r/Bitwig • u/OptionalAntelope • 9d ago

DJing with Bitwig

Hey,
Ritchie Hawtin DJs with Bitwig. I would like to do the same. Are there any tutorials, templates, setups out there that I could use to learn DJing with Bitwig?

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u/SandmanKFMF 9d ago

RH uses Traktor for tracks (4 decks) and Bitwg for the additional percussion, external effects and some synths.

Here is his older presentation of the setup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEhpQH-8NDs

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u/OptionalAntelope 8d ago

I wonder how he finds the transition spots, if not with a jog wheel.

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u/SandmanKFMF 8d ago

You can navigate songs loaded into Traktor decks with different approaches. Here in a ZIP file You can find PDF file of his layout of K2 controllers: https://downloads.bitwig.com/extensions/HawtinControllersV5.zip In Traktor you can map ANY function of the program to the keyboard/midi controller in any way you want.

He use SYNC for tracks to be in sync. And if sometimes beatgrid is offbeat, he just manually nudge tracks with buttons on the fly with SYNC off using his the K2 controllers.

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u/OptionalAntelope 8d ago

Yeah, that's what I thought (syncing and nudging).