Move Beta Release Notes

For the full manual of Move please refer to this page.

To join the Beta program, connect Move via USB-C or Wi-Fi to your computer, open http://move.local/beta in your web browser and follow the instructions on the page. 

Move 1.7.0b5

October 6, 2025

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where Move would freeze when unplugging the USB-C cable.
  • Fixed a bug where iOS volume slider popped up constantly when Move was connected via USB-C.

Move 1.7.0b4

September 24, 2025

New Features and Improvements

  • Updated the Core Library:
    • Refined presets for Full Drift: Osc Routing and Mod Sources.
  • Refined the menu text for removing the macros from a Drift Rack.

Move 1.7.0b3

September 17, 2025

New Features and Improvements

  • Update the Core Library:
    • Added another Sliced Loop Preset/Sample (Music Loop Wowz Tamuz Db Min 73 bpm).
    • Updated Mod Source settings in the Drift-based presets to improve Drift Bank workflow.
  • Reordered some of the parameters on the Drift parameter banks.
  • When trying to tweak a macro-mapped parameter on one of the Drift parameter
    banks, there is now an option to remove all macros (i.e. remove the Rack).

Bugfixes

  • When reversing a sample while the reversed sample file already exists, Move
    keeps playing the same region as before.
  • Fixed a recent regression where "Sliced Loops" was no longer placed at the bottom of
    the preset list when browsing track presets. It should now be right above "Templates", as expected.

Move 1.7.0b2

September 9, 2025

New Features and Improvements

  • When Move is in Standalone Mode, other hardware with a USB Host port can now connect to Move via its USB-C port. This makes it possible for Move to exchange MIDI with, for example: a computer with Ableton Live or other DAWs, an iPad or iPhone with Ableton Note or other apps, Push 3 or other hardware with a MIDI capable USB-A port (USB-C can also work if it is specifically a USB Host port). Note that if you had previously connected Move to a macOS computer, you will need to manually remove Ableton Move as a MIDI device in the MIDI Studio of the macOS Audio MIDI-Setup application in order to make the new Standalone Port available. You might also have to reset your MIDI settings if you are using Move with Apple products.
  • Encoder LEDs for macro-mapped parameters now use green color, making it easier to see which parameters are mapped without touching the encoders.

Move 1.7.0b1

September 3, 2025

New Features and Improvements

Access Drift’s Parameter Banks

You can now access Drift’s parameter banks in order to adjust the synth’s properties.

Depending on the preset used, Main Bank or Macro Bank is shown by default. To access a different parameter bank, select the Drift Track Preset with the wheel, then hold Shift, which highlights the device icon, and turn the wheel clockwise to access the banks.

You can tweak and automate any parameter. Parameters which are mapped to a macro are indicated with a lock icon, and cannot be adjusted, which is the same behavior as in Live.

Lower Brightness Levels

You no longer need to wear your sunglasses at night to play Move in bed or in the club.

To adjust Move’s brightness, press Shift + Step 2, open the Brightness entry, and then choose one of the even lower brightness levels: Dim or Min.

Please note that the two new brightness levels are not yet supported when Move is in Control Live Mode. This option is planned for a future update.

Core Library Update

  • 2 Acoustic Drum Racks by Tamuz

  • A Drift Default preset without macro mappings in the Templates category

Move 1.6.0b5

August 27, 2025

Bugfixes

  • Beta support for multiple USB hubs is removed.

Move 1.6.0b4

August 19, 2025

New Features and Improvements

  • Add space between value and unit in Refresh Rate menu

Move 1.6.0b3

August 12, 2025

New Features and Improvements

  • Show the correct refresh rate when opening the Refresh Rate menu

Move 1.6.0b2

July 31, 2025

New Features and Improvements

  • Update the Core Library:
    - New Preset Category added: Sliced Loops incl. new Loops

Bugfixes

  • Existing samples don't get overwritten when reversing.

  • Fixes a bug where loading a Set would take longer when a user has a lot of
    samples.

Move 1.6.0b1

July 22, 2025

New Features and Improvements

Sample Reverse

  • You can reverse a sample using a new Reverse entry in the Sample Options menu. To access the entry, highlight the sample icon in a Drum Rack, hold Shift, and press the wheel.

