Push with Live 12 - Release Notes

Push 2.1.5 with Live 12.1.5

Dcember 12, 2024

New Features and Improvements

• Muted drum pads LEDs now use a darker gray color and empty drum pads LEDs use a lighter gray.

• The options in a track's context menu on Push are now controlled through the upper display buttons.
• When switching to the I/O-tab in Push's Mix Mode while the main track is selected, the available outputs are now displayed as "Main Out" and "Cue Out".
• When hot-swapping a Drum Sampler, you can now choose whether to swap the device or the sample inside of the device.
• When hot-swapping a Sampler, you can now choose whether to swap the device or the sample inside of the device.
• It is now possible to select a different track while the currently selected track's context menu is displayed.
• Filters used to create a user label are now grayed out and non-selectable, and displayed with a small icon indicating their association with the user label.
• Updated the appearance of large vertical lists in order to improve readability.
• On Push 3, it's now possible to unmap a macro-mapped parameter directly from the Device View. When touching an encoder corresponding to a macro-mapped parameter, the "Unmap" option appears in the bottom right corner of the display.
• Added a Cloud label, which allows browsing Note and Move Sets synced to Ableton Cloud from Push. The feature is currently supported when using Push in Control Mode.
• When opening a track's context menu on Push, additional tracks can now be selected and certain actions can be performed on all selected tracks, i.e., picking a shared color or grouping selected tracks together when possible.
• It is now possible to activate Ableton Cloud on Push in Standalone Mode. To do so, open a web browser on a computer that is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as Push and go to push.local/cloud. From there you will be prompted to log into your ableton.com account and accept the Cloud terms and conditions. Once Cloud is enabled, any synced Move and Note Sets will appear in the list of available Sets on Push.
• The Cloud label now includes a Sign Out option.

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where lists were animated when first opening the browser's filter menu.
• When auto-tags are enabled, Drum Rack presets auto-tagged with "Sounds|..." will be excluded from the Drums label.
• Push now displays a message and blocks user input while in the process of creating a new Set.
• On Push 3, grabbing control of Foot_Pedal via Max for Live now stops the native function as expected.
• Fixed an issue where tags and subtags were appearing as unavailable.
• Fixed visual glitches that occurred when displaying the list of selected filters or tags in Push's browser.
• Emojis in macro names are now displayed correctly again on Push in Control Mode.
• You can now hold the Delete button and touch the encoder corresponding to the Gain or Transpose parameter to reset the values back to default.
• Fixed an issue where navigating several levels deep into the folder structure would prevent the folders from being displayed correctly.
• Fixed a crash in Live that occurred when using Push in Control Mode and mapping the chain activator of a MIDI Effect Rack chain to a macro.
• The Clip View on Push is now more responsive, especially when working with clips that contain many notes.
• In the Drum Sampler parameter bank, the Filter Gain parameter is now accessible when the filter type is set to Peak.
• Fixed a crash that could occur in Standalone Mode under certain circumstances.

Push 2.1.1 with Live 12.1.1

October 30, 2024

No specific updates for Push.

Push 2.1 with Live 12.1

October 8, 2024

New Features and Improvements

Macro Mapping

Group Devices: Hold Shift and press the upper display button above a device to show the context menu, then press Group to group the device into a Rack. This creates the ability to map macros. If you want to group multiple devices at once, toggle the devices that you want to group using the upper display buttons in the context menu, then press Group.

Macro Map Parameters: You can touch any mappable encoder and a Map to Macro option will appear above the bottom right display button. Follow the instructions on the screen to choose the macro's destination.

Map Device Mutes and Button-Based Parameters: You can also map Device Mutes or button-based parameters by holding the display button above the item and pressing Map to Macro.

Edit Macros: To edit a macro, touch the macro's encoder and an Edit option will appear below the upper right display button. Press Edit to show the Edit screen. Select the macro you want to edit with the first encoder, and use the rest of the controls to adjust the mappings and ranges associated with that macro.

Macro Variations

Trigger, Create, and Randomize (P3 only): Macro Variations are now displayed on the Macro Screen in the bottom left. Use the jog wheel to Add a Variation, Randomize your macros, and trigger specific Macro Variations.

Edit Variations (Currently P3 Only): Highlight the variation you want to edit and nudge the jog wheel to the right to delete, rename, or overwrite the variation.

