There’s a particular kind of moment that tends to arrive when you introduce a new piece of hardware into a long-established workflow. It’s not the unboxing, and it’s not the first hour of exploration. It’s the quieter point that follows, where you find yourself asking a far more practical question: does this actually move me forward, or does it ask me to step sideways in order to accommodate it?
That, for me, is where the Ableton Push 3 reveals itself.
The challenge it faces is not one of capability. In many respects, it is an exceptionally well-realised piece of equipment. The real question is whether it can integrate…




