Using the step sequencer on Push is the easiest way to program rhythms
by using the pads.
It allows you to build up ideas quickly
and experiment with creating different drum patterns.
Let's take a look at how this works.
So I'm going to load a Drum Rack. To do this I press Add Device,
select the Drum Rack preset and load it.
When a Drum Rack loads, Push splits the 64 pads into 3 sections.
The top section is the 32-step step sequencer. In the bottom-left
I have the 16 pads playing my sounds.
And in the bottom-right I have my Loop Selector section.
To start using the step sequencer I simply select a pad
and then start adding the steps into the step sequencer.
Once you add steps into the step sequencer this automatically starts the transport.
I can continue building on the drum loop that I've created simply by selecting the pad
and then adding steps directly into the step sequencer.
The moving green pad in the step sequencer
shows the currently playing step within that step sequence.
I'll add some more percussion sounds by selecting and adding them to my step sequence.
By pressing Duplicate,
I can copy what I've currently created in my drum loop step sequence.
And continue building and adding more elements.
I'll hold down the Select button and select the pad so I can silently select that sound,
and then continue adding these sounds into the step sequencer.
If I wish to delete some steps in the step sequence
I can simply press these pads and delete them.
If you want to delete all the steps of a particular sound
then hold down the Delete button and press the pad to delete all the steps.
As an alternative I'll add a different rhythm to my bassdrum step sequence.
If you press the Clip button on Push
you are able to see all the steps that you have sequenced directly in the display.
If I hold down a step in the step sequence, the Clip View focuses on that particular step.
Then I can move this step from its original position using Nudge.
Or I can change the length of the note, or I can change the velocity.
You can also hold down multiple steps in the step sequencer
to change the paramters of more than one note at the same time.
In this case I'm changing the velocity of 4 hi-hats in the step sequence.
Now I'm adding some more rhythmic elements to the loop.
But before that, I'll press the Double Loop button to double the length of the loop.
The Loop Selector section will show me that the loop size has increased.
By pressing a pad in the Loop Selector section I can focus on that particular part of the loop.
I'll do this and add some more notes.
If I hold down the Duplicate button
while pressing one of the pads in the Loop Selector section
I can copy a page of the sequence and then paste it somewhere else
to create a longer loop.
With my loop now focused on the part of the page that I've copied
I'll add some more notes to the sequence.
I'll make another copy of the sequence page by holding down Duplicate,
pressing the Loop Selector pad and then pasting it.
If I wish to play the entire length of the loop
I simply press the first and the last pad simultaneously.
If I wish to change a color of a particular pad, I can hold down the Shift button
and press a pad to change its color.
If I wish to change the resolution of my steps in the step sequence to have even more steps,
in this case 32 steps,
I can use the Grid buttons on the right-hand side to change the resolution.
If I wish to add some swing to the step sequence I created
I can hold down the Quantize button, set the swing amount,
and then by pressing the Quantize button again I can add some swing for the entire loop.