Play Variations on the Pads (P2 & P3): Use the Layout button to access new pad modes that allow you to trigger variations using the pads while you play.

Apply Grooves Instantly

A default groove is now loaded with the default Live Set that is automatically applied to any new MIDI clip. By default, the Global Groove Amount is set to 0%, so all you need to do to apply the groove is adjust this value.

Press the Timing encoder on Push 3 to select Global Groove Amount. Turn the encoder to change how much groove is added to your MIDI clips without any additional setup.

In Clip Mode, use the encoders to change which groove is applied to the clip. You can select None if you do not want to apply any groove.

In the Groove Pool, there is now a control that allows you to select which groove you would like to automatically load for new MIDI clips. You can also use this control to choose no grooves to be loaded. The state of this control and the Global Groove Amount are saved with your Sets, templates, and the default Set, so you can customize the defaults however you prefer.

Move Tracks and Scenes

As with devices, press and hold a track or scene and then use the jog wheel (or the encoders on Push 2) to move the item. Moving scenes is a great way to get organized, or create a song structure. Now that you can move tracks by pressing and holding, you can arm tracks by quickly double pressing the track select buttons.

Browsing Improvements

Filters: The browser now supports filtering and tagging.

Auto Tagging: As with Live 12.1, Push in Standalone Mode will automatically tag your user samples so you can easily include them when filtering content.

User Labels: You can now add your own user labels. You can also highlight a User Label, and then use the context menu to rename it. 

Rename Collections: Highlight a Collection, and use the context menu to rename it. 

Swap the Sample Inside of a Simpler: Select a Simpler device and press the swap button. In the bottom left of the browser there is a toggle switch that allows you to change where you want to hot-swap the device you’ve selected, or the sample inside of it. Swapping the sample allows you to retain the device and macro mapping settings.

Save Default Sets or Templates: In the Sets menu, press Current Set using the upper display buttons to show a new list of options similar to what you would find in the File menu on a computer. This menu includes new actions to save your current Set as the default Set or as a template Set.

Set Template as Default: Navigate to the Templates label in the Sets menu, then highlight a template and use the context menu to save it as the default Set.

Transfer Files and Use Link Anywhere With Push Hotspot  (Push 3 Standalone Only)

Create a Wi-Fi network from Push and use it to connect to your other devices. This is ideal for when you are traveling or at a venue and need to transfer files, or if you want a stable Link hub.

The Wi-Fi control has been moved to the Status tab in the Setup menu. First, turn on Wi-Fi using the dedicated upper display button, then turn on Hotspot. Push will create a network name and generate a password. On the device you want to connect to, select Push's Hotspot as the network and enter the password. Once connected, you will be able to use Link and transfer files.

Note: When you connect a device to Push's Hotspot, you will not be able to use the internet on the device. 

Preferences Tab

A new Preferences tab has been added to the Setup menu that contains the following options:

• Exclusive Solo: Choose to solo one or more tracks at a time by default.
• Select on Clip Launch:Choose whether or not you want Push to select the track of the clips that you launch automatically.

Other Improvements

• MPE Pitch-bend is now also automatically enabled on Push when a tuning system is active.

• In Push's device navigation, Instrument and Audio Effect Racks are now indicated by the same icon.
• When grouping devices on Push, it is now easier to see which devices are available to be included in the group: unavailable devices are grayed out and the corresponding buttons are not lit up.
• More USB ethernet adapters should now work when connected to Push 3 in Standalone Mode.
• Core Library Improvements:
  • Added new artist Drum Racks and samples by DECAP, L.Dre, and Taka Perry.
  • Added new MPE Drum Racks utilizing Drum Sampler's Slide feature.
  • A selection of existing Drum Racks was updated to use the new Drum Sampler device.
  • Added new presets for Meld, Chord, Saturator, and Limiter.

