Lastly the instruments are killer both the polysynth and the fm 4 have a multitude of sounds a lot of which are inspired from the underground scene specifically from the artists that are in their area Berlin which makes it a techno dudes dream. The effects in my personal opinion as someone who isn't the greatest mixer in the world can be a little complex to me because they use a lot of terminology that isn't really shared in other daw's but I'm sure a more experienced mixer would have no problem figuring them out but the ones I do understand sound incredible. Its basically a lot like plugins like massive but in Bitwig I can use any sort of modulation source like an lfo or audio from another track to modulate any number of parameters within a device chain which in my experience has allowed me to come up with sounds that I never would have come up with in other software just because It's so easy to experiment in Bitwig without having to draw 50 something lanes of automation. Modulation is another key feature in Bitwig that I believe separates from any other daw out there. The gui is super sleek and the search function is probably the fastest one i've ever used in any software and the ability to tag any sound based on its characteristics and mark some of your favorites makes it super fast to call up a plugin or preset you might have without having to scroll through and open a bunch of folders like you typically would do in Logic or Ableton. AS for the software itself to me it is a big mix of all of the daws I've tried in one truly unique software. Their support services are top notch and you get an email within a day actually getting clarifications from a human being about a problem you are having and possible solutions. I've been a user since 1.1 and I've never bought a software from a developer that works on the software constantly making new improvements in updates as fast as Bitwig does it. I originally learned some of the basics in logic but got a live intro license just to see if a different way of working suited me more which in this case it did but ableton was so expensive that although i liked some aspects of the workflow it wasn't going to be in the budget so i looked for alternatives and found out about bitwig. Version: Bitwig Studio 1Īs someone who has tried many Daw's in the past i came to bitwig because i had outgrew my ableton live intro license but was unable to afford the upgrade. It's built in devices and synths are pretty nice sounding and the fact that it doesn't crashes when a plugin does is a huge advantage! It is a great piece of software but more for "inside the box" users and less for external hardware fans. This can be a huge pain if you have a library of chopped loops all saved as. Bitwig offers loop chopping into different devices or racks just like ableton live except it does not read. I would prefer to have a midi channel like in ableton live. You have a translator device called hardware instrument which when put on an instrument track produces a midi output. You may argue that it has midi tracks, but no, they are called instrument tracks and are not midi compatible as the developers chosen higher resolution for the timing among other improvements. As it is pretty new and it is a new concept of daw it has also some shortcomings: no midi tracks for use with external midi gear. Bitwig Studio is the best alternative to ableton live and has some advantages over it.
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