Bought Push, Now what
Bought Push, Now what
I just purchased push and am stoked to start learning how to make music. I've been watching the tutorials off of the ableton website and a few others online but does anyone know where else I can turn to for more information? I am brand new to any of this and it's starting to become a little overwhelming, any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated!
Re: Bought Push, Now what
The drums is an easy place to start.
Add a drum kit and what is fun is that the moment you add a note to the step sequencer, it begins playing.
After that, I challenge you to put together your own drum kit. Make it with whatever sounds you want in each slot.
Learn how to step sequence And to record drums that you play by hand. Also how to play drums by hand while it is playing, over the drums, without recording what you're playing. That is a good way to experience with ideas before you lay something down.
If you hit New, you can start a new beat. And the up/down arrows will bring you to the different beats you made in an INSTANT.
Try to make a drums loops for different moods. Some intense, some chill. Like how in a song you hear beats have varying amounts of intensity.
Now you can add an instrument and of the drums are already playing, it is easy to feel the beat and play along. It takes some practice but sooner or later you can imagine something and then be able to play it. Keep in mind that sometimes less is more. And other times more is more haha
When you've got a few tracks and a few ideas you can try the buttons on the top left for digging around in device parameters or adjusting volumes and mixing.
You can also mess with Session View (hit Session button). If you beats are solid but feel a little empty, maybe drag some loops into the Session View and you can trigger all kinds of stuff. If you like a combination of clips that are playing, you hit, uh... I forgot the copy clips to scene shortcut.
Then, try to find out which features you haven't used, and mess with it in other ways
Add a drum kit and what is fun is that the moment you add a note to the step sequencer, it begins playing.
After that, I challenge you to put together your own drum kit. Make it with whatever sounds you want in each slot.
Learn how to step sequence And to record drums that you play by hand. Also how to play drums by hand while it is playing, over the drums, without recording what you're playing. That is a good way to experience with ideas before you lay something down.
If you hit New, you can start a new beat. And the up/down arrows will bring you to the different beats you made in an INSTANT.
Try to make a drums loops for different moods. Some intense, some chill. Like how in a song you hear beats have varying amounts of intensity.
Now you can add an instrument and of the drums are already playing, it is easy to feel the beat and play along. It takes some practice but sooner or later you can imagine something and then be able to play it. Keep in mind that sometimes less is more. And other times more is more haha
When you've got a few tracks and a few ideas you can try the buttons on the top left for digging around in device parameters or adjusting volumes and mixing.
You can also mess with Session View (hit Session button). If you beats are solid but feel a little empty, maybe drag some loops into the Session View and you can trigger all kinds of stuff. If you like a combination of clips that are playing, you hit, uh... I forgot the copy clips to scene shortcut.
Then, try to find out which features you haven't used, and mess with it in other ways
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Re: Bought Push, Now what
I dunno, dude
(1) Plug it in
(2) Switch it on
(3)blast off
Then, when you have played around with it for a day or three, *then* go watch some more tutorials.
I really mean it. Push is easy to use, and if you have already seen the basic videos, you don't need any more. Go and play around with it & follow your own creative path. Then come back here and teach us instead
(1) Plug it in
(2) Switch it on
(3)blast off
Then, when you have played around with it for a day or three, *then* go watch some more tutorials.
I really mean it. Push is easy to use, and if you have already seen the basic videos, you don't need any more. Go and play around with it & follow your own creative path. Then come back here and teach us instead
Re: Bought Push, Now what
I'd agree with both above. It's a very intuitive and logical way of working, and the more you use it, the more it makes sense. Just dive in and screw about - you can't break it. Unless you have hammers for fingers.
If you get stuck, the Push manual is online inside the Live 9 one. https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/credits/ section 27. You can also download the pdf. There are also numerous tutorials online, this guy's YouTube channel would be quite useful to you I'd imagine - 30 days of Ableton Push:
http://www.youtube.com/user/joshspoon?feature=watch
Don't know if you're running the Live 9.1 Beta (which is closed now), but they've fixed some bugs with Push that you might encounter, and mainly - they've added note step sequencing along with per-step automation, both which are killer, and a huge upgrade.
If on the other hand, you are new to Live, you might have some trouble at first. And if this is the case, which it seems it is - do the built-in lessons inside of Live first. This is how I learnt it many years ago, and it didn't take long to grasp it, due to the tutorials being so easy to understand.
If you get stuck, the Push manual is online inside the Live 9 one. https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/credits/ section 27. You can also download the pdf. There are also numerous tutorials online, this guy's YouTube channel would be quite useful to you I'd imagine - 30 days of Ableton Push:
http://www.youtube.com/user/joshspoon?feature=watch
Don't know if you're running the Live 9.1 Beta (which is closed now), but they've fixed some bugs with Push that you might encounter, and mainly - they've added note step sequencing along with per-step automation, both which are killer, and a huge upgrade.
If on the other hand, you are new to Live, you might have some trouble at first. And if this is the case, which it seems it is - do the built-in lessons inside of Live first. This is how I learnt it many years ago, and it didn't take long to grasp it, due to the tutorials being so easy to understand.