Ableton Push

Meet the Akai Pro Force - a standalone DAW in the style of an APC or Ableton Push. We suspect any producer who tires of being chained to their laptop will be ecstatic to hear about this new launch.

A great way to spice up your DJ sets is to add a drum pad or button controller. In today's article, guest contributor Nadav Biran shares a few sources of inspiration for adding a drum pad to a DJ setup.

With modern digital DJ technology, a hybrid controllerism / turntablism setup is very possible. Producer/DJ John Type describes his technique as MidiTablism (formerly controltablism). Using the new Ableton Link technology and Serato DJ, he…

Two months ago we featured a unique way of recording + sequencing Serato cue points by using a hardware sequencer. The DJ behind the idea, John Type, is back with a new concept: using Ableton to sequence cue points played on a MIDI mixer…

The team behind touchAble, the iOS controller for Ableton, is celebrating the app turning five years old and amidst the celebrations the team is offering an updated version of the app. TouchAble 3.1 improves upon the foundation of earlier…

At what point does a certain number of pads become overkill for a fingerdrumming routine? In this video from Tony Beatbutcher, he combines three Ableton Push units and a Korg Nanokontrol 2 for a routine. Is it too much, or should he add a…

DJing and controllerism routines have the same issue that a lot of other digital media have online: getting heard amongst way too much noise. For a fun Friday article we thought it would be great to round up some of the most…

There's a brand new update to Ableton Live released today, version 9.2. The update tackles latency and warping, and adds new features like Max for Live 7 and an instrument Tuner. There's a new 64 pad mode for Push users, and even a Mad Zach…