Since Ableton’s announcement that the Push controller and Ableton Live 9 are gonna be released in Q1/2013 some videos surfaced on the net explaining how to use Push. Pricetag for Push is $599/€499 including Live Intro.

Although Push looks similar to well known Live controllers like AKAI’s APC series or Novation’s LaunchPad, it features certain details, the other controllers don’t have.

 

Push Features

 

• powered via USB, brightness gets increased when using the included power supply
• 2 x footswitch (custom assigned)
• 64 pads: velocity and pressure-sensitive, RGB backlight
• 11 touch sensitive encoders
• 4 line LCD display
• 12cm touch strip for pitch bend/scrolling
• 24 LEDs for navigation
• (it seems it has been designed in cooperation with AKAI)

 

Using Push

1. Playing and Step Sequencing Beats

2. Working with Sounds

3. Playing Notes and Chords

4. Improvising and Playing with Loops