Things you would love to see happening in Bitwig
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- KVRer
- 11 posts since 19 Sep, 2012
- Comping system, crossfades, and adjustable fade-in/fade-outs.
- PDC fix.
- More choices for granular stretching algorithms (Stretch and Stretch HD suck for acoustic guitars).
- Action to add beat markers to all onsets in an event.
- Ability to quantize, humanise, and shuffle beat markers.
- Ability to choose VST parameters to be displayed in a list (like Live) so you don't have to search for them through the muck of arbitrarily named parameters and remember the names every time.
- Not have 3rd-party VST's eat keyboard inputs. Having to click back on the main window to start playback every time you make an edit gets old really fast.
- More reliable undo (there seems to be like a 2-3% chance that an action I do won't be able to be undone).
- Better behavior for typing in values to a knob or fader. There are many times where I type in a value and it won't change.
- Double clicking a volume fader respects the default value defined in preferences.
- Hotkey to search in the browser.
- Hotkey to toggle metronome (there probably is one and I'm missing it).
There are more things that I am not remembering, but oh well. Otherwise, what a superb DAW devs! Keep up the good work!
- PDC fix.
- More choices for granular stretching algorithms (Stretch and Stretch HD suck for acoustic guitars).
- Action to add beat markers to all onsets in an event.
- Ability to quantize, humanise, and shuffle beat markers.
- Ability to choose VST parameters to be displayed in a list (like Live) so you don't have to search for them through the muck of arbitrarily named parameters and remember the names every time.
- Not have 3rd-party VST's eat keyboard inputs. Having to click back on the main window to start playback every time you make an edit gets old really fast.
- More reliable undo (there seems to be like a 2-3% chance that an action I do won't be able to be undone).
- Better behavior for typing in values to a knob or fader. There are many times where I type in a value and it won't change.
- Double clicking a volume fader respects the default value defined in preferences.
- Hotkey to search in the browser.
- Hotkey to toggle metronome (there probably is one and I'm missing it).
There are more things that I am not remembering, but oh well. Otherwise, what a superb DAW devs! Keep up the good work!
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- KVRian
- 510 posts since 27 Apr, 2013 from Denmark
Less double-clicking.
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- KVRist
- 46 posts since 26 Mar, 2014
If the browser is in focus, pressing "S" will take you to the search box. I don't think there's a global shortcut for this though.Alkamist wrote: - Hotkey to search in the browser.
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- KVRer
- 11 posts since 19 Sep, 2012
Thanks for the tip! Didn't know that. Still would like a global hotkey though.polsab wrote:If the browser is in focus, pressing "S" will take you to the search box. I don't think there's a global shortcut for this though.Alkamist wrote: - Hotkey to search in the browser.
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- KVRAF
- 6539 posts since 9 Dec, 2008 from Berlin
"b" works herepolsab wrote:If the browser is in focus, pressing "S" will take you to the search box. I don't think there's a global shortcut for this though.Alkamist wrote: - Hotkey to search in the browser.
Cheers,
Tom
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- KVRAF
- 6159 posts since 4 Dec, 2004
Full Disclosure: I have no intention to buy or use this product, so my recommendations below are purely observational, not complaints or gripes.
1. It is for me - in any audio workstation - annoying to not to be able to tab through track name fields as you rename them. It sounds like a really small thing but renaming multiple tracks becomes somewhat tiresome and mouse dependent when you can't do that. Track name fields (in any DAW imo) should rename directly, with no dialog... and tab to the next.
In any case where there is a "series" of things to be addressed like that, renamed, etc, tabbing is about as much as a common software general convention as there is.
I'd bet that 90% of demo users doubled clicked on the track name field expecting to be able to edit it in place.
2. Dropping in audio or midi files to create new tracks should (imo) logically name the new track after the media clip, to reduce some of what should be mostly unnecessary housekeeping when it doesn't.
3. That tracks only size vertically to two sizes will probably be, imo, not preferable to most people. It leans too heavily on the editor for those cases when just manually re-sizing an arrange track vertically to get a better look may be a better option.
4. Some of the edit tools on the toolbar need modifiers, to call them temporarily with modifiers, to avoid having to manually switch them so much. I know there are keys to switch tools but a mod is often a better option, and fewer keystrokes.
That's about it. I'm sure (haven't read it all) that anything else rumbling around my noggin' has probably been listed here already.
