About Schwung

Schwung (formerly Move Everything) is an unofficial framework for running custom instruments, effects, and controllers on the Ableton Move. It adds a Shadow UI that runs alongside the stock Move firmware, layering additional synths, FX, and overtake modules onto the device you already use.

Schwung built primarily by Charles Vestal with lots of love from Berlin. Say hi!

Schwung's module ecosystem is built with the community. Module authors include handcraftedcc, fillioning, j3threejay, chaolue, jrucho, mestela, Jeremiah Ticket, DJ Hard Rich, bradcoomber, broduolivier, and others. See the catalog for full credits per module.

Special extra thanks to Andre Louis for his support with Schwung's accessibility and putting out the most amazing Move-based tunes.

Schwung started from the foundations of the Move Anything project, with thanks to @talktogreg, @impbox, @deets, and especially @bobbyd for those foundational contributions. It has since been migrated to an MIT-licensed SPI library based on publicly available information from Ableton.

Schwung is heavily written by coding agents with human supervision. If that approach makes you uncomfortable, that's a totally fair reaction — thanks for checking it out regardless. The code is open source; you're welcome to read, audit, and fork it.

This is, in the truest sense of the word, a hack. It is not stable or generally usable as a daily driver — but it's interesting and a lot of fun. Schwung modifies software on your Move; back up important sets and samples before installing, and familiarize yourself with DFU restore mode in case you need to recover. Move continues to work normally after installation; Schwung runs alongside it.