Yo! There are SOOO many good options for a loopback that is free, just browse through some of the top comments to find Chrome extensions, software, or settings you can apply to your computer to get the same result! Thank you everyone for sharing the knowledge and spreading some power
Would you find this"loooback"option in older models AS well? 18i20 in mu case. Or if a simular function is to be found in any of the UAD versions? Would appreciate replies. Have a nice day 👍
Hi Ricky, I'm trying to do this with my Apogee Symphony Desktop, but I don't want to do something wrong and blow my speakers and ears out while creating a feedback loop. Do you know if the process is somewhat the same in Apogee's Control 2 software?
I'm actually surprised how little is known within the average sampling/ MPC head about the ridiculous capabilities of Ableton with Push 2. It's really the best a hybrid workflow has to offer .
Its blowing my mind.. you can fairly easily take your old school workflow and use it with Push 2 without much hassle. Sure there's a little time to learn it but for the most part its amazing. Mine does do some funky things sometimes and i do need to dig for specific settings but its set and forget :)
I grabbed ableton when it first came out and updated over the years but never really clicked for me. Been on the Newer MPC’s but found too many things I didn’t like. Grabbed a push 2 and then wow, no learning curve and a seemless workflow with Ableton. Push 2 is awesome and plenty of used like new machines on the market.
I am using Loopback to split commentary and game sounds to HDMI audio channels 3, 5 and 6 to record them seperatly with an Atomos Ninja V, while keeping a mix of everything for twitch streams on channel 1+2. So source A (microphone) is going to channel 1, 2 and 3, source B (computer audio, e.g. a game) is going to channel 1, 2, 5 and 6 … while other sources like an iTunes or Quicktime playback is routed to channel 7+8. Not sure wether Blackhole can address the 8 HDMI audio channels like that seperately - if it does, it looks like I need a Master´s degree to set it up 😏 So even though loopback can be a pain in the butt and often requires a Mac restart to work properly, it's a keeper, for now.
I've been using blackhole. Until I found this video and realized I could do loopback (actually had to change cards... silly ID44 doesn't have loopback). The drawback to blackhole is that is requires you to change your Mac sound output device, and also change your Ableton input device every time you want to sample. Workflow stifled. For me it would be worth it to get a new sound card just to streamline the workflow. Loopback!
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I utilize this method with UAD Apollo virtual tracks (MacOS). If you go to Audio Midi Setup, click the configure speaker in the bottom right corner and select your desired virtual outputs all your system audio, not necessarily your "DAW" audio, will flow throw console. At this point you can select the virtual track as an input in your daw. I hope I got that right ;)
Loopback. The Motu interfaces have this. Of course there is like blackhole, soundflower and the rogueamoeba stuff. I like the interface handling it. With Motu, you have to be careful about feedback loops. You need to turn on monitoring but turn down gain or mute without disabling input. If you record everything coming out of your computer and you are listening to everything coming out of your computer = feedback loop. The Motu exhibits this as flange but I've heard like straight-up mic type squeal with some apps, ouch. I have a pair of inputs set to loopback all the time for this kind of thing. :)
Great vid. I love my Push2. Just adding to the all the loopback comments: For any of you Arturia Audiofuse interface owners out there, they have a loopback feature that works perfectly. I use it all the time with no issues.
Cool video Ricky. I've had variable results with sampling from YT. Best workflow I've found is to use one of the "free" YT rip sites to just grab the entire audio stream as an MP3. Then import the audio into my DAW for chopping up. YMMV.
You just helped me see the joy in sampling. I sold the MPC Live as it was not clicking. The Push 2 on the other hand. Whoa! I've got work to do in terms of learning the craft but I am excited now! Thank you. (So far Loopback by RA is working, I bought it years ago when I was podcasting)
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You can do the routing computer audio thing with the virtual channels of UAD interfaces on a mac without loopback or soundflower, which I'm not really a fan of either one. Or it works with with Dante or AVB. Anything that has virtual channels or channel paths that don't have to be tied to physical I/O. You could even use physical outputs and inputs if you don't mind a DA/AD roundtrip. Or maybe you've got spidf I/O you're not using and avoid the converters. There's usually a way to do this on any interface, is my point.
