There is no demo yet. Version 6 is currently in beta, and you have to have an active licence to use it.Teksonik wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 1:32 pm How does one download the version 6 demo? Every time I click "Try" it points to 5.3.13
With the current Black Friday sale going on I might consider updating my version of Bitwig which has long since expired but only if I can demo version 6 first.
Bitwig 6
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- KVRist
- 44 posts since 30 Jan, 2021
- KVRAF
- 19787 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
Ok thanks, Cha Ching....no sale. I'm not paying to update blindly.crossmod wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 1:35 pmThere is no demo yet. Version 6 is currently in beta, and you have to have an active licence to use it.Teksonik wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 1:32 pm How does one download the version 6 demo? Every time I click "Try" it points to 5.3.13
With the current Black Friday sale going on I might consider updating my version of Bitwig which has long since expired but only if I can demo version 6 first.
It's confusing since version 6 shows on their page:
https://www.bitwig.com/
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- KVRian
- 1199 posts since 10 Sep, 2014
6 Is still in beta that's why there is no demo yet.Teksonik wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 1:32 pm How does one download the version 6 demo? Every time I click "Try" it points to 5.3.13
With the current Black Friday sale going on I might consider updating my version of Bitwig which has long since expired but only if I can demo version 6 first.
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- KVRAF
- 5144 posts since 3 Oct, 2013
it requires an active account. so from Splice — https://splice.com/daws/39084269-bitwig ... 3656262594Teksonik wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 1:32 pm How does one download the version 6 demo? Every time I click "Try" it points to 5.3.13
With the current Black Friday sale going on I might consider updating my version of Bitwig which has long since expired but only if I can demo version 6 first.
— which gives a 14-day free trial with an acitve account
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- KVRAF
- 19787 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
Likely or not?Dionysos wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 2:55 pm The sale will likely still be on by the time it's released.
I'm assuming the current Black Friday sale will be over by 2026. But if 6 drops while the sales are still on I'll give it a demoere2learn wrote: Wed Nov 19, 2025 2:11 pm At current pace/state, I cant see a release before '26, just pure guessing on my part
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- KVRAF
- 19787 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
I have an active Bitwig account but I stopped paying the update fees at 5.0.11 since they've never added anything I wanted or needed. I no longer use Bitwig.xbitz wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 3:24 pmit requires an active account. so from Splice — https://splice.com/daws/39084269-bitwig ... 3656262594Teksonik wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 1:32 pm How does one download the version 6 demo? Every time I click "Try" it points to 5.3.13
With the current Black Friday sale going on I might consider updating my version of Bitwig which has long since expired but only if I can demo version 6 first.
— which gives a 14-day free trial with an acitve account
I just wanted to try the version 6 demo to see if they have added anything I need to justify the update cost and encourage me to use BW again.
There is no way I'm paying just to demo version 6 especially not from Splice.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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- KVRAF
- 5144 posts since 3 Oct, 2013
why would you pay for a 14 day free period, dont get itTeksonik wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 3:37 pmI have an active Bitwig account but I stopped paying the update fees at 5.0.11 since they've never added anything I wanted or needed. I no longer use Bitwig.xbitz wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 3:24 pmit requires an active account. so from Splice — https://splice.com/daws/39084269-bitwig ... 3656262594Teksonik wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 1:32 pm How does one download the version 6 demo? Every time I click "Try" it points to 5.3.13
With the current Black Friday sale going on I might consider updating my version of Bitwig which has long since expired but only if I can demo version 6 first.
— which gives a 14-day free trial with an acitve account
I just wanted to try the version 6 demo to see if they have added anything I need to justify the update cost and encourage me to use BW again.
There is no way I'm paying just to demo version 6 especially not from Splice.![]()
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- KVRAF
- 19787 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
Because I'm not giving up my credit card or financial info to get something "free".
Get this, I don't want anything to do with Splice. Period.
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- KVRian
- 1199 posts since 10 Sep, 2014
They are so forward thinking that they anticipated the seasons..hehe..Trancit wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 7:31 amIn the Germany I knew it was 20th of december too... no idea what has changed since I left...stamp wrote: Wed Nov 19, 2025 4:17 pmIn the rest of the world it ends on the 20th of december.FenixRizn wrote: Wed Nov 19, 2025 2:54 pm Their statement said they were aiming for a fall 2025 full release. Fall officially ends in Germany on 11/30....Fingers crossed. My luck, it'll be spring 2026 and I'll have to pony up again.![]()
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- KVRAF
- 5144 posts since 3 Oct, 2013
I’d sell my soul for Bitwig, not my bank account number
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- KVRian
- 1371 posts since 7 Oct, 2023 from Tokyo
Cool. So it sounds like everything is working as intended for you then. You’re not paying, and you’re not getting the beta.Teksonik wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 3:37 pm There is no way I'm paying just to demo version 6 especially not from Splice.![]()
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- KVRist
- 71 posts since 31 Mar, 2023
I decided NOT to update, since I cannot test it... also considering a switch because support has abandoned me...
Seeking change and either sell licence or use it as a sound creator = The Grid
Considering FL Studio with perpetual upgrades - but it is more geeky ...
Bitwig is not what it was any more - meaning the Managing direction...
Boh
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People that label others as conspiracy theorists, usually are those that refuse to check the facts themselves!
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- KVRist
- 71 posts since 31 Mar, 2023
If not wrong, it is the second time they raise the yearly deal and then apply a 'fake-in-my-view' discount.Dionysos wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 2:55 pm The sale will likely still be on by the time it's released.
Is it greed already entered Bitwig ?
That is what I see, I ma be wrong of course...
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People that label others as conspiracy theorists, usually are those that refuse to check the facts themselves!
People that label others as conspiracy theorists, usually are those that refuse to check the facts themselves!
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- KVRist
- 71 posts since 31 Mar, 2023
They could simply allow install beside older version - for those who have it - and not allow any file save!
That is the best way of keeping and gaining customer, as FL Studio does - if I remember well.
I am also trying to move to Linux - tired of stupid Microsoft and over-the-head Apple
That is the best way of keeping and gaining customer, as FL Studio does - if I remember well.
I am also trying to move to Linux - tired of stupid Microsoft and over-the-head Apple
KVRaudioline - Hobbyists are not lesser beings!

People that label others as conspiracy theorists, usually are those that refuse to check the facts themselves!
People that label others as conspiracy theorists, usually are those that refuse to check the facts themselves!
