Feature Request: Song Mode, Warping, and More
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2025 2:17 am
Having so much fun with the Move so far. Here are a couple ideas I have that I believe would open it up to so much more possibilities.
1. Song Mode: There is currently not a great way to record Move performances into Ableton Live. It would be amazing to have the ability to record into arrangement view. Perhaps using a shift function (shift + session, or shift + one of the unused step buttons), would allow users to record into arrangement view. However, if there are hardware limitations preventing this kind of functionality, even having the ability to use the Move in Standalone mode, then connect via USB to Ableton Live and record the performance in (multitracked) would be fantastic. The current best alternative is to use the Move in 'Control Live Mode', but the workflow is different, and there are some functions that are missing (for example, no option to tweak effect send amounts on a drum rack, without creating a macro).
2. Warp samples in beat mode. This is a huge one. In its current state, you either have to pick samples in your tempo, or try to loosely get the timing right using the stretch effect. It would be great to have this as an option for both drum racks and melodic samplers, but perhaps even audio tracks can be added in the future.
3. Control Live Mode: I already touched on this, but some functionality seems to be missing when using the Move in Control Live Mode. While it's easy to map the Move's encoders to any synth parameter on plugins, we don't have this same flexibility on Ableton synths (like Wavetable or Drift). The encoders are locked to their positions, and the easiest way to achieve this is to set up macros. Macros are great, but we could easily hot swap the encoder params, that would be much better, and in that case we may only need one single page of parameters (rather than flipping through devices). Additionally, as I mentioned, I couldn't find a way to adjust send volumes to an effect in a drum rack, the best solution was to set up macros, it would be awesome to have this functionality on the Move as well.
Cheers! Excited to use this awesome device and see where the updates take it.
1. Song Mode: There is currently not a great way to record Move performances into Ableton Live. It would be amazing to have the ability to record into arrangement view. Perhaps using a shift function (shift + session, or shift + one of the unused step buttons), would allow users to record into arrangement view. However, if there are hardware limitations preventing this kind of functionality, even having the ability to use the Move in Standalone mode, then connect via USB to Ableton Live and record the performance in (multitracked) would be fantastic. The current best alternative is to use the Move in 'Control Live Mode', but the workflow is different, and there are some functions that are missing (for example, no option to tweak effect send amounts on a drum rack, without creating a macro).
2. Warp samples in beat mode. This is a huge one. In its current state, you either have to pick samples in your tempo, or try to loosely get the timing right using the stretch effect. It would be great to have this as an option for both drum racks and melodic samplers, but perhaps even audio tracks can be added in the future.
3. Control Live Mode: I already touched on this, but some functionality seems to be missing when using the Move in Control Live Mode. While it's easy to map the Move's encoders to any synth parameter on plugins, we don't have this same flexibility on Ableton synths (like Wavetable or Drift). The encoders are locked to their positions, and the easiest way to achieve this is to set up macros. Macros are great, but we could easily hot swap the encoder params, that would be much better, and in that case we may only need one single page of parameters (rather than flipping through devices). Additionally, as I mentioned, I couldn't find a way to adjust send volumes to an effect in a drum rack, the best solution was to set up macros, it would be awesome to have this functionality on the Move as well.
Cheers! Excited to use this awesome device and see where the updates take it.