Bitwig Studio | 15 SWEET Tips Beginners Should Know 🎶

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Howdy doody, frienderoonies! Today we're here for 15 beginner tips to get you started with Bitwig Studio! Bitwig took me by a bit of a surprise as a longtime Cubase user and as someone who never got along well with Ableton Live and quickly became my primary DAW for sound design and music production.
Bitwig has a ton of awesome features, devices, and little tricks and ideas. So, I figured today I'd share some of the things I wish I knew when I first started using Bitwig Studio!
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0:00 Howdy
2:13 Setting Your Interface
2:58 Custom Macros
4:09 Arranger & Clips
6:25 Cool Devices You Should Try
10:25 Device Racks
11:57 Accessing Device Presets
12:50 Device Macros
13:55 Modulators
16:13 Sidechaining?
17:21 Quantizing
17:58 Adding Swing
18:31 Automation
19:32 Multi-Out Instruments
20:37 The Grid?
22:29 Using Hardware Instruments
23:25 Closing Thoughts
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[@VenusTheory]

Want to give Bitwig a go? 😍 Use my affiliate link and support the channel in the process! bit.ly/2S3cqvP

[@jessewarren817]

Hey! Current Cubase user here... would you say that Bitwig has totally replaced Cubase for you, or is it more of an excellent complimentary/auxiliary DAW for a Cubase user?

[@SonglyWryt]

You remind me of fantano. But great video thanks for the info.

[@tredfxman]

So at 5:00 when arranging to make faster workflow. I have a tip for developers: It would be great if i could just click the right middle button (while left is still clicked) while you are hovering the arrangment you wanna put in. When you right click the arrangment of the whole track to the right side would be moved/offsetted the amount of time that the new loop you wanna put in is. So that it fits the track. Right clicking again would close the bar gap back to normal. Coz this is the way i work my tracks. Always find somewhere i need to cut the track open & then need to make space 16 or 32 bars extra to put in the new sections. If you could just right click & boom it would magically open space for these new bars, that would be so clever if you ask me. You should even be able to setup how many bars, you wanted it to open up to the right of the track! Well just my few cents! ;)

[@unrealone1]

Kontakt in Bitwig, How to set the channels

[@christophertodman8254]

Any chance for a drum step sequencer in the near future you think?

[@bachcontra3606]

Would love more “beginner” Bitwig vids.

[@VenusTheory]

Noted!

[@steelssystem]

@@VenusTheory Any new idea that randomly pops for you can be a game changer for anyone or everyone

[@GeorgeLocke]

@@steelssystem it could be a game change for everyone! Even Barack Obama!

[@TrggrWarning]

@@VenusTheory seconded! More barrack o'bitwig noob vids please

[@TrggrWarning]

@Dandini those too

[@TerenceKearns]

I’m not a bitwig beginner, but because it’s Cameron, I’m gonna watch this anyway.

[@eetthhnn3160]

@Y o u n g - S w I s s the zen God get it lad

[@eraofacidrain]

switched from Cubase pro to Bitwig because of you, I can never go back

[@WarrenPostma]

Do you miss anything in Cubase?

[@FearDisorder]

same, did that 2 years ago

[@aemythjensen]

This video is now 2 years old, and yet, it's the best intro to Bitwig from all the videos that I watched.

[@cecilfarrington]

Just a clarification - it's not only the devices with a dedicated sidechain input (or a button for one) that can be sidechained. There is also a modulator for adding a sidechain input to ANY parameter in ANY device. Ditto for audio rate modulation. This can be useful for adding sidechain to a particular band of the EQ, for instance.

[@jonytube]

That's pretty cool. It's actually one of the features I've missed the most in Live coming from FL a long time ago.

[@marchenoir44]

Listen, Renoise... It's not you, it's me. We've had a great run.

[@JC20XX]

Me to Reason

[@forestsunset9617]

@@JC20XX lol same. After seeing Reason 12 "HD graphics" update I think after 20+ years I'm going to move to Bitwig.