To sample Spotify/youtube or anything you hear. 1) in windows right click the sound icon on the task bar. 2) select sounds 3) select recording 4) select “what you hear” then set as default. 1) In ableton temporarily set driver type to mme/directx instead of asio In (session view) select an audio track. Select record enable (the square red button on the track) 2) on the track, in the monitor section select off. Above that box change it from 1 to ½, it turns it to stereo. That’s it. It will now record any youtube vid or any music you play perfectly. When your ready to record play a youtube vid. You should see the rec meter moving but greyed out. That’s good just click the circle on a clip slot in the audio track and it will record and activate when its working and your happy right click on the audio tracks title and select save as default audio track Any problems and you might have to select an alternative audio out device in the abelton audio prefs. Or give me a comment
i have studio monitors connected to push 2, but hear no sound, only through speakers on imac. Can you tell me if there is a setting i need to adjust in software of abelton?
This is indeed the coolest way to use Push 2 in my opinion. One thing I'm planning on trying with Push 2 and Live 11 is setting up Live to follow the tempo of the incoming sound before I sample it. If it works then I'll always have beat accurate samples which makes some of the slicing modes easier to work with. It also satisfies my compulsive tendencies :D
At times I'm working on music and I'll have a movie or episode of something playing in the background. I'll hear something that resonates with my music and I do this. Really cool way to create new sounds.
Another great video as always! A note: Rogue Amoeba Loopback is the Soundflower replacement. Soundflower doesnt work anymore as far as i know. Loopback is even better though. I love it. Use it all the time. Chrome to ableton, ableton to quicktime. Ableton to syphon recorder. My itunes library to ableton. Well worth the price. Its like the digital mixer of the computer. And what happens is that I have stopped downloading files that much. I just sample them. And man that is a huge difference. Its fast and very efficient. That being said I still buy the music on bandcamp and have paid streaming service to support the artists.
check ginger audio. cheaper, more control, still being developed. Just route all app sources you want to the same input channel. Btw definately save that that empty sample channelstrip as a preset and map that strip to a keyboard or midi shortcut. Or save it as a default audio track. So every time you create a new audiotrack its ready to sample. 👍🏻
on pc. on the actual windows audio settings select the mic input to "what you hear" then on ableton live, select any audio track inputs to 3/4 it will then record any youtube vid. but as the guy says turn the audio monitor to off on the track to record. you can then hear crystal clearly what your recording as you record it. this is based on my set up which has an old audigy sound card in it. same with reason. just select 3/4 at the very top where the audio inputs are and inputs 3/4 on the audio track
you are such a nice guy really enjoy to see your videos, thanks for sharing your knowledge. You are a very reasonable person, you value and use what is worth to be valued independently if it is classic, vintage or new, analog or digital, sampler or whats not, novation or others, hardware or software. And you bought the MPC live2? Looking forward to see jams with it :)
Great video, as always. The Scarlett's have loopback on USB C I think? The old Saffire's used to too. But Focusrite pulled support for Firewire in Windows beyond a certain version, which was pretty shitty and made my Saffire Pro 24DSP totally unusable. Considering the resource use in the world, it was a pretty awful move on Focusrite's behalf. In built obsolescence is the fucking worst. If you're a Focusrite Firewire interface user tho, hassle them and they will offer 50% off a new interface. Its still a really shitty business move, and a way for Focusrite to get you to buy from them again, but its better than nothing. Unconscionable, predatory obsolescence needs to end.
I think they discontinued support on windows because of compatability issues iirc (i mean, when was the last time you saw a brand new PC have a firewire port?)
I thankfully still have both my FW interfaces working under Windows 10. I do wish I could get the same amount of IO in a newer interface that wouldn't break the bank.
@@thomasaustin8477 RME drivers are working just fine for firewire and windows. Yes, firewire is dead in the marketplace, but thats another issue. Focusrite stopped development of the driver. No team, no fixing of issues. It was a choice, not a 'this is irrevocably broken' situation. Its just tech business doing what it does, needing to make sales. Firewire seems fine on mac too.
Hardware LoopBack is the hardest thing I've ever run across patching-wise. I happen to have a Steinberg UR-22c-which is only 2 channel i/O-this could be disastrous if I ever use a live mic and the studio monitors- Anyway-thanks, Ricky.
Hey, that`s an interesting approach of recording into Ableton. I usually watch/listen something on my phone in RU-vid, and if I hear something interesting I just plug it`s headphone output to audiocard inputs and sample some stuff into Ableton. Sometimes (when I`m lazy) I even use iPad+audiocard+Beatmaker3 and sample everything into Beatmaker. Works just fine :) Moreover, as I became a happy owner of MPC One I started to sample stuff into MPC. So many options, hard to choose one...
