Ableton Push2 Workflow tips, tricks + Q&A

Today's live stream is 'Ableton Push2 Workflow' with Ableton certified trainer I mredrollo I. Learn about sketching out ideas worth finishing using Ableton Push2. Learn the capabilities and limitations of this multifunctional controller.
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[@じゃみっと]

14:15 the hands-on stuff starts

[@mredrollo]

Don't like my voice? 😉

[@じゃみっと]

@@mredrollo I do actually!! It's more just a productivity note for myself, more than anything else :)

[@reni3]

Most thorough and up-to-date video I've seen thus for on Push 2 workflow! Thanks for making the time to not cut any corners and make this as candidly as possible!

[@mredrollo]

Appreciate it mate! glad you enjoyed :)

[@robertrodriguez8290]

I got my push two. About 6-8months ago. And I am still learning obviously. But I am grateful that more tutorials are coming out. All the time. This instrument is not just easy to learn but one of the most difficult as well because the possibilities are endless and are only limited to your imagination........this is a live hate relationship but. More live. Then anything. I don't go anywhere with out my push 2 it is always with me.no matter what. I hope to be a certified using the push one day so I can teach the next people who want to learn this. And. Not have to worry I am doing something wrong. . But I also am happy to learn what I can whenever I can. Like I said the possibilities are only limited to your imagination. So expand your mind. And your life

[@mredrollo]

Enjoy the journey :)

[@MM-fi6fd]

Awesome! I have had my push for two years and not really used it much. Now I blocked time to learn to use it more and took this video to start with. Really useful!! Thank you!

[@zalex1993]

I have watched a bunch of tutorials but this was practical, clear and easy to follow and learn from . Well done

[@modernmusicstudio303]

Very well-detailed video on the Push 2! It's nice to see someone work through the system all the way through without interruption

[@midwestisbest1]

Worth watching this whole video just for the "double tap to isolate bars of drum loops" tip. I've accidentally done that so many times and never understood what was happening. It drove me insane. Soooo many Push sequencing videos have never explained that simple feature.

[@petedako]

same … had to go to LIVE on the DAW to click the arrow tab to collapse it back to one track!

[@peen2804]

why does every push owner in existence refuse to read the manual

[@midwestisbest1]

@@peen2804 why are you so sad that you talk shit in KZbin comments

[@Manuel_Manzotti]

Mannnnn! Love the vibe! You just made me to buy Push 2!

[@JamesRamboPearce]

Super excellent, it's so good to have a longer and continued tutorial!!

[@mredrollo]

definitely! thanks for tuning in :)

[@MusicalMaverick55]

Super in depth and helpful! Just got a push 2 last week. I didn’t know about the whole tweaking your sounds to have a shorter release. Mind blown. Thank for this awesome tutorial!

[@shamax2201]

Thank you!

[@ryanrobertson8146]

Great tutorial mate. Learned quite a bit from this! Thank you and respect.

[@vagueversatile]

Awesome demo! Really like the vibe

[@mredrollo]

thanks buddy

[@kabanjovelez9604]

Dude that beat you had on while waiting for your episode to start was the fire

[@hennyalvero]

This is really the best Push 2 tutorial. Helped me a lot focusing on the drums creation.

[@sameliezer63]

Amazing tips and much need push 2 content .. Thanks a lot !

[@dominickiraly6707]

This is such a great training video. Learned a bunch of new techniques. Thanks mredrollo- gonna look for more of your courses on ADSR.

[@mredrollo]

Thanks buddy

[@ASCOAL]

Great to see how relatively easy it is to get started in using some of Push 2's powerful features and time saving facilities, thank you

[@mredrollo]

anytime :)

[@Bourgouche]

Amazing. I was hesitating between a Push and a Akai Force and I just got convinced to capitalise on my Ableton skills. Great video, great tips. Thanks!

[@marquelamar]

Sweetwater.com has the best deal. $999 for push + Ableton 10 with a free upgrade to 11

[@Hiprich]

Great, great video. Love it. Didn’t want it to end 👍🏿

[@mredrollo]

Ahhh thank you buddy!

[@dorotakonchevska]

whoooa what a tune is coming up out of this ! when you added the wavetable ...

[@40791]

Love the drums - WOW - TY

[@sehrtoericht3904]

Thank you for the Video, helped alot!

[@daveleathomas]

Brilliant Video Thanks 🙏🏻

[@juliandini8591]

Best instruction possible!

Excellent! One of the best.

[@mredrollo]

thanks buddy

[@cotob.6300]

Push 2 still the best tool ever!!!!

[@AlejandroGuerrero]

Great video man. Great the auto pan trick, Adsr rocks

[@mredrollo]

thanks buddy

[@MarcoEckert]

Best Push-Tutorial i have found. Very cool Tricks and sweet Music you have made. Will there a part 2, 3, 4, ... ;)

[@jamessssssssssssss]

starts at 7:55

[@ppzator]

this was awesome, thanks for this class

[@Adsrsounds]

You're very welcome!

