![]() I’m starting to understand why musicians are so poor all of the time. The software and the money.Ībleton comes with their own proprietary software called “Ableton Live” which purchasing a full license we found to be brutally expensive (The Ableton Push hardware is actually cheaper than a full version of their software!). The Ableton Push is designed so even if you have a PC hooked up to the controller that you could go start to finish on composition without ever looking up at your computers LCD screen. Finally, you could switch to session mode to record your songs. Because of its larger footprint, you could go into note mode and treat it like a more traditional synthesizer and if you access a drum kit it switches into a drum-pad-like mode so you could enter in your own sequences. And also, there’s no feedback on how hard you are pushing a key like say, using a Roland Piano, or an actual guitar. Brushing your hands across the deck by accent in record mode ends up throwing extra notes into your songs. The problem that we noticed right away is that the Ableton is a little TOO sensitive. ![]() Allowing you to play with two hands on the deck like a keyboard. If I were to describe what it’s like to use the Ableton Push it’s like a hybrid between a Piano and a Guitar with the way the LEDs display the major musical chords in a mode like the piano. When using the “Ableton Live” software the keyboard comes to life with LEDs and all utilizing different patterns for different instrumental functions. The Ableton Push is a piece of hardware which serves as a MIDI controller for music programs. You have been warned! What the hell is the Ableton Push?!?!? As I placed in my FAQ I do not mind people disagreeing with me in comments but insults will just go right to the spam folder. Feel free to take the opinions of the blogger of this website for whatever grains of salt you wish as the opinions of “S” may not reflect the opinions of the Ableton music community. WARNING: As this is my very first experience into diving into the business of musical production head first I should warn everyone that I am no expert on music theory or have composed a single song during the time of this blog posting. So, lets get that out of the way first Musical disclaimer! We should probably start with a disclaimer before continuing this blog entry as I am fully aware the music community is overly sensitive to criticisms of their products and/or software. Perhaps even beyond in the lines of games if I get good enough at composition. The intention is rather clear about purchasing this piece of hardware which is simply to have the ability to make my own musical assets for the videos that are done on this site. ![]() With my Live lite license in hand, I loaded the Ableton Push onto my computer and got right to work. An Ableton push has landed upon our bench! It was performing reasonably well for about six months’ time.
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