1. It is for me - in any audio workstation - annoying to not to be able to tab through track name fields as you rename them. It sounds like a really small thing but renaming multiple tracks becomes somewhat tiresome and mouse dependent when you can't do that. Track name fields (in any DAW imo) should rename directly, with no dialog... and tab to the next.
In any case where there is a "series" of things to be addressed like that, renamed, etc, tabbing is about as much as a common software general convention as there is.
I'd bet that 90% of demo users doubled clicked on the track name field expecting to be able to edit it in place.
2. Dropping in audio or midi files to create new tracks should (imo) logically name the new track after the media clip, to reduce some of what should be mostly unnecessary housekeeping when it doesn't.
3. That tracks only size vertically to two sizes will probably be, imo, not preferable to most people. It leans too heavily on the editor for those cases when just manually re-sizing an arrange track vertically to get a better look may be a better option.
4. Some of the edit tools on the toolbar need modifiers, to call them temporarily with modifiers, to avoid having to manually switch them so much. I know there are keys to switch tools but a mod is often a better option, and fewer keystrokes.
That's about it. I'm sure (haven't read it all) that anything else rumbling around my noggin' has probably been listed here already.
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- KVRAF
- 2036 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from Seattle, WA - USA
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it actually the other way around? I was under the impression that running separate plugin instances is usually more efficient because they can be more evenly distributed across multiple CPU cores by your DAW. As a bonus, the tracks can also be frozen which often isn't possible when using multi-out plugins. They may be more efficient at memory consumption though.SWallace wrote:Support for Multi Out instruments is #1 by far. Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, and Kontakt are used everyday. Not having Multi Out supports kills the workflow and cpu related to these instruments.
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- KVRist
- 46 posts since 26 Mar, 2014
1. CMD-R -> rename the track -> Enter -> Down arrow key (or Left/Right in Mixer view)LawrenceF wrote: 1. It is for me - in any audio workstation - annoying to not to be able to tab through track name fields as you rename them. It sounds like a really small thing but renaming multiple tracks becomes somewhat tiresome and mouse dependent when you can't do that. Track name fields (in any DAW imo) should rename directly, with no dialog... and tab to the next.
In any case where there is a "series" of things to be addressed like that, renamed, etc, tabbing is about as much as a common software general convention as there is.
I'd bet that 90% of demo users doubled clicked on the track name field expecting to be able to edit it in place.
4. Some of the edit tools on the toolbar need modifiers, to call them temporarily with modifiers, to avoid having to manually switch them so much. I know there are keys to switch tools but a mod is often a better option, and fewer keystrokes.
That's about it. I'm sure (haven't read it all) that anything else rumbling around my noggin' has probably been listed here already.
4. The keys to switch tool (e.g. "3" for the Pencil tool)also acts as modifiers if you hold them down.
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- KVRer
- 18 posts since 27 Mar, 2014
[*]Ability to import my Ableton Live sets
[*]Headless mode so I can run it on my linux stage computer without having to waste resources on showing the guis (including for any vst(i)s) and just control everything via midi
[*]Headless mode so I can run it on my linux stage computer without having to waste resources on showing the guis (including for any vst(i)s) and just control everything via midi
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- KVRist
- 97 posts since 25 Mar, 2014 from Bitwig Box
I had made a nice tune in no time, but I couldn't save it grrrr 20 minutes for the doggie of the show 
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- KVRAF
- 3817 posts since 8 Mar, 2006
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- Banned
- 278 posts since 6 Oct, 2013 from The Red Eye
Unless I am missing something here, the ability to group tracks would be nice.
Also:
-Ability to play multiple sessions/documents simultaneously each with exclusive settings. This could turn Bitwig into a nice "DJ" system.
Also:
-Ability to play multiple sessions/documents simultaneously each with exclusive settings. This could turn Bitwig into a nice "DJ" system.
Ask not what your DAW can do for you, but what you can do with your DAW
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- KVRist
- 37 posts since 17 Mar, 2014
When a midi clip is bounched to an audio clip. The original midi clip information should be retained, such that by right clicking the clip one can select either the midi or the audio version of it.
If at some point during your project you want to reuse the midi notes of a bounched clip this feature would prove very useful
If at some point during your project you want to reuse the midi notes of a bounched clip this feature would prove very useful