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by mallek » Fri May 20, 2022 10:16 pm
The people asking for a standalone push have no idea what they’re asking for. They basically just want a sample player with internal instruments. There are already standalone devices you can go and buy that do this. Live is NOT a sampler. Live is NOT a synth. Live is a DAW. Push is it’s controller. What they want is not a DAW (or rather an extremely stripped down DAW), and frankly it’s pretty stupid to ask Ableton for that. And the worst part is that Ableton might actually do it, and screw themselves over because stupid people keep pushing for stupid things.
Go buy an MPC. Go buy a Maschine. These are products that are designed to be standalone live instruments. And hey, if Ableton wants to come out with a standalone competitor, then fine, but it shouldn’t be called the Push, and it definitely shouldn’t be a Live controller. Artists and bands who actually rely on Live for their sets cannot afford to have a stripped down version of a DAW in a portable controller. It’s insane for anyone to think that or ask for it. The Push 3 should be an updated controller for Live and that’s all it should be.
Now if Ableton wants to come out with a $3000 standalone device the size of a DJ controller, with 2 hi-Z ins, 8 line ins, 8 line outs, multiple sends and returns, main outs, booth outs, headphone outs, midi ins and outs, record out, 48v XLR ins, and USB ports for power distribution and external controllers, then I’m 100% for that. But a standalone Push in the format of a Push is so unbelievably useless to everyone that seriously uses Live, that if Ableton actually does it, it’s gonna piss a lot of people off and blow up in their faces.