![]() ![]() ![]() Support of numerous MIDI controllers out of the box and native MPE support for.Flexible syncing options: MIDI clock, MIDI time code, Analog clock, Ableton LINK.Multi-touch support for Windows and Linux, with a dedicated Tablet display.Hardware- and modular-friendly: Send and receive control voltage signals.Eight diverse time-stretching algorithms.Also includes delay compensation, flexible multi-out, and sidechain capabilities. Native VST plug-in bridge (for 32-/64-bit support), and VST crash protection so audio never stops.A truly cross-platform DAW (Windows, macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon/M1), Linux).Multi-display support for up to three displays.Use tabs to open multiple projects at once and drag-and-drop between them.Hybrid Tracks can contain notes, audio, or both.Intuitive sequencing for the studio world and beyond: Use the nonlinear Clip Launcher and the Arranger together.Bitwig Studio takes your musical ideas through each stage of production. Record and arrange in the timeline, perform in the Clip Launcher, and build audio devices in The Grid. So another plus point is that the makers seem to be really in close touch with their community, which could again prove to be a real driving factor in the software’s success.Discover Bitwig Studio 4, the innovative music creation and performance software. Yet even as we write this article, updates to Bitwig Studio are on the way, and you can see by the changes being made that the company is really listening to its users. Not only that, but some DAW makers seem notoriously slow to add features that sections of their user bases spend months or years screaming out for. ![]() ![]() For instance, having a session view and clip launcher view open on two monitors at the same time (yes, these are views you’ll also find in Ableton Live…) was a dream we were having for a long time – and Bitwig Studio is the first software that’s delivered on this. It uses many elements that are very easy for anyone familiar with basic computer use: Things like drag and drop, tabbed views, tabbed projects, easy to re-arrange views and excellent use of multiple monitors. Even though it is a fully packed DAW – the kind of software that to most newcomers would be a really intimidating thing – Bitwig makes it all as easy as and intuitive as a DAW could possibly be. Because ultimately, for us the outstanding thing about Bitwig Studio was not its comprehensive DAW features, rather the workflow it presents you with. So back to our first concern: Is Bitwig Studio just an Ableton Live copy? Well, it turns out that no, Bitwig Studio has its own take on things – and it’s a take we liked very much. The Clip Launcher view it’s like Ableton Live 9.0, of course – but we found that you can have it on a separate monitor, something we’ve dreamed of doing for years. We discuss several such features in the accompanying video (see below), so make sure to check it out if you are a producer and already know what you want from your DAW software there, we list exactly all the features we liked and didn’t like, in detail. Of course as with any other software there are some things that Bitwig does especially well and some things that in our opinion other software still has still the edge on, but none of those are showstoppers to using Bitwig – and some of Bitwig’s strengths might even encourage you to adopt it as your main DAW right from the off. We did not find anything that would stop you from using Bitwig as your main DAW to produce music on in fact, it does the job really well and is stuffed with production goodness. Having used it for a month, let us answer the second of the points above first: Yes, Bitwig Studio is complete. We were also worried about just how complete a 1.0 software could actually ever be compared to mature DAWs like Ableton, Logic, Cubase, FL Studio and so on, all of which have a long history and have grown immensely over the years. To be honest, we worried that Bitwig Studio might actually just turn out to be a copycat product. Looking at some of the preview screenshots and videos, of course one could not help but see several similarities to Ableton Live, so we’ve drawn those comparisons here (not least because this reviewer is also a heavy user of Ableton Live 9). We’ve done that now, and are now ready to give you our opinion on the “Ableton killer” DAW…Īh yes, Ableton. Of course we were always going to take a closer look at it, but as this type of software is not exactly easy to get around, we decided to spend a little time with it before bringing you our review. After much excitement and anticipation, new DAW (digital audio workstation) Bitwig Studio 1.0 was released to the public just over a month ago. ![]()
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