Bitwig 3.2 is released, demo available.

[SLiC]

https://www.bitwig.com/en/20/bitwig-studio-3_2.html

+ a $100 off sale....

Good time to demo the new version.....

[xbitz]

always worth to mention that the Bitwig team has 4 developers

[Reefius]

Just updated, but I've got a major problem here:

NoAudio.jpg

Where's my audio interface?

3.2 Beta 8 is working properly, also no issues with other DAW's.

EDIT: uninstalling and re-installing fixed it

[jonljacobi]

Nothing I care about has been improved or fixed. I remain outside the target audience. Sigh.

[ubailey]

I’m having this same problem I will try reinstalling and come back

[ubailey]

Update: reinstall fixed it

[Rivanni]

always worth to mention that the Bitwig team has 4 developers

5.

[Rivanni]

Repairing the installation is the quickest way to solve the audio interface problem.

[SLiC]

Nothing I care about has been improved or fixed. I remain outside the target audience. Sigh.

Seriously? I would have thought there was something here for everyone, exclusive solo options, map key options to launch/hide VSTs, there is an absolute ton of small stuff behind the bigger features (and EQ+ is one of the best EQs available and has many advantages over plug ins the way it has been integrated....

I highlighted a few of the 'little' features below in other new features and improvements (many came from users in this forum during the beta phase) this stuff makes a big difference to many peoples workflow...

It’s a big list of updates for a point update!

New EQ+

EQ driven by a new algorithm and a unique style of graphic interface
14 filter mode types for each band
Global frequency Shift and Gain controls for moving all bands together
Adaptive-Q option, narrowing the Q of bands as their gain increases
Quick gestures for adding bands:
Peak filters are added by double-clicking at the current mouse cursor position
Low-/high-shelf filters are added by dragging the left/right edges of the EQ curve
Low-/high-cut filters are added by dragging the left/right edges of the EQ graph (off the curve)
Notch filters are added by dragging the lower edge of the EQ graph
Different mouse cursors are shown to identify each interaction's filter mode
Clicking on the selected band's audition target soloes that band while the mouse/touch is held
Numeric controls for the selected band are shown (with all bands displayed in the Inspector)
Expanded Device View for large/detachable version of the graphical editor (with all bands displayed in the Device Panel)
EQ curve is shown on a rainbow spectrum, with each band's color set by its frequency
Select a Reference track, which will be show as a purple curve inside the spectrum display
Spectrum display includes frequency Tilt and decibel range settings, as well as Speed and Resolution controls

New Device: Saturator (Destruction)

Unique signal shaper that works in the log domain (like us )
Basic panel interface with transfer function display, Drive amount, Normalize option, low-pass controls for just saturated portion of the signal, and Makeup Gain
Filter Slope setting offers two flavors of filter: G modes are a bit more gentle, and R modes tend to be rougher. So 3ᴳ is gentle at 18 dB/oct, 1ᴿ is a rough with 6 dB/oct, etc.
Expanded curve editor that provides:
Quiet and loud Threshold settings, to define each end of the sound
Quiet and loud Amount settings, controlling how the signal is proportionately changed beyond each Threshold
Quiet and loud Knee settings, for how gradual each transition is
Three Skew controls, for making the loud Threshold, Amount, and Knee controls apply differently to positive and negative amplitudes
An interactive log display of these controls and the incoming signal
New Grid module: Saturator (Shaper) - module version of the device, allowing for polyphonic applications in The Grid

Updated Device: Arpeggiator (Note FX)

Each step now has a pitch offset slider (in addition to the velocity and note length controls), and a global toggle for enabling all steps
New Humanize parameter randomizes velocities and step start times and lengths (either earlier or later)
Nine new Pattern options, for 17 in total
Rate can now be set in milliseconds
Micro-pitch expressions are now tracked for each note
Poly Pressure to Velocity option replaces initial note velocities with any polyphonic pressure message (like those from MPE controllers) received
Option to Allow Overlapping Notes can be toggled on (default) or off
Trigger Immediately option allows notes to start off the beat grid
Release Immediately option uses the final note off to instantly end sound (instead of lasting the full step length)
New Octave Behavior option, used when the Octave Range is greater than one. Settings include…
Broad - Takes each additional octave in sequence, stacking them up with possible irregular/repeating patterns. (This is the default.)
Thin - Flattens & sorts all notes into one linear shape. (This was the Arpeggiator behavior in v3.1.x and earlier.)
1 by 1 - Executes the full pattern in each octave before moving to the next octave.

