in this video we're going to go from
sketching out drum patterns to recording
musical ideas using the unique note
playing system push has to offer
we're going to create a baseline lay
down some simple chords and get a
further understanding of the note mode
let's create a MIDI track by pressing
the add track button to create an
instrument for our bass line we can
browse for instrument presets using the
rotary encoders above the display and
the buttons below the display to select
instrument presets and load them by
pressing the green button
press the Browse button to exit lies
browser
push automatically configures the pad
grid so that each pad represents a note
and is by default in the key of c-major
the blue pads represent the root key and
the white pads are all the other notes
in the scale notes in this particular
scale can be played across from left to
right but also three notes in a row and
then move up to play the next three
notes and so on by pressing the scale
button we can see we have more options
for a large variety of different scales
in the scale mode we can select the
scale we wish to play as well as select
whether the pads are in key in other
words all the pads correspond to the
scale and we can play the scale and
chords all over the pads without hitting
a wrong note this function can be
switched off so the pads that are lit up
represent notes in the scale and pads
that are not lit up represent notes that
are not part of the scale in the case of
C major in this mode we have a more
conventional layout like the black and
white keys on a piano
compress the octave down button to play
lower notes or the octave up button for
higher notes now let's record some notes
press the record button and start
playing press the record button again to
finish recording press the new button to
capture a new musical idea there's also
the possibility to use the fixed-length
button and create a loop of a specific
length for recording
let's create a two-bar loop and press
record press the metronome button you
shift in the master volume encoder to
adjust the metronome volume let's start
to create a baseline if this recording
is not what you wanted you can undo the
recording process you can also double
the length of loops and duplicate them
as mentioned in the first video creating
beats with push
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now let's create some chords to go
I'm patent and baseline let's create
another MIDI track by pressing the add
track button and this time browse for a
pad sound
and load it using a three finger
technique it's easy to play chords in
the key of C this chord is a major chord
and you can play other chords anywhere
in the pad grid using this shape to
create chords that are in the same key
now let's record some chords as before
press the record button and start
playing press the record button again to
finish recording you can also use the
fixed length recording method to create
your loops now we've covered the basics
of playing notes and chords using push
in the next video we have a look at
adding effects tweaking parameters and
mixing your ideas