[@mamotomusic]

Great auto pan side chain tip

[@Element-Zero]

Thanks. Lots of great knowledge here.

[@mredrollo]

Thanks mate

[@SuperAcademie]

Very nice video!

[@mredrollo]

Thanks buddy

[@vdub4216]

And just when it was all coming together you rip my heart out and say goodbye! Sick vid bro :) Gonna get your course for sure.. Peace from the GC 💚

[@Italoolins]

Thank You So Much! I have butterflies come out of my push 2 man 💚

[@bazmastah]

Awesome video, learned so much. Thanks guys.

I found it super useful, thanks!

[@mredrollo]

Awesome :)

[@chrisliddiard725]

@47:15 about those encoder knobs. The issue is those knobs are sitting on the push surface so you have no further travel. If you put a small ball of paper inside the knob before you place it on the encoder spinal, the base of the knob won’t be resting on the push surface. This should work, or alternatively sand the base of the knob so you have some clearance.

[@elkie6320]

that's not how the touch sensitivity of the Push knobs works. You don't have to push them down, you just touch them - they are capacitive.

[@vitaliistep]

Thank you.

[@liorsilverstein9802]

I find neat the waveform in Push

[@beil3537]

Thanks for the very informative tutorial! Learnt plenty of new tricks.

[@mredrollo]

awesome!

[@anac.154]

Thank you! this is great

[@themorphingorb]

If you're starting out on the Push it's a real bad idea to have it in "in-key"-mode. It will just take longer to learn how to play the Push IMO. I come from a piano background and I was having quite some difficulties learning this layout myself, until I put my Push i "Chromatic"-mode. Then it kinda made sense again:) I do understand that the former mode makes it easier, but so does AI. We are not in the music industry because it's easy. We want to express our creativity! Or that's my take on it if that matters to anyone! XD Thanks a lot for sharing your insights with us! It was immensely helpful! Cheers, mate;)

[@SingaED]

Great one! Thanks for it!

[@mredrollo]

😎

[@snaredrum954]

Really helpful thank you!

[@mredrollo]

Rev Saybs welcome 🙏🏼

[@Skiamakhos]

Stream starts at 7:54.

[@bboygurhan]

Thanks bro you the man This is really cool honestly

[@mredrollo]

Thanks buddy!

[@atomikrobot8016]

What is that controller to the right of screen please. Great tutorial sir...!

[@emanuelwhitehead6039]

Dope beat

[@CyrusSmith66]

You bring me to my last 20 % Thank you 🙂

[@AndiSteel3000]

Where can I get those coloured caps…?..thanks. Great work👏👏👏

[@mariduf]

Excellent tutorial! Very easy to follow with methodology, didactic and useful tips. Question: why didnt you send the reverb and delay instead of putting the effects in each track?

[@mredrollo]

Creature of habit! I do like the flexibility of having dedicated effects on channels. Though sending them would have worked just fine also :)

[@dom85esc1]

Oh wow, that really sounded like Some Chords! 😅 😎

[@idanceALLday21]

not a 4 on the floor guy but when you brought the arp in this beat started to hitttttttt

[@mredrollo]

thanks!

[@bonifacedubss6302]

Absolutely loved the stream, didn’t catch it live but very, very impressed with your workflow, from me, Robert

[@mredrollo]

bonifacedubss thanks buddy

[@じゃみっと]

Great work Ed!!!

[@mredrollo]

Thanks buddy

[@Naitsirk808]

Right, that's it... I want coloured knobs on my push2, NOW!

[@WetSkin6]

nice explained from Hongkong...

[@schneckenchecker10]

40:28 How do you get rid of the clicking effect at the beginning of every bass hit? When you solo the bass it is quite hearable. I was always wondering. The same happens with side chaining. Thanks in advance and such a nice video! I have learned a lot :)

[@silverXnoise]

You probably worked this out by now, but for the sake of other folks who might see this: - Check a few obvious things, like that nothing is clipping, or if you’re using a sample that it isn’t an artifact in the sample itself - If it’s a synth, try adding a few milliseconds to the attack time in the synth’s oscillator - If it’s only present with side chain compression, similar solution, add a few milliseconds to the attack time of the compressor - If it’s a loop, try adding a very short fade in/out on each side of the sample. This can easily be done with volume envelopes, but I think there’s a default macro to do this in Live - If it’s a sonically simple noise (only exists within a narrow band of frequencies) you can apply a notch filter to try and attenuate it, but if it’s sitting within a crucial band or is spread across several bands, this may not work. - If it’s otherwise impossible to remedy in the track, you can probably use a noise reduction plugin to narrowly select and sample the click/artifact and invert its phase so that it’s surgically removed from the mix without affecting the sound otherwise. Hope that helps someone!

[@ivanasch5604]

Awesome!

[@ankursahu5193]

Wow 👌 👏 😊

[@gunncontrol]

Where can I get the custom knobs?

