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Ableton push live performer preset8/22/2023 Recommended: How To Use Ableton Live (for Beginners) Tip 3: Computer MIDI Keyboard On top of that, you can hold Option + Spacebar (Mac) or Alt + Spacebar (Windows) with a portion of the arrangement selected, allowing it to play only the highlighted area, stopping at the end. If you want to continue playback from the last stopped point, simply hold Shift + Spacebar instead. But you may also have noticed that it begins from the same spot every time you toggle between Play and Stop. You might have guessed that pressing Spacebar is the shortcut for Play and Stop. Here you can set the quantization size, the amount of quantization (having less than 100% can maintain a ‘human feel’) and whether you want the start and end of notes to snap or not. If you need to get specific, press Shift + Cmd + U or Shift + Ctrl + U to bring up the settings, pictured above. Simply press Cmd + U on Mac or Ctrl + U on Windows to quantize your notes. Stay tune d for part 2, on how to connect a drum machine to Push.Whether you’re drawing or playing in notes, sometimes you need to tidy up the timing of certain notes, so that they play ‘on the grid. If you hit the disk icon and save this custom instrument rack, you’ll always have this rack on hand, pre-mapped and ready to go! Once this is all set up, you can use Push to make the most out of your external gear by automating parameters, generating ideas using the step-sequencer, and staying in scale with the fantastic in-key mode. A good example of this is adding an arpeggiator, to play your synth in new ways, or adding FX like delays or reverbs to add depth to your sound. Once you have this all set up, you can add more devices and effects to your instrument rack so that you can create more interesting custom presets. TIP: Rename each macro, so that you can see the labels from the display on P ush. Unlike the 8 CC knobs, these Macros are controllable from Push, allowing you to control your synths parameters in real time. Once you have assigned your MIDI CC’s, group the 8 CC with the External Instrument Device, and map each the parameters to the Macros of the instrument rack. Continue this process to assign parameters that you wish to use. For example, the Filter C utoff on the Monologue is assigned to CC value 43, so in the drop-down menu above one of the knobs on the 8 CC, select 43. Next, you’ll need to consult your synth’s instructions manual, or Google the synth’s MIDI implementation chart to see what parameters are mapped to what MIDI CC values, so you can assign knobs to those parameters of your choosing. To do this, we’re going to use this great MaxForLive device called 8 CC which is a simple blank slate of 8 knobs that can be mapped to send MIDI CC messages to whatever parameter we desire on our synth (or any external instrument that accepts MIDI CC). Now let’s take this one step further by assigning Push’s 8 encoders to control parameters on the Monologue. If you have your Push connected, you should be able to start playing the synth using Push’s pads. In the MIDI To drop down menu, select your synthesizer, and in the AUDIO FROM, select your interface. This device allows you to route MIDI to your synthesizer and receive its audio via your audio interface. Then, c reate a MIDI channel and load an External Instrument device. In Live’s preferences, make sure track and remote for the synths MIDI out ports are selected. You’ll then need to connect the OUTPUT of the synth to an INPUT of your audio interface. The Monologue has USB MIDI so we’ll use that. The first thing you need to do is connect your synth to your computer either by MIDI or USB if your synth has i t. Let’s use the Korg Monologue as our example. Well, with a bit of MaxForLive love, it absolute is possible, here’s a break down of how I set it up. The question came up of how I was controlling external synths with Macro knobs in Session view, since assigning MIDI control changes to Macro knobs is not supported in Live. The presentation ran through some different techniques, tips and tricks on using Push to spark inspiration and generate new ideas from your hardware. In my ‘ Push New Ideas’ presentation, I demo’d a performance setup using Push 2, that was controlling external hardware synths and drum machines (see video below). In early September, the Noisegate team went to the BIGSOUND festival/conference in Brisbane to host music-making workshops with Ableton Live.
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