[@jetjaguar3000]

A useful feature with the arrangement vs. clip views is that you can hit record and jam with the different scenes in the clip view, and what you're doing all shows up as an arrangement. Then obviously you can jump in and edit that. Another way I like to work with a mix of the two views is that you can have one track playing loops (clips) while the rest of the tracks are playing the arrangement, or vice versa. I find this useful when I'm working on adding a new track to something that I had started to arrange. Nice vid!

[@bestdisco1979]

I just purchased Bitwig after watching this tutorial, a most beautiful DAW. Please keep these tutorials coming.

[@nebroskitheraut6705]

I would love to know EVERYTHING about the grid! I have tried watching some tutorials but they are not as structured (or I might be missing something). Would really appreciate it if you made a series on it.

[@MikiStrange]

I've been using Bitwig for a couple of years and every time I watch a new tutorial I learn something new so I'd definitely appreciate some more Bitwig knowledge (once your new production facility is in place (good luck with that)).

[@KyleGP]

Thanks dude! As a Linux user, this looks incredible. I'm a previous Cubase/Logic/Reason user, so this looks like my next!

[@HarGTR]

Awesome tutorial, thanks! Just recently jumped onto the Bitwig train (your earlier videos originally got me interested), working in parallel with Studio One. Definitely would like to see more Bitwig tutorials, as well as more in-depth tutorials on Grid as you mentioned!

[@thelanavishnuorchestra]

Thanks for a really thorough overview of how cool and easy to use Bitwig is. I used to be an FL Studio user, but I went fully Linux years ago. I was also surprised at how great Bitwig is. It has a very good piano roll which is the price of entry for any DAW. The signal processing capabilities, modulation, automation -- incredibly powerful. Then there's the Grid. Just wow. One thing that's often overlooked is the plug-in protection so that a glitchy VST can't crash the whole DAW. Another thing I really like is the piano roll option to display all your piano rolls while you edit, basically allowing you to see the entire score and switch from one instrument to another to edit.

[@loicpernot8779]

I'm considering switching from FL. Would you say there are things about FL you miss or that requite some adaptation?

[@thelanavishnuorchestra]

@@loicpernot8779 Oh geez that was a long time ago at this point. I remember that FL had the best piano roll I ever used and I liked it's way of doing automation, but Bitwig is even more into the automation and modulation options. And it's piano roll is OK.

[@nasso_]

​@@loicpernot8779 i used to be an fl user. a couple of days ago i bought bitwig. i am never going back, the tiny details i "miss" from fl (mostly shortcuts and controls that im not yet used to) are insignificant compared to the ease of use and power of everything else bitwig has to offer

[@magicseadog8674]

I am keen for more bitwig related tutorials. There is obviously a few out there but a big part of learning is way you get the information and I enjoy your delivery and ideas.

[@synthseeker]

Two things: 1) Bitwig 4 is really tempting me...hard. 2) "too low for human hearing" - spit take while drinking my tea! Carry on.

[@peterkoval]

This is a great video, because now whenever someone asks me why I love Bitwig so much, or what makes Bitwig different, I can just refer them to this video. Thanks for saving me time!

[@qrdnk]

A bloody beginner here saying thanks a lot ❣️

[@dezem7]

I love it when you can easily add missing chains with electrons overbridge plugin. I still have to add the audio tracks manually though in the timeline so that I can record separate outs, But I guess it doesn't matter that much as I save the syntakt/digitone and digitakt setup as a template.

[@kris_lx]

You don't need to setup an audio track to record an external synth, you can simply bounce or even bounce in place and it will do it in realtime.

[@macronencer]

That's pretty cool!

[@MrStupidHead]

Well sort of. I find that if i dont make the audio track right then an there,playing it back maybe it gets quantized or who knows what is different . Im probably doinsomething wrong but i always regret not gettin it when it is what im hearing.

[@glyndwr15]

After using Bitwig for a bit, you really miss that split screen between clips and the arrangement view when you go back to Ableton, which seems unnecessarily clunky by comparison. Also, that universal modulation thing is gold.

[@tobyriddell5765]

I would love more Bitwig tutorials, whether Grid or anything else Bitwiggy (is that even a word? It is now!) You have a good, clear way of explaining things which I enjoy.