Updated Devices: Selectors (Container) Get Voice Modes

Instrument Selector, Note FX Selector, and audio FX Selector now have voice modes in the Inspector for cycling thru the available layers in various ways
Modes (and example uses) include:
Manual (same as the behavior up to 3.1.x) - Target layer is set by user, controller, modulator, and/or automation
Round-robin - New note triggers the next layer (for notes in series, or individual notes within a chord)
Free-robin - Round-robin, but skips used voices when possible
Free Voice - New note uses the first free layer. Always starts with the first layer for more predictable results. (Also ideal for loading multiple layers with HW CV Instrument to create polyphony with Eurorack hardware.)
Random - New note randomly selects a layer (nice with a pile of different audio FX)
Random Other - New note randomly selects a different layer (to guarantee a change each time)
Keyswitches - Designated notes set the target layer (you define the lowest keyswitch; so if set to note C2 and the Selector has 3 layers, C2 switches to layer 1, C#2 switches to layer two, and D2 switches to layer 3). Good for film scoring with different sounds and articulations.
CC - Designated continuous controller sets target layer (you define a continuous controller [default CC1 - mod wheel], whose full range will morph evenly thru all layers). For example, using mod wheel to cycle thru various note FX.
Program Change - PC messages set the target layer (program change messages map directly to each layer). Common output from pedal controllers, etc.
Other than Manual, all other modes are aware of the layer count. So adding or removing layers will just work without additional configuration.

Delay Options, for Evolving Sounds

New device: Note Delay, to delay an entire device chain/layer either in beats or seconds
ADSR, AHDSR & Note Sidechain modulators: now have a Pre-delay option for delaying their start either in beats or seconds
New Grid module: Logic Delay (Logic), for delaying the high- or low-logic portion of gate signals
New modulator: AHD on Release (Envelope), a triggered envelope that launches at note off

Other New Features

New Grid module: XP (Filter) - a modulatable filter with key tracking and 15 modes, including combos
New Grid module: Array (Data) - a recordable sequencer, for keeping track of up to 1024 events, notes, velocities, or anything else
New Grid module: N-Latch (Logic) - tracks the last trigger received from up to eight inputs, for an exclusive solo-type relationship
The Mix Panel now has mini displays of various devices, showing EQ curves (for EQ+, EQ-5, and EQ-2) or gain reduction amounts (for Compressor, De-Esser, Dynamics, Gate, and Peak Limiter)
Drum Machine device: now supports internal audio returns
Drum Machine device: option to select drum pads by following played notes (the five-pin MIDI icon)
In The Grid : dropping a sample or multisample into a Grid patch creates a Sampler module and loads the sound source
EQ-2, EQ-5 & Resonator Bank devices: color each band by its frequency (like EQ+)
Test Tone device: Frequency parameter is colored with the rainbow spectrum
Added controller script for Befaco VCMC

Improvements

Interactive help window now includes links to related video tutorials (at the bottom of the window)
Opening a clip (BWCLIP) or preset (BWPRESET) file from the OS file manager will load the file onto a new track in the open project (track presets)
Improved Ableton Link and MIDI clock slave synchronization
Transpose actions now work on audio clips (via the pitch expression)
Time and event selections display their length in minutes and seconds in the Inspector Panel
Both Arranger clips and cue markers can now be renamed with the standard command
User files can be renamed within the Browser Panel, and from the Files tab of the Project Panel
New preference for whether clicking a mixer solo button should disable all other solos ("exclusive solo") or not. Shift-click performs the inverse behavior.
Drum Machine device: drum cells now swap when dragged on top of each other
EQ-5 and EQ+ devices: spectrum analyzers now have Resolution and fall Speed controls
Spectrum device & Grid module: now have Resolution, fall Speed, Tilt, Scale, Range, and drawing Style controls
Tool device: now has an additional Volume control that bottoms out at silence
Vocoder device: Now suggests presets as either instruments or audio FX, depending on the contents of the Modulator chain
Steps & ParSeq-8 modulators: New with Groove mode, which syncs to the Global Transport with groove (when active)
Steps (Data) Grid module - new Interpolation option, for crossfading between step values; also a great way to create a lookup table
AD (Envelope) Grid module - new Looping option, to retrigger the envelope if the gate signal (often from the keyboard) is still held down when the envelope completes
New preference for whether middle mouse button drags will just pan in note editors, or pan and zoom
Audio engine: better parameter automation for VST2 and VST3 plug-ins (they now update at least every 64 samples)
The left/right edge of the clip's loop region can be dragged in the Detail Editor Panel (even when the edge is offscreen)
Note and clip stretching targets (left and right edges) are a bit wider
When dragging multiple notes, small chords (up to four notes) will preview all notes; larger chords will sound only the note clicked on
When moving multiple notes with the keyboard, only the earliest note will sound
Improved Tap Tempo, to recognize tempo changes more quickly
Tap Tempo can now be manually mapped in the Mapping Browser Panel
Toggle Device Window is now mappable
New Shortcut: Toggle Primary Device Window
DSP Performance Graph window now shows if the audio timing is coming from the audio interface or if it is approximated
Linux: it wasn't possible to drag files from some external applications (written using Qt, for example) into Bitwig Studio
ControlSurface API version 11:
ContinuousHardwareControl now has information about the name and value of the target it is controlling
Hardware controllers using the new API now have sub-buffer accuracy and no jitter when controlling parameters
Manual MIDI mappings in a project now have lower latency, sub-sample accuracy, and no jitter when controlling parameters
Indicators on the parameters are now automatically provided (no need to manually call Parameter.setIndication)
Now possible to map controls to MIDI pitch bend messages
Ability to choose between physical or logical knob/slider for a mapping in mapping browser
Ability to decide if a MIDI note mapping applies always or only when it is used for note input

