Ableton Push 3 with Live 12 Intro

Push Your Creativity to the Limit

Ripe with creative possibilities, Ableton Push 3 is an inspiring control surface that enables you to create and edit melodies, harmonies, beats, samples, and even entire songs. Push 3’s 64 backlit, MPE-enabled pads provide you with the utmost expressive tactile control, while locked-tight integration with Ableton Live software gives you complete access to a creative arsenal of instruments, devices, and effects. Not only does Push 3 function as a controller, but its built-in audio/MIDI interface lets you deploy it as a hub for your entire rig. With this hardware at the center of your creative workflow, you can connect external instruments, synths, or effects and record directly into Ableton Live; you can also use Push 3 as a springboard for real-time playing, step sequencing, and clip launching. Thanks to Push 3, creative musicians can stay focused on song creation rather than on their computer screen.

Note: This version of Push 3 isn’t a standalone instrument. It doesn’t include a built-processor and must be connected to a computer with a USB 2.0 cable to work with Ableton Live software. The standalone version of Push 3 is available here.

64 expressive, MPE-enabled pads

Creating and composing with a keyboard and mouse is fine. That said, there’s something infinitely more inspiring about the tactile sensation of hardware. Each of Ableton Push 3’s 64 backlit, MPE-enabled pads boasts an X/Y sensor that detects every slight movement of your finger, enabling you to shape your sounds in myriad ways. Here at City Music, we’ve found Push 3’s pads to be eminently expressive — you can bend, slide, and shift between notes, sounds, and articulations with the greatest of ease.

Built-in audio/MIDI interface

Push 3 houses a built-in 2-in/2-out audio interface that accommodates both balanced line-level and unbalanced instrument-level input sources, enabling you to route instruments, synths, or effects straight into Ableton Live. You also get two balanced outputs and a headphone jack for dead-simple monitoring. Push 3 also supports class-compliant USB MIDI, so you can connect a standard MIDI keyboard or other controller to get hands-on with Push 3’s internal instruments or send MIDI data from Push 3 to your other hardware.

Ableton Push 3 Features:

• Hardware control surface for Ableton Live
• Enables you to create and edit melodies, harmonies, beats, samples, and even entire songs
• Allows for real-time playing, step sequencing, and clip launching
• 64 backlit, MPE-enabled pads provide you with the utmost in expressive tactile control
• Tight Ableton Live integration gives you complete access to instruments, devices, and effects
• Built-in 2-in/2-out audio interface routes instruments, synths, or effects straight into Ableton Live
• Supports class-compliant USB MIDI for use with standard MIDI keyboards and controllers