Voice Stacking in Bitwig Studio 5.1

Voice Stacking is a creative sound design tool in Bitwig Studio, and it is simple. In this video we walk through how it works and what's new regarding this unique feature in Bitwig Studio 5.1, including new modulators and Grid modules.
Contents:
0:00 What is voice stacking?
0:36 What's new in Bitwig Studio 5.1
1:00 Stack Spread modulator modes
1:45 Voice Control modulator
1:57 Voice Stack Tog module
2:15 Voice Stack Mix module
2:26 Voice Stack Info module
2:44 Voice stacking works with CLAP plug-ins and Grid devices
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[@DashGlitch]

Voice Stacks is one of my favourite features! The new stuff is great

[@nilskozstum8256]

The voice solo feature makes precise usage of voice stacking so much easier. Great new feature!

[@TheQxY]

This is soo powerful, love it!

[@aaronmyrie]

I fucking love this DAW. Love it!!!! I've never wanted to master something so bad in my life, except my own mind 😅 Hopefully one day I can buy it

[@aaronmyrie]

Bought it

[@PleaseShutUpNowDude]

Bitwig is the funnest DAW

[@SpeccyMan]

Bitwig is the most fun DAW. (In correct English this time.)

[@PleaseShutUpNowDude]

Oi it's the most fun, innit?

[@darkjord5823]

​@@PleaseShutUpNowDudethe most correct English gj

[@access1403]

Hardcore f hardcore 😂

[@LOOPFROGMUSIC]

New Dave videos are bliss

[@sqwerty0829]

ASMR vibes

[@KrisTiasMusic]

The new changes to voice stacking are an absolute killer feature. Soloing voices! Just marvellous. Thank you, bitwig Team!

[@0e0]

Some truly nice sound design in this demo

[@adrianconsta1139]

As an Ableton user who is keeping an eye on Bitwig, I must say that the sound design part is becoming overwhelming (from outside at least), while essential workflow requests are getting ignored. This is why I won't switch to Bitwig or renew my upgrade plan too soon. I'm feeling that Bitwig is so close to become the greatest DAW, but it's just shooting itself in the foot. My 50 cents.

[@orangejuiceaudio227]

Exactly, they emerged to conquer the DAW space with lightning fast workflow, but somebody in the management got carried away with all the sound design grid stuff disregarding what people actually need. From what I understand Bitwig is supposed to be simple and user friendly DAW, but all the Grid stuff takes it in the opposite direction. Like where is video and scoring implementation, Dolby Atmos?

[@pixelwash9707]

These look really good, I look forward to spending some time with them.

[@n0f4ke74]

This sounds so lovely.

[@OdoSendaidokai]

Really nice Overview! Thank you !

[@adamsmith7058]

This is a feature on Strobe 2. I used it a lot, to distribute voices between different filters, oscillator mixes, Envelope and Lfo depths, all sorts of stuff. I've only got into Bitwig recently and I'm looking forward to experimenting with this..

[@aronlampin2444]

Amazing stuff

[@JohannesAgust]

Please add see through gridlines. I really wanna make Bitwig my main daw.

[@user-hp8it3mm6p]

If you are not yet using Bitwig then you are living in the past. Bitwig is not only the future: it is a lifetime of creative expression. Keep those updates coming. Danke!

[@Gasparzinho311]

Thanks for this update. It’s nice to have more sound design options. However there you guys from Bitwig should be more focused on community requests. Base on comments a little list. - MIDI comping - Capture listening MIDI (like Ableton) - Video suport - Scale highlight or scale lock, chords etc…. - Improve automations and midi editor - Allowing MIDI exports that don't have the entire project in them (e.g. a single clip) - Skin editor, dark mode for arrangement etc.. - Correct handling of sustain and other pedals in clips (apparently that one is on the road map, I asked). - Being able to export in different tracks each pad/instruments of the Drum Machine device - A good and simple freeze function - VariAudio type of editor I know that you guys from Bitwig are passionate about what you do. But you need to start looking more at what the community is asking for.

[@CBPM_]

Agreed. Bitwig is great, but in danger of just being an amazing modular synthesizer with an average DAW.

