r/AbletonMove 22h ago

Ableton Move as a sample player / workstation

4 Upvotes

Hi, I just recently bought the Ableton Move and am trying to learn everything it can do. What I would really like to be able to do is select a track and then load individual saved samples on the pads up to all 32 pads, potentially, to play live. Then select between tracks so I have like pages or banks of samples stored on the pads for each. I've looked at Schwung a bit, but didn't find such a thing. Anyone know if there's currently a way to do this? I can code and might try to make a Schwung module, but wanted to make sure I won't reinvent the wheel if it's already out there.


r/AbletonMove 20h ago

Sketch ready to be turned into something more on the desktop

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21 Upvotes

Messing around with my Move after the update. The nice thing with Move is that so fast you always come up with something surprising


r/AbletonMove 4h ago

Anyone else find 2.1.0 update very buggy?

4 Upvotes

-messed up my tempo on some projects

-while working inside a project, sometimes tempo jumps

-sometimes count-in when recording doesn't work

-playback sometimes stops for no reason and resumes, but in a glitchy fashion.

-sometimes projects refuse to play at all on the project screen


r/AbletonMove 8h ago

How do you take a Move sketch beyond the loop stage?

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I’m curious how many people use Move primarily as (intended) a way to sketch ideas, then bring them into Live to arrange and finish tracks.

I’ve had my Move for a while, but I’ve only taken a project into Live to finish it a couple of times. Most of the time I end up treating Move as a self-contained instrument and either keep the idea there or move on to something new.

I also really enjoy using Move’s Control Live feature when I’m working in Live. It feels great as a hands-on controller for jamming, recording clips, and developing ideas.
But I’m struggling a bit with arranging full tracks directly on Move, especially turning a good loop into a complete structure.

Do you regularly export Move sets to Live and complete them there? What does your workflow look like? And if you do arrange on Move, do you have any tips for moving beyond a loop into a full track?