[@user-fo9lw3pq8l]

Let's add it to the Oxford Dictionary xp

[@GeorgeLocke]

It's not so much a word and more a vlorp

[@JoseRodriguez-cl7be]

I would love to see more bitwig tutorials, this channel helped me a lot when I first started with cubase, now is helping me with bitwig xD

[@SoundAuthor]

Purchased Bitwig a few months ago and it's one of the best investments I've ever made. Feels like a DAW made just for me.

[@mattipekkarinen4506]

This was super educating for a beginner like me. Thank you! I would love more Bitwig videos from you.

[@macronencer]

Really useful video - thanks! I'm a Cubase user but looking to switch from an orchestral template approach to an electronic music one, so this looks like an interesting option. I still need to research how you go about mixing in Bitwig (you didn't show any of that), and I'd also like to know how much support there is for different scale tunings. Lots to catch up on! Thanks for the video :)

[@Skyverb]

I love it. The 8 track version came with my Nektar Keyboard. The more I learn, the more I love Bitwig. They have so much stuff streamlined for the user. Upgraded to Bitwig studio a while back. Didn't like it at first since most youtube tutorials use Fl Studio, and Ableton; so when I was learning I didn't realize how helpful it was for the user as it has so much stuff on the screen already, without having to shuffle through tabs and such.

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

The fact that you can get INTERACTIVE help on everything is amazing.

[@stukedin]

Just testing it out, thanks for the heads up on Nektar (went through my paperwork for my T4)

[@Skyverb]

@@stukedin Np! Looked up that model just now. Looks great. Venus Theory has a Discord channel too; incase u didn't know. Lot's of members use Bitwig there as well. They can be faster than looking in the manual at times, if you have a question. Have fun man!

[@speakingcolors]

Did you find where are the shortcuts? I'm spamming my keyboard to see what each button does 😂😂

[@orryfishburne5326]

I almost want to get bitwig just for that delay feedback effects insert. Such a cool feature

[@kloelind1935]

I’ve been doing a lot of research to find my first “real” daw. I narrowed it down to cubase and bitwig up until this video. I’m looking for a great daw for sound design and this looks perfect for me. I’m worried about cost and updates. I think I’ll start with the lower cost version and if I like it I’ll use some tax return money to upgrade it if that’s possible. Thanks for all the wonderful content, buckarooni

[@VentureNW]

Been a long time Ableton Live user and have actually been playing around with the beta of Live 12 and have been a bit frustrated with the very light changes and enhancements they have shown, so far. It also still likes to crash, which Live is famous for. I started watching a few tutorials on Bitwig and finally downloaded the 30 day trail to dig into it a bit further. So far, I am pretty interested and now coming back to the video. Thanks Cameron!

[@joesweeney6262]

I've been gazing lustfully at Bitwig for a while... and based on your videos I've decided to take the plunge. Affiliate link used. :-) I still enjoy the visual workflow of Reason, LOVE Voltage Modular, and my little NDLR gizmo, but needed something to bring everything together. And after a little messing about, I see that Bitwig overcomes all of the routing issues that still limit Reason. Thanks for the videos and I hope enjoy drinking that extra-strong coffee.

[@FabianRoesch]

great video, thanks for that! I was wondering how I could possibly control the send knobs of each track with the bitwig modulators e.g. random or LFO? Is there a way or some kind of workaround for that? I know I can draw an automation for sends but can I take that further with the modulators? Any tips very appreciated!

[@oschu7820]

I always enjoy your videos (is that your real voice :D ) and would love to see more beginner vids for Bitwig Studio to just dive into this great DAW or just for refreshing purposes. Keep up this great edutaining content!

[@rockydurand503]

9:37 Yes please cover Poly Grids in a dedicated video 🙌🏼 Thank you for his video BTW!! I just received Bitwig thru work, and cannot wait to get started. (Side question; In this video are you using version 3 or 4?)

[@Milan____]

This is unrelated to BitWIg, but my fave underhyped instrument is Nostromo, a Reason RE by Lectric Panda, and I'd love to see what you could do with it. I know RRP isn't quite your "brand" these days, but if you find some time to play with the demo, you might get to love it. Of course you could also probably get to mimic it in Grid, if you have many hours to spare as a crazy "look ma no hands" fun project.

