Bitwig

thetechnobear · Post by **thetechnobear** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:27 am

finally had time to give the Push2 version a go, and its really great work!

a couple of small requests/questions:
- can you add the config file, to .gitignore ... I always run from the 'repo', so would be handy for git to ignore this file.
- is it possible to alter the grey background? I kind of like the way ableton have theirs with everything on a black background, i think it makes the display look a little sharper.
- new device creation - (api limitation? this is a 'biggie' for me, as means you can move away from the computer

)
- is it correct that macros for devices, don't appear to be displayed? (api limitation)

i also had an odd issue with the raindrop sequencer, when sometimes the 'top' point, would move... I think it only started doing this when I changed from 1/16 to 1/8 and then back. I'll see if I can get some proper reproduction steps, if this is 'news' to you.

mighty impressed!
thanks for all the hard work.

moss · Post by **moss** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:57 am

steve118x wrote: it gives no errors,
is it possible that push22bitwig is not getting run from the "~/Documents/Bitwig\ Studio/Controller\ Scripts/Push4Bitwig/push2display" folder, even though I've CD to it ?
could it be a Java path Issue?
Steve

The script is defintively the correct version or you would not have got that error.

The problem is Push2Display. So you say if you directly start it from the terminal from that path its still the old version (the new version has lots of color configuration left to the logging area)? Or do you have now the new version and it does not work?

moss · Post by **moss** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 12:29 pm

thetechnobear wrote:finally had time to give the Push2 version a go, and its really great work!

Thanks!

thetechnobear wrote: - can you add the config file, to .gitignore ... I always run from the 'repo', so would be handy for git to ignore this file.

Thanks for reminding me, that's something I wanted to do and forgot about... Done.

thetechnobear wrote: - is it possible to alter the grey background? I kind of like the way ableton have theirs with everything on a black background, i think it makes the display look a little sharper.

You can change the background color in the Push2Display application.

thetechnobear wrote: - new device creation - (api limitation? this is a 'biggie' for me, as means you can move away from the computer )

Yes, still a limitation. Bug them about it, the more the better

thetechnobear wrote: - is it correct that macros for devices, don't appear to be displayed? (api limitation)

Macros are there: Select "Fixed" and then "Macros".

thetechnobear wrote: i also had an odd issue with the raindrop sequencer, when sometimes the 'top' point, would move... I think it only started doing this when I changed from 1/16 to 1/8 and then back. I'll see if I can get some proper reproduction steps, if this is 'news' to you.

That's normal. That always happens if the "length of the drop" does not exactly devide the current clip length. But you can use this as a feature to create interesting poly-rhythms.

steve118x · Post by **steve118x** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 7:05 pm

moss wrote:
The problem is Push2Display. So you say if you directly start it from the terminal from that path its still the old version (the new version has lots of color configuration left to the logging area)? Or do you have now the new version and it does not work?

yes , if I cd to the correct folder in terminal and then
java -cp "*" push22bitwig.Push22Bitwig &

I still get the old version!

it's a mystery!
I'm going to try un-installing and re-installing Java

thanks,
Steve

steve118x · Post by **steve118x** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:22 am

Finally! found my problem,
old version (6.0) of Push2Display would always run , instead of the latest (7.2.1)
it seems "/Library/Java/Extensions/push22bitwig.jar" was the little b*stard causing the problem.
I deleted it and all is well.

I don't know how it got there, if it's supposed to be there, or if it's going to come back,
but once I deleted him , I got my sanity back!
thanks for your help Moss.
Steve.

moss · Post by **moss** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:22 am

steve118x wrote:Finally! found my problem,
old version (6.0) of Push2Display would always run , instead of the latest (7.2.1)
it seems "/Library/Java/Extensions/push22bitwig.jar" was the little b*stard causing the problem.
I deleted it and all is well.

I don't know how it got there, if it's supposed to be there, or if it's going to come back,
but once I deleted him , I got my sanity back!
thanks for your help Moss.
Steve.

