Ableton Move [Archived]

I saw something about this in the manual. If you try opening the project you get a message on the display saying that Move is four tracks maximum.

This is a very good review:

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Looks like it…

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I was curious about this too — according to the manual, Move will only open the first four tracks of your Note set. Not the most intuitive limitation IMO but my Note sets rarely use more than four tracks anyways.

Edit: Section 4.3, ā€œ Note that because Move is limited to four tracks, any Note Sets that contain more tracks will open only the first four tracks.ā€

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Can you create a template then do a save as?

Per drum pad I think he said !

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no as per the sonic state video

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not yet.

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I’m quite curious about the speaker quality.

As far as being sequenced by an external sequencer goes, it can’t receive midi sync, only send it. And the manual says it can only be controlled by full speed or low speed midi compliant devices and not hi-speed so it’s unclear if it will sync with something like Digitakt II which is hi speed USB 2.0

A ā€˜groovebox’ that doesn’t receive clock is fucking wild lmao

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@raindro

from this review it’s not that good

The built-in speaker is not great, but it works in a pinch – if you need to test something quickly, for instance

You say ā€œyetā€, does that mean Ableton mentioned it’s in the plans?

You can use Ableton link. :joy:

Push also doesn’t fit my workflow because I don’t use the session view at all. Been using live for 20 years and have probably tried the session view less than 5 times and never actually finished any song started with session view.

I was initially hoping this would bring control to the rest of the program which is what is missing for me. I’m considering ssl or console 1 for a more hands on control that the push just won’t deliver. I want a mixing workflow fully integrated with live where I won’t need the mouse/keyboard/screen.

The move, as you suggest, and I’m hoping, sounds like it can cover a bit of that ground and that is what would make me consider getting it depending on how it’s implemented. Does it follow selected tracks? Can it control any device within any track?

I’m probably trying to rationalise maybe getting it and imagining possible workflows with it

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this isn’t true imho… look on the audiobus forum and search for circuit post by kobamoto rin… promises were made, tears were shed, and now it’s time to Move
It’s a myth that there are no obligations after a product has been made, we are in the 21st century and manufacturers always talk about their intentions, plans, roadmaps, etc… in the sonic state video they talked about having an update roadmap… that is the norm, because it is also the norm now days that most products aren’t released ā€˜completed’ they are usually released with at least loose ends that need to be tied up… in addition to all of that every company literally puts up a feature request section and ask the community for ideas for features they want implemented… feature request by consumers are not the enemy of anything imho for these reasons, they are to be expected and appreciated by developers…

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It is exactly what I expected: a device that’s arbitrary limited to push (pun not intended) people to Ableton.

Good: some clever design decisions, it being the same code base as note was expected (and is a good call).

Meh: it stays close to abletons design language… But imho for a portable device rounded corners would have been chosen, screen is okay for what it does, but a slightly bigger screen with double the resolution to be able to have some more permanent informations on a glance would have been better.

Low: 4 channels, lack in generative sequencing, no audio lanes (ā€œlimitationsā€/ā€œworkaroundā€ through the drum rack…)

They at least did hit a sub 500€ point. But there is a bunch of competition, and at moments it reminds me of the op-1 in Ableton.

Connectivity: pretty bare bones. The moment you want to add more then 1 modern device, it gets hard. No analog Midi outs, only USb. 1 small line in. 1 line out (that one’s fine).

If I ever catch one in a sale or second hand for 2-30 sure. As it stands it’s another box that only wants to let you start on the go and wants you to move (…pun still not intended) to Ableton.

Before anybody comes with snark:
I don’t say it’s a bad product.
For some it will be great.
But in a market where we have many options, and all of them are barely pushing forward, this it not a game changer, it’s the same box in a different flavor to extract more value by upselling them ableton.
It’s the apple way, selling you the vision how great all works together, but try integrating an iPad with other devices that are not from apple.
Still no word of note for android.

This is not Ableton on the go.
This is not a dawles setup. This is ā€œstart a typical grovebox loop on the couch…and move to the drawā€.
If that’s what you want with better integration and less external hardware / a great Ableton controller: this is worth a look.
If you want a dawles device: this won’t cut it any more then the rest.

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how many Fx per track again, is it 2 or only 1?
and sorry for this one but does move have panning?

There’s an Ableton showcase video of a lady recording a Kalimba and then playing back the sample polyphonically. I liked that. I thought from the other overview video this only had drum rack monophonic sample playback. Confused about how that all fits together.

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only 4 tracks makes me sad, at least 4 audio and 4 midi tracks

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