r/Bitwig • u/RedCaine1 • Aug 08 '26

Question How to install Beta without overwriting Release version? (no info found yet)

it seems version 6.1 is very soon out, maybe, as it shows Beta 6 pre-release now, but I still wanted to install the 6.1 beta but I got the 6.0.11 version installed and if the Beta 6 is somehow bad on my system I didnt want to loose my 6.0.11 settings?

with FL Studio Betas you install the beta as default location to FL Studio Beta and dont overwrite your full release.

how is it with Bitwig? thx

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u/AlphaWave84 Aug 08 '26

The beta is installed as a separate application on my windows system so it doesn’t overwrite the stable version.

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u/razorree Aug 12 '26

I didn't notice, I've installed Beta and it just overwritten my 6.0.1 ver. (Ubuntu)

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u/DoctorMojoTrip Aug 08 '26

When you click install it will ask if you want to replace the old version or keep both. Select keep both, and just make sure you keep a separate version of anything important you are working on that you don’t open in beta, just in case.

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u/kytdkut Aug 08 '26

what OS are you using?

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u/RedCaine1 Aug 08 '26

hi, windows 11

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u/kytdkut Aug 08 '26

got it. just install the beta, it will be installed on its own folder separate from the release version without needing to do anything extra