[@ucheattoh]

- a sampler with slice function. - a native step sequencer like in logic or Studio one - chord tracks - expanded fx - custom toolbars

[@BappinProductions]

@@ucheattoh there are tonnes of options for Step Sequencing in Bitwig already....

[@ucheattoh]

@@BappinProductions NO there isnt. there are no step sequencing feature as found in logic or studio one....why do so many peeps talk like others don't use the software..why do so many peeps always have a self centered perspective that they never seem to respect feature demands by others. jeez

[@BappinProductions]

@@ucheattoh you can build something very close in Note Grid and then save a preset. This is the Bitwig way, they give you the tools and then you build stuff yourself. Logic and Studio One aren't open ended, so you are totally reliant on whatever devices they provide, Bitwig have given us the freedom to build pretty much anything we want/need, make use of it instead of complaining on the internet.

[@DarrinNoNAME]

Man. If you yaw added something like a chopping feature to the sampler to perform chops on the drum rack. This would likely be my go to daw for mostly everything . If you all added something more for the hip hop producer , bitwig would have just about everything for everybody.

[@jungresonant9772]

slice to drum machine? I work with breaks and chopping samples in bitwig and it's great. you can easily layer pads with anything you want, even have round robin samples as an additional layer, not to mention the replacer/generator effect, all with stock bitwig plugins, fast as fuck, infinite creative options tbf

[@DarrinNoNAME]

@@jungresonant9772 I'm referring to taking a sample and chopping that sample within the sampler and assigning those chops non destructively to the drum rack. Similar to Live's simpler.

[@jungresonant9772]

​@@DarrinNoNAME slice to DM is non destructive, it's the same result as having chops within the sampler, just way more flexible

[@DarrinNoNAME]

@@jungresonant9772 hmm. Can you show me what you mean?

[@SamHocking]

Please make it possible to assign each voice in the stack to a multi-out so we can get individual control and for use in spatial audio workflows too!

[@carnalexxx]

I'm also trying to figure this exact same thing put these days. Using modulators to spatialize would be legit the ultimate tool.

[@SamHocking]

@@carnalexxx This is the holy grail of sound design into spatial audio. Bitwig is tantalizing close to it being more than possible, but without multichannel inputs and outputs through devices, it is impossible to make use of all this voicestacking power. If they could view it not as multi-unisons but multi-outputs it would be so amazing.

[@carnalexxx]

@@SamHocking I was able yesterday to use this voice stacking technique to create a simple rotation in a quad system using eurorack. It's definitely already possible just feels clunky to work with atm.

[@SamHocking]

@@carnalexxx Yep, I think I did it using the modulator out to dc-offsets iirc, but it wasn't ideal. Hopefully Bitwig reads this ; )

[@freedom19813]

ARA2 support ！ please

[@datashat]

[@turtletheorytv]

please add an option for dark arrangement background. no need for full theme support - just dark mode for arrangement view will suffice. thank you. also, great tutorial on voice stacking! (just can’t let opportunities for this longstanding accessibility feature go in-requested 😅)

[@waqarshahofficial6450]

PLEASE ADD CHORD TRACK AND ARRENGER TRACK

[@woopeedyscoop1858]

meine respektenung

[@lionbird7176]

Been waiting for an update or sale on digital performer for a long time. Long enough that Bitwig has had about 5 major updates and sales in that time. Bitwig is awesome and in comparison puts Motu to shame with new features added. Sorry Motu but you really need to change something because Bitwig is really kicking you arss these days. Bigtime.

[@JamesTindall]

I feel like this guy’s voice could sell a gas guzzling muscle car to Greta Thunberg

[@SjarMenace]

We need multiband distortion like Rift and a multiband compressor like ott or fuse compressor.

[@TheQxY]

Put any distortion or compressor in a frequency splitter..

[@jumpstar9000]

​​@@TheQxYwhat would be cool is if there was an EQ+ where there were chains for both the filtered signal and the inverse filtered signal, with a mixer at the end 🤔

[@endonyxoneaudio8644]

The chaining options of bitwig gives almost limitles possibilities to create your own multiband .... Whatever you like. Check out the filter + plugin and combine 3 of those in a multi fx container. All the distorions...