[@JamesThompson-pz3kf]

Making the leap from Ableton to Bitwig and this was super helpful, already loving it for just the ability to integrate and sync with hardware/ MIDI way better than Ableton does, just using 16 track until there's a sale thanks Cameron :)

[@namn.2466]

Winter sale is on atm!

[@JamesThompson-pz3kf]

@@namn.2466 Thanks! I picked it up at the first day of the sale!

[@thomasnikzakrzewski4477]

Love the tips. I just bought Bitwig 4.3 (coming from Logic Pro) and am having my mind blown. I'd love to see any Bitwig vids you do and will check out ones you've done since this one. Thanks!

[@coinzyuk2472]

Random one.. can you adjust volume pre fader - before the effects / plug ins? Coming from cubase but worked in ableton for a couple of years and it’s one thing that never had 😂 so I was smashing into my mixing plug ins on the bus

[@Milan____]

Neat video, thanks! While I'd love to see more about Grid, what I think would be more interesting is to hear about your experience of moving from Cubase to BitWig, what's similar, what's different. Another topic I'd find interesting is a tutorial-ish comparison / recipes on how to do things in Reason Players versus BitWig 4's Operators. My initial feeling is that they can achieve a lot of the same things, but Players are easier to read and understand at a glance, but Operators have the amazing capability of working per-note. (Gah I really wish BitWig was available as a VST host inside Studio One...)

[@va941]

Just bought Bitwig Studio 4 for 249 from thomann...thanks for being the final nail in the coffin!...used flstudio before, then after a couple years of doing pure dawless tried both ableton and studio one and did not gel with neither....bitwig (demo) felt like a homecoming 😁👍

[@hedcas]

LOVING bitwig, kinda hard to find stuff like this for the DAW, so this is appreciated

[@dominiquecamus8488]

Hi Cameron, thanks for this useful video, because I'm Bitwig Studio newbee, on Windows 10. I assume it's an excellent DAW, in particular for my usage, for live performances and sound design sessions. My previous DAW was REAPER. The only "regret" I consider is you can't customize your homemade Grid devices as you want (M4L is more friendly for this).

[@SoundmanCH]

Very interested in getting more Bitwig tutorials from you! This video was a great introduction, thanks!

[@marcello4258]

Interesting.. I am a cubase user myself since 5.0 but I am on Linux rn, hence bitwig might come pretty handy for me. I have a lots of samples which I do need to stretch somewhat often and also like to use somekind of modulation to play different notes to match up the context on single samples.. So audio editing would be pretty important.. Also being capable to spin up a piano roll on a single shot sample.. Perhaps you like to make a cubase/bitwig comparison in the future?

[@channelite]

I purchased Bitwig 1 in 2014 on black friday for $199. I've since upgraded 2 times. I've yet to upgrade to version 4. Another cool thing about Bitwig is it supports Linux. I got into Linux because of Bitwig. Cool video, learned a few more tips.

[@deniz_ildir]

Wow. I am using Bitwig for more than 3 years now, and I have not realized that after automapping multi-out audio chains from a VST, those chains had their own seperate audio channels. I used to route the channels to new audio tracks and process seperately. Now after 3 years, I learn that we can process different audio outs within the same track. Never ever say that you know a software %100 inside out :)

[@FurkanTopal]

Bitwig kullandığına göre FL ve Ableton geçmişin de vardır heralde. Varsa nasıl bi DAW sence?

[@deniz_ildir]

@@FurkanTopal Bitwig mi? piyasadaki bütün DAW ları kullandım belli bir süre. Bana en uygun olanı, işleri en hızlı bitirdiğim ve en keyifli kullandığım her zaman Bitwig oldu. Tabi bu bana göre. FL den başka kulannmam diyen de çok var. Şu an şahsen Bitwig den başka kullanmıyorum

[@toddfisher3792]

Definitely the best 25 mins Ive spent on KZbin in a long time. This video was outstanding!

[@VenusTheory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jojo1865]

Great video bro Maybe u could help me. When selecting Asio as the audio model, Bitwig doesn't recognize my audio interface (Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd) Do you have any idea on how to fix that? Using the Wasapi has too much latency

[@ksgant]

Yes, please include more tutorials for Bitwig...like how you use it with your workflow.