Fixes

Undo was not possible after pressing escape key while dragging note velocity
Duplicating notes across multiple launcher clips in layered note editor did not select all duplicated notes
ALT-dragging a time selection on an instrument track to new track was bounces the selection, but was creating another instrument track
Gate device: input signal was stuck at zero
Instrument Selector device: playing the same notes on different channels created stuck notes
Oscilloscope device: deactivating trace B wasn't affecting the Expanded Device View
Random modulator: would sometimes jump when in Sync mode
Mix modulator: modulator source now follows the device's name
Fixed incorrect value on polyphonically modulated indexed controls
Some modulator values were not showing properly in the window footer on parameter hover
Fixed keyboard navigation between columns inside the Pop-up Browser
Scrolling through presets using a controller on the Pop-up Browser could be difficult because each preset was loaded instead of waiting a short time for the user to settle on a preset
Latest device descriptions are shown in the Inspector Panel
Crash when parsing some invalid SoundFont 2 files
No longer sends the MIDI Clock and MIDI Timecode when the engine is not processing in realtime
Fixed ghost note with some plug-ins when overlapping notes where played
Draw issue with open VST GUI button in the track mixer
VST2: kVstBarsValid flag was not set even when bar data was provided
If many underruns occurred, controllers that used the new hardware API may lag more than they should when adjusting parameters
Ignore mapping low level MIDI events that we detect are used for touch or release of a control
Random crashes that can happen when various controllers are running
macOS: dragging items might cause high CPU load in some cases
macOS: added missing entitlements for plug-ins that use eLicenser
macOS: drop operation occasionally happens only on the next mouse/key event when dropping items using trackpad
Linux: audio engine crash when selecting some ALSA audio outputs
Linux: crash when scaling GUI above 300%
Linux: When plug-in window is focused, allow key events to still work as though the Bitwig window was focused (for example, keyboard note input will still work)
Surge VST3: was showing a black window on Linux

[Vladislav_Gronk]

I honestly don't understand why they put so much time and energy in to making more plugins every update. It's marketable I guess but I wish they focused solely on workflow improvements for once.

Well, it's their choice but Bitwig is so close to being my preferred DAW over Ableton.

[antic604]

I honestly don't understand why they put so much time and energy in to making more plugins every update. It's marketable I guess but I wish they focused solely on workflow improvements for once.

They really do both, but indeed since v3 the balance seems to have shifted towards grid/devices slightly. But even then, look at EQ+ vs. EQ-5 - two things that always pissed me off with EQ-5 was that you need to enable/disable nodes with a separate button and that shelves & filters were not available except for 1st and 5th node. EQ+ solves both (+ adds lots more) and as a result it makes you work faster. Unless you don't use native devices at all and instead load Pro-Q3 or whatever, then sure.

But for me Bitwig - a bit like Reason - excels when using it standalone or with a limited number of plugins. Maybe that's why they focus on native stuff, to make it really self-sustained?

[fmr]

Just updated, but I've got a major problem here:


NoAudio.jpg


Where's my audio interface?

3.2 Beta 8 is working properly, also no issues with other DAW's.

EDIT: uninstalling and re-installing fixed it

It also happened to me... I am now uninstalling everything, to reinstall it afterwards

EDIT: Yep, it also solved the problem to me, but this seems like some kind of bug on the installer.

[antic604]

It also happened to me... I am now uninstalling everything, to reinstall it afterwards

Just run the installer again and choose 'repair' - that seems to do the trick for most (I've had no problem whatsoever, though).

[fmr]

It also happened to me... I am now uninstalling everything, to reinstall it afterwards

Just run the installer again and choose 'repair' - that seems to do the trick for most (I've had no problem whatsoever, though).

Uninstalling and reinstalling solved the problem (I guess it was more or less the same solution anyway). But this seems like a bug in the installer, definitely

[antic604]

Uninstalling and reinstalling solved the problem (I guess it was more or less the same solution anyway). But this seems like a bug in the installer, definitely

Yes, seems like it. I deleted the installer .msi file before running v3.2 for the first time and it wouldn't launch and was for some reason needing that file. This has never been the case before. But other than that it worked no problem the first time (I had sound, was able to download the new presets, etc.).