Push Tutorial (Part 2)

After taking the first steps with PUSH, we are going to delve into another interesting use: the use of the pad grid to record live events. An alternative to step recording is real-time recording. As shown in the following video when interpreting a percussion rhythm, deviations in both timing and intensity will be preserved, a technique that is of interest when you want to create rhythms with a human touch. [video:http://vimeo.com/85377381 width:400 align:center] At other times, deviations in a live recording must be corrected or quantized, in which case PUSH also has a set of functions designed for this purpose [video:http://vimeo.com/81027639 width:400 align:center] Sequencing, obviously, is not limited to creating drum patterns, but extends to the rest of the arrangement. If we are interested in creating a bass line or other melodic accompaniment, we just have to create an instrument track, an Instrument Rack for example, and PUSH will adapt its pad grid to the scale that suits us best, eliminating those notes that are not part of that scale. The following video shows how it works [video:http://vimeo.com/80379652 width:400 align:center] The last of the videos focuses on the use of PUSH for chord accompaniments, used in piano or pad arrangements [video:http://vimeo.com/79889184 width:400 align:center]

By Ramir Martínez (microFusa teacher)