Name: Taktile
Author: taktonmusic

A complete groovebox for the Ableton Move

16 tracks of synths and drums · step sequencer · 704 sounds · effects · live performance tools
A Schwung overtake module with its own C sound engine.

Download · Install · Manual (EN) · Handbuch (DE) · Changelog · YouTube

[!NOTE] Status: developed by TaktOnMusic together with a real Ableton Move. Release 1.0.0 itself was checked on a desktop (UI simulator, 60,000-event fuzz test, native builds). Please report anything that behaves differently on the device.

Why Taktile

Taktile turns the Move into a pattern-based groove box built for jamming live. It takes over pads, buttons, knobs and display, and all sound comes from its own C engine (dsp.so): a complete instrument, not a controller for something else.

Play
_{Synth and drum tracks, 32 pads with scales, note repeat, chords and live FX pads.}

Program
_{Up to 128 steps per track, parameter locks, probability, ratchets, Euclid rhythms, grooves.}

Shape
_{704 sounds, a drum synth, your own samples, delay, reverb, insert effects, granulator.}

Perform
_{Song mode, 8 clips per track, 32 project slots, background mode, undo almost everywhere.}

Preview of the Taktile display pages: sound, filter, FX, Euclid, granulator, sound browser and scope views

_{Display pages rendered on a desktop (simulator): sound, filter, FX, Euclid, granulator, sound browser and the scope views.}

Install

Easiest (no SSH, no unpacking):

Download taktile-module.tar.gz from the latest release. Keep the .tar.gz as it is, do not unpack it.
Put the Move and your computer (or phone) in the same Wi-Fi network and open http://move.local:7700 in a browser.
Upload the file as a custom module. Restart Schwung / the Move if Taktile does not show up right away.

Manual install over SSH

Unpack the archive and copy the taktile/ folder (module.json, ui.js, dsp.so) to /data/UserData/schwung/modules/overtake/ on the Move, e.g. scp -r taktile ableton@move.local:/data/UserData/schwung/modules/overtake/, then restart Schwung. After building it yourself, taktile/scripts/install.sh does the copy over SSH (ableton@move.local, set DEVICE=user@host to change it).

Features


Tracks	16 tracks, synth or drum (16 sounds per drum track), up to 128 steps, 8 clips per track, song chain
Sounds	704 built-in sounds in sorted lists (INIT first in every list); drum synth with lists for kicks, snares, hats, cymbals, claps, toms, rims and percussion; your own WAV samples (64 slots / 40 MB), recording with the Move's microphone, slicing, 16 WAVs of a folder as drum pads, time-stretch, resampling
Track tiles	Synth track: 1 PRESET · 2 SYNTH · 3 MOD · 4 FILTER (+ EQ) · 5 FX (+ GRAIN) · 6 FX TYPE (+ FX TIME) · 7 EUCLID · 8 MIDI FX. Drum tracks have no SYNTH tile but a SAMPLE tile. The header shows the tile top left and the page (e.g. 2/2) top right; jog click switches the page
Effects	Per-track delay, reverb, chorus, phaser, 10 insert effects, 11 MIDI effects (off by default), granulator, sidechain (auto / all / off)
Sequencing	Per-step parameter locks, per-track swing, Euclid generator (switch, off by default), quantize grid 1/4 … 1/32 with strength, auto-growing clips while recording, MIDI clock + note out (USB-A)
Feel	Groove templates (MPC, Shuffle, Laidback, Dilla, Drunk, Push, Funk, Ghost, Human, Roll) with amount next to Swing · nudge, humanize, ratchets, song steps
Master bus	Filter, width, saturation, compressor (with detector HPF), 3-band EQ, limiter
Workflow	32 project slots (load, save, rename, new empty, delete), rolling backups, undo history, CPU meter and 11 scope views incl. spectrum, stereo, waterfall (Menu → EXPERT), in-device help (Shift+Menu), sound browser (Shift+jog), grouped menu

Signal flow

Signal flow: sequencer, track, insert FX, send FX, master

Documentation

Language	Manual
English	Taktile-Manual-EN.pdf – includes technical notes and open questions for Schwung developers
Deutsch	Taktile-Handbuch-DE.pdf

Demos, tutorials and progress updates are on the TaktOnMusic YouTube channel. An animated guide and an offline web app for trying the interface in a browser are in this repository.

Playing long live sets

Taktile is made for sets that run for a long time without stopping the music:

Song list (MORE → SONG): up to 32 entries with scenes, bars, repeats, own tempo and a way in (HARD, FILL, DRUMS 1ST)
Background mode: Back on the top level asks BACKGROUND / CLOSE, the sequencer keeps playing while you use the Move
Safety: 32 project slots, rolling backups, undo history

Controls in short


Jog turn	walks through the track pages / the list on the current page
Jog click	open or confirm (SEQ/SOUND: preset browser; menus and lists: the selected entry). On a tile with two pages (FILTER + EQ, FX + GRAIN, FX TYPE + FX TIME, SYNTH + ENGINE 2, MIDI FX + 2): switches the page
Shift + Jog click	HOME from anywhere (on the TEMPO page: tap tempo)
Left / Right	previous / next track. With Shift: step page. In lists and name entry: move the selection / cursor
Shift + Step 1…16	direct jumps: project, HOME, quantize options + pad layout, live FX, tempo, metronome, swing, … (see the manual)

Compatibility


Module format	Schwung overtake module, `api_version` 2
Built against	Schwung plugin API header from tag v1.7.3 (`plugin_api_v1.h`, pinned in `fetch-header.sh`)
Move firmware	Not recorded yet. When you report a problem, please name your firmware and Schwung version

If your Schwung is a different version, build with SCHWUNG_REF=<tag> ./scripts/fetch-header.sh first. The header has to match the host exactly.

Limits

Up to 16 tracks, max. 4 of them drum tracks (16 sounds each), up to 128 steps per track, 8 clips per track
Own samples: 64 slots / 40 MB in total. WAV only: 8/16/24/32-bit PCM or 32-bit float
Resample takes: up to 16 bars
State is stored under /data/UserData/schwung/taktile-*

Troubleshooting

If something goes wrong, Taktile writes logs to /data/UserData/schwung/: taktile-error.log (crash in a handler) and taktile-boot.log (start-up). Attach them to a bug report.

Build it yourself

Needs gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu.

cd taktile
./scripts/build.sh      # fetches Schwung's plugin_api_v1.h (v1.7.3), builds dist/taktile-module.tar.gz

Desktop test of the DSP

cd taktile
./scripts/fetch-header.sh
gcc -g -fsanitize=address,undefined -Isrc -Ibuild/include your_test.c src/pad_studio.c -lm

Project layout

taktile/
├── module.json          Schwung manifest (overtake, api_version 2)
├── ui.js                all UI: views, pads, display, state files
├── src/pad_studio.c     DSP, sequencer, sample engine
├── scripts/             build.sh, install.sh, fetch-header.sh
├── tools/               generators for the sound variant tables
└── docs/                manuals (EN/DE) and display preview

State is stored under /data/UserData/schwung/taktile-*.

Contributing and bug reports

Found a bug or have an idea? Open an issue. The template asks for your firmware, Schwung version and the steps to reproduce. Changes are listed in CHANGELOG.md.

Credits and license

Built on Schwung.
src/wtab.inc contains 640 single-cycle waveforms derived from the AKWF-FREE collection (CC0 1.0). Details in NOTICE.md.
MIT License – see LICENSE.

Thanks

A big thank you to Neuro... No Neuro (microsound composer, graphic designer and animator) for testing Taktile and for the honest feedback. It made the module better.

Made by TaktOnMusic.