Push Hacker 2 – Customize Ableton Push with Max for Live

Push Hacker 2

Remap buttons, pads, and the touch strip on Push 1, 2 & 3 — without leaving Note or Session mode.

Push Hacker 2 is a Max for Live device created in collaboration with Fastlane Music School in Montpellier and Soundmanufacture. It gives you the freedom to design your own custom workflow on Ableton Push 1, 2 & 3. Reassign buttons, pads, and encoders to any Live parameter - from clip launching and track selection to device or mixer control — while staying in Note or Session mode.

With Push Hacker 2 you can map up to eight parameters per pad, set ranges, inversions, and colors, and even draw automation curves that bring a new level of control to your Push.

Push Hacker 2 interface in Ableton Live – remapping pads, buttons, and touch strip on Ableton Push Controller
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Push Hacker

Push Hacker 2 has been built from the ground up to deliver better performance and new, sophisticated features. It expands the capabilities of Push 1, Push 2, Push 3, and Push 3 Standalone, letting you adapt the controller to your personal workflow.

With Push Hacker 2, you can manually reassign any of Push’s controls — buttons, encoders, pitch bend, and matrix pads — to parameters in Live such as audio effects, MIDI effects, clip slots, mixer functions, or solo buttons. All of this works seamlessly while staying in Note Mode or Session Mode.

Push Hacker was designed around a core principle of live performance: you shouldn’t have to switch modes on your controller while playing. This ensures a spontaneous and expressive feel, closer to performing on an acoustic instrument.

Features

  • Map buttons, encoders, pads & touch strip to any parameter
  • Move the clip grid, select tracks, solo/record/play clips (only available in Live 11)
  • Map up to 8 parameters per pad, with ranges, inversion & colors
  • Solo Tracks
  • recording & playing clips
  • draw curves for dlider parameters

Assign functions to pads, buttons & encoders

Push Hacker 2 ‘Assign Function’ view mapping a Push pad to Ableton Live clip and mixer controls, with options for toggle, range, invert, and color.

Map any Push control to the actions you use most—without leaving Note or Session mode. Select a pad, button, or encoder, choose the destination in Live, and fine-tune how it behaves.

  1. Select a control on Push (or click it in the grid).
  2. Pick the target in Live: Device parameter(s), Mixer (volume, pan, sends), Clips/clip slots, Track select/solo/arm, and more.
  3. Set behavior and feel: toggle vs. momentary, range, invert, color.
  4. (Optional) Multi-map up to 8 parameters to a single pad for expressive moves.

This lets you build a layout that matches your performance style - fast, direct, and always ready.

Map multiple parameters to one control

Each control on Push can handle more than one task. With Push Hacker 2 you can connect a single pad, button, or encoder to up to eight parameters in Live. Adjust ranges, set inversions, and choose colors to keep everything clear while performing. This way, one move can shape several aspects of your set at once.

Push Hacker 2 interface showing one Push pad mapped to multiple Ableton Live parameters with range and color settings.

Draw curves for dynamic control

Push Hacker 2 lets you create your own automation curves and link them to pads or encoders. Each curve can control up to four parameters at once, so a single gesture can bring complex movement into your set. Whether you want smooth filter sweeps, rhythmic modulation, or evolving textures, curves make it quick to design and perform.

Integration with external devices

Push Hacker 2 can be combined with other Soundmanufacture devices to expand your creative setup:

The Skrätch Device comes free with Push Hacker and it enables you to get Scratch Effects with your Touchstrip of Ableton Push.
It’s easy to set up. Just insert the Skrätch Device inside the MAster Track and inside Push Hacker you have to assign the Skrätch Device on the Touchstrip.

Skrätch

The Skrätch Device comes free with Push Hacker and it enables you to get Scratch Effects with your Touchstrip of Ableton Push.
It’s easy to set up. Just insert the Skrätch Device inside the MAster Track and inside Push Hacker you have to assign the Skrätch Device on the Touchstrip. (works only with Live 11)

Borders

a Max for Live tool that lets you set and manipulate loop brackets in the Arrangement View, making it easy to define and recall sections of your track while working or performing. Borders integrates smoothly with Push Hacker, giving you fast control over arrangement playback together with your custom Push mappings.

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System Requirements

Ableton Live Suite 9-12* with Max for Live 8.2 / Ableton Live Standart with an Max for Live License.

*with Live 12 and also Push 3 some functions are not supported.

Compatible with Push 1, 2
There are restrictions on Live 12 with all Push Devices.

To install Max for Live Devices please read the FAQ

Reviews

Push Hacker 2: Create Your Perfect Performance Layout

"The first thing I noticed is that Push Hacker 2 seems more intuitive to use than the first version and it offers you even more ways to hack your Push 1 or 2." Sonic Bloom 08.07.2021

Soundmanufacture Push Hacker 2: configure Ableton Push for your personal needs

“The user interface of Push Hacker 2 is very nice, too. You can see exactly which functions are assigned to each button or knob. The assignments work via dragging and dropping parameters to the on-screen Push controller.” Gearnews.com 01/2021

Learn Push Hacker to transform Ableton Push …

“First up, for Push 2 and Push 1 owners, there’s the incredible Push Hacker 2. It’s really the advanced Push editor Ableton forgot.
Built by M4L device maker Soundmanufacturer in collaboration with French audio tutorial platform Fastlane, Push Hacker 2 is a wonder.”
CDM

The 12 best Max for Live devices in 2023

"If you have an Ableton Push, you know how powerful it is. The makers of the excellent Chord-O-Mat 3 and Scale-O-Mat 4 MIDI Effect devices have created Push Hacker 2 to give you more control via custom assignments. ..." Musictech 01/2023

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