Little late to the party. I’m still on Push 1 and pretty much only use it for basic functions as I felt it never completely freed me from the computer. I never felt the desire to become a power user and I blew off Push 2 because of this. Now I’m sitting down to work out a live set with an Analog Rytm, Analog Keys, Digitakt and ableton. For live use I’ll probably be using an APC40 but in the process I discovered the features of Push 2. I’m a little upset it took so long for me look at it! Add in new features from Ableton 10 and I’m sold. I don’t know if I’d use it for live applications but definitely in the studio.
Regarding a Push 3 I’d be surprised if we see it this soon. I’m waiting for NAMM to be sure. But otherwise I’ll be snagging a second hand Push 2. I personally don’t find the Push to be that large. For the functionality I think they’d be hard pressed to make it smaller without making it feel very cramped. And they shouldn’t compromise screen size. I personally don’t care about MPE in the controller but it would be great if Ableton itself could handle MPE. I had a ROLI for a while but flipped it because it was such a massive pain with Ableton. Also if they forgo the pads for something else I’ll definitely lose interest. Small pads are bad enough. Haha.
And regarding MIDI jitter. I think Abletons clock is particularly shitty and I think many other folks have noticed it as well. I’m going to experiment with slaying Ableton to an external clock because it’s wonky AF. Just my two cents. Also they don’t seem to mention it in the list of improvements, so I’m not holding my breath that 10 will be better.