Live 11 & Push: What's New? (Push 1 & Push 2)

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WRKSHP on YouTube: @wrkshp

Ableton Live 11 is just around the corner. Here are the new features coming for Push 1 and Push 2. Some very nice additions, in short!

Timing:
00:00 Intro and Warm Up Waffle
00:52 MPE & Polyphonic Pressure with examples
05:33 Probability and two examples
11:49 16 Macros
12:39 Scales & Clips now linked bi-directionally
15:38 Recap (with a brief mention of Velocity Range)

A note: In my tiredness I used the term "Polyphonic Pressure" and while this fits with Push's terminology, the actual standard is usually described as "Polyphonic Aftertouch". Also, I skipped over Velocity Range in the main section of the video (after promising to it to you later lol). This was due to the short window in which I had to make this video, it didn't make it in and what I had recorded wasn't worth sharing - apologies! Velocity range is a setting you can adjust per-note (just like probability) and allows the velocity of the note to randomly move within a certain range. You start by setting the initial velocity of a note, either by playing it or programming it in, and then hold the note and select a positive or negative velocity range in which the note will randomly land. Sorry I missed this here, but it was a long day, and I realised quite late that this video might interest (hopefully) many.

My thanks to my students/WRKSHPers at WRKSHP, who through their support of my work at the school allow me to make time to make videos like these.

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[AndriSoren]

👉 Turn on subs for extra info and commentary.

[highbrednxtus]

Watched an ad right before this video, then when the video started I was surprised to see you were the guy in the ad 😂
Great video, just bought Live 11 and really interested in the Push 2 now

[SmoothSailingMusic]

Push1 owner here and pumped about these updates. Great vid

[juanchis.investigadorsonoro]

You are back! Great to see you, I'll watch these later. :) Stay safe 🥰

[jreber]

Thanks for this great video. I’ve been using 11 for a few months as a beta tester and I love it. One feature I’d like to see implemented is a smooth and timed transition between Macro snapshots. Currently the switch is instant. It would be cool if the changed occurred over tempo-synched or free time.

[modernmusicstudio]

Great video! It's cool to hear what change of finger pressure can do along with the rest of the new updates

[lomond]

I'm really glad they added the probability features because I missed that when I sold my digitakt and went back to a mostly DAW exclusive setup :)

[nightfly]

Thank Andri! I found your video very helpful and inspiring. Currently, I am learning Live 11 and am thinking about getting Push 2 to open up new creative possibilities in my home studio..

[Iredidv]

Any way to switch the snapshots you can now take from an instrument (maschine has this too for a while) straight from push 2? Would be great if we could morph between them , like say 2 secs to go from one snapshot to another, don't think thats possible already (agqin maschine does this). Thx for the vid.

[mundelator]

Screamy PB is awesome Andri, It would be so cool to see how you built it.

[Firstinversion]

I remember encountering poly key pressure for the first time on the Ensoniq VFX-SD. I never bought one, but I probably single-handedly wore out the key bed on a unit at the music store. I am really pleased that MPE has developed, though personally I am focusing on fiddle & mandolin. I’m still on a Push 1 on Live 10, but this does tempt me to consider upgrading to live 11 and the push 2.

[navigatingmadness]

Is there anywhere that you showcase how you designed those sounds in wavetable? The first flutey type sound is incredible!

[theinfideluk]

Great video, I've sub'd! My push 2 is an overpriced filter cutoff controller to be honest. I'm inspired to do more with cheers from Glasgow dude

[palimo]

Your the absolute best for Push 2 tutorials 🙏

[jae]

Probability works great with drums on the push two but how do you do it with an instrument such as a bass on the push 2 ???? do not see an option.
thanks for the vid.

[nitepeople]

when you pressed play on the drum clip for your probility example, i hear “hangin on a string” by loose ends. anyone else??

[sphyrnidae]

Do you know if it’s possible with Ableton 11 and Push 2 to add new devices to an empty instrument rack? With Ableton 10 it’s just possible to replace a device within an instrument rack, but not add a new chain...

[jeremyhatch]

So I’m interested in taking advantage of MPE, but am not so interested in purchasing new hardware for the purpose (broke enough as it is). Obviously I can program in MPE information with the mouse (and have been doing so in the process of beta testing Live 11). I’m considering using the faders on another controller I have, for the purpose. But I’m curious if you have experimented with mapping the Push 2 touch strip to MPE parameters. If possible, I suspect this is something that can only be done in user mode, on a “need to map” basis, and only one parameter at a time, but I’d like your thoughts on it. By the way, I’m a new enrollee of the Push Bible since this past Monday or so — great work. I’m only a few units in and you’re really opening up this device for me, which for the past 3 years I’ve been using in a very unsophisticated way. Thank you!

[vdub]

I really hope you can help me... I'm at the crossroads of getting a Push or investing in a 2nd 24 inch Touchscreen to control Live 11. Do you still think the Push is a good investment if I wont use it for drum pads or keyboard playing? (I have those on my Novation Impulse 49 already). Seems an expensive toy... If I could control Live 11 by touch this would surely make the Push almost irrelevant? Or am I missing something here? Any other Push owners, please feel free to chime in with why I should spend so much money if I wont use it for sequencing drums or entering notes into the piano roll? Please convince me I need one as I really like the look and idea, but the cost is too much for an 'experiment' in workflow... and yes, I do use loops alot, so chopping them up is definitely a plus... but a touchscreen could also do this, right?

Edit: Ok so after watching the full video, I can see MPE and the scales feature being very handy and the 16 macro function being extremely useful as I mainly use 3rd party VST3's and having knobs to control parameters seems a winner too... Maybe I just need to get one and test my workflow? Can you suggest a good video from your channel for someone sitting on the fence thinking of purchasing? Thanks in advance :)

[MaxAntsiferov]

But have they implemented the randomize macros and macro presets into Push ?