Set Upload

  • Downloaded Move and Note Sets can now be uploaded to Move via Move Manager. To upload a Set, go to the Sets tab in Move Manager, then drag the Set Bundle from your computer and drop it on the list of Sets.

  • Samples, which are located in the currently loaded Set’s project folder, are now accessible in the browser, next to User Samples and User Recordings.

USB-A MIDI

  • You can now connect up to three USB MIDI devices to Move’s USB-A port using a hub.

    • If the devices consume more than 500 mA in total, the hub needs to be externally powered.

    • Use MIDI channels to route several external devices to and from Move’s specific tracks.

  • When Move is in Control Live Mode, MIDI devices connected to Move’s USB-A port are bundled and forwarded to your computer with the MIDI device name “Ableton Move (External Port).”

    • If you connect a Move unit with a software version of 1.4.1 or older to a computer running macOS, you must manually remove Ableton Move as a MIDI device in the MIDI Studio of the macOS Audio MIDI-Setup application to make the Ableton Move (External Port) device name show up.

Additional Improvements

  • You can change the refresh rate of Move’s display and LEDs to record videos without any flickering by entering Setup (Shift + Step 2), navigating to Advanced, and selecting the Refresh Rate entry.

Bugfixes

  • Turning an encoder left when the current value is minimal (or right when the current value is maximal) now overrides automation correctly even though the actual parameter value doesn’t change.

  • Fixed a crash that occurred when capturing notes when the tempo was not yet established.

If updating Move from the beta version 1.5.0, Drum Sampler’s Pitch > Env parameter is now on by default when loading or recording a sample.

Move 1.5.0b6

May 23, 2025

New Features and Improvements

  • Multi-pad recording now uses the Length paramater instead of the Hold parameter to determine the playback duration of a Drum Pad’s sample.

Move 1.5.0b5

May 21, 2025

New Features and Improvements

  • Update the Move Core Library:
    - Auto Filter presets added/refined

Bugfixes

  • Stability improvements for the Sample Slicing Menu.
  • Improve the alignment of the box around the number of slices in the sample
    slicing view.
  • Fix possible crash when pressing empty pads in slicing mode.
  • Recording into an empty drum pad is possible.

Move 1.5.0b4

May 12, 2025

New Features and Improvements

  • Change the order of the first three AutoFilter encoders to Frequency, Resonance,
    Filter Type, to be consistent with other devices (e.g. Drum Sampler's second
    parameter page.)

Bugfixes

  • Move exits the Sample Slicing Menu if another pad is pressed while the menu is
    open.

Move 1.5.0b3

May 7, 2025

New Features and Improvements

MIDI I/O

MIDI input and output can now be active simultaneously, and MIDI sending and receiving channels can now be configured for each Track.

Shift + Track button offers a menu with per-Track options for MIDI Out and MIDI In, next to the color setting.

MIDI In has a setting called “Auto” which activates every MIDI In channel for the currently selected track, but filters out all MIDI In Channels which are explicitly assigned to other tracks.

  • For example, if Track 1 has MIDI In set to Channel 5 and all the other tracks are on MIDI In Auto, whenever one of Tracks 2, 3 or 4 are selected, it receives MIDI notes from channels 1-4 and 6-16.

Sample Slicing

Move now supports sample slicing.

Enter slicing mode by Shift + Wheel click when the sample icon in the device chain is hovered, and then choosing “Slice”. This slices your sample into equal regions.

  • Change the number of slices by turning the Wheel

  • Change overall slicing window and the adjust the individual slice points via the first three encoders

Changing parameter banks for drum pads has now moved to Shift + Wheel Turn when the sample icon in the device chain is hovered. This is in order to free up Shift + Wheel click for entering Slicing mode.

When you play drum pads, Move also now shows the start point and length of each sample if they have been adjusted. This is used to visually indicate the extents of each slice on the display.

MIDI Clock

Move can now receive MIDI Clock from an external device.

Press Shift + Step 2 to enter the Setup menu, then click on “MIDI Sync”.

  • MIDI Sync now offers an additional “Receive” option.

Auto Filter

Filter audio effect and presets have been added.

Control Live Mode

In Control Live mode, Move now shows the phase of the longest playing full bar clip in Note Mode when the transport is running and an empty clip is selected.

Bugfixes

  • Extending previous step shortened a later step

  • Crash when receiving MIDI while disabling MIDI input

  • Rare crash when changing the Sample Gain