Things you would love to see happening in Bitwig

[pdxindy]

- In general the note entering functionality could be improved - someone posted a fantastic example of Geist's piano roll which I'd never seen before. Maybe make it so that the piano roll behaves differently if a drum machine is the main instrument on a track, and give it some uber step sequencer functionality?

Here is that video of Geist

http://draigathar.org/stuff/geist-notes.mov

I would like this sort of behavior in the midi editor in general, not just for drums. A Flam tool also for doing strumming with chords.

And this is not directed at Bitwig specifically, but how in 2014 can modern piano rolls be so rudimentary? There are many smart tools possible and in various DAW's we are still editing notes one by one. And midi data is very simple so easy to manipulate. I think Bitwig is a good candidate to provide a really smart, forward thinking piano roll at some point.

[NicksTutorials]

I would like to be able to bounce multiple tracks to a new track without having to go through the export option and then re-importing the exported audio. The bounce options for a single track are very good already, so it would be cool if they took this functionality to its logical end.

Bitwig seems to be going for a very resampling-friendly approach, so this addition would make it the ultimate tool for resampling addicts like myself.

+5 Yes Yes and YES! It would be awesome if we could select multiple channels a do a bounce function. I really hope this happens. Cause as It stadns, I think Abletons re-sampling function is more effective for something like this.

For what it's worth, Bitwig has the same functionality as Ableton Live already does. Just set the input of a track to "Master" and you've got resampling ala Live But as we've already agreed on, it would be MUCH MUCH nicer not to have to do realtime resampling. An offline, multi-track bounce would be infinitely better. This is the one missing feature that is really holding me back from singing Bitwig's praises from the rooftops.

[Ameyah Audio]

- increase the polyphony of the polysynth to 32!
- bigger LFO ranges: 32/1 instead of being 2/1 the biggest in the LFO Mod
- be able to select the LFO rate in time-beat mode in the LFO-MOD macro.
- scalable GUI
- select output of the samplers in the drum machine for the dynamics FX
- Sine, triangle, etc - waveforms for the polysynth

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[Orga]

For what it's worth, Bitwig has the same functionality as Ableton Live already does. Just set the input of a track to "Master" and you've got resampling ala Live But as we've already agreed on, it would be MUCH MUCH nicer not to have to do realtime resampling. An offline, multi-track bounce would be infinitely better. This is the one missing feature that is really holding me back from singing Bitwig's praises from the rooftops.

Fair shout. I seem to overlook the most obvious things at the moment. Ha. Good to know though.

And this is not directed at Bitwig specifically, but how in 2014 can modern piano rolls be so rudimentary? There are many smart tools possible and in various DAW's we are still editing notes one by one. And midi data is very simple so easy to manipulate. I think Bitwig is a good candidate to provide a really smart, forward thinking piano roll at some point.

I don't use FL studio, but i've seen that is has some pretty good Midi editing features, i swear it has a similar thing to flaming and strumming which you are requesting.

[Orga]

*Snap to zero crossing (selectable between negative or positive) - this would be awesome for perfect drum layering.

*audio over audio layered editing.

[billcarroll]

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.

Bitwig should have multi out VST capability. However, I don't think using another instance of the plugin is actually more CPU intensive. If multiple instances use more CPU intensive it's not by much unless the plugin has something like a free running oscillator churning away.

I often find myself using another instance of multi out plugins based on my workflow. Drum machines are probably the one place I still use multi outs sometimes.

[billcarroll]

I would like to be able to bounce multiple tracks to a new track without having to go through the export option and then re-importing the exported audio. The bounce options for a single track are very good already, so it would be cool if they took this functionality to its logical end.

Bitwig seems to be going for a very resampling-friendly approach, so this addition would make it the ultimate tool for resampling addicts like myself.

+5 Yes Yes and YES! It would be awesome if we could select multiple channels a do a bounce function. I really hope this happens. Cause as It stadns, I think Abletons re-sampling function is more effective for something like this.

