I can see it’s possible on YouTube but can’t for the life of me figure out why I can’t drag a scene into the arranger or just even change the order of the scenes. I’m using the surface pro touchscreen so no keyboard or mouse.
Am hoping this is a fairly n00b-type question that I've somehow missed in the manual...
I recently grabbed the Carve Audio "Mixing Cheat Sheet" - a handy visual guide that runs as a .vst inside Bitwig.
My first instinct was to add it on the master track, but what I need is to have its device panel window for it visible whichever track I actually have selected - otherwise it's somewhat restrictive to use.
I have 2 monitors, and have Bitwig settings as "Master/Detail". Maybe I need to change this? Or do I need to do something else i.e. use a device layer or something??
I hope this is a simple thing to achieve. Any suggestions or advice most welcome
One specific pain point: Bitwig still doesn’t support Melodyne’s ARA integration, so detailed vocal editing (pitch, timing, formants) is pretty limited compared to DAWs with full ARA support. That’s a big part of why I’m considering moving to another DAW for the mix/master stage.
Do you stay fully in Bitwig, or export stems and finish the mix/master in something like Pro Tools, Cubase, or Reaper? If you do switch, I’d love to hear:
**•**What pushed you toward that DAW for mixing/mastering — plugin ecosystem, ARA support, metering tools, industry standard, stability, or something else?
**•**How do you handle the handoff (bounced stems, OMF/AAF, etc.)?
**•**Any tips for staying efficient when working across two DAWs?
Genuinely curious about real-world workflows, not just opinions. Thanks in advance!
Upgrade plan is active until the 24th if August, so you will own the version of Bitwig Studio up until then forever unless you choose to upgrade in the future.
Please be aware that to transfer a bitwig license to a new user, Bitwig's support must do it after I email them the correct details. This can take one to two days usually.
Bitwig is fantastic, but sadly I’ve DAWhopped so many times and times are rough financially.
It is a regrettable sale but hopefully somebody will enjoy this as much as I have.
Alright, here’s how I built my latest ambient patch. :D
Of course, I’m starting from level 1 and going all the way up to level 999. I know this might not be super interesting for everyone. Some of you want to see exactly how I do it, and I’ll definitely throw in comments along the way about why I make certain choices.
I can’t go into detail for every single step because a lot of it just happens in my head. Often, I end up scrapping ideas, and by the end, I usually lose track of the whole patch and have no clue what’s going on :D, but that’s part of the fun!
If you enjoy this, give the channel a thumbs up since it’s new and fresh, and subscribe if you’re interested! I’d also love your feedback because, being a new channel, I’m not sure what’s interesting or boring, where I could speed things up, or where I should take my time.
direct youtube link: https://youtu.be/mvnYBgtSBJg
the music only: https://youtu.be/-1907Egvn1k
Until recently I've recorded audio into Audacity and then dragged it into Sampler. Now that Sampler is awesome, I want to make this process smoother. I wish there was a way to record directly into sampler. What do you all do? Record onto a track, then drag it in?
Hey guys I just took the plunge and bought a new x2 elite surface pro to play with Bitwig. I’m a long time mac user as windows hurt my head back in the day. Turns out it still hurts my head. I’ve spent half a day just trying to get stuff running, on screen keyboard stopped working and had to go on a quest to fix it. Now the issue after finally getting it running is in Bitwig I’m getting crazy cpu spikes after just adding 2 instruments. Using a focusrite 4i4 set to 256 samples and asio. This snapdragon x2 elite should outperform my MacBook so wth is going on?
Please give us an AppImage or at least an rpm because why would I install via flatpak so I can't use yabridge ? And when converting deb to rpm I get dependency conficts its so frustrating.
Just let us do music for god sake.
I had some initial struggles with it but as i'm learning bitwig i really really like it. i'm off in maine celebrating graduating college and a new daw was one of my gifts to myself, and i'm really glad i picked up bitwig. i have tons of experience in logic and pro tools (bitwig is almost a bit of rebellion for me, picking a new daw i wasn't forced to use for school) and it's so cool! can't wait to get into hybrid tracks and stuff when i get back home. i'm going to make so much music with this
I am visually impaired and have been using Bitwig since version 1, consistently notifying the support team about the DAW's shortcomings and incompatibilities with accessibility tools.
My emails were always ignored; I never received a reply or even a simple "we received your email" type of reply.
Recently, I gave up on maintaining any relationship with the company and made my Bitwig Studio license available for anyone who wanted to use it. A few people showed interest, so I contacted support to request a license transfer—a message that was also ignored.
So... honestly, I don't know what to do. The time and energy I have left to deal with this are going into this post, in the hope that someone there becomes aware of the situation and improves their customer service for the future. I have no expectation or desire to get a personal resolution—partly because the software's accessibility incompatibilities likely won't be fixed—but I do hope they strive to improve in this area so that future customers don't have the same experience I did.
To everyone in this sub who has always been so great to me: my sincere thanks.
I asked a dumb question today because I had forgotten how to map the randomization of the step modulator in Bitwig.
