Take your voice memos and phone audio into the mix with a new update that plugs you directly into Ableton Move.

The more we break down the barriers to music, the more creation is able to proliferate around the world. Ableton’s latest update to their Move device makes sampling super simple with a direct line to your smartphone’s audio recordings.

Ableton Move 1.3 allows creators to sample audio through USB-C. This means that creators can connect their Move to computers, smartphones, and tablets to sample audio playback with ease. Once connected, the Move can simply sample any audio playback.

This makes sampling as simple as plugging and playing a sound, without the fuss of navigating folders and transferring files. This also means that you can play instruments, such as mobile keyboards, within your devices for direct recording and sampling into Ableton Move.

This is incredibly convenient for those with USB-C ports on their devices. Sadly, the case is a little more complicated if your device doesn’t feature a USB-C port. Lightning ports can use an adaptor, but only if a charger is also connected. Find out more about connecting devices to Ableton Move here.

Amongst the updates to Ableton Move is the new option to solo tracks. Users can solo a track by holding Shift and Mute simultaneously and then pressing a track button. This will help with tweaking and customising sounds.

Here are other updates in Move 1.3:

  • Longer entries in the browser, such as sample or preset names, now scroll on the display so that the full name is visible.
  • When used as an audio interface, Move now defaults to outputting its internal microphone and line-in. Move’s main output can still be selected in Setup; however, doing so will disable Move’s speaker when a USB-C cable is connected.
  • Move now sends out polyphonic aftertouch when set to MIDI Out, which lets you play expressively when using external MIDI controllers.
  • A wider selection of presets is now used when creating a new Set.
  • Uploads to Ableton Cloud are now faster.
  • Triggered one shot samples and long release note phases now stop when playback stops and when clips are retriggered. Additionally, an “All Sound Off” MIDI message (CC 120) is sent to the MIDI output.

A number of bug fixes were also added:

  • Fixed a crash that occurred when loading audio files with more than two channels.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when successively loading certain Wavetable presets and then undoing those actions.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when loading a Note Set with more than four tracks and then pressing Undo.
  • Fixed download issues with Cloud Sets that were created with a newer version of the Core Library.