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imbecile - to be honest, i think it had a lot to do with the kind of music I make and the way I make it..
I make beats, usually heavily cut up audio in session view.. either stuff i record live in from synths or shit i find and then rework into new things.
I totally understood the technology, that wasnt the reason.. it was just it ended up feeling like most of the time i was a impediment to my creative process instead of a tool..
i kept finding myself switching back to just using a mouse and a midi keyboard as it was faster.
but like i said, i think that was more due to the music i was making.
i think if i was making more compositions from scratch using the live synths etc, it definitely is a fun tool.
also i dont play live using ableton, only hardware samplers etc.. so the performance aspect was completely lost on me.
that said, i have friends who swear by it.. especially for performance.
i guess in the end i just kept finding my music being informed by the tool rather than it just being an interface.. I found myself making things that sounded a certain way which I could always trace back to it being from the Push.
after 4 months of trying, it just started to gather dust..
i left for a few months, tried a few more times and then just decided to eject before it became too depreciated in price.i love ableton, i use it pretty much exclusively .. which considering i came from protools, reason, reactor etc is a reasonable endorsement..
i think if i was making more techno/house music.. i probably would find it better.
this new one does look cool.. but yep, i struggle to make use of all the shit already have.. im more of nerd for synths..