Bugfixes

• When entering text on Push, pressing "Delete" while the cursor is at the beginning of the text will no longer insert characters at the end.
• Fixed a bug where a recording in progress could be unexpectedly stopped (and the track disarmed) when selecting a different track in Live with Push connected.
• When restarting Push in Standalone Mode the clock source setting will be the same as it was before the restart, provided a valid ADAT clock is being received by Push.
• When using Push in Standalone Mode, Push should no longer unexpectedly display information about Set recovery on startup.
• Added missing Meld's parameters on Push:
  • Oscillator Octave Transpose
  • LFO 2 Retrigger
  • LFO 2 Phase Offset
• Fixed an issue in Push's browser where clips were using the sample icon instead of the clip icon.
• Fixed a bug where device parameter names would overlap with other parameter names in Roar and Note Echo.
• Previously, it was possible to add a clip to a return track or the main track, which led to a crash. This behavior is now fixed.
• Live no longer crashes when loading Normal.aif from the Grand Piano pack or other large samples into a MIDI track from Push.
• Fixed a crash in Live that occurred when using Instrument Rack's second parameter bank to change parameters on Push.
• Fixed a crash in Live that could occur in the following circumstances:
  • When loading a Set that routes a plugin's additional audio outputs into an audio track.
  • When scrolling through a MIDI track's possible routings in certain setups.
• Fixed an issue where note name notifications in the melodic sequencer would not work.
• Push 2 firmware updates are now working correctly again.
• On Push 2 and 3, you can now add plug-ins when a MIDI track is selected, as expected.
• MPE pitch bend on Push's pads now works as expected when using tuning systems.
• Made the following changes to Meld on Push:
  • Added missing parameters.
  • In the Settings tab, parameters are now adjustable with encoders rather than the upper display buttons.
• Fixed an issue where the browser would shortly flicker, and then become empty, displaying the message "No Content" or "No Results."
• Collections are now visible and accessible from the Instruments, Audio Effects, and MIDI Effects labels again, as expected.
• Double-pressing the Select button of a track that contains a Drum Rack will no longer result in the track becoming unfolded and then folded again.
• Fixed an issue that could result in occasional audio dropouts.
• When changing the audio buffer size on Windows, the new value will now be reflected in the Push 3 Audio Setup tab.
• The Convert button on Push 3 is now correctly lit up after flattening a track.
• Moving devices with the jog wheel more than once now works as expected.
• On Push 3, fixed an issue where routing meters would be displayed but inactive in some cases.
• Automatic pitch bend mode on Push 3 now works as expected when using Max MIDI effects that support MPE pitch bend inside an Instrument Rack, e.g. Expression Control.
• There should now be fewer cases where waveforms fail to appear (or only appear partially) on Push immediately after audio has been recorded.
• Pressing the up and down arrows on the Session D-pad no longer triggers scenes or clips after switching to the Session View in Live.
• Fixed an issue where MIDI would sometimes be sent with a high latency after Push has been switched on for a while.

Push 2.0.25 with Live 12.0.25

August 29, 2024

New features and improvements

• Added Control Surface support for Arturia KeyLab mk3, Novation Launchkey mk4 and Novation Launchkey Mini mk4.

Push 2.0.20 with Live 12.0.20

Aug 6, 2024

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a bug that prevented Push USB recovery from working in some cases.
• When entering text on Push, pressing "Delete" while the cursor is at the beginning of the text will no longer insert characters at the end.
• When scrolling away from a drum pad that is currently being hot-swapped, the swap browser is now closed when the pad is out of view.
• In both Session Screen Mode and Session Pad Mode, a scene will blink while it is being triggered.
• The Stop Clip button on Push 2 now constantly blinks while the stop mode is locked.
• Non-white text in the display is now bolder and clearer.
• While exclusive arm is disabled, selecting a MIDI track on Push 2 no longer disarms other, red-armed tracks.

Push 2.0.15 with Live 12.0.15

July 23, 2024

New features and improvements

• Performing a fresh installation of Live on Windows will now also install a new Push audio driver which includes a security update. When Live is then auto-updated afterwards, a message linking to the new driver will be shown in the audio setup window when the Push audio driver is selected.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where Push in Standalone Mode would be not visible in the Push label of Live’s browser.
• Fixed a bug where a recording in progress could be unexpectedly stopped (and the track disarmed) when selecting a different track in Live with Push connected.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Push from starting in Standalone mode if the Core Library was missing or corrupted.
• When loading an effect onto a duplicated pad from Push, the effect is now correctly added to the duplicated pad instead of the original pad.
• The dedicated Swing encoder on Push and the Quantize menu entry for swing now always show the same value.
• Fixed a bug that caused audio effects that were added to individual drum pads in a Rack to be added to the wrong pad.
• When restarting Push in Standalone Mode the clock source setting will be the same as it was before the restart, provided a valid ADAT clock is being received by Push.
• Updated the font on the push.local web pages.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when transferring certain types of files (e.g. presets) to Push in Standalone Mode.

