Ableton Move

If you look at the specs, it's the best groovebox on the market at this price range.

But I found the mixed sound and shortcuts taken not inspiring enough. I want a dawless setup, not spend time in Ableton Live afterwards and you get the feeling the device was made to force you to go there ;)

However, if you work with Live, it's a no brainer.

Pros:
- capture (allows you to commit something you tried previously)
- easy to start anything
- great ableton move integration
- USB-A port to plug a keyboard / USB-c to sample
- Sample chopping is OK (the start end and number of slice split is genius).
- cool to have audio tracks
- integrated synths are really cool and configurable
- sequencer is awesome

The cons:
- Super hard to mix the sounds, I come from EP133 / SP404 and whatever you do there, the output is great. Here you have to spend an FX or Two to have something consistant
- No panning on the tracks (!) (you can pan but it requires a tremendous amount of extra work, to sample each track on a drum kit and then define the panning).
- No time warping for the samples
- Build quality is 8/10, it gets a bit hot on your lap, feels less solid than a SP404, I would say just below the EP133
- FX part is not my thing. You get only two slots on the main and you HAVE to use them as dynamic / saturator if you want your sound to mean something (to feel consistent). So in the end, you get 2 FX per track, which is ok, no push FX which is very sad.
- Resample is cool but I only managed to resample an existing track (so not resample WHILE playing)
- No looper or overdub on audio tracks (which is ridiculous when you think about it).