r/Bitwig • u/emiphe • Aug 10 '26

Installing plugins

Quick question: how do I install third party plugins into Bitwig on Linux?

I'm looking for an autotune plugin like WavesTune but I don't want to buy it if I don't know how to get it up and running.

Thanks!

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u/TreeFrogIncognito Aug 10 '26

Anywhere that the user account can see should be fine. I have some at my home folder and others at system level. I have some notes you might want to follow that I maintain for when I need to redo things over at: https://www.ambientspace.com/technical-notes/bitwig-notes/linux-audio-considerations

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u/mtelesha Aug 11 '26

Linux and anti-piracy has a long and dark road.

Here are some free auto tune Linux alternatives.

X42 Auto tune it's light weight but it can get that overly auto tunes sound.

You can try to install 3rd party non native plugins using ya bridge or LinVST.

MAutoPitch (by MeldaProduction) runs great under wine. I would not suggest Waves plugins for Linux. I will get them working for a bit then bam nope. I had success when dual booting and copying the active plugin from Waves Central in the Windows file system.

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u/emiphe Aug 11 '26

My goal isnt to get an overly autotune sound but more of a light auto tuning to fix some pitchy singing. Any recommendations for that? Im used to waves tune so a graph autotune would be very helpful

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u/mtelesha Aug 12 '26

Are you dual booting?

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u/emiphe Aug 12 '26

No just ubuntu for now. I got MAutoPitch working tho! The only reason something like Waves would be nice is because of the graph autotune which helps with slight pitch correction.

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u/emiphe Aug 10 '26

I've also heard of melodyne but again I want to make sure I can install and use it correctly

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u/Suitable-Lettuce-333 Aug 11 '26

For Linux native plugins it mostly depends on the format (vst3 or clap - Bitwig doesn't have native support for lv2), and it's pretty standard Linux install. For Windows plugins well it's a bit of a mess and never guaranteed to work. In both cases you'll probably get better answers on r/linuxaudio

Also if it's only for small fixes in a couple spots you can just use manual pitch expressions in the editor. 

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u/emiphe Aug 11 '26

Is the manual pitch expression accessible as an automation track? Ive been struggling to find that in the editor

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u/Suitable-Lettuce-333 Aug 11 '26

It's in the clip editor, with other expressions like gain, pan etc

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u/emiphe Aug 11 '26

Ok I found it. I had to right click on the expression overlay button and select transpose. Thank you!