Learn Push 3: Expressive Pads

Ableton2023-05-23

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Push introduces new pads replicating traditional instrument feel digitally, enabling advanced control over software instruments with MIDI Polyphonic Expression. Pads allow for Note Pitch Bend, Slide, and Pressure for nuanced music production. Easy MPE editing in Ableton Live enhances composition control and flexibility.

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Push introduces new pads with advanced control over software instruments through MIDI Polyphonic Expression.

00:21

The pads on Push allow for three dimensions of expression - Note Pitch Bend, Slide, and Pressure.

Users can bend pitches, change timbre, and control volume and timbre through different finger gestures.

This technology adds nuance and emotion to music production, with easy MPE editing in Ableton Live for enhanced composition control.

Push offers the feel of traditional instruments in a digital format, enhancing creativity and flexibility in music creation.

00:00Push has new innovative pads that bring feel and characteristics of traditional

00:04instruments into the digital world.

00:07With these new pads, the pads detect the presence of your

00:10finger location on the pad.

00:12This information opens up a whole new level of control

00:14over software instruments.

00:16Push uses MIDI Polyphonic Expression to control the sounds of these instruments.

00:21This advanced method allows for even more detailed control over your music.

00:26When you use MPE instruments on Push, the pads behave in exciting new ways.

00:32They can respond to unique gestures, adding a whole new

00:34level of expression to your music.

00:37Each pad on Push has three dimensions of expression that can be used simultaneously

00:42and differently on each pad.

00:44These dimensions are Note Pitch Bend, Slide, and Pressure.

00:48With Note Pitch Bend bends the pitches that are in key, using the

00:52In Key mode or will bend in half steps when using the Chromatic mode.

00:58Using the Scale mode by pressing the scale button, you can switch

01:01between In Key or Chromatic.

01:04To bend the pitch of a note on Push

01:07Simply play and hold the note and slide your finger to the right

01:10or to the left, to the new pad.

01:14You can even bend from one pad to another, just like frets on a guitar fret board.

01:22You can also use this technique to add subtle vibrato to your notes

01:25by gently shaking your finger to the left and to the right.

01:32Slide on the other hand, allows you to affect the timbre of a note by sliding

01:36your finger up and down on a pad.

01:38Play and hold a note on the pad, and then slide your finger up

01:42or down to change the sound.

01:44As I move my finger up and down on the pad, this is changing

01:48the cutoff filter of the pad.

01:50This will often affect the timbre of the sound, but it can be mapped and

01:54control any aspects of the sound.

01:56You can also strike the pad at different positions on the pad to

02:00get different sounds every time.

02:01This is particularly useful when working with drum sounds.

02:05Using the slide function on the pad allows me to open and

02:08close a high hat on a drum pad.

02:27Finally, pressure lets you control the volume and timbre of other

02:30parameters of sound by pressing harder or softer on the pad.

02:38This is a subtle, yet powerful way to add nuance and emotion to your playing.

02:44Another advantage is, is that you can easily edit MPE information in Ableton

02:49Live, to have even more control and flexibility over your compositions.

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