[@tastelesstouch]

Do you lose the touch sensitivity of the stock Ableton knobs since you switched them out on your device?

[@substance90]

I hate that the pad sensitivity in the drum sequencer mode is so low and it’s easy to miss steps like seen at 16:00. I thought only mine does that...

[@mredrollo]

hahaha yep, gets me all the time

[@kinggas8408]

can you say us the setup for the wavetable sound please? regards

[@edeltobi]

where did you get your custom encoders made? I lost my tempo knob...

[@campar1043]

whats the push equivalent of holding command and dragging a one shot over another one on the same pad to layer drums?

[@lwpweb]

would be nice if push would give the opportunity as to see the last used devices especially effects.

[@joshraab6808]

Woof good idea

[@Jean-LouisMayans]

Xtouch behringer or the APC40 MKii Which one can I choose for Ableton ?, or the launchpad control. Thx :-)

[@dorotakonchevska]

nice1 thank you :*

[@josjo8574]

Please walk me over the basic start, once I get mine....I need youuuuuu

[@amartine01]

Do you use the launchpad control in conjunction with the Push? How does it improve you Abelton experience? Thanks

[@Kay-Smooth]

happy Birthday

[@Hauckelectro_Official]

Hey. . . The colored encoders: what kind do you have? Because they must be touch sensitive?

[@JDVVV378]

When u set the swing ammount and quantize are you not quantize the kick for example?

[@ポーポー糸満]

cool !!!

[@TaoProduction36]

Where did you purchase those color nobs?

[@mredrollo]

@djtechtools :)

[@DeejaySISQO]

thank u for this nice video and good info, I have 2 questions if u don't mind , 1/ u mentioned in the beginning that in live 10 there option allows me can view my recorded idea when I play on the push 2 can u tell me how plz? 2/ how to record the automation from push 2 what the setup that I need to adjust ? thank u

[@joshraab6808]

1. Hold down record and press the New button to capture whatever you just played 2. Press automation button and click record.

[@DeejaySISQO]

@@joshraab6808 thank u so much

[@ivanestades5903]

link to knobs? They look like model samples'?

[@noeldacosta7621]

What's the control surface thingy called? (i.e. fader bank)

[@lazylightning9378]

simpler wont come up on drum racks for me, any ideas why?

[@awkwardsquadproject]

Go to 7minutes 56seconds 👍🏾

[@mredrollo]

Hahaha sorry for the long intro!

[@Gee-Jay]

07:56

[@theblackpillofsigmaroyalty6297]

Can you enable the "crop sample" function thats in the right-click context menu, from the push 2?

[@joeysacco3246]

What kind of mixer is that??

[@scottfrost317]

It would be interesting for you to do the same track in maschine. A workflow comparison.

[@mredrollo]

Thanks man, not a Maschine user myself, but would love to see the comparison :)

[@arjanpetersen]

Is not possible. Hence not applicable

[@josjo8574]

Hiiii, sometimes when you hit ( duplicate) I am not sure if you hold key and duplicate or ( push) only and paste...these are critical for me to understand....

[@ShoShoUK85]

New drinking game, you have to sip everytime he says "nice". 10 minutes in and I can't stand up. Seriously though, great video 👍🏼

[@mredrollo]

hahaha nice! Streaming nerves i guess

[@Mossytube]

Why the fixed length doesn’t work? I have the same problem

[@mredrollo]

Just make sure you press it one more time so the button is flashing! ;)

[@PanoManaraofficial]

Oh God! Enough..takes much time to do anything,i decide to remain with maschine and upgrade to MK3 instead of switch to Push, i love ableton and i use it for many years now but Push is a pain in the a**, except that if you are a veteran in ableton you already now all the shortcuts :P amazing video by the way thank you for presentation!

[@remaksiva]

❤

[@senget13]

Nice! 😂

[@312inc]

sooo.... apparently this is a video for more experience ableton/push users. Where can i find actual intro/training videos?

[@Adsrsounds]

www.adsrsounds.com/product/courses/produce-with-push2/

[@simonmcg23]

Great tutorial but why does every KZbin video based on the live stream have at least five minutes of waiting

[@peacefulpigeon7254]

Click legato? How please!

[@jorgedaileyjr.2393]

I want to add voice with effects

[@skyhighcreations3509]

I couldn't found the arp he used in my Suite

[@mredrollo]

It's part of the Max for Live Essentials Pack. Should be free for you if you own Live 10 Suite :)

[@skyhighcreations3509]

@@mredrollo somehow I missed that Max effect. Just installed, its really awesome. Thank U so much :)

[@heshumi]

15:40 Minimal techno tutorial

[@skiptomygroove7009]

why not clip off the first 8 min

[@fitdogStudios]

Don’t understand Why one would sacrifice touch pot functionality for useless fancy coloured pots. Get clip on led lights for live gigs. They look cool too. Anyway, super knowledgable and awesome content. 😊👏🏻

[@mredrollo]

Not useless. They make me feel good, therefor serving a purpose :)