Producing House Music with Ableton Push ft. Lenny Kiser | Part 1

Ableton certified trainer Lenny Kiser took the stage at Pyramind and built a track from scratch using the Push 2. In this multi-part video recap, Lenny walks you through multiple techniques you can use to produce with the Push and keep your music fresh with variation.
Part 1: • Producing House Music ...
Lenny loads a drum rack from the Push and demonstrates how to sequence drums using the pad grid. He sequences a kick drum with a snare, and walks through the process of layering snares to create variation. He also demonstrates how to add effects to individual drums and fine-tune those effects right from the Push.
Part 2: • Producing House Music ...
Lenny adds hi-hats to his track. He goes over adjusting note timing and velocities of individual drums from the Push. He also adds extra snares to keep the arrangement interesting.
Part 3: • Producing House Music ...
Lenny show us how he creates basslines using toms. He covers copying drum sounds to new pads on the Push, and transposing samples. He also demonstrates how to use Note Mode.
Part 4: • Producing House Music ...
Lenny demonstrates how to use the melodic step sequencer. He also covers adding return effects and automation to his track from the Push.
Part 5: • Producing House Music ...
Lenny adds a gritty bass sound to his track and demonstrates per step automation. Last but not least, he goes over the arrangement process and arranges the track using the Push.

[@SamShaaban]

Anybody with a new push should watch all 5 of these. Lenny's strange and awesome in just the right way, and covers a lot of practical ground.

[@thedude1744]

OMG finally someone who speaks on a level we all can understand. Thanks Lenny.

[@anzatzi]

This is the first coherent explation of push i have seen!

[@popmostic]

Watching these videos again after a year of using Ableton/Push 2! I gotta say still learning the 5th time around watching these. hahah. Thank you Lenny!! and Pyramind

[@gamereddy9059]

Dude this little Workshop is very helpfull! I start one month ago with my Push 2 and this 5 Videos helping me a lot to adjust my music. Greetings from Germany!

[@accident7]

Honestly, super glad I stumbled across this!! I was just browsing through Push 2 tutorials to try and find some inspo to learn it and I think I may have found my favourite class so far!! Cheers man! thanks for the clear explanation and easy to follow video. I really hope to find more than just 5 videos

[@Bennnj10]

this video is great, if only i could get my push to play the fucking sounds out of the drum rack?

[@ernie548]

Best explanation ever.

[@PyramindSF]

Wow, thanks!

[@hidrokitmexico3756]

THANKS! AWESOME VIDEO! HELPED A LOT.PEACE

[@onefm1]

Anybody know if his sample pack is still available?

[@MitchCollinge]

Love the content keep up the good work!! I make Abelton Tutorials to it's such a versitile DAW!! 🔥

[@napik5890]

do u have any online meetings?

[@teamirvingtactical]

Is it just me or is there an audible crackling in the audio? I started to noticed it around 1:33

[@HpBeck_Fieldrecordings]

TOP****

[@mikedevey2748]

I'm trying to follow along but the display is showing different things to what's in the vid.

[@bryanmatthews5902]

did you ever figure out how to get the right display because I'm in the same boat. I'm trying to turn the volume down on my snare pad but I can't get that option.

[@mikedevey2748]

Yea after messing around with it for ages I found the right options, 'm guessing Ableton did a firmware update that changed the layout since this tutorial. So to turn down the 'gain' on the snare make sure your in the 'device' mode on the 4 buttons on the right hand side, then at the top of the screen there should be the option for 'simpler', select that using the button above it, then on the top right hand side of the screen is the 'mode', use the above scroll wheel to change it to 'one-shot' if its not already on that. Once you've done that you should see the 'gain' option next to the 'mode' option. using the scroll wheel above that will let you turn the volume up and down.

[@mikedevey2748]

Also to get the option to nudge inputted notes, select clip on the 4 buttons , then hold the pads down and the nudge option will appear at the top right of the screen

[@bryanmatthews5902]

Thanks for the replies Mike. I just got my push last week so I'm still very inexperienced with it. But you saved me a lot of headaches.

[@mikedevey2748]

I think the headaches never end lol, but you learn something new every time you use the Push and it feels equally rewarding!

[@joldschool64]

This is why most music sucks now a days too much going into the technology not the music some people spend one hour tuning the kick drum or just twisting the knobs smh

[@freddiemerkur874]

you maybe just tired of music yourself not listening close enough or long enough to things. of course you cannot like everything you hear... Come on Randy

[@sambatiesto4407]

No talent needed for this! Lol ..I can use excel better 😂