Question on DAWs using the patterns and clips concept

[yul]

Hello!

I have been mostly using linear style DAW's with traditionnal track by track recording. I do have some experience with trackers as well.

Looking at more recent DAW trends, it seems like Live, Bitwig and possibly FL Studio are using a combination of clips and song mode at the same time.

Can anyone tell if these 2 modes are running parallel or separetely? (ex: Fl Studio pattern vs song mode).

I am also testing out Zenbeats 3 which seems the most straightforward one right now. I am finding the patterns mode is just kept completely separate from the song mode but it is possible to convert one to another.

Is it the same concept with the other above DAWs? Are these 2 concepts working at the same time or in parallel? Can you convert one to another?

Thanks for clarifying!

[mothra]

In Ableton, Session view (firing off clips in realtime) and the Arrangement view are two seperate things. Although when you jam in Session mode, you can record the clips right into the Arrangement when you're ready to call it a song.

But you use clips in either one in the same way. You can drag and drop clips from the Session mixer right into the arrangement and vice versa, or you can use the arranger like a traditional DAW too.

[Tj Shredder]

In Bitwig its per track. One track can play clips the other whatever is in the arranger time line… You can group those in addition… Converting is as simple as dragging from clip to arranger or vice versa…
In short yes…!

[Trancit]

In FL Studio they work either ...or...

[pdxindy]

In Bitwig its per track. One track can play clips the other whatever is in the arranger time line… You can group those in addition… Converting is as simple as dragging from clip to arranger or vice versa…
In short yes…!

Also in Bitwig, Clips can be set to then jump to the linear arrangement. Too bad it cannot also go back. (besides manually)... that would be cool!

[yul]

Hey thanks a lot this is very helpful!