Your Sound is Going Spaces

Bitwig’s new device, Convolution, can take any sound anywhere — even places that don’t exist. All convolutions imprint your sound with an “impulse,” and ours comes ready-made with 270 of them, ranging from 12th-century cathedrals and legendary studio effects to more abstract “environments.” Using the impulse of a room or hall creates a realistic reverb, but Bitwig’s Convolution and content offer so much more.

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You can easily adjust color and tone, or draw your own envelope to reshape the impulse itself. Plus, since Bitwig supports “true stereo” (four-channel) files as well as loading any audio as an impulse, you can drag and drop anything onto Convolution and see what impossible space you land in.

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With the help of Bitwig Impulse Responses, the companion package for their Convolution device, your sounds are going places. There are 270 options, so you can take your sounds to locations around the world with reverbs professionally recorded in ancient train stations, French cathedrals, monk meditation halls and private attics. You could also use Convolution and these Impulse Responses to imbue your tracks with the tones of iconic hardware studio gear like vintage spring reverbs, pedals and digital FX units, or for more experimental purposes.

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Fashionably Late

Delay  is Bitwig’s latest boutique audio effect. By balancing familiar controls along with a few thoughtful new ones, Delay  can either add a little character or fully transform your sound as it ping-pongs along.

Set the delay in seconds or beats, then nudge each channel a few milliseconds for instant stereo. Pick from five Blur options to go from a lightly animated feedback to a full, blown-out reverb. A Ducking control keeps things under control by quieting your delay cloud when strong signals arrive.

Bitwig’s nested structure allows you to drop their Pitch Shifter, or Flanger , or any VST plug-in into the feedback loop. So whether you just need a little slapback or a colorful wash of sound, Delay has you covered.

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The New Face of Polymer

Polymer and The Grid use the same modules, so when something new comes along, everybody wins. For Bitwig 4.3, some analog-inspired goodies have arrived.

Two modules are new. Union is an oscillator that plays it straight, blending three waveshapes into one pleasant, drifting output. And for filtering, Low-pass MG honors Mister Moog by imitating both his classic filter and mix buss.

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But plenty of other features have also arrived. The low-pass SK filter is now Sallen-Key, with 16 modes on tap. Bitwig’s Comb filter gained a Damping control for a touch of finesse. ADSR and two other envelopes now have added modes for Digital precision, or Analog simplicity and feel. Plus all filters get a Q Limit to rein in their resonance, and all oscillators have more phase mod range for more brittle, digital sounds. So whether starting a sound in Polymer or growing a world in The Grid, new sounds are at hand.

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Perfect Drift – Sound Package

Nature doesn’t draw straight lines or make static noises — and neither do the presets in the Perfect Drift sound package, released alongside Bitwig Studio 4.3. These synth patches embrace asymmetries and inconsistencies to approximate analog’s imperfect beauty.

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Topping Off

As always, a few more new features came along for the ride. For example, FX tracks now have sends of their own. And yes, direct feedback routings are available — and clearly labeled (Achtung!). And the ADSR module gets a lot of use, so why not add a “bias” out port for a bipolar signal that centers around sustain? Good for pitch or anything that might want a little drift.

Whether it is recording settings, lyrics, or performance notes, comments can be freely added to tracks, layers, Arranger cue markers, and Launcher scenes — just start writing in your language. And by Bitwig distributing their Linux build over Flatpak and supporting PipeWire, many distros will have a smoother experience with Bitwig, including Ubuntu users. And maybe even Steam Decks?…

Bitwig Studio 4.3 supports the CLAP plug-in standard.

Powerful Editing Tools

Bitwig Studio is here to help you make your musical ideas happen, in as few steps as possible. Focus on the music, not the tool.

Audio That Works For You

Audio clips are your musical blocks, and edits can be made within them. Split at onsets, repitch with curves, or scale and stretch in various ways. And when the tempo changes, your audio will match it, courtesy of time-stretching options from us and Zplane.

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Notes That Do More

Notes are dynamic, allowing micro-pitch, pressure, panning, and more for each individual note. So get true polyphony from Bitwig’s instruments, or send these notes as MPE or CV signals. Or even add some musical logic with Operators, modulating when and how notes play.

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Audio Comping, Anywhere

Comping is a clean workflow for recording and then combining the best parts of many takes. This works on any audio clip in Bitwig, so move freely between the Arranger and Launcher. Even drag in long audio to “fold” a new comp, exploring old tapes in a new way.

Instruments & Effects

Here’s a taste of the vast and ever-growing device library that comes with Bitwig Studio. With over 90 different instruments, audio and note FX, container devices, and signal routers you can translate any idea into music.

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Polymer

Polymer starts simple: pick an oscillator, a filter, and an envelope generator. Swapping out Grid modules within a dedicated synthesizer is both fast and quick, helping you craft production-worthy sounds from minimal controls immediately.

