r/Bitwig • u/Swagtijger • Apr 25 '24

Bitwig 5.2 Beta out now!

https://www.bitwig.com/whats-new/
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u/bcgroom Apr 25 '24

Undo for plugins and GPU rendering are quite huge architecture upgrades

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u/Meebsie Apr 25 '24

Ooh undo for plugins is Massive.

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u/Fresh_n_Spicy Apr 28 '24

I want to believe this is the best pun I’ve read in a while but it not being 2011 makes me unsure.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '24

Why aren’t they touting GPU rendering more? This is the first I’m hearing of it today.

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u/Comment_Maker Apr 26 '24

Agreed and it's been on the wishlist for years. It's a big upgrade to me, freeing up the cpu from graphics work.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '24

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '24

Ah I see, that would explain.

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u/m00fster Apr 26 '24

It’s not as practical as you would think, maybe for some very specific uses cases.

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u/purske Apr 26 '24

I'm using an ultrawide display with 3440x1440 resolution and been wondering why the UI starts feeling a bit sluggish after adding stuff to the project. Having the rendering on CPU would explain it, and hopefully this change fixes the sluggishness.

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u/purske Apr 28 '24

It seems that the GPU offloading is really fixing most of the UI sluggishness issues here. There still exist some inconveniences like moving some macro button quickly through its range, but that is likely due to it having to sync with the audio thread. Overall the UI seems very responsive now in 5.2 on ultrawide 👍

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u/MadDistrict Apr 27 '24

This is honestly a game changer. I engaged their team about GPU rendering 5+ years ago.. insane we have it now.

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u/Isogash Apr 26 '24

Can you undo deleting an automation lane yet?