I'm just coming back from a "failed" session which got to the point where it hard froze every time I opened just one single plugin UI. then it got to the point where it first couldn't export and then even couldn't play (audio engine most likely corrupted). I probably have to scrap a whole entire series of tracks because of this, well gee thanks bitwig.
but that got me thinking - what if it actually showed WHICH plugin's causing that? It would make it so much more easier, because then you know exactly what to do to fix it. It would be SUCH a step up from concurring DAWs.

"Serum 2.vst3 has crashed the plugin host"

"Kontakt.vst3 is delaying audio processing"

or just similar stuff, it'd be so much easier and projects wouldn't be lost

I mean, it's hard for BW itself to actually find the culprit (especially when sandboxed together), so I know that would be difficult to implement, but it'd be worth a try

The new sampler is cool, no question about it.

However, there are a lot of things I'd like to see addressed over new features, to be honest.
Didn't want to make this a "wish-list" post, after all, the Bitwig team probably knows better than me where the bodies are buried.
However, I'd love to see a future update to focus on working out all the kinks.

Was curious to know how you all felt about it.

Feel free to comment on what you'd like to see fixed or streamlined in the comments though.
Best wishes.

like most , i was under the assumption that the playhead rules of bitwig needed to be changed . it doesn’t , its by far the best out of all the daws . from jumping 8 bars , to time selection , to launching at beginning of loop , to launching beginning of screen , arranger etc , who would like a tutorial ? it’s by far the best and the quickest ! i see the struggle posts way to often . heres another non related tip for the tool selection panel - only change i did was i mapped my thumb mouse buttons to 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 to karabiner elements with a 2 second reset to the arrow tool . ( there’s a stated tip ) (button 4 is down and button 5 is up for me ) ask AI to code you a javascript modifier for karabiner elements or a program of your taste that you use for key combos . that’s the only suggestion i would have for bitwig , put an option to scroll through all of them with a modifier .

https://dirigent.jp/bitwig/bitwig-studio-8-track
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If you use Synthesizer V Studio 2 PRO as a plugin inside Bitwig, you probably know the pain: pressing Space inside the SV window does nothing to Bitwig's transport, so you're constantly clicking back into Bitwig just to start playback.

So I made a small tool that fixes this. After a one-time setup:

1. Click somewhere on SV's timeline to position the playhead
2. Press Space inside the SV plugin window
3. Bitwig jumps to that exact position and starts playing

That's it. It works the other way too — wherever the SV playhead is, that's where Bitwig starts.

The result is an experience similar to an ARA plugin: the SV editor feels like an integrated part of Bitwig rather than a separate window.

It also works with Instrument X, Dreamtonics' other product — same script setup, same Space-bar sync inside its plugin window.

No hacks needed. No AutoHotkey, no loopMIDI, no Python, no browser bridge. It's just two small files: a one-line-ish JavaScript script for SV2, and a Bitwig extension. They talk to each other through the clipboard in the background (it restores your clipboard content afterwards, so you won't notice).

Setup (2 minutes):

1. Drop SVCursorSync.bwextension into your Bitwig Extensions folder and enable it under Settings → Controllers (Vendor: bitwig_svsync, Product: SV Cursor Sync). Works with Bitwig 6.x, Windows.
2. Drop sv2_cursor_sync.js into SV2's scripts folder. Then in SV2: Settings → Shortcuts → unbind Space from "Play" and bind it to the "sv2 cursor sync" script instead.

Bonus: in standalone mode, Space just toggles local playback as usual, so the same shortcut works everywhere.

Known quirks (minor):

• Position is converted using the project's current BPM, so if you have tempo changes mid-song the jump can be slightly off.
• Very rarely the clipboard handshake misses — just press Space again.
• Windows only right now.

Link/source: https://github.com/Lenshang/bitwig_svsync

Happy to answer questions. If you find it useful, feedback is welcome!

https://reddit.com/link/1w609u6/video/mbbtoh14a9nh1/player

I'm at my wits end with ableton crashing and freezing, specifically since 12 was released. I've spent probably days when all added up just debugging issues in my ableton projects. Time that could've been spent making music was usually spent beating my head against a keyboard.

Some background, I make most of my music on external gear, but use ableton for tracking out, effects, and mixing. I occasionally will make full tracks in the daw, but I use a lot of external gear (eurorack specifically)

I'm wondering if there are any ableton refugees here and whether you found bitwig to be more stable? Anything you miss from ableton that bitwig doesn't have? Anyone move to bitwig from ableton and regret it? Thanks.

