Come for the weird mashup DEVO, Jazz, Prog Rock, and JD Beck vibes. Stay for the improvised solo I nailed at the end of the piece - haha. When you create a new Set on Move, it randomly picks from the 1,500 onboard presets. Track 1 = Drums, Track 2 = Bass, Track 3 = poly synth, Track 4 = Lead synth. While you can certainly create with intention with it, this feature = serendipitous joy. Here's how this crazy track came about: I created a new set which set me up randomly with some acoustic drums. In track 3, I used a template kit to sample the Nord then do some 16 Pitch sequencing with Capture ..read more

A sketch I started this on Move over a cocktail last night. Took it further this morning with coffee and Note. Bounced back and forth between Move and Note to finish. See some fun crazy when I get to scene 5. Here are some observations of this amazing workflow: 1. Ableton Cloud = no friction going back and forth between hardware and iOS. 2. When you create a set in Move or Note, it picks from 1,500 sounds to randomize Track 1 as Drums, Track 2 as Bass, Track 3 as polyphonic synth, Track 4 as Lead Synth. If I force myself to start with these, I come up with ideas and fun weird shit I would have ..read more

This song was performed in a single take on an Ableton Move using four tracks. It's a blend of pre-made clips on the Move with live arrangement, plus I'm playing Move's velocity and poly-pressure pads. I'm also using a Novation Launchkey Mini MK4 to play synths on tracks 3 and 4. 00:00 Credits. 00:03 Intro (Cinque Terre). 00:15 Movement 1 Vibes (Colosseum). 00:23 Switch to track one to play some pads on the drum rack. 00:32 Break 1 (Time laps arial footage above Denver). 00:43 Launchkey Mini MK4 on MIDI Channel 1. Plays track selected, in this case Track 4 Wavetable preset with some macro para ..read more

Companion video for more blog post on https://modulatethis.com/move Ableton has an experimental feature in Ableton Live 12.1 that allows you to export presets to Ableton Move and Ableton Note. Currently, you can export Drum Racks and Drift presets if they adhere to a format that will work within the restrictions of the subset of features supported by Ableton Move/Note. This video is a companion to a blog post with all sorts of details on how to enable the experimental feature, format presets for export, along with some tips and gotchas: https://markmoshermusic.com/2024/10/21/how-to-export-pres ..read more

I received my Ableton Move yesterday ?. One of the first things I set out to figure out was how to manage Sets and backup and restore data. 00:00 Intro 01:04 Set Overview & Basic Set Management 01:20 Local storage vs Cloud Sync Demo between Move and Note 02:46 Scene orientaiton 03:10 Use Move to Copy a clip, modify clip, sync to iPad Note 03:59 And magically it syncs 04:45 WORKAOUND for Backup and Restore 05:25 Restore 07:00 Summary 07:28 Swing by my blog For those new to Ableton, "Sets" store all the data related to a project, including sequencer clip data, presets used, and samples incor ..read more

Excerpts from 3 songs from my 20-minute live synth set at Freq Boutique 80 at Fort Greene Bar in Denver, CO. A big thanks to all who came out and Freq Boutique host Alex Anderson for having me play and hosting events for so many years. Songs and Chapter Markers: - 00:00 "Gonna Rise Up" from the album Fear Cannot Save Us. (c) 2014 Mark J. Mosher (https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/markmosher/fear-cannot-save-us) - 01:09 2024 single "Intra Machina" (https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/markmosher/intra-machina). (c) 2024 Mark J. Mosher - 02:57 "Peace Broke Out Everywhere". (c) 2021 Mark J. Mosher ..read more

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