[@heathbrady8510]

Awesome, thanks. Who could thumbs down this video? Seriously… This was the video that made me realize that I hadn’t subscribed to your channel even though I’ve watched a dozen already.

[@heathbrady8510]

I just watched this again and liked my own comment . It’s good for my self esteem. I’m a dumbass that needs more sleep. Love your work, Cameron .

[@MrMallum]

Cool vid mate! Question tho; if you didn’t get on with Ableton Live, what is in Bitwig that made that much of a difference that you switched to it? The creator of Bitwig used to work for Ableton and, tbh, Bitwig is pretty similar; except for the modular setup and routing options, which imho, shits on Live. Thanks

[@Kkidzz]

Yep, love Studio One.

[@jimjanuzik2604]

Having just acquired bigwig with a nexus 25+ controller I am looking for as much beginner material as possible. Am a lifelong musician but this is my first real foray I to computer music.

[@ianbrown3304]

Hiya. I've had Bitwig for 1 year (16 track) and I still can't believe how much you can do with it. It's so damn flexible. It's my first DAW so I had no baseline but it's really intuitive. All that limits is your own imagination . I want to upgrade to the full shebang and would really appreciate further tutorials. The more the better. Cheers.

[@PaulBrownclk-me]

I have the full version... I just can't save any projects lol 😂 (Ie. The Demo)

[@ianbrown3304]

@@PaulBrownclk-me Funny I was trying to remove some of my less than impressive attempts to avoid the judgement of posterity. I also haven't worked out whether templates are a reserved function for the full version or I haven't hit the right buttons. Still everyday is a learning opportunity and a chance to slip on a banana.

[@PaulBrownclk-me]

@@ianbrown3304 I'm waiting for black Friday, they did £100 off last year, so fingers crossed something similar this year, I'm currently using Ableton Suite, which is great, but I have a P6 keyboard which works better with bitwig than it does with Ableton (long story). Heres hoping!

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Just moved over to Bitwig from Ableton so any way to learn is good for me. More please.

[@jadanoliver6237]

I am going to watch your videos more closely because I use Cherry Audio and just now plunged into Bitwig. I am trying to save my controller setting so I don't have to assign my controllers. and It is hard to find the exact info I am looking for on Bitwig until I looked at this video. I am using it in 16 track mode and while I somewhat gripe about the restrictions I use MPC Beats which only has 8 tracks. I have Cakewalk and Reaper if I need unlimited tracks . But BItwig got me with the ease of use. I did the same thing with Ableton. I just stared at Ableton for a moment then I started to look at Bitwig more closely.

[@franzvohn]

Hey Venus, First: Thanks for the great video, it really helps a lot! Second: I see a lot of people arguing about busses in Bitwig. Some say it's equal to groups, others said you have to make an audio track and send the signals there. Could you maybe explain this to me, since I 1) do not really know what for, but 2) also don't know, when I should use it/this would be handy. Thanks so much in advance, keep up the great content!

[@maurycy_gnc]

You can also do sidechain with Audio Sidechain modulator. Quick, easy, very nice.

[@TerenceKearns]

Would be cool if you used a more magnified UI for tutorials. Just my own feedback. Maybe others disagree. Just sayin.

[@JC20XX]

I agree. For those watching on their phone away from PC.

[@JayaLove]

Agreed

[@DragosStefan]

Seems to be great for some fields, but way narrower in scope compared to a behemoth like Cubase. Feels like Falcon-turned-DAW, which is, again, great for some things.

[@guidovannes8388]

That was a great learning experience. Can you, let me/us know what you have learned a long the way? I just started the journey learning Bitwig, but I would love to hear some experience from a experienced one. You seem to know your way around. I have learned Cubase myself but I would love to find a new spark into Bitwig, it really seems like a huge advantage into music production (used in the right way). I hope to see more tutorials from you into perspective on deep learning this program.