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Sampler

The Bitwig Studio Sampler is a powerful tool for playing and manipulating audio. It boasts several playback modes, advanced looping features with crossfades, endless modulation possibilities, a massive multisample editor, and more…

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Phase-4

Meet Phase-4, a four-oscillator synthesizer powered by phase modulation and phase distortion. This unique synth can do classic, modern, and beyond.

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EQ

EQ  is a feature-packed graphical equalizer with up to 8 bands, mouse gestures, and excellent visualization and algorithms.

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Drum Machine

The Drum Machine is a container device that you can fill with sonic goodness. It’s never been easier to create unique and great-sounding kits.

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Arpeggiator

Individual controls for step velocity, note length, and pitch. 17 note patterns, and three modes for handling octaves. Full MPE support. Even modulate the timing for shifting patterns. Holding chords has never been so musical and dynamic.

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Micro-Pitch

Micro-Pitch is a Note FX device that allows you to re-tune your note streams in new ways. Transform scales, fine-tune individual notes, shrink or expand octaves, or even slice the octave into a different number of pieces. Play something unimaginable, today.

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Amp

Inject a bit of virtual analogue grit into your sounds with the Amp device, a remarkable piece of amplifier-simulation technology.

Enter The Grid

The Grid is a sound designer’s dream. It can be a synth, an audio effect, or most things you can imagine.

The Grid is a modular sound design environment, open for you to build your own creations from scratch.

It’s also an expressive instrument with hundreds of high-quality patches for you to explore, ready to play. It’s sophisticated yet easy and fast at the same time.

Explore it, Build it, Play it.

Modulation Heaven

The modulation system in Bitwig Studio allows you to use Macro controls, Note Expressions, LFOs, and Envelopes to modulate any device, VST plug-in, or hardware parameter. With 30 modulators (and counting) the potential for creative expression is endless.

Hardware Integration

Bitwig loves hardware. They also love software. This is why Bitwig Studio wants to blur the boundaries between the two.

Let Bitwig Studio control your hardware, or let your hardware control Bitwig Studio, or both, via MIDI, CC, CV, Gate, analog and MIDI Clock, and MIDI Timecode. Enjoy a collection of straightforward tools that allow you to take advantage of the best of two worlds, and that scales with your setup.

Modern Foundations

Building a DAW from the ground up allowed Bitwig to think differently and solve old problems in new ways. Bitwig Studio is made for the future…

Crash Protection

Bitwig Studio handles VST plug-in hosting in a unique way, allowing for different hosting modes and plug-in crash protection. With plug-ins, the audio engine, and other processes running in separate threads, a technical issue won’t bring your whole project down.

Touch Support

With extensive touch-screen support (multi-touch with unlimited touch points, gestures, pen support, and simulated pressure), Bitwig Studio is at the forefront of new ways to create music. Overall, the user interface of Bitwig Studio is touch-friendly; in addition, there is a dedicated tablet display profile, perfect for any touch screen, or devices such as Microsoft Surface computers.

A Rich Library of Sounds

Bitwig has partnered with some of the best sound designers in the business to give you several thousand quality presets, Clips, and samples right out of the box.

Extend your library with offerings from hand-picked partners and artists, who have painstakingly created loops, presets, and sampled instruments for Bitwig Studio. All are high quality and free to use.

Access to Bitwig Circle

Bitwig have collaborated with selected partners to give nice things and create extra value for you, the Bitwig creators. Now that’s a good reason to keep your Upgrade Plan active.

Twist Time With Cableguys TimeShaper 2

‎TimeShaper 2 from Cableguys lets you transform any sound and freely manipulate the flow of time, slowing down or accelerating your music. Combining creativity and control, Cableguys’ unique curve-editing tools make drawing your own modulation patterns fast and easy. As a special offer to Bitwig creators, you can get this plug-in for free through Bitwig Circle.

Warp pitch and time to create everything from essential everyday FX to extreme multiband transformations. Rearrange the beat, scratch like a DJ, drop in a tape-stop, reverse in real time, create half-speed slowdowns, and more. TimeShaper even allows you to split your signal into three bands and apply separate modulation patterns to each. TimeShaper 2 runs inside Cableguys’ ShaperBox 2 effects plug-in, so it can work alongside other Shapers to create elaborate, multilayered effects.

With these 7 Mini Guides for TimeShaper, you’ll learn how to design stutters, scratches, tape-stops, reverses and more. The videos show TimeShaper 1, but the techniques also apply to TimeShaper 2.

Please note: This offer is valid from June 30, until December 30, 2022 and is available to customers who own a Bitwig Studio, EDU, Upgrade From 8-Track, Upgrade From 16-Track license with a currently active Upgrade Plan. TimeShaper 2 is available as a VST/AU/AAX plug-in for macOS and Windows.

