As someone who's always created their beats in Ableton using a mouse and keyboard, I've decided it's high time I got some physical gear. I mainly say this after jamming with a friend who has a drum machine, and finding the immediacy and tactile nature of it to be incredibly refreshing. So much better than diving through hundreds of random drum hits and then meticulously drawing them out on a grid!
With that in mind the two options I've landed on are the Push 1 (there's one on Craigslist for $250) and an Elektron Machinedrum that said friend is selling for cheap ($400). Not too worried about the price difference.
Would either option be particularly better than the other? From videos I've watched it seems a lot easier to get spacey/alien sounds out of the Machinedrum, whereas the Push just barfs out drum hit samples from Ableton that you have to spice up using effects/automation after the fact. That of course puts me back in front of a computer screen, which is what I'm trying to get away from. Unless there's an easy way to permanently map effects to the Push so I can mangle drums on the fly? That way I'd get the best of both worlds - immediacy, unique drum sounds, and a MIDI/Ableton friendly drum track that I can easily edit after the fact.
Thanks,
Submitted January 03, 2018 at 07:18PM by Dondolobo https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/7ny83u/ableton_push_or_a_machinedrum/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Wednesday, January 3, 2018