I made tool for slicing up samples to Ableton Move presets
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.
I made tool for slicing up samples to Ableton Move presets launched on October 19, 2024 with 50 votes, #674 of 5,185 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
This tool automates the process of converting audio samples into Ableton Move-compatible drum racks via command line interface. It addresses a gap in Ableton Move's workflow by simplifying what was previously a tedious conversion process. The tool is designed for music producers and sound designers who use Ableton Move and want to quickly prepare their sample libraries for use in the application without manual drum rack setup.
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From the sources
A simple CLI to mangle samples for Ableton Move / Ableton Note - alexfedosov/move-tool
⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ Ableton Move can already do slicing natively; see the manual: https://www.ableton.com/en/move/manual/#sample-slicing ./move-tool slice -i /path/to/your/sample.wav -n 16 -o /Users/your-username/Desktop For Windows: move-tool.exe slice -i C:\path\to\your\sample.wav -n 16 -o C:\Users\YourUsername\Desktop Move Tool will slice the original sample into 16 pieces and create a Move/Note preset with a random name in the specified output directory. If you find this tool helpful, please star the repository! Quick start for macOS Users Download the latest macOS version of Move Tool for Apple Silicon (M chips) or Intel Open Finder and navigate to your Downloads folder. Double-click the…from github.com
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