[@GregRband]

Great stuff as usual Mr VT. In watching this again after some time away, I wanted to give a go for a suggestion (ask?) out of multi daw curiosity (making sense of liking things of many/most daws myself yet struggling for years as a humble hobbyist that I'm supposed to like and use only ONE). Would it be possible to make a video, or at least a comment here, of which daws you use for certain reasons, etc? I realize this is a personal thing to some extent and workflows that are hit/miss for each individual. Basically, I'd just love to know what and why. Cheers!

[@dropframeofficial]

Thanks for the great tips man! learnt a lot, loving the flexibility of bitwig!

[@danielfeatherstone674]

This only thing I miss from Ableton is Drum Buss and some of the repeaters and randomizers. Any equivalents to those for Bitwig?

[@KozmykJ]

OK I'm sold. I had Bitwig 8-track already thanks to a hardware freebie but I had seen Bitwig Studio as an expense too far. Along comes a $100 Bitwig discount and any plans for Live 11 suite were blown straight out of the window. My main DAW is Presonus Studio One but I've been looking for something a bit more MPE friendly for synth work/sound design. So here I am viewing this video all over again as I prepare for the Deep Dive. 👍 Oh and yes please Cameron on the Grid Vid 🙏

[@tommyzai7038]

I love Bitwig, but there are two things getting in my way> 1. I'm trying to find a way to "normalize" recorded or sampled audio clips in Bitwig. I posted about this on forums and got a lot of ignorant arguments about normalizing. If there's no way to edit the audio on board, I'm wondering if I could access the audio files and normalize in an external editor.? 2. Load audio files in an external editor Any thoughts are appreciated. BTW, thanks for your vids . . . big help!!!

[@LCRLive687]

This seems awesome for pre-production and production. Thinking of converting from Studio one if they will consider some feature requests for drum production. But honestly stuff is getting so complicated in music that technlogy is getting so overwhelming with so many endless options rather than a focus on musical writing itself. But Im glad you have also not neglected the music part of music as per your musical know how as well. Would you say this DAW is better than Presonus Studio One for preproduction/production?

[@nolambda6486]

Lol I remember the old time you were using cubase for some reese bass tutorials ... I don't know why I always thought it had a terrible workflow I started to watch more of your vids since you're working with bitwig ^^ excited about the version 4 coming soon ?

[@mountainsingers]

I've gone back to this video so many times. Thank you.

[@kabedford]

More beginnery tutorials on all aspects would be very welcome! Thank you! :)

[@jenstornell]

I use FL Studio now but don't like that all things are in popup windows, it crashes often and it's not possible to set a negative offset on a track / sound. Everything pointed me at Ableton. Then I heard it was slow on startup and crashes as much as FL Studio. Then Bitwig came up. The crash problem is solved by that every vst run in an own isolated process. It also starts in notime. And made by a dropout Ableton programmer, probably one of their best. Maybe I will switch to Bitwig.

[@tahiche.]

Great video!. Keep ‘em coming, please 🙌

[@SanderVerstraten]

I want to like Bitwig. But I can't get the NI A25 working. Trying to add it to Controllers but it's asking for 2 Input and 2 Output ports. But the DAW in and output are not available in the dropdown. Anyone got the Axx series from NI working under Bitwig 3?

[@cosinussangoma4983]

the only thing i'm missing or not found yet is there the same audio chopping function from cubase "setting your quantization, hit ALT+Cut " and it chopps your audio loop in all those 16th note bits or whatever you set up the timecode

[@ClaudeYoung]

There are several ways to do this in bitwig. Say you have a 1 bar loop. Select the Knife tool (#5 on your keyboard - tools are numbered 1-5 for quick access). Hover the tool over your audio, if you look at the very bottom of the screen it will always give you hint's about what you can do with the different tools. If you want to slice at a division, just hold ALT and drag across the audio. It will slice at whatever grid division you have in your arrangement or clip. If your grid is 16th notes it will slice at 16th notes. Another way is to select the audio, right click and you will see "Slice In Place" once you select that you get a menu that is just like the quantize menu allowing you to slice by divisions (including triplets and duplets) or by onsets (warp markers), etc. You can also slice directly to a Drum Machine or Sampler instrument. Hope this helps.