Loopcloud Welcome Package

In a special partnership, Bitwig are proud to offer Bitwig creators a carefully prepared welcome package from Loopcloud.

With Loopcloud you get the tools you need to sound like you, and no one else. The award-winning app & plug-ins give you access to millions of sounds in the world’s most fully-featured sample manager.

Choose one of four carefully selected sound packs to ignite your creativity:

• Ambient Pulse, a selection of minimal melodics, lush harmonies, and sweeping pads
• Analogue Cinema, a picturesque collection of epic soundscapes for your next soundtrack
• Afro-Cuban Percussion Vol 01, an extensive collection of sun-drenched rhythms and grooves
• Soul Keys Volume One, featuring 200 soulful Rhodes loops and licks

Features

• High-Performance Audio Software, with Full Multicore and Multiprocessor Support
• ASIO, Core Audio, and JACK support including JACK transport on all platforms
• 32-bit floating-point Audio Processing and up to 192 kHz Audio Sample Rate
• Scalable vector-based GUI
• Unlimited Audio, Instrument and Hybrid Tracks
• Unlimited Effect Tracks
• Unlimited Group Tracks (with Groups in Groups)
• Unlimited Scenes
• VST Plugins (with Side-Chain Support, 32-/64-bit Bridging, Delay Compensation, and Crash Protection)
• VST/CLAP Plugin Multi-Out
• Audio Comping
• Audio Export (including Multi-Track Export) (16-bit, 24-bit, 32-bit)
• File Import – WAV, AIFF, MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, OGG Vorbis, MIDI
• Audio I/O busses
• Time-Stretching (8 Algorithms – Stretch, Stretch HD, Slice, Cyclic, Elastique, Elastique Solo, Elastique Eco, Elastique Pro)
• Slice to Multi-Sample and Slice to Drum Machine
• Layered Editing (Notes and Audio)
• Bounce and Bounce in Place
• Multiple Projects
• Expanded Remote Control Editor
• Display Profiles (7 Profiles – Single & multi-display)
• Project Templates (Load and Save)
• Seamless integration of clip launcher and timeline
• Touch Integration
• MPE Support – Playing, Recording, and Editing
• Plug-and-Play MIDI Controller Support
• Open Controller API
• MIDI Clock Sync
• Ableton LINK
• Voice Stacking for all devices
• Operators for notes and audio events

Unlock Your Audio. A New Level For Mixing And Sound Design.

Spectral Suite, the first add-on for Bitwig Studio, consists of four new and unique audio FXs.

By working in the frequency domain, these devices split your audio into hundreds of frequency bands for analysis, and group similar elements together onto channels. From there, you mix the channels as you normally would — adjust the volume, move the panning, or insert a plug-in.

Each device gives access to a different element of the sound…

Transient Split divides percussive transients and tonal sounds. Only stuttering the drum hits in a full loop might be nice. Or separating instruments from percussion means mixing the way you want to.

Loud Split separates the quiet, mid, and loud elements within a sound. Cranking up the softest parts of a sound will instantly transform it. Or let a thin section of the sound ring out without breaking the mix.

Harmonic Split spreads harmonics into two groups, and collects non-harmonics into a third channel. You could isolate the fundamental frequency and give everything else some distance. Or maybe distorting the even harmonics and adding chorus to the odds is the new cool thing…?

Freq Split distributes a sound across four channels, like a set of filter banks. With random delay times and panning on each channel, you’ve got a spectral delay. Or use Bitwig’s modulators to shuffle thru a different effect on each channel for a new kind of phaser.

Outer Spectra – A New Sound Package

Spectral Suite is accompanied by Outer Spectra, a sound package with 72 presets and 76 clips, all showcasing the four spectral devices in a multitude of musical and mix-related contexts.

System Requirements

Mac

• macOS 10.14 or later (including Monterey)
• 64-bit Intel or Apple Silicon CPU
• Minimum 12 GB Free Disk Space (for Full Content Installation)
• Minimum 1280 x 768-pixel screen resolution.
• Minimum 4 GB RAM

Windows

• Windows 7 – Windows 11 (64-bit only)
• Dual-core AMD or Intel CPU or faster with SSE4.1 support
• Minimum 12 GB free disk space (for Full Content Installation)
• Minimum 1280 x 768-pixel screen resolution.
• Minimum 4 GB RAM

Linux

• Ubuntu 18.04 or later (64-bit only)
• 64-bit dual-core or better x86 CPU with SSE4.1 support
• Minimum 12 GB free disk space (for Full Content Installation)
• Minimum 1280 x 768-pixel screen resolution.
• Minimum 4 GB RAM

Important Note: A decent internet connection is required in order to download all bundled content (not included with the installer).