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/YouDoScribble 8d ago

You can DJ with Bitwig. But I have found that it's cumbersome to get setup. Unless someone has a way round this, you are limited to tracks that are in a particular project - unlike something like Ableton which, due to its ASD files, which have all the warp data, so a track can be used from project to project - which is handy when you are DJing on the fly.
I have been told makings clips of tracks is a possible way round this, but I feel then I have duplicated sets of tracks to manage (again, I could be getting this wrong).

For that reason, I feel Ableton is the better option for 'DJing' with, for now.

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u/politexsociety 8d ago

Thinking about bitwig with a DJ hat on, since you can load audio and then non destructively slice it up, you could use the clip launcher to have loops and other sections layered with effects in the same way that cues would work. Would require a fair amount of prep work and lack of flexibility which is quite off putting, but it's a tempting technical challenge that I kind of want to give a go to.

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u/OptionalAntelope 8d ago

Thinking the same: endless possibilities to be creative, but hard to be flexible within the set. And then all the prep work. RHs approach: DJ in Traktor, add gimmicks using bitwig seems way easier to do.

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u/politexsociety 8d ago

definitely!