My reason of not buying the Push Controller
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 2:12 am
Hi folks,
To be true, i don't like the way you go with Ableton Live and the "Push Contoller".
While i think the "Push" is a nice piece of hardware, i can clearly see, this hardware is limited in most circumstances to the numebr 8.
8 tracks, 8 macros, etc...
Seems that there are a wide range of applications that won't fit with the magic parameter 8.
The next thing is, that a typical music production needs way more than 8 tracks.
In most productions you need 8 tracks and more only for the drums and while the Push stops showing more tracks at once, a usual production starts ramping up tracks at this point.
And that is bullshit and limits to much for productions nowadays.
I know, i can shift parameters forth and back with the push to get some kind of "floating point" device with more than 8 tracks/macros/etc. but that sucks.
The point is, that i can see that further developments of Ableton Live will be limited by the abilities of the "Push Controller".
The moment you release a stackable 16 or 32 track version of the push with motorfaders and minimum 4 encoder rows per track, i'm in within seconds to buy the device.
But the actual push is nothing more than a sophisticated toy.
I don't need toys with endless fiddling to shift things forth and back and deep diving into display subpages.
I don't need toys, i need tools.
To be true, i don't like the way you go with Ableton Live and the "Push Contoller".
While i think the "Push" is a nice piece of hardware, i can clearly see, this hardware is limited in most circumstances to the numebr 8.
8 tracks, 8 macros, etc...
Seems that there are a wide range of applications that won't fit with the magic parameter 8.
The next thing is, that a typical music production needs way more than 8 tracks.
In most productions you need 8 tracks and more only for the drums and while the Push stops showing more tracks at once, a usual production starts ramping up tracks at this point.
And that is bullshit and limits to much for productions nowadays.
I know, i can shift parameters forth and back with the push to get some kind of "floating point" device with more than 8 tracks/macros/etc. but that sucks.
The point is, that i can see that further developments of Ableton Live will be limited by the abilities of the "Push Controller".
The moment you release a stackable 16 or 32 track version of the push with motorfaders and minimum 4 encoder rows per track, i'm in within seconds to buy the device.
But the actual push is nothing more than a sophisticated toy.
I don't need toys with endless fiddling to shift things forth and back and deep diving into display subpages.
I don't need toys, i need tools.