Many people told me it's not possible or it never was and downvoted me (I don't care obv just saying..)
Others said they would love for this functionality to exist.. So I might as well give this back to the community I guess? I've been doing it for ages and have full productions using this way.. It's actually pretty simple..
Works on all BW versions after 3..
As we can see it's not automatically possible to map the randomization button.
Although! If we right-click on e.g. the transport menu - which is obviously mappable
Another example using Stepwise:
Right-click the velocity to enter the mapping menu :)
I chose the 3rd one this time but as you can see I have already mapped the first one!
I hope this can help someone in case they really think that this is not a function of bitwig...
Have fun! 🎉
Why is this so f#$*ing hard to do in this DAW? I've been searching for and watching stuff all day in order to do what pretty much ANY OTHER DAW can do... Simply!
I'm running Bitwig 6.1. I have an audio track from an old sample CD with several breaks on it. They are all at different BPMs. I want to cut out the ones I want and then trim them down to loopable audio "events" and then save them on my HD as WAV files. I've found some content on YouTube that goes through how to do it but they're all from different versions of Bitwig so they each get me close but then I run into feature changes that block me. Plus I'm having trouble finding content because all anybody's talking about now is chopping within Sampler which is not what I'm after.
Can anybody point me towards some resources that explain how to do this in a modern version?
Sorry for the negative tone but I'm extremely frustrated and find it ridiculous that it's so difficult to do something that's been done on some of the most basic programs and gear for like 20 years!
Hello. I bought a Nektar keyboard, got a code for 8-Track, which I plan to upgrade to Producer. Should I use the code now or do they allow to use it on v7 ?
So I managed to have izotope plugin working with wine. I'll try my best to explain how I did it.
I'm on fedora 44 using bitwig.
As you may know izotope product portal doesn't work with wine because of incompatibilities with key encryption or something BUT you can still authorize your products if you run native acces (I recommend doing it fast because izotope was sold from NI so it may not stick around for long).
You must install wine 9.21 (important otherwise the Ui won't work)
After installing wine you must install native access 2 but it won't work if you install directly. I used this script to install it : https://github.com/jefrecantuledesma/Native-Access-Linux-Compatibility/tree/main
If you don't NA will tell you its already running. Then if you manage to fix this it will tell you to grand permision to install dependencies. You also have to modify the username to make the script work.
Now for the part I have trouble to explain, the script didn't entirely do it for me so I tried installing NTKDaemon : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kLTmdkVzN4VyUICrfLNxYRIrERqqRR7C/view
You can install it like any normal wine program but this still didn't work. So out of desperation I searched in my c_drive every NTKdaemon_setup.exe and launched them all one by one and I don't know why but this worked, I could then login and install my plugins.
If NA gives you an error when downloading try changing your download location. Then setup yabridge and you should be able to insert your vsts.
If the UI still reacts to audio but you can't click the buttons and move the parameters, use wine 9.21. If you're on wine 9.21 and having this issue I'm sorry but I can't help you. I still encourage you to check out yabridge github for help
Hope this helps some1one !
Edit : Whether you use X11 or wayland the UI should work either way
I built this generative Poly Grid patch around a chord progression that does not stay in one key. It begins from a defined scale, but every new root moves up a perfect fourth "five semitones" so the harmony keeps rotating around the circle of fifths.
The result is more modal than tied to one fixed tonal center. Random pitch and trigger streams drive several oscillator and noise paths through pitch quantization, cascaded all-pass delays, chorus, filtering, frequency shifting, and modulated delays.
The analyzer found 186 Grid modules and 187 connections, including 27 Dice modules, 25 All-pass Delays, and six Audio Outs. Compared with some of my larger Grid patches, this one is deliberately a little more minimal.
It still has plenty going on internally, but the smaller structure leaves more room for the rotating harmony and the atmosphere around it.
Download: https://polarity.productions/dispenser/
I’m using the Maschine Mikro MK3 in conjunction with Bitwig’s built-in scripts, and I’d like to change the function of the Pitch button so that pressing it allows me to control Velocity via the touchstrip instead of Timbre and Pressure. I’ve heard that related resources are available as open source on GitHub, but it’s actually hard to find the scripts developed by Bitwig itself.
I’m putting together my first proper Bitwig live set and would really appreciate hearing from people who have used it on stage.
The main things I need the controller to handle are:
recording into empty clip slots and overdubbing
launching and stopping individual clips
launching scenes
stopping tracks or scenes cleanly
clearly showing what is playing, queued or recording
I’m less concerned with deep device control than having a quick, dependable workflow with good visual feedback.
I currently own:
Launchpad Pro MKIII
APC40 MKII
APC Mini MKII
two Launch Control XL MKIIIs
Roto-Control
Which of these would you build the clip-launching side of the setup around? Is the Launchpad Pro MKIII the best option for an 8×8 clip and scene launcher, or do the APC controllers integrate more reliably with Bitwig?
I’d also be interested to know whether you use Bitwig’s native controller script or DrivenByMoss, and whether there are any limitations or awkward quirks that only become apparent during an actual performance.
Thanks!
