hi my name is Jesse and welcome to
another learn push video showing you how
to create and play your musical ideas
using push I'm going to play Push to
sketch out the different parts of a song
idea I have this video focuses
particularly on the push functions that
enable really fast ways to create drum
patterns music loops and song Parts on
the Fly you may already be familiar with
the push workflow from previous
tutorials however if you're just getting
started make sure you check out the
earlier videos in the learn push
series I've created a simple Kick Drum
Loop using drum racks and I have a live
instrument rack that plays a simple
chord that sounds like a good intro for
my song let's see how we can get started
expanding this idea using
push the kick drum Loop is good but it's
too simple for the whole song let's add
some more kick drum notes using the step
sequencer I press the duplicate button
to duplicate the loop and its
contents duplicate creates a copy of the
material I'm working on this allows me
to create new variations without
affecting the original Loop idea
just to add some more variation to the
buildup of my song I press duplicate
again I press select and the kick drum
pad to select the pad without triggering
it then remove the step sequencer notes
then I add some high hats using the drum
pads and repeat button
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the double button allows me to double
the length of the recorded loop as you
can see from the loop length pad section
I can then select one Loop length pad to
edit that particular part of my Loop and
then press the two pads simultaneously
to get the overall Loop length again now
let's focus on creating a Melody from
the intro let me start to expand on the
intro by playing some more chord sounds
I can use the arrow keys pressing left
or right to navigate between my midi
tracks instead of pressing duplicate I
press the new button to start a new idea
I have pressing the new button stops the
selected Loop and prepares life to
record new
material now I can try something out
before making a recording
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this is the Melody I want to use but
it's too long I can press the clip
button to adjust the loop length or even
where my Loop starts and ends using the
encoders above the
display a much more convenient method of
recording my Loops can be done using the
fixed length
button I press the delete button to
delete the current Loop idea this time I
press and hold the fixed length button
to set the recording length of my
Loop enabling fix length allows me to
set up the loop length before recording
now I can simply turn on my metronome
press the record button and start
playing using the
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pads the recorded idea immediately
starts looping at the end of four bars
and I do not have to edit the loop
length afterwards to make sure it's the
exact length I wish to
have this is great because I can focus
on playing without thinking about when
to toggle the record
button using the Keys again I navigate
back to my drum wreck
track let's add some percussion to our
drum Loops to add some more elements to
the song
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I'm happy with the results so far but I
need a breakdown in the song I'm going
to create a different Melody for
this first I navigate using the arrow
keys to my midi track and then I will
press the new button again to capture a
new idea
now I want to add some more synth sounds
a Baseline and maybe an arpeggiated
synth would be
good I press the add track button and
search for the sounds I'm looking for
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the base sounds cool let me see if this
fits with the original Melody I
created I press the new button and then
the duplicate button and play the
original idea I had for the chords I'm
also using fixed length again to create
a 4 bar Loop and then start recording
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the arrow keys can be used to go back
and forth between my ideas by using the
arrow up and arrow down buttons this
triggers the previous Loops immediately
from the current playhead position the
loops will then continue playing in sync
and will not start from the
beginning as an alternative to creating
variations to drum patterns and Melody
Loops I can press the automation button
and then record to record the automation
as I tweak The Sounds using the touch
sensitive encoders above the
display these are mapped to either the
macros of live instrument RS or the
parameters of live devices
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so I think I've gathered enough musical
material for my song and I've also added
additional tracks as well as Loop ideas
I can now access this by pressing the
session mode button to enter session
mode where all my musical ideas are now
represented as
Clips here each Loop idea now represents
a clip in their corresponding
track I press shift and stop to stop all
clips and then press the volume button
for easy access to the volumes of each
track and track
selection Clips can be launched
independently and in sync by simply
pressing a pad they light up green when
they're
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playing I can also launch scenes which
represents a whole row of Clips all at
once using the grid buttons on the right
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I can navigate my Clips with the arrow
buttons or the octave buttons and
Trigger different combinations of
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Clips if I find a good combination and I
want to use this somewhere in my song I
can press the duplicate button to create
a new scene with that combination
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I will continue to collect scenes using
this method so that I can use them later
in
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life so I hope you now have a good idea
of the push workflow and how you can
effectively build up your songs from
scratch using push