Trust your instinctsMove helps you capture your best ideas whenever they appear. Pick it up, find new sounds and make fast decisions about what feels right in the moment. Follow your intuition wherever it leads you.
Standalone and portable Move’s built-in processor, speaker and microphone make it the ideal companion for on-the-go music creation, and its battery gives you up to four hours of use on a single charge.
Create faster than you can overthink Catch the first flashes of inspiration as quickly as they come, and keep the momentum going with Move’s simple workflow. Mix and match ideas, see what works and what doesn’t. With Move, it’s easier than ever to outpace your inner critic.
Four flexible tracks
Turn any or all of Move’s four tracks into a drum kit, sampler or synthesizer, and create rhythms and patterns with its powerful step sequencer.
16 pitches for drums
Break out of the standard drum layout and turn any sample into a bassline or melody by transposing single drum hits to different pitches.
Main features
Standalone operation
Move’s compact size, vast library of sounds, rechargeable battery and built-in processor, speaker and microphone mean you can pick it up and make music anywhere.
Four flexible tracks Use any or all of Move’s four tracks as a drum kit, sampler or synthesizer, and add up to two effects to each one.
Note Mode Make beats with a 16-pad layout for drum performance and sequencing, or use the melodic layout to create melodies and chords across multiple octaves, and in dozens of keys and scales.
Session Mode Use Move’s pads to create, edit and trigger clips, so you can mix and match musical ideas quickly.
16 pitches for drums* 16 Pitches lets you play your drums and one-shots melodically, using the 4×4 grid on the right side of Move’s pads to trigger a selected drum sound at different pitches and across multiple octaves.
Sampling and resampling Sample your environment with Move’s microphone or 3.5 mm audio input, and use your recordings to make new beats and melodies. Or internally resample the main output of Move to remix your own track.
Parameter automation Tweak the encoders to record or capture dynamic changes to your sounds in real time, and sequence parameter changes using per-step automation.
Step sequencer A step sequencer with up to 16 bars lets you program beats and notes, apply quantization or groove to tighten your timing or add swing, edit velocities, nudge notes and automate parameters for each step.
Capture If you played something you liked but weren’t recording, press the Capture button and Move will recall your performance. This also works for parameter automation.
Arpeggiator* and Repeat Turn a chord into an automated sequence of individual notes with Arpeggiator, or use Repeat to trigger a series of rapidly repeating notes or beats with the press of a pad.
Sound library and effects
Instruments Move comes with three of the instruments that ship with Live – Drift, Wavetable and Drum Sampler – plus Melodic Sampler.
Audio effects Add up to two effects to each individual Track and to the Main Track separately. Choose from Reverb, Delay, Saturator, Chorus-Ensemble, Phaser-Flanger, Redux, Channel EQ and Dynamics.
Core Library Move has over 1500 sounds and presets, including drum hits, Instrument Racks, Audio Effect presets, one-shots and loops – with content from BNYX, DECAP, L.Dre, Taka Perry and Sound Oracle.
Instant sound selection When you start a new Set, Move loads up four sounds for you to start playing with right away. See if they inspire you, or quickly audition and choose new sounds in the Browser.
Hardware features
32 pads with polyphonic aftertouch Move’s velocity-sensitive, backlit silicone pads let you play chords, melodies and beats, select and play your samples, and launch clips. Thanks to polyphonic aftertouch you can get unique tones out of each note you play.
16 multifunctional buttons Sequence notes and beats with Move’s 16 step buttons, and access secondary functions like Keys and Scales, quantization, groove and tempo.
9 touch-sensitive endless encoders Move’s high-resolution rotary encoders let you tweak the sound of instruments, effects and samples. Useful controls come pre-mapped to the encoders so every adjustment results in a tangible change to your sound.
OLED screen and clickable wheel Move’s compact OLED display (128×64 pixels) and touch-sensitive clickable wheel let you quickly browse through sounds and effects and quickly change Move’s settings.
Audio out and in Send audio to speakers and headphones, and sample from an external source with Move’s 3.5 mm stereo ports.
Built-in speaker and microphone Capture sounds with Move’s integrated microphone, and use the built-in speaker to make music without headphones or external speakers.
Built-in Wi-Fi Connect to Wi-Fi to transfer your Sets to Live via Ableton Cloud, manage Sets and files with Move Manager, use Ableton Link, and get the latest software update.
Embedded processor Move’s processor is a quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 at 1.5 GHz with 2 GB of RAM and a custom OS optimized for music creation and performance.
64 GB internal storageMove’s 64 GB internal SD card gives you plenty of space to store your own samples and sounds.
Connectivity
Ableton Cloud Store your Move Sets on Ableton Cloud and continue where you left off in Live or Note.
Move Manager Easily manage your Move Sets, files and samples with the web-based Move Manager.
Ableton Link Keep multiple devices synced over a local network, so you can avoid the hassle of setting up and just focus on making music.
Control Ableton Live* Move is the best-integrated compact and portable control surface for Ableton Live: launch clips, play melodies, sequence beats, tweak sounds and much more.
USB-A port Send or receive MIDI from class-compliant controllers, synthesizers and other devices through Move’s USB-A port.
USB-C port** Charge, connect to your computer, control Live and sample audio in Live via Move’s USB-C port.
