Yes it is
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I had kind of ignored the move because of the 4 track limitation, but I got one while on vacation a couple of weeks ago and I gotta say I’m really impressed by how good it is and Im not even an ableton live user.
The 4 tracks are basically 4 banks of 16 tracks (or 4 digitakts) if youre using them as drum sampler tracks. The pads are great, it sounds really nice and the step sequencer is close enough to an elektron sequencer.
The things I really love are the midi capture for capturing fingerdrumming and the sp404 like way of working were you dont have to save/load anything, things are just there when you power up. I’ve rarely been so productive on a new piece of gear!
My biggest wish is that they add treshold sampling for cleaner samples.
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Midi capture is the only thing I’m missing on Elektrons. Soooo many situations where I jammed out something cool and then it got lost because hey, you know how it is.
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Move 1.8.0
November 25, 2025
New Features and Improvements
Auto Pan-Tremolo
Auto Pan-Tremolo introduced with Live 12.3 is available as a new audio effect on Move as well. The effect is a combination of Live’s existing Auto Pan and Tremolo effects.
To load Auto Pan-Tremolo as an effect on a track, turn the wheel to select one of the effects in Move’s Device View, then press the wheel to open the browser, navigate to the effect categories and choose “Auto Pan-Tremolo” from the list to view the effect presets.
Core Library Update
- Added two Drum Rack presets by KUČKA, which you can find in Drums > Hybrid > KUCKA Kit 1 and 2.
- Added Auto Pan-Tremolo presets.
Additional Improvements
- The filter decay in Drum Sampler’s 8-Bit playback effect can now be disabled by turning the Decay parameter all the way up.
- Move Sets can now use up to 800 MB of samples.
Bugfixes
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nice they keep making updates
really wish they would update slicing though, is too janky asis IMO
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I sold my MPC Key 37 and now have a Move on the way. Going all in on the Ableton ecosystem 
Mostly looking forward to using it as a multitimbral Drift in a box to get some ideas going on the couch 
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Drift is probably the best sounding synth built into an all purpose groovebox that I know of. It would be so happy if they ever put Meld into in the Move. Meld is next level feature/experimentation wise.
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It can also destroy older CPUs with high voice count and stack and spread engaged under lots of modulation 
So they would definitely have to put in some limitations.
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I would already be happy to have more access to the WT synth. It‘s already there, it works. I would buy the WT synth just for this.
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How exactly would this work? I realize that an early note can be delayed to fall on the next quantized step of the grid, but if you play a note late, there’s no way it could be quantized forward in time… it defies causality. Late notes could only be completely quantized once the clip has cycled back to the beginning, unless you’re trying to have all note events quantized to the following step in the grid…
Anyway, it’s my personal opinion that this is a bit too nitpicky, but who am I to judge? My solution would be to either play closer in time, get used to hitting the shift-step combo to quantize quickly, or… if you’re playing staccato notes, just keep note repeat on (and play early if you’re not going to play in time), and whatever you play will be quantized back to the next step.
I think he just means that immediately when it loops the playback is quantized, like how elektron and other sequencers can. Not that it’s actually affecting the sound live in realtime. Like “record quantization” in Live.
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Yes what the other poster said. I’m just looking for basic live sequencing that gets auto quantized.
Auto-quantize is just a basic thing that most grooveboxes have come with since the 90s. I understand that the Move has a different target as a sketchpad for Ableton, but I think they are leaving money on the table, similar to waiting so long for midi sync upon release.
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Practicing with a metronome to get better timing is a good alternative in my opinion. Then you can learn different grooves etc too
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I used to really be strict on my timing, and either only using the part I recorded that was bang on or use pretty heavy handed quantisation. But I’ve not done that for years now and I just record larger sections and use the parts that feel right. But I do make use of quantization on a per pad basis, just to tighten up the odd rogue hit, but I always use a low quantization setting.
This is also one of the wonderful things about midi capture.
But each to their own.
I’m using my gear with kids and myself who has bad timing (suspected motor processing issue). The kids don’t have the patience for button combos. Grooveboxes that lock to the grid by default make them happy and impressed with their output
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Move has arrived and fuck me this thing is fast and well thought out. Only really been sampling some melodic Syntakt one shots so far and having fun with 16 pitches in a drum rack but I think we’re gonna be great friends.
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Jumped on the bandwagon. Move and Cydrums sequenced by my Oxi one with some Eurorack stuff coming…fun holiday!
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Can’t wait to listen to what you’ve been cookin with it!
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Yeah okay, that’s fair. There should probably be an option to lock it in for the proceeding go-arounds of the clip.
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Totally agree, this is what’s keeping me from getting a move again. It ticks all my boxes, especially the tight ableton integration, but solid sample slicing is just too important to me.
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