[@fiftykents5113]

Something i really miss in bitwig sofar (coming from FL Studio) is a "Dry/Wet" or "Mix" button built in on every single plugin, exactly like FL Studio's mixer. Im finding it pretty annoying that i cannot change the wetness on some effects which do not have that option built in. Atleast I have not found any button/knob for this so if anyone has an idea about this, please enlighten me!

[@randyfurlong6181]

Easy workaround. Wrap your FX in a container, the chainer for example. This gives you wet/dry control of any plugin, or entire chains.

[@MBContentCoach]

What up Venus Theory!!!! I have a quick question, can you do a more in-depth video on the Multi-Out Instruments from Falcon? For example, I see how to route it, but how do I record each sound on this own audio track? Do I convert the track to audio and all the files convert to different audio chains? Please explain how this works...Also, please do a deep dive video into the GRID - I want to know the value!!!!!

[@VenusTheory]

I'll note it down!

[@taylodl]

I'm a guitarist who's new to DAWs. How well does BitWig work for recording guitar? What about re-amping? All the tutorials I've seen always use a keyboard.

[@VenusTheory]

Bitwig is more or less like any other DAW when it comes to recording guitar - you'd just select a mic input from your interface or audio device and record away! I haven't messed with re-amping in Bitwig, but I'd assume it's really the same as any other DAW as the routing is the same as you'd find in other programs.

[@VincentKnaus]

Thanks again for a well thought out video! I have started a 30 trial 'From the link below' for Bitwig. I can see I have a lot to learn.

[@Sjammienators]

Thanks mate ! Very useful vid :)

[@jorgeguberte]

I tried Ableton and FL Studio. I like FL Studio, i'm used to it, i know how to use it. But i bought a keyboard and it came with Bitwig so i'll give it a go, seems good.

[@jorgeguberte]

Update: the version is very limited. Not a good fit for me so i didn't explore it much

[@jamesrampant]

More bitwig tutorials please.

[@noam_mmvii]

Wow, what a great video... Time to start saving!

[@TerenceKearns]

Excellent video man.

[@mjascosmicals-sense9117]

How is Bitwig Studio on CPU? And how is it at recording vocals? I see a lot modulation videos & sound designing features! Which is cool, But is it a replacement for Ableton Live & Logic Pro? I am learning Reason Studios because it is supposedly good with CPU consumption but is the time to learn it is needed! I will try Bitwig myself as I have it already but good hear others feedback on their experience with Bitwig Studios! I have Ableton Live 11 but having trouble with it’s configuration it keeps overloading on CPU and crashing! I also own Bitwig Studio but haven’t explored it yet! A bit lost at the moment similar to Ableton but I haven’t clicked with it yet! Guessing it will have the same issues as Live has with CPU over consumption and crashing! I also have Logic Pro and was transitioning to using that as it is a Apple Mac Brand should be better with CPU only I don’t like the workflow & layout of Logic Pro I have owned it for the longest but was put off with it’s workflow Fell in love with Ableton Live when it finally clicked after sitting on the intro version that came with a purchase! When I first got it I was lost so I went back to Logic Pro and still wasn’t happy so year later decided to try Ableton again and that’s when it clicked and was hooked! I have been having issues with the CPU So still looking for a replacement DAW!

[@machinesworking]

Bitwig and Live share a common "uninterrupted audio engine" approach, this means no pre-rendering or larger buffers for un record armed tracks. Consequentially they're the most CPU consuming DAWs. Reaper, Digital Performer, Logic etc. will give you a little more CPU (20-35%) than these uninterrupted audio DAWs. You will get more glitches when you do things while the song is playing though.

[@ricobonifacio1095]

I bought a midi keyboard and it came with bitwig. Thanks for the video!

[@davidnazarashvili3015]

Could someone tell me how I can process left and right channels independently? Or how can I split a group of instruments into left and right channels to process them independently? Thanks in advance!

[@lokologico]

Do you have tips for film scoring and working with time changes (both signatures and tempo) ? . I find it hard to switch from Cubase to Bitwig as I cannot sort these two on BitWig.....

