Legend, thank you very much. Will try this.
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follow actions on push
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I really want to be able to insert, manipulate, and adjust warp markers via the push knobs in stand alone, but as it stands now that tempo/time sig sh*t is in place the Push is now in classic stand alone sampling beatmachine territory… separate and distinct from what goes on with the software destiny wise… I feel like playing kool and the gangs celebration right now
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Cant wait to try it out. But im not going to install a beta on my push 3. Ill wait for the official release. Is it also possible to (with Shift+record) record into the arranger on the Push 3SA while playing follow actions?
Thanks for the video! Looks fun.
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Thanks @jrjulius ! You did an amazing job explaining what I wanted to know.
Looks like the perfect device but as you mention some are more portable and faster to get started.
Thanks also @benway. The Fors Dyad is what I had in mind. I have the DFAM and that’s his son in an Ableton’s box!
I feel push3 is all I need but I would prefer a lighter version. The move seems more limited but I’ll check it out!
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The Genius of Tim Exile at it once again:
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Pretty wild integration of Push 2 with Reaktor - assume it’s in user mode. Apparently Push 3 support is coming but just hasn’t been tested.
Edit - video here, think I’m gonna have to grab this:
Question for people who are using Push 3 for live jamming - I’ve been trying to avoid having a bunch of clips and triggering them one after another, or much pre-prepared material at all. I was more into using sequencers but found it hard to generate coherent material that way. Or maybe my jams were just no good, idk. Anyway, been trying to find a middle ground of more stuff in clips but just as a basis for jamming.
I really like how clip loops work on Push, i.e. you have 16 pads for 16 bars and can select a section on the fly. Was enjoying this so much for creating variations on the fly that I started thinking that maybe rather than having a clip for intro, bridge, etc., I’d just put everything in one clip and go nuts, then use Max to select the appropriate loop points when I wanted to move to the next section.
I think it should be possible to do this, i.e. trigger a variation to set the loop braces to Bar 5 for 2 Bars or whatever. This device does something similar, but I haven’t found anything that does exactly this. Possibly there isn’t that much of an advantage over just launching clips instead, but I really preferred the experience for improvising of jumping around inside the clip rather than triggering new ones, feels more free or something. Just wondering is this a completely hare-brained idea or is anyone else doing it this way?
Also, considering grabbing the MonoMono 101 for standalone - seems like a bunch of people here have bought it and are pretty happy? Not many demos, but it seems like it’s top-tier.
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this is why I love your post, it’s the little things (that have the potential to be big things) that you always pick up on or are trying to get to whether on the mpc or live 
it’s a tough call now that you can get a push 3 controller +macbook air for the price of a push 3 stand alone.
push questions
is it possible to export projects from the Move directly to Push 3 stand alone, or do you have to use some cloud?
does it still take a long time for Push 3 stand alone to boot up?
Ableton cloud can do it directly. You may be able to download locally via a browser and load that onto the Push via Ableton, but I’m not sure about that.
It still takes a while. It’s like a quick-ish computer startup.
If I were starting over, I’d stick with the controller version. With a MacBook Air like you mention, it’s a killer combo. I rarely use standalone.
Plus, you can upgrade in future if you ever change your mind.
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I just timed it on Sunday because I installed the beta and was curious— as of 12.2b9, it still takes ~40 seconds.
My first unit took ~2 minutes 20 seconds to boot, which was excruciating. I lived with it for almost two months before discovering that it was abnormal; Ableton identified it as a hardware issue and took really good care of me. So if anyone here’s Push takes more than 40-45 seconds to boot, submit a support ticket!
damn!
40 seconds sounds about right to me. Not really a problem considering how powerful it is. And it’s much faster in controller mode.
Tip, if you’re using it in controller mode, make sure to start it up in controller mode. If you start in standalone and switch, the computer brain stays on and it runs much hotter. It is way faster to switch back to standalone though.
If you hold the user mode button down when you power it on, you get to choose the mode it boots into.
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is the Push 3 controller still usable without being plugged into the power adapter, I’m asking because I often use my Push 2 without plugging it in and of course it’s a dimmer affair but in low lighting I don’t even need to plug it in … is the p3 conroller the same or ?
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Yeah, but it needs USB-C.
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Damn that’s cray cray, push 3 support coming soon 
Got to say, this rocks. Makes turning a bunch of ideas in clips in Session view into a viable arrangement so much easier IME.
It’s particularly good for drum variations on the fly, right on the Push.
Overall this is a solid release IMO, really enjoying it.
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So, I didn’t know if it is a good idea but I ordered the Push 3 SA and have very mixed feelings about the device.
No problems with build quality, it’s very well built.
My idea was to buy it and abuse it in moments where I can spend 15 to 20 minutes between meetings at job or while waiting for something else. Maybe even take it to bad, lay and have a lot of fun. Also, using that a sketchpad and create sets with ideas that I will later transfer to the PC and finalize there.
But I have a feeling that I would be much faster with recording anything if I just plug my good old Push2 to the laptop or PC and use full Live on computer. Not to mention the amount of heat which is coming from this device. I am not sure how long I could keep it on my legs.
Generally it looks like a good product. I don’t mind lack of 3-rd party VST support. Live has great devices and I am very used to them.
This is the first day of testing it, I still have some time and maybe I will change my mind.
Hare brained ideas and overcomplicating stuff, you mean? I definitely have my own … unique … vision of how I want to create - taking the bare minimum of preprepared stuff and pulling it apart and putting it back together in different ways, with a few different options for starting points or waypoints as I go through. Trying to find that sweet spot of just enough structure and just enough generative.
Had only really seen the loop points layout as a QoL thing rather than potentially a performance or jamming feature, it’s limited by the fact that it only goes down to 2 beats per pad so if you decide to try out a 3 beat over a 5 beat section of your loops you need to go into the clip menu. Good times either way though.
Hate to say this, but it sounds like you’re pretty much describing Move rather than Push.
I’d suggest the equivalent on Push is to download something like Fors Dyad and/or build your own racks and templates so you can switch it on and just play - for me this is where Push really comes into its own.
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