Hello,
This is an "exploratory" post, as I'm not an actual BitWig user.
I'm an Ableton Live user that is sick of Windows and uses it only because Ableton Live is not on Linux.
One of the things that I would have to manage if I was to come to BitWig would be the import of my Ableton Live tracks to BitWig.
Of course I understand that a total import with everything in it would be impossible (or, I guess so).
But then, what would be the closest to an import I could have ?
Importing the tracks with their loaded VSTs ?
Importing the midi clips with just the notes ? Or even with the automations ? (I guess not)
Or would it be importing audio files only ?
Is there some script out there to help with this ?
Could we think of one ? (please start a different discussion to discuss detailed scripting possibilities ! I'd like to stay more general here).
Thanks for your inputs.
I think this may help a lot of Ableton Live users who want to switch to linux (and god knows there are, I'm coming over from the Ableton forums right now).
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Importing tracks from Ableton Live
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- KVRist
- 138 posts since 20 Oct, 2015
I think the closest you're gonna get is exporting midi notes from ableton and importing that onto bitwig clips and working from there...
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- KVRian
- 1481 posts since 19 Aug, 2009
Probably, exporting the midi tracks, then importing them on BWS and replicate the plugins/presets you have on them.
I also only have Windows on a PC because of games, I do everything else on Linux.
I also only have Windows on a PC because of games, I do everything else on Linux.
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- Banned
- 11467 posts since 4 Jan, 2017 from Warsaw, Poland
Closest you can get is bringing over the MIDI clips and audio files. You'll have to replicate all routing, device chains (incl. VSTs) and automation 
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- KVRian
- 1350 posts since 31 Mar, 2014
Luckily, the Bitwig workflow is pretty fast when you get used to it. Did it for some projects of mine.
The extracting from Ableton is the harder thing, because you have to export each MIDI clip indiviually (as far as I know), bounce out the audio files, save the plugin-presets an so on. It's harder to recreate the internal FX and Instruments so bouncing out audio stems is probably the best way to go.
The extracting from Ableton is the harder thing, because you have to export each MIDI clip indiviually (as far as I know), bounce out the audio files, save the plugin-presets an so on. It's harder to recreate the internal FX and Instruments so bouncing out audio stems is probably the best way to go.
