CONCISE BITWIG FEATURE REQUEST

[jaaypeso24]

a major a piano roll overhaul with audition tool, scale snapping, a tool which can draw, delete, modify notes using only mouse buttons, a note brush, multi-note operations etc. quite easy just have to copy the one in Sonar

so a piano roll workflow somehow should work like this >


and clip linking, that's all

I agree with this. That would increase workflow tremendously if the piano roll added those features.

I would like to see:

1) Choke groups in the Drum Machine/Sampler
- Without choke groups, I can't really use either of these unless it's for a single sound.

2) Automation lanes display what I'm actually automating
- I'm refering to how Pro Tools treats the actual line you're editing for automation. So if I'm automating the feedback on a delay, either stock or third party, the automation line in Pro Tools will give me a display of the actual feedback level that I'm drawing in instead of having a generic 0-100% value. The percentage value has me guessing where I'm placing the line which slows down workflow

3) Audio from Multi Out vst to be routed back to its own instrument track
- This would make volume and device adjustments so much easier if the audio was able to do this as it does in many other DAWS. Having to flip to the mixer to make small adjustments becomes cumbersome while creating.

4) Improved timestretching
- The least important of the requests I've submitted is a better timestrech engine that can compete with Ableton's. I still go back to Ableton when I want to stretch or change the key of a record or acapella for remix purposes because the Ableton engine handles this a lot better than Bitwig does currently. I'd rather have other features added or improved before time would be focused on this though.

Agreed with all of the above. Time stretching engine needs work. It would be great if the sampler had the ability to time stretch as well.

Oh and the ability in the browser to audition audio files not just time stretched to project temp but 1/2x or 2x project tempo.

[anp27]

Sorry. Seriously just two more.

6. If it has not already been mentioned: Per note expression for third party instruments.

7. Expression maps like Cubase.

[moonmadness]

i didn't vote because i didn't see Time Signature change/automation in the choices.

i'm just waiting for that to start using Bitwig.

[Igor Amos]

i didn't vote because i didn't see Time Signature change/automation in the choices.

i'm just waiting for that to start using Bitwig.

+1 + Chord Tracks, Chord Assistant and Chord Pads type built in feature.

[anp27]

+1 + Chord Tracks, Chord Assistant and Chord Pads type built in feature.

Another +1 for Chord Tracks/Assistant from me!

[WXLF]

i didn't vote because i didn't see Time Signature change/automation in the choices.

i'm just waiting for that to start using Bitwig.

this thread always pop up x)

yeah didn't vote either because this wasn't listed.. really hoping it's part of 1.4, whenever that may be

[WXLF]

+1 + Chord Tracks, Chord Assistant and Chord Pads type built in feature.

Another +1 for Chord Tracks/Assistant from me!

not sure what chord tracks is.. thats cubase right?

you could try cthulhu, it has a chord section.. if thats what you mean

[anp27]

+1 + Chord Tracks, Chord Assistant and Chord Pads type built in feature.

Another +1 for Chord Tracks/Assistant from me!

not sure what chord tracks is.. thats cubase right?

you could try cthulhu, it has a chord section.. if thats what you mean

I would like that feature built in, like how it is in Cubase.

[takaii]

Would love to see a new pole like this. This is quite old and some things you can actually do today someone up for making a new pole?

[arakash]

- Ability to Show/Hide Empty Tracks.

[David Boura]

Eq Spectrum... waiting for it since day 1;
An updated and complete manual;
Official updated tutorials (esp. Panel Mappings from A to Z);
Life on the youtube channel;
Hotkeys and midi mapping for absolutely everything:
- including track/device select, preset saving, browser window
- possibility to change default Bitwig ones without exception.
- a hotkey to add a device and another one for presets (not the same "b").
- not per project, but in the general settings, save/load.
Automation for everything (would solve the stop at ends of tracks i.e)
Global transpose indicator in the top bar;
Faster project (or engine?) loading, nowadays i have to wait 5 to 10 sec before Bitwig plays something;
Sometimes one of your vsts didn't load properly, or you uninstalled it, the entire channel doesn't play. You have to chase the culprish and for some projects, it takes time. Maybe something could be done on that topic? A warning list on loading?;
Back of the fullscreen;
Offical support for Push;
Possibility to type in text in Browser window while CAPS is on (or de-activate it when it's opened, just an idea);
Ability to add text notes to a project;
More scripts for midi controllers, even an LPD8 is not recognized;
Back of the drummachine (or other multi-out channel) individual soloing behavior (now if you solo the snare, that's all you hear for the entire track, this is absolute nonsense);
Why when changing a device preset, it looses all the mapping for i.e the channel faders?;
Zoom in views, and scroll in devices with the mousewheel;
More macro knobs for devices (16?);
More Lfo mods in the LFO tool, it is a headache as it actually works in a Russian doll way. And possibility to record them into automations, and stop them from evolving when the track is stopped. We could bake the result of random lfo, so it always play the same.
We could create random patches/sounds, and save them as presets;
Proper stretching;
Improved visibility of played notes in the piano-roll;
Better visualisation of the velocity change on a note, when using Ctrl+shift+drag. For now we have to deselect to see the result;
MP3 export;
We don't see the complete names of drums in the piano-roll;
More colors in the color picker;
Browser can't be moved even partially outside the screen;
All vst presets formats recognized and auto-loaded in the Preset Browser;

And the return of the back of my microphone under Wasapi mode, as it was in the past.

Edit:

Knobs moving under the Device Params List taken in account in the Undo/redo history;

[xbitz]

"and scroll in devices with the mousewheel" ... alt+mousewheel ?

[J-909]

Missing option: Legato clip launch mode (essential for me and the reason why I still didn't buy Bitwig)

[J-909]

By the way, I can't believe the most voted option is a spectrum analyzer for EQ'ing. I mean, it's usefull but the most necessary feature??
Cmon... thousands of Equalizers with spectrum inside (even free)

[David Boura]

"and scroll in devices with the mousewheel" ... alt+mousewheel ?

Just the mousewheel