhttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/ableton-product/push/Latest entries for the tag PushenFri, 17 May 2019 09:22:06 +0000DeLaurentis: Classical French Touchhttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/delaurentis-classical-french-touch/As a company that makes musical instruments, we’re always fascinated (not to mention very gratified) when we see an artist totally master something we’ve created. That’s why when the first videos of DeLaurentis’ virtuosic Push performances began appearing online a few years ago, we knew this was an artist to...Fri, 17 May 2019 09:22:06 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/delaurentis-classical-french-touch/ArtistsDJ Step1: Scratch, Sample and Pushhttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/dj-step1-scratch-sample-and-push/Known both for her skills as a scratch DJ and for being able to rock a party, DJ Step1 (aka Stephanie Andersen) has been making quite a name for herself over the past few years on the battle DJ / turntablist scene. Starting on the classic hip-hop two-decks-and-a-mixer set-up, she...Thu, 09 Aug 2018 12:56:18 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/dj-step1-scratch-sample-and-push/ArtistsTutorialsVideosInsights and Inspiration: Six of Our Favorites from 2017https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/insights-and-inspiration-six-our-favorites-2017/Over the past twelve months on the Ableton blog, we tried to provide you with a diverse range of perspectives, inspirations, sounds and strategies to enrich your music-making experience – here are a few of our favorite tutorials, articles, artist features and movies of 2017. Vocoder: Not Just for Vocals...Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:42:48 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/insights-and-inspiration-six-our-favorites-2017/ArtistsDownloadsTutorialsVideosRhythm Roundup: Five Inspired Sample Flipshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/rhythm-roundup-five-inspired-sample-flips/It’s said that “the lazy craftsman blames his tools”. If that’s the case, then the truest test of sampling skill might be what a producer can pull from a random grab bag of sources. That’s the concept behind Rhythm Roulette, an exciting series from Mass Appeal in which producers are...Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:53:50 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/rhythm-roundup-five-inspired-sample-flips/ArtistsWatch a One Take Push Performance by Clockwerkhttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/clockwerk-performance/Our latest Push video features German beatmaker Clockwerk. Deeply embedded in the country’s hip hop scene as a producer, Clockwerk also built up some fine finger-drumming chops through years of performing live with MPCs, pad instruments and most recently with Push. But whatever the instrument, tactile familiarity with its layout...Tue, 23 May 2017 09:44:40 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/clockwerk-performance/ArtistsDownloadsVideosThomas Piper: This Is My Worldhttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/thomas-piper/What does it mean to be an independent musician today? How many roles and responsibilities can one person take on? And what defines ‘success’ within the wide variety of career paths that a music maker can take? As Thomas Piper demonstrates in the video below, the old paradigm of working...Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:39:25 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/thomas-piper/ArtistsVideosBeat Tools: A Creative Toolkit for Beatmakinghttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/beat-tools/Now included with Push and Live 9 Suite, Beat Tools is a new creative toolkit with all the sounds you need for beatmaking. The Pack is a complete collection of drum kits, instruments, loops and effects that’s set up for hands-on creation.Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:55:09 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/beat-tools/NewsPush Performances: Five of our Favoriteshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/push-performances-five-favorites/With the latest Push now one year old, we thought it was about time to round up some of our favorite performances from artists around the world. These videos have kept us both entertained and inspired over the past 12 months and we wanted to share them with you. Sit back, and enjoy!Wed, 16 Nov 2016 14:36:00 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/push-performances-five-favorites/ArtistsLive 9.7 is available nowhttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/live-9-7-available-now/Packed with improvements for Push, Live 9.7 is here. New sampling features and workflows mean making beats is better than ever, and even more is possible without taking your hands off Push.Tue, 04 Oct 2016 09:13:53 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/live-9-7-available-now/NewsSwarm Intelligence: Striking The Balancehttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/swarm-intelligence-striking-the-balance/Droned-out ambience and densely layered field recordings, distorted beats and industrial-edged basslines – these are the cornerstones of the darkly immersive sound-world of Berlin-based artist Simon Hayes aka Swarm Intelligence. Over the course of two albums for Ad Noiseam, a...Mon, 19 Sep 2016 12:16:22 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/swarm-intelligence-striking-the-balance/ArtistsVideosLive and Push on tour in Europehttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tour-2016/Throughout October and November, the Sample, Slice and Synthesize Tour will be making its way across Europe. A free and open-to-all event hosted in-store at a range of leading music retailers, it’ll give musicians of all kinds the opportunity to...Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:46:07 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tour-2016/NewsMax for Live for Push: A roundup of free deviceshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/max-for-live-for-push/As even a cursory glance at the web’s leading online repository of them reveals, there are now so many Max For Live devices available to buy or download for free that it’s hard to know where to begin any investigation into them. To put a figure on it, we’re talking...Mon, 04 Jul 2016 15:30:10 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/max-for-live-for-push/DownloadsPush Hero 2: Download the free game for Pushhttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/push-hero-2-download/Last year we posted about Nathan Jonson’s amazing Push Hero game, a great tool for rhythm training which started life as a fun learning resource for kids. Since we released the new version of Push, Nathan has been hard at work updating Push Hero, adding a slew of new songs,...Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:05:58 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/push-hero-2-download/DownloadsVideosLink is now available in Livehttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/link-now-available-in-live/Our new technology, Link, is now available in a free update: Live 9.6. Live 9 users can login and download the update now from their account page. Full details of the update’s features and fixes, which includes improvements to both versions of Push, can be seen in the 9.6 release...Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:51:26 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/link-now-available-in-live/NewsNew features and improvements for 1st generation Push in Live 9.5https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/new-features-for-1st-generation-push/You’ve probably seen that we have just released a new, redesigned Push. As much work as we’ve put into this new version of our hardware instrument, we also realize that many of you have invested just as much time and effort learning to play and use your original Push. We...Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:52:20 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/new-features-for-1st-generation-push/News