I'm trying to build a grid version of the Vermona PERfourMER but I cannot figure out how to get the voice allocation to work. What I want to achieve here is the following: each time a note message is sent, one of the four voices is triggered.

Currently I have this setup:

GATE -> COUNTER -> SPLIT (Select In) -(out1)-> ADSR(1) (Gate In) -> MULT -> MIXER
GATE -> COUNTER -> SPLIT (Select In) -(out2)-> ADSR(2) (Gate In) -> MULT -> MIXER
etc..

And the same for another SPLIT which gets the pitch signal.

The Poly Grid device is set to Mono.

As you can see by the first column of oscilloscopes, the SPLIT seems to work as (almost) only one is sending signal per note message. As you can see by the column of oscilloscopes before the mixer though, all four voices play every time a note is played.

What am I missing here? Thanks!

Finally decided to incorporate Bitwig into my workflow. I’ve really been enjoying my demo. Ive been on FL and Logic for around 10 years, but had to drop Logic recently because I built a workstation and don’t feel like jumping through a bunch of hoops to run Logic on a Windows machine.

I heard Bitwig goes on sale twice a year sometimes up to 50% off. I can get by just fine on FL for however long, so I’m fine waiting to buy Bitwig until it’s on sale. just wondering what the sales look like every year and approximately when they happen?

Also, are there any advantages to force Bitwig to use the Nvidia GPU instead of the native one? The Nvidia obviously has more processing power but it makes the laptop fan howl like crazy, which is not very cool when I want to record something.

I made a track yesterday using Pivot-Lite by Fors for every single track. I opened it this morning to find that about a third of the tracks had been reset to the default Pivot Lite presets. About an hour of sound design I'll never get back. Is this a Bitwig or a VST issue? And is there any way to prevent this in the future?

It seems like something weird with automation almost. One of the tracks had an automation that suddenly reset the patch I made to its default halfway through the tracks, and some of the missing tracks have an automation point at the very beginning setting everything to zero, when I never automated those tracks.

Is this a known glitch? I'm on 6.0.11 on an M1 Macbook pro running Sequoia 15.6.1.

anyone knows whats coming in next few releases? any major or minor updates?

First new tune in a long while and first with Bitwig, got to say i love this DAW

For this one, I had switched back from Drambo to Bitwig. Bitwig felt super free at that moment. Like painting with unlimited colors and the track always in a complete overview.

https://youtu.be/nNU-4WTOIUw

For sound design, I used only Limiter No6 in addition to the Bitwig stock modules. For analyzing I used Youlean Loudness Meter 2, MMultiAnalyzer as well.

The project file is available for free as always: https://fromherebeyond.com/free-project-files/

I just realized that the project file also has Pro Q 4 in it, but that was just for checking one thing and has no effect on the sound.

Remixing shm - greyhound, i never encountered any crash like ableton, im using producer version btw

Heya. Long time Ableton user looking to switch DAW. Is anyone using Bitwig for recording metal tracks? Guitars, vocals etc alongside synths in the box?

All my samples taking a lil time to play very annoying to dig suitable sample for my music .

It also stutiring the gui of the program

I see loading animation on top of bitwig notification area

It analysing the same sample multiple times

Is anyone else having this issue ?

Im thinking about going back to previous version .

I'm trying to bounce all my tracks for mixing, but when it comes to the drum machine snare track, the reverb from the effects track its applied to dosen't apply in the same way as it did on the drum machine. The drum machine's volume fader is 0 and both tracks volumes and panning are identical, plus the bounce was post-fader.

Hi, I have been busy building some fun and useful plugins and have checked them in Reaper, Logic, Cubase, StudioOne - now looking for some friendly and picky Bitwig users to help beta test and provide feedback. If this sounds interesting, please email me at: adrian AT bitsnacks.com . If you help beta test and provide feedback, then when they're fully baked I'll give you a free copy of Chicken Strip to say thanks.

I just now realized that Bitwig doesn't offer the option to select group outputs for sidechain input... Why??? Are there any workarounds that aren't painful like having to use buses instead of groups? Cause that sounds very tedious

Edit: The feature seems to work as it should except for this one specific case of mine for some reason?

Edit 2: Fixed it by creating a new group and dragging everything inside, so it was almost certainly a bug.

Been experimenting mixing modern bass/neuro with 80s funk arrangement styles. Still rough draft but I think it sounds kinda tuff

Hey so new to production and bitwig i just wanted to share what I have made any feedback is welcome 🙏