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Damn you Ableton, I was trying to recuperate from my last impulse buys

Looks pretty sweet though. Since it's made by Akai Professional, it should be pretty solid hardware.



https://www.ableton.com/en/push/

Nice.
Ready for Ableton 9 soon ...

Looks like a APC40 / NI Maschine Frankencontroller to me. I'd still prefer the additional knobs and faders of the APC40 over the LED-display and hope they won't discontinue the APC in favour of this one.

While both the APC20/40 and Push are made by Akai Pro, the Push is an Ableton product. Maybe they'll discontinue the Launchpad. I had both an APC20 and a Launchpad, but the APC felt like a much more professional unit. I kept the Launchpad (even though it felt a bit like a toy), because it was easy to use it for other stuff than Ableton; for example, it was fairly easy to read button presses and to have buttons light up.

I was already looking at Maschine, but I'll likely hold out for the Push. Of course Maschine is much more than just a controller, but I already have all the sounds that come with it. I really think they should include some coupons with Push; people who already own Ableton could buy more sounds, while people that don't already could get Ableton. What use is another Ableton Intro to me, I already have 2-3 of those.

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Push section starts at 27:58 (or 33:18 if you want to skip some more bla bla and formulaic Jobs-style presentation).

mjbrands wrote:While both the APC20/40 and Push are made by Akai Pro, the Push is an Ableton product.

Point made. Interestingly I instantly assumed this was an Akai. Maybe the design mislead me...
Maschines, BTW, I have seen mostly standing around waiting for someone to do something useful with them. I know quite a few guys who have one, but I've never actually seen a Maschine in use.

cosmodrome wrote:I know quite a few guys who have one, but I've never actually seen a Maschine in use.