[@jumpstar9000]

@@endonyxoneaudio8644 Yes, I get that. What I was talking about is the possibility to automatically have an inverted EQ chain, so as you modify the curves, the filtered and reverse filtered outputs track. I do appreciate you can do it already, albeit with a lot more setup and the need for multiple EQ's

[@AziDoesQuestionableThings]

just use mutliband FX-2 or FX-3

[@macronencer]

"Nature's golden relationship..." Yes, very nice, but when are you going to finish this product? I love and use Bitwig but I'm so frustrated... it won't be a real DAW until it fully supports MIDI, and at the moment I am forced to run Cubase alongside it to cover the things it can't do. PLEASE focus on the ESSENTIALS at some point. (In case you're wondering, I'm referring in part to the way piano pedals are dropped from MIDI export, which makes it utterly useless.)

[@cristianoalveirinho5303]

will, u ever going to add skin options ? i know ur refining the daw ( and i respect that) but im sick of looking at grey and orange , i pay for bitwig and to renovate subscription , and i feel like you listen to ppls needs, but u listen to a certain point , it's like it doesnt matter for u guys (its not a game changer but would be appreciated for ppl that like to personalize things if you guys add themes option, and i know its not so hard to do) , (or so long to do it) u guys release feature after feature and u could have done this ages ago. Plz attend more to ppls requests , more ppl ask for this its not just me . Besides that u are doing a freaking good job

[@TOMATHblU_COK]

I love Bitwig so much, but...! First of all - we need ready tools for creating music,not anyone wants to spend a time with grid by trying to build plugin that we could use in one simple view like in other DAWs or just 3rd party plugins. What i am waiting in next versions of Bitwig. - Vintage compressor(maybe different emulations) - mix knob for old compressor and dynamic plugin - multiband compressor (ott maybe) - dynamic EQ with sc - multiband distortion with different types of distortion at any band - Reverb + (with really good sound) - Shimmer reverb of shimmer mode for Reverb + - supermassive reverb like black hole of mode for Reverb+ - build-in unison for PHASE 4 - dark grey arranger view(main space with audio and midi clips) - reworked NEW browser - bunch of EDM ready fat kick and snares sound library - second oscillator for polymer and build-in unison - FM4 + (unison, ability to draw waveforms) - Granular synthesizer - pattern sequencer mode for key editor - FM oscillator for grid(polymer) that contains 4 operators in one module - fm modulation for Polysynth - NEW vintage synth with fat sound

[@SjarMenace]

We also need a dynamic eq like fabfilter-Q3 with sc modes

[@TheQxY]

​@@SjarMenace EQ+ with sidechain modulator. Or use free TDR Nova, which has better dynamic EQ features than Pro-Q.

[@nilskozstum8256]

Could you not use the voice stacking modulator on the detune to achieve unison in phase 4 or fm 4?

[@TOMATHblU_COK]

no i dont like it,i need standart unison without wasting time to setup voice staking@@nilskozstum8256

[@ucheattoh]

​@@TheQxYbut we are asking for it to be a native bitwig plugin, one without the need to setup extra modulation

[@shira158]

Day #944 of asking of a Scrub Feature in the piano roll...

[@k-rom8694]

just improve the sampler PLEASE

[@k-rom8694]

let me change the sample while its inside the sampler or something 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@k-rom8694]

like stretching

[@BrentonWoods774]

You know what would be 1000x better than this? Video features, so we don't have to use the crooked VidplayVST!

[@nathanjmansfield9969]

Please listen Bitwig ❤

[@Beatsmithdotorg]

Every update is like I'm back in linear algebra class getting my mind melted - think of the possibilities

[@wrxnglove]

i use bitwig to write generative music. i hope you will make more parameters modulatable (such as inspector parameters of clips, dice module on steps) and randomizable (humanize function for msegs, random distribution of automation points (similarly to alt+click for expressions)). wavetable editor and grid containers are also major. best daw in the game nontheless 🦾🥇