Show HN: I made tool for slicing up samples to Ableton Move presets (opens in new tab)

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50 pointsalex_x1y ago21 comments

I recently got Ableton Move and was disappointed by how difficult it was to convert samples into Move-compatible drum racks, so I made a simple CLI tool for that.

I hope others find it useful, and at some point, Ableton sees the need and provides us with a built-in solution.

21 comments

alex_xOP1y ago

Hi all, author here - to tell you a secret, I just wanted to resample samples from Output Arcade (not an ad!) to use them on Move. I make Future Garage music and vocal chops are essential

cyberpunk1y ago

How are you finding the move? I was a bit curious about it but I still have so much to learn on my push that I can admit that I don’t need another toy ;)

alex_xOP1y ago

I love it, because I have a soft spot for small portable boxes. it's fun and immediate. The downside is that it is an idea sketchpad, not a performance box

bangaroo1y ago

i have one as well and i find it immediately inspiring and playful but it's definitely something that gets ideas to 50% and then you need to bring them to the DAW... which I think is the intent.

OskarS1y ago

You might want to check out Life by XLN Audio, which does some of what you want here as well: https://www.xlnaudio.com/products/life

(disclaimer: I work for XLN Audio)

yvan1y ago

I just wanted to thank you for Life, it's incredibly fun to play with it. I love the mobile app to record and then transfer it on desktop to experiment and find fund loops.

OskarS1y ago

We were very happy to get that working as well as it did, the first time we've ever made an app (we're VERY much audio plugin people, not app developers). Worked really nicely in the end!

alex_xOP1y ago

I use life and love it! It can't make me a ready-to-use Ableton preset tho :(

OskarS1y ago

Yeah, fair, but the slots in Life are mapped to MIDI, so you can trigger them that way if you want, you don't have to use the built-in sequencer.

pyinstallwoes1y ago

can haz discount?

_def1y ago

nice! you should share it on the ableton discord. btw parts of the Move team will have a Q&A there later today

alex_xOP1y ago

Do you have a link to the official one?

davea371y ago

https://discord.gg/ableton

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millzlane1y ago

Just wanted to say, your Linux guide was funny. Kudos to your project.

dijksterhuis1y ago

noice. i’m working on a similar cli tool for the octatrack.

everyone has done GUI apps for octatrack sample chains so far and GUIs are a right pain when you’e got like 50+ chains to make in a batch.

diggan1y ago

> noice. i’m working on a similar cli tool for the octatrack.

Is this public yet or dare I ask you to invite me to the repository anyways?

There was a software for Octatrack that stopped being for sale while the author finished up their 2.0 version, but afaik, it still hasn't released (so I've been unable to get it), would be wonderful with an alternative for prepping Octatrack projects.

dijksterhuis1y ago

shoot me an email on the address in my profile with something about the octatrack in the subject.

deffo not in a releasable state, started very much as a personal learning project, and not (yet) attempting to be a full OctaEdit replacement.

alex_xOP1y ago

lmk if I can contribute, had this idea for ages too

dijksterhuis1y ago

shoot me an email i the address in the profile. id be happy to chat to you about it.

UbikAI1y ago

this is fire could see this being amazing for the simpler

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21 comments

alex_xOP1y ago

Hi all, author here - to tell you a secret, I just wanted to resample samples from Output Arcade (not an ad!) to use them on Move. I make Future Garage music and vocal chops are essential

cyberpunk1y ago

How are you finding the move? I was a bit curious about it but I still have so much to learn on my push that I can admit that I don’t need another toy ;)

alex_xOP1y ago

I love it, because I have a soft spot for small portable boxes. it's fun and immediate. The downside is that it is an idea sketchpad, not a performance box

bangaroo1y ago

i have one as well and i find it immediately inspiring and playful but it's definitely something that gets ideas to 50% and then you need to bring them to the DAW... which I think is the intent.

OskarS1y ago

You might want to check out Life by XLN Audio, which does some of what you want here as well: https://www.xlnaudio.com/products/life

(disclaimer: I work for XLN Audio)

yvan1y ago

I just wanted to thank you for Life, it's incredibly fun to play with it. I love the mobile app to record and then transfer it on desktop to experiment and find fund loops.

OskarS1y ago

We were very happy to get that working as well as it did, the first time we've ever made an app (we're VERY much audio plugin people, not app developers). Worked really nicely in the end!

alex_xOP1y ago

I use life and love it! It can't make me a ready-to-use Ableton preset tho :(

OskarS1y ago

Yeah, fair, but the slots in Life are mapped to MIDI, so you can trigger them that way if you want, you don't have to use the built-in sequencer.

pyinstallwoes1y ago

can haz discount?

_def1y ago

nice! you should share it on the ableton discord. btw parts of the Move team will have a Q&A there later today

alex_xOP1y ago

Do you have a link to the official one?

davea371y ago

https://discord.gg/ableton

1 more reply

millzlane1y ago

Just wanted to say, your Linux guide was funny. Kudos to your project.

dijksterhuis1y ago

noice. i’m working on a similar cli tool for the octatrack.

everyone has done GUI apps for octatrack sample chains so far and GUIs are a right pain when you’e got like 50+ chains to make in a batch.

diggan1y ago

> noice. i’m working on a similar cli tool for the octatrack.

Is this public yet or dare I ask you to invite me to the repository anyways?

dijksterhuis1y ago

shoot me an email on the address in my profile with something about the octatrack in the subject.

deffo not in a releasable state, started very much as a personal learning project, and not (yet) attempting to be a full OctaEdit replacement.

alex_xOP1y ago

lmk if I can contribute, had this idea for ages too

dijksterhuis1y ago

shoot me an email i the address in the profile. id be happy to chat to you about it.

UbikAI1y ago

this is fire could see this being amazing for the simpler

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse