I just got Push 2. It’s blowing my mind just like the OP1 did when I first got it.
The pads are a really nice way to play the OP1, if you route it through Ableton’s MIDI control. I like the OP1 keyboard obviously, but Push offers a really natural way to play OP1’s sounds, especially bells, pads etc.
I really like being able to programme the OP1 drums without using the onboard sequencers for a change too.
Anybody else using this combination? Thoughts about how the two machines can integrate?
wait so, is it possible to play the OP-1’s sounds with the Push and recording that in a track on ableton? i can get the push to play OP-1’s sounds out of the OP-1, but i’m not sure how to route that audio back into an ableton track for direct recording.
wait so, is it possible to play the OP-1’s sounds with the Push and recording that in a track on ableton? i can get the push to play OP-1’s sounds out of the OP-1, but i’m not sure how to route that audio back into an ableton track for direct recording.
I guess you have to route the line out of the OP-1 into another track of Live, but it supposes that you have a sound interface with an input left…
Edit : to be more precise, I think you need to put a cable between the line out of the OP-1 and an input of your soundcard.
Hey kriller, This video from Ableton pretty much covers the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GERbpM-fRBU You’ll have to: - correctly set-up your midi preferences - use the “external instrument” device on an empty midi track and set it up to send midi to the op-1, and receive audio from the inputs of your audio interface where the OP-1 is plugged. Keep me posted if you’re still having hard times figuring it out after watching the video, I’ll send you screenshots of my setup!
But since I have met my friend @LyingDalai who’s my midi sync mentor, I have tried some midi USB sync with ableton push 2 JU-06 and OP-1. And it was pretty fun !
Nothing really complex, as I was just syncing the clock and controlling JU and OP through USB (no CC atm)… Here is a doodle example made for Jamuary2017 (please do not dwell on the abrupt drums )
@artsun I’m interested by your “external instrument” trick ! I didn’t know about it :). Actually i’m just recording midi notes… With this plugin it’s recording midi notes and also the audio in Ableton ?
@quarantequatre it just records the midi notes. Here is the setup of the track, the device, and midi preferences:
as far as I understand (just received the Push two days ago :)) if you want to record the audio you have to route it to a audio track. So my midi track “OP-1” would then have the “audio to” the audio track “OP-1 audio”, like this:
Right now, if I try to record both the midi sequence by playing the Push and the audio out from the OP-1, I’m still a bit bothered by the monitoring, and by the “fixed length” function which seems to be buggy - you have to de-activate and re-activate it while you’re recording or it doesn’t work.
These explanations are a bit messy but I hope it helps!
So now I have to find a way to get my iConnectMIDI4+ to synchronize towards Live without a cable...
Curious what you mean by this. I have just set up iConnectMIDI4+ to Live and all my equipment. But if there is a better way, I’d love to know! I just use a Mac with Live. I used the iCM4+ software to set each device to have a specific name. Then in Live I created a template that has all of the MIDI tracks for my devices set up and ready to go.
@GCF most of the time the ICM4 is just a standalone USB hub hidden under a pile of cables… I don’t have much room for a computer next to it.
Anyway I might have been a bit foolish, hard week / need sleep
