Some things intimidated me about this device and Andri has made them all accessible to me. I would purchase this course again in a heart beat and even though I am only half way through by now I have learned more here than in a year or more of owning Push 2. He gives a lot of examples where and how techniques may be applied and also encourages you to play with them and practice, in a really cool and supportive manner. Also his love for music, Ableton and Push come through which just makes you enjoy his teaching even more. Push 2 is not difficult but it is quite complex and there are several fine points to know - Andri introduces them all and always at the right time and in a very comprehensible way. It is fun and easy to follow his instructions, he structures his lessons in a very clear and concise way. I once read a whole article on how much the personality of a teacher influences how fast and how well a student learns. I also show how MIDI pedals can be added, the functionality of some buttons improved and even how to change the knobs themselves, should you wish! It can however add some super useful and customisable shortcuts, and these are really worth knowing. But not everything you'd hope that would work works - let me save you the time I've spent trying to get it to work! I show you how you can can use it to add functionality to Push and Live. Push's user mode has a lot of potential - but also some drawbacks. With every hack I discover I add this to the course. Some of the best feedback I've had has been on these aspects, as even Ableton themselves haven't shown exactly how you do these things. How can you customise Live and Push's behaviour to get the most out of them both? How can you add samples and sounds to Live's library and access these via Push? How do you import a clip into Session view using only Push? There are a number of really important features that just aren't well explained online or anywhere else. Learn about the variety on offer, how to tap into them in creative ways and explore new musical languages. Push is a gateway to scales many of us would rarely touch. There are a few ways to do this, and these are all covered, including my absolute favourite way to keep their key controls at my fingertips, reduce CPU-usage, and have fun with new synths and sounds.Įver played something and then thought: oh wow, that was nice! When you try to repeat it however it falls flat? Learn how to go back in time and grab these ideas - Push and Live are always recording.Įver found yourself in the mood, feeling like you're flying, and then getting tripped up by searching around for a sound or sample? Find out how you can stay in that magical state of flow. With Push you can grab hold of the parameters of VSTs and third party plugins. Learn how to record external synths, audio sources or even an iPad or tablet, as well as the more advanced audio routing options available through Push but which are largely unknown. Making your own sound is both incredibly fun, much easier than you might think, and is such an exciting way to create your own unique sound. Multiple lessons go through how to create your own sounds and instruments from either your own samples or from existing tracks by yourself or others. The Drum Rack is really powerful, and together with Push, some automation tricks that are rarely shown, I'll show you how to make really interesting, dynamic and interesting loops and percussion. A download allows you to follow along and create your own version of the track. Looking forward to additional courses, especially on electronic music production :)Ī whole section goes into how to create an entire track using almost exclusively Push, showing tricks and tips to reduce touching your mouse and keyboard to the absolute minimum. What could make this course perfect is if you make sure that all the videos have a property start and ending and that there's little or no overlap in terms of the things brought in each individual lessons, as this got me confused a few times.īut overall this was great course and I really enjoy your humble, engaged and positive way of teaching. So I'm really looking forward to trying out stuff on my own and just play around with all of the ideas that has been circling around in my head.įinally I had a hard time deciding on whether to give this course a 4 or a 5, so I decided to go with 5, even tough it's really a 4,5. Overall I think you have made a fantastic job with this course, and I'm very glad I purchased it.īefore enrolling for this course I had very basic knowledge of Ableton Live and music production in general, but now I feel very comfortable using all features of Push 2 and have also learn quite a lot about Live itself. I've finally completed my course, which I spent almost every night with during the last month, so this is both a great and a little bit sad moment for me.
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