Push gives you independence from your computer so you can be fully in the moment with your music. Connect your gear. Sculpt your sound. Play in a style that’s recognizably yours. An upgradeable instrument with replaceable components and an ever-evolving bond with Ableton Live, Push is designed to sit at the heart of your setup for years to come.

MPE-enabled pads

Shape your sound with pads that respond to the slightest movement of your fingers. Bend, slide and shift between different notes, sounds and articulations.

Standalone playability

Push invites you to disconnect and be fully in the moment with your music. Send your Live sets to Push to work without a computer, then back again.

Built-in audio interface

Plug your instruments into Push’s own audio interface to record straight into your set. Plus, send CV and gate signals to your modular setup.

Expressive touch 

Responsive MPE-enabled pads make Push an individually expressive instrument. Design multi-faceted sounds and perform them in your own style with the movement of your fingertips within each pad!

Multi-directional pads

Push’s 64 XY-sensitive pads respond to the subtlest shifts in finger placement and pressure. Feel your way around the pads to fluidly change your sound in multiple ways as you play..

Movement and articulation

Play per-note bends and slides to mimic fretless strings, conjure theremin-style synths, or play liquidly shifting chords. Vary strings’ bowing techniques or play dynamically detailed wind parts, all without taking your hands off the pads.

Filters and effects

Paint your playing with precise color by adding tremolo or wah-wah to just some notes of a chord. Filter sounds with your fingers. Create your own instrumental hybrids and fluidly morph between completely different sounds.

Realistic or imagined drums

Finger drum with timbral variation akin to a natural drum head, whether you’re playing an acoustic drum sound or an electronic one. Or play different percussion articulations within a pad – hits and rolls, open and closed hi-hats, sticks and brushes.

Expressive sound collection

Play your way through a library of nuanced sounds designed to make full use of Push’s expressive pad movements. Work with multi-articulated acoustic instruments and ensembles, take tactile control of all manner of synthesized sounds, and create shifting choral clouds with the exclusive Expressive Choir Pack by Spitfire Audio.

The heart of your setup

From sampling records to controlling modular jams, to making multi-track recordings of your band’s rehearsal, Push works as a flexible creative hub. Built robustly for frequent travel between sessions and stages, and made to work with your trusty old gear and your newest toys, it’ll see you through many changes in setup, sound and scene.

Intuitive design

Push’s navigation is designed to get out of your way so you can stay focused on creating. Smoothly source sounds and devices from your library, and edit MIDI quickly using the jog wheel. See your session at a glance and your devices in detail on the large LCD display.

One Push, two configurations

Set your Push up in a configuration that works for your budget and music-making needs. With a processor, battery and hard drive, Push functions as a standalone instrument. Without those components you need to connect Push to your computer to make music. You can add the standalone components later using the Upgrade Kit, and replace your processor, battery or hard drive to keep up with advances in technology.

Upgrade Kit

If you’ve configured your Push to connect to your computer, but later you want to use it as a standalone instrument, you can easily upgrade it yourself using the Upgrade Kit. Each Upgrade Kit contains a processor, hard drive, battery, heatsink and all the tools you need for assembly.

Inputs and outputs

Both Push configurations feature a built-in audio interface with two balanced inputs and two balanced outputs, plus a headphone out for main or cue output. With an ADAT extender, these can be increased to 10 inputs and 12 outputs.

Built-in audio interface

With two inputs switchable between line (balanced) or instrument (unbalanced), and two balanced outputs. Connect pickup-equipped instruments, dynamic microphones, turntables, hardware synths or effects to record directly into your Push session or Ableton Live. Onstage, audition sounds using the cue output, or use ADAT optical to send up to eight outputs from Push to the sound engineer.

ADAT optical in and out

Add an additional 8 inputs or outputs. Expand your setup to include mic preamps, additional instruments and effects, and multiple connections to modular gear.

MIDI

Connect a class-compliant MIDI keyboard or controller to Push, and send MIDI to synths and other hardware for an expanded, laptop-free music-making setup.

CV/Gate

Connect a class-compliant Control and sequence your modular setup and other external synths by sending CV and gate signals from Push’s footswitch jacksIDI keyboard or controller to Push, and send MIDI to synths and other hardware for an expanded, laptop-free music-making setup.

Live set transfer

Anything you make using Push in Standalone Mode can be transferred to your computer over WiFi, and opened in Live. When working in Live, use native devices and you’ll be able to transfer your project back to Push to keep creating or perform in Standalone Mode.