I’ve been loving the new Move hardware. It's effortless to start sets on the go and later open them in Live via Ableton Cloud. However, I’ve noticed one limitation that could be improved.
Right now, it seems like the workflow is only one-way: You can take your Move sets into Live, but any changes you make in Live can’t sync back to Move. I understand this is likely due to the difference in complexity between the two environments—Live is more advanced, and Move is simplified.
That said, I think there could be a middle ground. I suggest allowing sets opened in Live from Move to stay in sync by limiting Live’s functionality to a more “essentials” level or in the Move/Note format. If I want to go beyond those limitations and add advanced features or tools, I would understand that this breaks the sync, and I would have to "save as" a new file.
Here are a couple of real-life use cases where I’ve run into this limitation:
- Setting Loop Lengths: In Move, I can set the loop length but can’t specify which bar to start the loop on. If I open the set in Live to adjust this, I lose the ability to sync back.
- Transposing Notes: I often want to transpose existing notes, but Move only lets me do this one note at a time. If I use Live to batch transpose them, again, I lose sync.