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AlesisVi61 · Post by **AlesisVi61** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 1:58 pm

Well...it's been about 1.5 days since I requested a license key(so much for Nektar's 24 hour response time)...and I've contacted Nektar and Bitwig....if I don't hear from anyone soon...then I would say that either Nektar and/or Bitwig need more employees....or that they've simply abandoned their customers.

I love my Impact LX88 and I don't need the Bitwig 8 track,but thus far,their customer service is truly disappointing.

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 4:09 pm

You can post in their forum here in KVR as well, if you haven't done that already.

AlesisVi61 · Post by **AlesisVi61** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:38 pm

EnGee wrote:You can post in their forum here in KVR as well, if you haven't done that already.

I got a response from Niels at 10:00 his morning and this is what he said; "We should be able to get the license to you today."

I am very pleased to have received a response,but I submitted my request Sunday evening & I still don't know for certain,if I'll get the license today....perhaps they got inundated with e-mails over the course of the weekend?

It seems that the sales of Nektar products are abundant and the company is struggling to keep up with the demand.
I don't imagine that I'll ever have a purpose for upgrading to the full version of Bitwig....but I am curious as to what the upgrade price is(as perhaps I'll have a need for it in the future...off to Bitwig's website...

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:40 pm

I got my license in an instant i believe, with the Beat mag version. Weird. At least i can't remember waiting long really.

AlesisVi61 · Post by **AlesisVi61** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:57 pm

Finally got everything squared away & I'm up & running.It's strange though,that my transport controls are not working in Bitwig.I downloaded the Bitwig Studio configuration and yet,I had to manually set up everything & it still doesn't work right.
Everything was effortless & automatic when I downloaded the Nektar configurations for Studio One and Reason(I must have overlooked some critical detail...

AlesisVi61 · Post by **AlesisVi61** » Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:59 am

Began fiddling with the controller settings in the preferences section of Bitwig and when I hit the auto-detect button,I got the transport controls working,but the key-bed was disabled....wtf?

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Wed Apr 06, 2016 7:16 am

AlesisVi61 wrote:Began fiddling with the controller settings in the preferences section of Bitwig and when I hit the auto-detect button,I got the transport controls working,but the key-bed was disabled....wtf?

Have you downloaded the script from here?
https://www.bitwig.com/en/community/con ... ripts.html

AlesisVi61 · Post by **AlesisVi61** » Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:31 pm

EnGee wrote:
AlesisVi61 wrote:Began fiddling with the controller settings in the preferences section of Bitwig and when I hit the auto-detect button,I got the transport controls working,but the key-bed was disabled....wtf?
Have you downloaded the script from here?
https://www.bitwig.com/en/community/con ... ripts.html

This makes no sense,as when I click on the download from the list,it just takes me to the main page of Nektar's website.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:53 pm

Have you checked your account at Nektar?

http://www.nektartech.com/c.1289520/Dow ... Studio.pdf

With Bitwig Studio installed, locate the “Impact_LX_Support” that you downloaded from “My Downloads” on www.nektartech.com after registering your product

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:00 pm

Because Nektar is the writer of the script I guess. Have you read this:
http://www.nektartech.com/c.1289520/Dow ... Studio.pdf

Check if you have the configuration as in the image. If you still have a problem, I suggest to contact Nektar support first.
Anyway, by reading some of that PDF file, Nektar LX keys seems to have a very nice integration with Bitwig. I think it worth it to contact the support of both companies (starting with Nektar first).

edit,
oops! Numanoid worte the link first!

AlesisVi61 · Post by **AlesisVi61** » Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:14 pm

Well...the strngest thing happened...as I re-launched the Bitwig Studio set up and then when I launched Bitwig 8 Track,I recieved a prompt for an updated version.
So I ran that and closed Bitwig and when I re-launched Bitwig,everything was in place & there was nothing else I needed to do.

Thanks for the help though,guys.

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:17 pm

Great! Enjoy the experiment with both

AlesisVi61 · Post by **AlesisVi61** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:02 pm

Well...as a demo,Bitwig is a complete bust for me...as the synths are nothing special and no acoustic sounds.Also...just to lay down a decent drum track,requires 3 track in total.
The idea I had,was to try and create an interesting tune,just using the included sounds...but there's almost nothing to work with.I don't mean to say anything disparaging about Bitwig,but in terms of the modular and 64/32 bit support(I already have that covered with my other DAW's.)
So in essence,Bitwig was merely an experiment for me and as it turns out...I have no use for it,so I am uninstalling it and moving on.

Bitwig 8 Track??