[@VenusTheory]

Without video support, Bitwig is pretty hard to use for scoring or cue design. I typically use Cubase for that sort of stuff. Time changes, it's not all that hard by automating the tempo but as far as I'm aware there isn't a way to set markers for changing time signatures.

[@althewicked]

Hi, I have a question about Bitwig and Midi controllers and I just cant find a solution for this problem: If I have two synth plugins on two different tracks and map the cutoff on both synths to the same midi controller knob then no matter which track is selected or armed it turns the cutoff always on both synths at the same time??? Is it possible to just controlling the track which is armed or selected with a Midi controller? Thanks for help!

[@michaelsnowviolin]

Yes, that's been annoying me, too. If your synth plugins have midi learn built in, use that to set the controllers inside each synth instead of doing it the way shown in the video. Then, the controllers will only change the cutoff for whatever synth is active. Make sure you delete the controller from the Bitwig Mappings Browser first before using midi learn inside the synth plugins.

[@althewicked]

@@michaelsnowviolin thanks man! I have to check this.

[@valquireveljkovic]

great as always, thanks! and yes to more beginner videos and a tut for grid, if you like.

[@deanc2000]

Re:multi-out instruments, from the video on the sequencer it's still coming out from the one track. How do you make it so that each output has it's own track?

[@VenusTheory]

In the mixer it will come out in each layer - however, in the timeline view it's all one single track. Hopefully they change that in a future update as it can get a bit confusing!

[@hazmatproduction4562]

There are times I strongly consider switching from Cubase pro to bitwig. Every update I hold my breath for Steinberg to finally add some modern global modulation sources, and every update I’m still disappointed. Setting up LFO tool is a pain in the ass & the MIDI inserts are dated & haven’t been updated in like a decade. It seems like it wouldn’t be too hard to implement global modulators using similar routing to quick controls, but these days I’m starting to feel like they are selling to the scorer / composer crowd & leaving requests from beat makers at the bottom of the pile.

[@charlottedaley7248]

First time ive seen the Tannoy monitor speakers in tutorials. What do you think about them?

[@blackwavearcade3ms]

This is cool. I've been looking at Bitwig because I want to move an older laptop over to linux. Anyway, Just curious, what about Ableton didn't click? Bitwig is basically ableton with a divergent development ideology. Clips / arrangement view, instrument and effects racks, live performance features, etc.. are are ableton features. The wrokflow is basically the exact same. Even the new(ish) modular feature is basically bitwigs version of max for live etc.. ? honest, curious question

[@madvbecity1418]

Thanks bro for this awesome video!

[@user-eu9ev2zx1c]

just what im looking for, as i my mac blew up and now i got a PC ive had to download so emergency software for a while and bitwig looks good, thanks for the tips 🙂

[@RussJohnsConnects]

Awesome tutorial and I'm looking at moving from Ableton to be bitwig on there 10-year anniversary see what makes sense thank you for the awesome work you're doing

[@rogercawkwell5413]

I have the 8 track version & thinking of upgrading. I'd be interested in seeing how Bitwig can be used generatively.

[@rogercawkwell5413]

Thanks Gordon, in the intervening weeks I did upgrade & have discovered Polarity!

[@DomeRokRz]

I need this! 🙏

[@rallaodespit]

Hola. Buen inicio de tutorial. Acabo de meterme en bitwig con AV Linux desde W10 y Albleton. Espero más vídeos pronto! Saludos

[@thepedalpress]

I started recording music myself by bouncing cassette to reel-to-reel and then back again for as long as it took to really ruin something. Since then, I've been running about 100 yards behind the latest developments and growing cozy with them about 10 years too late. Thanks for this video. In 2030, I'll be throwin' down some dope jams. Ahem.

[@VenusTheory]

Very hard to keep up these days! Even from when I started out about 15 years ago or so things have come insanely far. I figure I've got maybe another 5-10 years before I can't understand anything anymore haha.

[@thepedalpress]

@@VenusTheory Thanks:) I've been enjoying your tutorials and content. Great production! Lastly, I leapt into Falcon 2 a day or so ago after many years of tepid ogling, based an earlier video recommendation of yours. Thanks for that! Have been enjoying making awful synthesis that one day I hope to coax out of monstrous and into melodious.