THREE features you'd pay upgrade price for?

[Karbon L. Forms]

A non-Java non-patterny API. I'd pay £500 for that right now.

[AcrossTheSky]

I would be lovely to be able to lock the piano roll to a scale / scales . Main scale .green midi notes. secondary yellow for example..
...in short . Some sort of scale/chord Ai assistant..... thx..

[Hanz Meyzer]

Grid containers would really clean up organisation. Grid in grid or so.

[SLiC]

'FL-like piano-roll features' - I just bought FL Studio, I get it now!
( also add 'Edison like audio editing'!)

[TheYke]

For me it is (probably never gonna happen) :
More flexible routing (for 3D audio/Ambisonics etc. )
Lv2-support
Video-playback

[antic604]

'FL-like piano-roll features' - I just bought FL Studio, I get it now!
( also add 'Edison like audio editing'!)

Damn you, man! You'll mention it one more time & I'm getting the demo again

[perpetual3]

I would right away pay an upgrade fee for the feedback routing alone.

[SLiC]

'FL-like piano-roll features' - I just bought FL Studio, I get it now!
( also add 'Edison like audio editing'!)

Damn you, man! You'll mention it one more time & I'm getting the demo again

Yeh, I must have demoed half a dozen times before I ‘got it’ and took the plunge. it is one of the best demos in the business, you can even save (just not reopen), so you can give it a good go whilst waiting for Bitwig 4 to drop.

I think it’s the not being able to sell it thing that always put me off just buying it to tinker around, but that is somewhat offset by the frequent updates and all updates being free. Did you know it works as a plug in?

[machinesworking]

I chose online collaboration, Audio and MIDI comping, and Video Track/playback.
I believe MIDI grid, Apple Silicon Support and resizable faders are a given.

What isn't on here I would like to see is Bitwig as a VSTi.

[antic604]

Yeh, I must have demoed half a dozen times before I ‘got it’ and took the plunge. it is one of the best demos in the business, you can even save (just not reopen), so you can give it a good go whilst waiting for Bitwig 4 to drop.

Demoed it again today. Still not for me - I don't like the GUI and menu-diving. And trying to keep things organised and orderly would drive me crazy. Maybe v21 will improve things, but I doubt it. There's way too much legacy stuff they have to drag behind for compatibility ...and current users.

Did you know it works as a plug in?

Yes, but that doesn't have any value to me.

[SLiC]

Did you know it works as a plug in?

Yes, but that doesn't have any value to me.

Yeh, it can seem that way...so many “things’ and ways to work! I guess that’s what happens when you keep adding stuff people ask for for 21 years and somewhat apt for this thread!

I bought the all plug in version and figured even if I just used FL as a drum machine and instrument and fx rack in my other DAWs it was good value...a bit like reason rack! Anyway, here is a video of someone doing just that in Bitwig to stay on topic a bit!

https://youtu.be/Tdlx7HAV9Bo

[amg56]

+1 Groove Pool.

The issue with adding in video is that it's fundamentally not what Bitwig was ever directed towards. Once you build in video, it starts pulling the app toward needing configurable multichannel implemented at the track level, which in turn affects the plugin API and monitoring, etc., ad nauseam. You also need cue points in addition to markers, and some ability to reset the beat clock as well as meter on those cues, otherwise your grid will quickly become useless. Over the years it leads you to a huge effort, while the app still needs basic features to cover its core audience optimally. Then you have Jack of all trades, master of none. It would become a huge piece of software like Cubase. If someone wants to do video, they should try Cubase - its feature set is great for that purpose - or another DAW.

[machinesworking]

+1 Groove Pool.

The issue with adding in video is that it's fundamentally not what Bitwig was ever directed towards. Once you build in video, it starts pulling the app toward needing configurable multichannel implemented at the track level, which in turn affects the plugin API and monitoring, etc., ad nauseam. You also need cue points in addition to markers, and some ability to reset the beat clock as well as meter on those cues, otherwise your grid will quickly become useless. Over the years it leads you to a huge effort, while the app still needs basic features to cover its core audience optimally. Then you have Jack of all trades, master of none. It would become a huge piece of software like Cubase. If someone wants to do video, they should try Cubase - its feature set is great for that purpose - or another DAW.

It doesn't have to be "great", just something on the lines of what Live offers.
Most of us that want that kind of feature already have a DAW like DP, Cubase or Logic that has good or great movie features. Bitwig, like Live, offers some things the others don't in terms of film scoring, more in the vein of foley and special FX work. If I want micro editing level control over film scoring I'm going to be using DP, but that isn't always what's needed.

Plus, one of Lives IMO big advantages is the integration of Jitter. You could literally run an entire show from Live on a laptop, including video DJing on the fly. That said IMO the fundamentals of Bitwig are better, better commands and UX in general, Live always feel like carpal tunnel in the making compared. So I pretty much want my cake and to eat it too.

[C-I]

I'd really like to see big update to Windows touch. I'd settle for them ironing out some of the automation-drawing quirks.

[Tj Shredder]

I would like to see Pd integration in the Grid. A way to create Grid objects with Pd and a UI for Grid patches. It would be the equivalent of M4L, but better. The licensing of Pd would allow that! It could be made a bit like MobMuPlat which allows to create music apps for mobile devices with Pd. Instead of the ugly UI elements of MobMuPlat we would get the nice Bitwig elements...