Every control on Move

Display

Shows the current sound, menus and values. Touch a knob to see what it changes.

Wheel

Turn it to scroll through menus, sounds and values. Press it to confirm a choice.

Back

Steps out of a menu or the sound browser. Hold it to close the current view.

Note/Session

Switches between Note Mode (build one track) and Session Mode (launch clips). Hold it to peek at the other mode.

Left arrow

Moves to the previous bar of a clip. Hold a step and press it to nudge notes earlier.

Right arrow

Moves to the next bar of a clip. Hold a step and press it to nudge notes later.

Plus (+)

Moves a melodic instrument up an octave. Hold a step and press it to raise the notes on that step.

Minus (−)

Moves a melodic instrument down an octave. Hold a step and press it to lower the notes on that step.

Play

Starts and stops playback.

Shift In Session Mode: restart all playing clips from their beginning.

Record

Starts or stops recording what you play (and knob moves) into a clip. If Move was stopped, playback starts too, after a count-in.

Capture

Turns what you just played without recording into a clip. Pressed while stopped, it also guesses your tempo.

Shift Clear what Capture has been listening to.

Sampling

Opens Sampling Mode to record sound from the microphone, the audio input, USB-C, or Move itself.

Loop

Loop Mode: the step buttons show the bars of the clip, so you can change its length or copy whole bars.

Shift

Hold it to reach the second job of other controls. While you hold it, icons appear under several step buttons: each opens a setting.

Undo

Takes back your last action.

Shift Redo.

Copy

Copies Sets, notes, steps, bars or clips. Press it again to empty the clipboard.

Delete

Removes things: hold it and press the Set, clip, pad or notes you want gone.

Mute

Mutes or unmutes a track or a single drum pad.

Shift Solo (hold Shift + Mute and press a track button).

Track buttons (4)

The four tall buttons left of the pads. Each one selects a track. Hold one to peek at that track without switching to it.

Shift Open this track’s settings.

Pads (32)

Plays a note or a drum sound. Hit softly for a quiet note, harder for a loud one. Pressing harder while holding shapes some sounds.

Knobs (8)

The eight knobs along the top change the sound: each one controls one setting of the current instrument or effect. Touch a knob to see its name on the display.

Shift Fine adjustment: smaller changes per turn.

Volume knob

Sets the overall volume. Hold a track button while turning it for that track, a pad for that pad, or a step for how hard its notes play.

Microphone

Built-in microphone for recording samples.

Power button

Turns Move on. To turn it off, press it, then press the wheel. Hold it for ten seconds to force Move off.

Audio out

Headphones or speakers (3.5 mm stereo jack).

Audio in

Plug in another sound source to sample it (3.5 mm stereo jack).

USB-A

Connect a USB MIDI keyboard or controller.

USB-C

Charging, and connecting Move to a computer, phone or tablet.

Step buttons (16)

The row of 16 round buttons below the pads. Each one is a step of your pattern: by default, one 16th note. Steps 1, 5, 9 and 13 have a small line under their light: each one starts a beat. In Loop Mode, the steps stand for the bars of your clip instead.

Hold Shift and press a step to open the setting shown under it: