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MoveToMidi

OnjLouis/MoveToMidi · ★ 3

Accessible portable Ableton Move and Note bundle to MIDI converter for Windows.

README from GitHub, MIT

MoveToMidi

Accessible Windows utility for converting Ableton Move and Ableton Note .ablbundle sets to standard MIDI files.

Current version: 1.3.

Project page: https://github.com/OnjLouis/MoveToMidi

Companion tool

If you want to go the other way, MidiToMove converts standard MIDI files into Ableton Move and Ableton Note .ablbundle sets.

Upgrading from 1.0

MoveToMidi 1.0 has a known updater bug that can show Ambiguous match found when checking for updates. If you are on 1.0, download and install 1.1 manually once. Future update checks work from 1.1 onward.

Build

.\Build.ps1

The build script writes beneath the current user's temporary folder by default. Pass -OutputPath to choose another destination:

.\Build.ps1 -OutputPath "C:\Tools\MoveToMidi\MoveToMidi.exe"

The build script does not create an INI file by default. Use -CreateDefaultIni when you want a starter MoveToMidi.ini beside the executable.

Behavior

  • Opens one or more .ablbundle files or a folder of bundles.
  • Reads Song.abl directly from each bundle without extracting the archive.
  • Writes standard MIDI files.
  • Uses explicit track names when present, otherwise the first device name, otherwise Track N.
  • Exports clip slots as consecutive scenes because Move/Note bundles do not contain a linear arrangement.
  • Preserves notes, velocities, tempo, time signature, and track names.
  • Reads Move 2.1 beta set time signatures stored as upper and lower values.
  • Numeric clip envelopes are exported as MIDI controller data on configurable controller numbers.
  • Source bundles are never overwritten.
  • Output files preserve their source bundles' modified dates by default. This can be changed under Output Defaults.
  • Failure details are written to MoveToMidi failures.log beside the executable.
  • Help > Check for Updates... checks GitHub Releases.
  • Automatic installation verifies a cryptographic signature before replacing the current program.
  • Help > Version History... shows the latest GitHub release notes.

Command line

MoveToMidi.exe --output-folder "C:\Output\MIDI" "C:\Sets"
MoveToMidi.exe --no-automation --no-preserve-date "C:\Sets\Song.ablbundle"

Unspecified command-line choices use MoveToMidi.ini. Use --preserve-date or --no-preserve-date to override the saved source-date preference.