For non-Focusrite users - Universal Audio has instructions on this for routing system audio to a couple of virtual channels and RME has loopback built into TotalMix.
I’ve been debating on getting a Push 2. I love Ableton and thought that controller would be great for hip hop (especially with Serato Sample). Thanks for sending this bro. 🙏🏾
Why not just set the computer to a different output than the DAW. Not sure if this is a Windows only thing but I can set my windows output separate from my DAW and run the headphone output to the DAW.
If you're saying what I think you are saying: yes, isn't this the easiest way: simply take the output of your onboard soundcard, and plug that into your DAW's audio interface. I have a little minijack out of my pc into my little notpad mixer, which has a stereo AUX channel, which I patch into my Focusrite 8i6. So now I can record any channel from my mixer (phono, chromecast audio, pc-out, my synths) by simply opening one of the AUX sends.
🙏🏻🙏🏻Hi there, can you please explain this further so I can achieve this loop back feature directly j to the push 2 0:46 if I get the cable and go from Digital out to digital using my Komplete audio 6 MK1 what are the next steps to make sure sure the loops back is working directly on the push 2? thanks in advance🙏🏻
Yes just connect digital out to digital in and then make sure (if you’re using Windows) that Windows is using that output as the default audio device and then just do what he does in the video, set the input in Ableton!
Hang on if you’re using a laptop you can use the headphones out of the laptop to play Windows stuff I.e RU-vid, Spotify etc and plug it into the audio interface using any 2 spare inputs. Of course use a 4 or 8 input audio interface. You won’t have any feedback loop and it’s pretty simple to set up
Yea i think it is, Soundflower always freaked out on me at some point but this was years ago, i bet the newer versions (if they made some, and i bet they did) are way better.
Cool stuff. On another Note: when I push a pad and try to reverse the sample on simpler, it won’t let me. Is Push 2 not able to do this. Ya know, Octatrack style.
I appreciate your loyalty to MPCs but I don’t think it’s fair to say that push 2 hangs a lot or did once and now it’s not reliable for anyone. Really? I think there are plenty of people who have Macs and push 2 and and it works perfectly.
If you happen to have a Digitakt you could accomplish this using the USB record option with Overbridge. Haven't tested on Mac Big Sur since the new update to M1 chip compatibility, but should work. Everything else works just haven't tested USB in. Also Blackhole is also an option
Very nice. I love all my desktop boxes for what they are,,, but Nothing beats AbLive large screen(s) and Push 2 basically for anything you need ie: library access, analog, sequencers, sampling, wavetable, effects, you name it, not to mention- speed....In my opinion.
So I've watched a ton of your videos and you always have a dessert island gear link and it's the digitakt. Is this still true because you are lately using either Push or an MPC, just curious. I ask because I'm using my op-z and watching digitakt video's help me with op-z. I would love to see some more Digitakt content. lol Thank You!
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Late to the party, I just pulled the trigger on a Push 2 and I knew I’d seen this video some time ago so I came here looking for it. Thanks. After browsing through your videos it ocurred to me you might not be getting enough sunlight, though. I hope your studio has a window 😉
I ordered a 2i2(still waiting for it) apparently it doesnt have the loopback built in. Can i just use a cable to sort this out ? Sick video btw, i also have ableton and push2, cant wait to try this out when i get the 2i2(assuming it can work with acable)
Very cool, although I feel like a big part of sampling - maybe the biggest - is to ‘prep’ the sample for chopping by getting it synced up with the beat - which means finding its BPM before then warping it and micro adjusting the individual warp markers etc. Is that something that can be accomplished on the Push?
My Apollo twin has a virtual input that is just capturing any audio that’s playing through the system. Works the same way. I’m going to hypothesize that all universal audio devices have this.
I just run two audio interfaces on my PC. One for music making, one for everything else. All I do is run an output from one interface to the other and now I've got PC audio I can route to whatever I want.
JACK connection kit in Linux allows sending audio internally from different applications. Bitwig in Linux uses JACK. I've sampled youtube on my Linux system to Bitwig and Audacity. I wonder how to do this process on Windows, since I use that system more.
Ahh I don’t ha e my laptop handy but there’s is a new software that’s often and is the same as loopback, not sound flower as that hAs issues working with new macs ( not sure about pc side )
yo, i've been looking at push controllers for a while and this video sold me. the flow looks great and the screens are awesome on this thing. cheers for the upload.
