Libertine Lush
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Hi everyone,
I've never used Ableton or Push, but since Push 2 looks so promising, I have a few questions about it's viability as the principal instrument in a setup.
For Push 2 to be truly worthwhile to me, its instruments (those provided in Ableton Live Suite) need to be mostly beyond reproach, by the open minded, not the partisans and luddites. I love and prefer a minimal setup, so if its synths and drums are well regarded, it would allow me to forgo other hardware.
1) How are its synths, especially Analog (as I prefer analog sounds, though I'm definitely not an analog partisan), compared to the best virtual analog synths (Monark, Diva, Roland ACB, Nord, etc)? Ableton Live 9.5 adds new analog filter emulations (Korg, Moog Prodigy, etc.). How well do those filters augment the quality of the synths?
I am not in the cohort who believes there's any qualitative difference between analog hardware and the best virtual analog. I have a Sub 37 and NI's Monark; I've heard comparison tests of Monark vs. Moog, Roland JP-08 vs. Jupiter 8, etc. and I can't pretend there's a difference. My question comes from this perspective.
2) If Live's instruments just aren't exceptional, I'm still open to using other software synths. How is integration of other software instruments? For example, is there auto mapping of parameters? If not, is it no more time consuming to map them than in other DAWs? Does the Push 2 screen show the name of the 3rd party parameter (filter, resonance, etc)?
3) How do the drum sounds compare to other well regarded options out there? Especially Maschine and Analog Rytm, as I have the former and I'm considering the latter.
4) I'm used to a step sequencer that can't, naturally, smoothly record automation (filter sweeps, etc). In realtime and step sequencing mode, can you smoothly record sustained automation (adjusting parameters over time) on the Push 2?
Thank you for any help and perspectives on this.
I've never used Ableton or Push, but since Push 2 looks so promising, I have a few questions about it's viability as the principal instrument in a setup.
For Push 2 to be truly worthwhile to me, its instruments (those provided in Ableton Live Suite) need to be mostly beyond reproach, by the open minded, not the partisans and luddites. I love and prefer a minimal setup, so if its synths and drums are well regarded, it would allow me to forgo other hardware.
1) How are its synths, especially Analog (as I prefer analog sounds, though I'm definitely not an analog partisan), compared to the best virtual analog synths (Monark, Diva, Roland ACB, Nord, etc)? Ableton Live 9.5 adds new analog filter emulations (Korg, Moog Prodigy, etc.). How well do those filters augment the quality of the synths?
I am not in the cohort who believes there's any qualitative difference between analog hardware and the best virtual analog. I have a Sub 37 and NI's Monark; I've heard comparison tests of Monark vs. Moog, Roland JP-08 vs. Jupiter 8, etc. and I can't pretend there's a difference. My question comes from this perspective.
2) If Live's instruments just aren't exceptional, I'm still open to using other software synths. How is integration of other software instruments? For example, is there auto mapping of parameters? If not, is it no more time consuming to map them than in other DAWs? Does the Push 2 screen show the name of the 3rd party parameter (filter, resonance, etc)?
3) How do the drum sounds compare to other well regarded options out there? Especially Maschine and Analog Rytm, as I have the former and I'm considering the latter.
4) I'm used to a step sequencer that can't, naturally, smoothly record automation (filter sweeps, etc). In realtime and step sequencing mode, can you smoothly record sustained automation (adjusting parameters over time) on the Push 2?
Thank you for any help and perspectives on this.
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