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Hi All,

I've looked on quite a few places but can't seem to find the correct I/O labels for Push 3 when setting up the input/output config page in Live. I can see the I/O labels on my Mac and just wanted to check if they correlate correctly to the ones in Live.

Thanks in advance.

Standalone doesn’t currently allow IO labeling unless you “hack” the OS (which scares me but is detailed elsewhere on this forum), but the assignments are the same between Controller and Standalone:

Ins 1/2: jacks on the Push
Ins 3-8: not currently in use
Ins 9-16: ADAT

Outs 1-4: jacks on the Push
Outs 5-8: CV jacks on the Push
Outs 9-16: ADAT

IIRC you need to manually match your Audio Routing and CV settings between modes, but you only need to do that once. Hope this helps!

Thank you!

That’s a real help. It does match up to what the Mac itself shows, however it’s odd that ins 3 & 4 are ‘unused’ as they can be activated in Live, whereas 5, 6, 7 and 8 are greyed out and can’t be activated.

I would’ve thought Ableton would have put the I/O listings in the manual for Push - and Live’s manual, for that matter - as they don’t automatically name when the unit’s connected or detected, which would’ve been useful.

Just wanted to ask how the hell you use CV tools if 5/6 & 7/8 are deactivated? Picked up Push 3 the other day but having a nightmare as the only CV outs I have access to are via outputs 1/2

andytruscott1987 wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:31 pm

Just wanted to ask how the hell you use CV tools if 5/6 & 7/8 are deactivated? Picked up Push 3 the other day but having a nightmare as the only CV outs I have access to are via outputs 1/2

Go into Push’s CV settings and make sure your ports are set to output CV, then go into Live desktop’s Settings > Audio and click Output Config. Enable outputs 5 & 6 on the left, but not the 5/6 stereo pair on the right. I found it helpful to label port 5 “CV 1L” and port 6 “CV 1R” to match the Standalone labeling.

Hope this helps!