Push 2.0.10 with Live 12.0.10

June 28, 2024

New features and improvements

Push 3 Standalone Mode Only

• Live's authorization code has been reviewed and simplified (without functionality change) and now uses a JSON format for the unlock file.

Push 2.0.5 with Live 12.0.5

June 5, 2024

New features and improvements:

Push 3

• Updated the Push firmware package to version 1.4.6. After updating the firmware on Push, the correct package version is now shown.

Push 3 & 2

• "Master volume" has been renamed as "Main volume" on Push.

Bugfixes:

Push 3

• When editing a MIDI clip in Clip View, when the last note of a clip is selected and zoomed in, and its position is changed to outside of the clip border, the zoom level no longer zooms out to show the whole clip. The start position of the zoom is maintained instead.
• When using the browser and then opening another screen that appears on top, such as as the Metronome or Convert menu, turning the jog wheel no longer affects the browser.
• Fixed a bug that prevented glissando from working when using a Simpler device that had the MPE pitch bend range set to 0 and Push’s Note Pitch Bend control was set to Auto.
• When editing a MIDI clip in Clip View, when the last note of a clip is selected and zoomed in, and its position is changed to outside of the clip border, the zoom level no longer zooms out to show the whole clip. The start position of the zoom is maintained instead.

Push 3 Standalone Mode Only

• Fixed a bug on Push in Standalone Mode that prevented Sets in the Set Library from being added to the Favorites/Collection labels.

Push 3 & 2

• Fixed an issue that occurred when switching to a MIDI track, where a note range or a sequence range notifications were shown in Push’s display. These notifications are now only shown when there are changes to the respective ranges.
• When Push is connected to Live, freezing and flattening no longer requires two undo steps.

Push 2.0.2 with Live 12.0.2

April 18, 2024

No Push exclusive changes.

Push 2.0 with Live 12.0.1

March 19, 2024

New features and improvements:

• Push now supports the Tuning Systems feature introduced with Live 12:
  •  When a tuning system is loaded in Live, Push’s pads and interface will update to reflect the change:
    • When using no tuning system or a tuning system with twelve notes with identical intervals between adjacent notes (equal temperament), the full Scales menu is available.
    • When using a tuning system with twelve notes with differing intervals between adjacent notes (non-equal temperament), the root note selector is not available in the Scales menu.
    • When using a tuning system that is not built with twelve notes, the Scales menu is displayed in the same way as before for all tuning systems: with one list for configuring the interval between rows in semitones. 
  • The Layout button has more options to help suit the different needs of different systems. Use the button to change the number of semitones each row is offset from the one below it. For example, if Layout is set to 5st the first pad will be pitch 1, then the pad above it will be pitch 6, and the pad above that will be pitch 11, and so on.
  • In Melodic mode, Push's pads will display the root note of the system in the track color, and all other notes of the system in white.
  • The sequencers update to indicate the correct pitches in the normal levels of white.
  • Note names in Push’s Clip View will be updated to reflect whatever notes are used in a loaded tuning system.
  • When Push 3 is set to MPE Expression Mode and Note Pitch Bend is set to Automatic, pitch bend will be disabled if a tuning system is enabled in Live.

Note: You cannot load or change a tuning system on Push in Standalone Mode at the moment. To use a tuning system in Standalone Mode, save a Set with the tuning system loaded in Live 12 on your computer and transfer the Set to Push.  When you open that Set in Standalone Mode, Push will adapt to the tuning system saved with the Set.

• Note name notifications now take per-clip tonal spelling and scale settings into account.
• Push now features updated user interfaces for Meld and Roar, the new devices introduced in Live 12.
• New parameter banks for CC Control have been added.
• The Scale, Chord, Random and Arpeggiator device parameter banks have been updated.
• The Scale parameter in the Random device has been renamed to Interval to match the updated device UI.
• Changing probability values of grouped notes from Push will affect all notes in that group and the grouped value in Live.
• The Load Previous and Load Next actions are now assigned to the lower display buttons instead of the upper display buttons.
• The Preview button and text now change color depending on whether Preview is active or not.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed the following issues with Roar on Push:

  • Inactive parameters can no longer be added to Roar’s Modulation Matrix.
  • The Filter Frequency in the Main bank now reflects the current stage selection.