
Initial thoughts? Surprises? Disappointments? Inspiration?

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Is that to say that there is no system for tagging and adding your own organisational system for your custom sounds?hennessey wrote:Worst thing: Sifting through all the Core Library content to get to your own sounds when browsing devices. I wish I could set up my own sound categories and only put my presets in them.
I guess you can probably delete that content, right?hennessey wrote:All the provided content gets in the way. If you're a preset user, than this wouldn't be an issue I guess.
You have to use the Ableton sound categories. I just don't do things that way. I never think "Oh, I need a bass, let me audition the hundreds of bass sounds." I usually think of the instrument first. Then create a sound. It might end up being a pad, lead, bass, percussion, sound effect, who knows. Other times I want a sample based instrument and reach for Kontakt. Other times I know of a specific preset from Zebra. Etc. So I wold like categories like Synth Emulations, Sampled Instruments, Zebra Presets, PianoTeq Sounds, Electronic, etc.Citizen wrote: Is that to say that there is no system for tagging and adding your own organisational system for your custom sounds?
Yeah, but you have to dig into the Package Contents (I'm on OSX) and it's kind of hackish. Even then, the sound categories remain.Citizen wrote:
I guess you can probably delete that content, right?
Good question. I don't know. But then you are using the computer and have moved away from just using Push.Citizen wrote: Is there any way that you can specify a search so that only custom patches and samples are shown?
This sounds bad. So one cant have their go-to folders displayed on push?hennessey wrote:
You can set up your user content however you like. But that folder hierarchy is not retained when browsing on the Push. For instance all my Instrument Rack presets where under "Other".
Not that I've found. I'd love to be proven wrong. It's really my only complaint.dna598 wrote:
This sounds bad. So one cant have their go-to folders displayed on push?
I hope they fix it because that does not impress me. I have never been blown away with ableton stock sounds, and strongly dislike the hierarchy of their implementation. They have only ever been just about useful for me, and barely that. And somehow thin on the ground considering the room taken up. anyway...hennessey wrote:Not that I've found. I'd love to be proven wrong. It's really my only complaint.dna598 wrote:
This sounds bad. So one cant have their go-to folders displayed on push?
I don't understand why they couldn't just have it all work out of the box with multiple levels of tags (even easily adding your own custom tags) like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys8bsWEWt0Ahennessey wrote:You have to use the Ableton sound categories. I just don't do things that way. I never think "Oh, I need a bass, let me audition the hundreds of bass sounds." I usually think of the instrument first. Then create a sound. It might end up being a pad, lead, bass, percussion, sound effect, who knows. Other times I want a sample based instrument and reach for Kontakt. Other times I know of a specific preset from Zebra. Etc. So I wold like categories like Synth Emulations, Sampled Instruments, Zebra Presets, PianoTeq Sounds, Electronic, etc.Citizen wrote: Is that to say that there is no system for tagging and adding your own organisational system for your custom sounds?
You can set up your user content however you like. But that folder hierarchy is not retained when browsing on the Push. For instance all my Instrument Rack presets where under "Other".
Yeah, but you have to dig into the Package Contents (I'm on OSX) and it's kind of hackish. Even then, the sound categories remain.Citizen wrote:
I guess you can probably delete that content, right?
Good question. I don't know. But then you are using the computer and have moved away from just using Push.Citizen wrote: Is there any way that you can specify a search so that only custom patches and samples are shown?
blinkeye wrote:I don't understand why they couldn't just have it all work out of the box with multiple levels of tags (even easily adding your own custom tags) like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys8bsWEWt0Ahennessey wrote:You have to use the Ableton sound categories. I just don't do things that way. I never think "Oh, I need a bass, let me audition the hundreds of bass sounds." I usually think of the instrument first. Then create a sound. It might end up being a pad, lead, bass, percussion, sound effect, who knows. Other times I want a sample based instrument and reach for Kontakt. Other times I know of a specific preset from Zebra. Etc. So I wold like categories like Synth Emulations, Sampled Instruments, Zebra Presets, PianoTeq Sounds, Electronic, etc.Citizen wrote: Is that to say that there is no system for tagging and adding your own organisational system for your custom sounds?
You can set up your user content however you like. But that folder hierarchy is not retained when browsing on the Push. For instance all my Instrument Rack presets where under "Other".
Yeah, but you have to dig into the Package Contents (I'm on OSX) and it's kind of hackish. Even then, the sound categories remain.Citizen wrote:
I guess you can probably delete that content, right?
Good question. I don't know. But then you are using the computer and have moved away from just using Push.Citizen wrote: Is there any way that you can specify a search so that only custom patches and samples are shown?
Hmm.. That's not a good sign because that's actually been the case for all Akai pads because they're not sensitive and responsive enough due to the way they're designed with a gap between the sensor and the pads. Whenever I tried to play sustained notes on MPCs and MPDs, they would get cut off too easily, making them only useful for percussive style triggering. It's night and day when comparing to more sensitive pads like on Maschine or padkontrol which don't have that issue at all.ObtuseMoose wrote:- Playing sustained notes on the pads in note mode is a little harder than I expected. Despite adjusting the sensitivity and the response curve, I seem to have to keep some pressure on a pad to keep the note sounding, but too much pressure activates the aftertouch. Since there's no movement to the pads, it's hard to find the pressure that will keep the note on, but not start sending aftertouch. It's more fatiguing than playing my usual keyboard. I suppose that's just something I'll have to get used to.