Phew, great you found it! And no, that file is defintively not supposed to be there.

moss · Post by **moss** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:32 am

New day new fun, 7.22 is online!

Get it from: http://mossgrabers.de/Software/Bitwig/Bitwig.html

Changes:
* Improved device navigation:
* If no device is selected (e.g. no device on the track) and "Device Out" is pressed the view is switched to the current track.
* If "Device In" is pressed in a track/mix mode and it is not a group the view is switched to device mode.
* If "Device Out" is pressed on a top level device the view is switched to track mode.
* If "Device In" is pressed on a multi-output VST plugin but no output layers were created the parameters are shown instead of an error that there are no layers.
* NOTE: There is currently a bug in Bitwig which crashes Bitwig Studio if you switch from layers to devices under certain circumstances

codec17 · Post by **codec17** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 1:40 pm

Nice thnx!
Specially this one i love: * If "Device In" is pressed in a track/mix mode and it is not a group the view is switched to device mode.

I work much faster now with the last couple of updates!

Tearing Riots · Post by **Tearing Riots** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:33 pm

Thanks a lot for doing this, just picked up a used push for cheap and having a blast!

One problem i have, when sequencing in triplets i can´t insert 3 consecutive notes, on 1/8t the second note is shown as having double length, with 16th triplets its the first. Any chance for a fix?

Also where is the donate button?

stamp · Post by **stamp** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:29 pm

Tearing Riots wrote: Also where is the donate button?

+1 You should add this feature to the script!

moss · Post by **moss** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:53 am

Tearing Riots wrote: One problem i have, when sequencing in triplets i can´t insert 3 consecutive notes, on 1/8t the second note is shown as having double length, with 16th triplets its the first. Any chance for a fix?

I could reproduce it. It seems to be a bug in Bitwig since the length of the note is set automatically. I documented it here:

https://github.com/teotigraphix/Framewo ... issues/108

Nevertheless, speak up to them if it is important to you

Tearing Riots wrote:Also where is the donate button?

I do that because of the fun and the nice people

However if you feel like the late Santa: https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/UUYHKXZFZVY2

Tearing Riots · Post by **Tearing Riots** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:53 pm

Thanks, reported. Though i just linked to your issue tracker..

soehngenetic · Post by **soehngenetic** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 9:13 am

Hi Moss,

First of all massive thanks and respect for all the work you put into this script!

Is it possible at the moment to load devices to Tracks and into Spots of the drums Devise with the Push 2 browsing/add device funcionality? I tried yesterday and didn't find a way to do so. - This is something working like a charm in Live 9.5 and really minimizes the need to look at the computer screen. On the other hand organizing control parameter setup for devices is soo much better in Bitwig Studio.

And another question regarding the sequenzer modes in the scripts: Would it be possible to add a functionality to post control velocity aso by pressing and holding a pad and adjusting the amount then? I also like the way you implemented "recording" velocity while step sequencing, but it would be helpful to be able to set exact parameters if necessary.

Thanks again and have a nice weekend!

moss · Post by **moss** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 11:27 am

soehngenetic wrote:Hi Moss,

First of all massive thanks and respect for all the work you put into this script!

Is it possible at the moment to load devices to Tracks and into Spots of the drums Devise with the Push 2 browsing/add device funcionality? I tried yesterday and didn't find a way to do so. - This is something working like a charm in Live 9.5 and really minimizes the need to look at the computer screen. On the other hand organizing control parameter setup for devices is soo much better in Bitwig Studio.

And another question regarding the sequenzer modes in the scripts: Would it be possible to add a functionality to post control velocity aso by pressing and holding a pad and adjusting the amount then? I also like the way you implemented "recording" velocity while step sequencing, but it would be helpful to be able to set exact parameters if necessary.

Thanks again and have a nice weekend!

These 2 are the most requested features, see #7:
https://github.com/git-moss/Push4Bitwig ... own-Issues

stamp · Post by **stamp** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 1:11 pm

Hi moss,
Can you please add the option to not select clips when they are launched?

Thanks!

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