For what it's worth, Bitwig has the same functionality as Ableton Live already does. Just set the input of a track to "Master" and you've got resampling ala Live But as we've already agreed on, it would be MUCH MUCH nicer not to have to do realtime resampling. An offline, multi-track bounce would be infinitely better. This is the one missing feature that is really holding me back from singing Bitwig's praises from the rooftops.

Can't you just mute the tracks you don't want, create a clip on master for the section you want to bounce, BIP the clip on master. You now have your bounce.

[NicksTutorials]

Can't you just mute the tracks you don't want, create a clip on master for the section you want to bounce, BIP the clip on master. You now have your bounce.

Your suggestion worked really well, thank you for the tip! I'm still getting used to the extreme flexibility of Bitwig's track structure. I would still like to see the functionality that I described, but your method goes a really long way toward addressing my needs.

[nechronics]

Would be incredible if they just copied a lot of the stuff you can do in FL's piano roll. Strumming, flams, etc.

Then, of course, there's this:



I'd give anything to be able to do that

[markorbit]

First of all I'm new to Bitwig so I'm not overly familier with all the tools it may have already but three things which would be important to me are:

CUSTOM GROOVE TEMPLATES
This would allow the user to define note velocity, note position, note length (or ANY or ALL of these parameters) to a selected part. The part would stay 'connected' to the Groove Template so any changes in the Groove Template are carried forward (without further user action) into the linked part(s) automatically.

STEP SEQUENCER
I know we have a Step Mod already. Does this just use CC's? I would like a proper Step Sequencer that triggers notes and can be guided by simple root notes in the parts.

GHOST OR ALIAS PARTS
I can't seem to do this... is there some reason why data has to be duplicated? Makes editing tedious and not fool proof.

I already have a licence with Logic, Cubase and Studio One so I really didn't want another DAW but from what I've seen so far Bitwig is a nice refreshing change. It seems intuitive, lacks clutter, and crucially, it is easy on the eyes - something that I feel Cubase and Studio One lacks. A few more features and I'm in...

[Orga]

Can't you just mute the tracks you don't want, create a clip on master for the section you want to bounce, BIP the clip on master. You now have your bounce.

Your suggestion worked really well, thank you for the tip! I'm still getting used to the extreme flexibility of Bitwig's track structure. I would still like to see the functionality that I described, but your method goes a really long way toward addressing my needs.

We both learnt something tonight ha -

Would be incredible if they just copied a lot of the stuff you can do in FL's piano roll. Strumming, flams, etc.

Then, of course, there's this:



I'd give anything to be able to do that

That is awesome to be fair. I can't imagine that being that complicated to implement.

[NicksTutorials]

Your suggestion worked really well, thank you for the tip! I'm still getting used to the extreme flexibility of Bitwig's track structure. I would still like to see the functionality that I described, but your method goes a really long way toward addressing my needs.

We both learnt something tonight ha -

Haha, yep! I wasn't expecting to come here bitching and moaning about the lack of an important feature and then have someone set me straight. It was a pleasant surprise, a common experience with Bitwig so far.

[billcarroll]

Your suggestion worked really well, thank you for the tip! I'm still getting used to the extreme flexibility of Bitwig's track structure. I would still like to see the functionality that I described, but your method goes a really long way toward addressing my needs.

We both learnt something tonight ha -

Haha, yep! I wasn't expecting to come here bitching and moaning about the lack of an important feature and then have someone set me straight. It was a pleasant surprise, a common experience with Bitwig so far.

Awesome, I'm really glad it helped. So many people are helping here, it's almost the same feel as the open-source software community.

[ColaEuphoria]

The ability to modulate time signature.

Music composers have been doing it for centuries, and Ableton Live can do it as easily as right-clicking on the timeline and inserting a time signature change beginning at a certain measure.

LV2 support that is not exclusive to Linux

I know this is planned, but I'm still putting it out that I will use this if/when implemented. I'd rather program an LV2 plugin instead of a VST plugin after looking at both of their APIs and licenses; and Bitwig could easily hoist LV2 into a widely accepted standard.