Bitwig can do almost everything

[@chitlun]

0:27 “It’s not German enough” I nearly spat tea at my screen, you funny fecker 😂 You sir, are a genius! Thank you for this wonderful nugget and a very happy new year to thee, cheers.

[@BerryPhillips]

So perfectly German. The most I've laughed at a screen in a long time. Cheers Polarity 🍻

[@MrSonicAlchemy]

This is so freaking cool! I know it's not the most advanced concept, but it reminds of how cool step sequencing can be and also breaks down how it works in the context of the grid. I love it! Great video!

[@charleswheeler3418]

After years of messing about and getting nowhere on Ableton, I am SO glad I bought bitwig, I think I might actually be able to make real finished tracks, finally... this grid is amazing and if it weren’t for you I wouldn't know about any of this. THANK YOU!

[@boronoro]

Great work! The latest 3 videos are really good and helpful!!

[@bionoid7087]

If Bitwig added an option to save the buffer data of the array to the project or external file - that would be a real game changer! Looking forward this feature.

[@PolarityMusic]

Me too 👌🏼🥰

[@UweGranzowfilms]

Happy New Year Robert - und weiterhin immer einen "Step" voraus!! Liebe Grüße, Uwe

[@PolarityMusic]

Gey Uwe, frohes neues dir auch! 🥰

[@EscDogAlt]

Ahh! I can't believe how confused I was about how to make an array work. All this time I was trying to choose a real value between 0..1. 😢 also helpful was seeing how to implement a button like trigger. I've been a software engineer for decades and even developed two different visual programming languages and these elements have had me frustrated for a while. Thank you!

[@kaelyndunbar7061]

This analogue circuit paradigm illustrates the beautifully logical consistency of Bitwig. This consistency is a compelling selling point on its own. In practice however, implementing a "def map_midi_note(...)" callback in a lightweight script editor would be far more usable.

[@NuwandaBoy]

I don't understand why they haven't implemented a step record function in the piano roll though as do all the other daws, unless I am missing something?

[@PolarityMusic]

good question

[@EscDogAlt]

My theory is there are a lot of DAWs out there that would take Bitwig years to reach feature parity with. Meanwhile, no one needs yet another DAW that does the same thing as all the others. Instead, they spend their development budget on doing things differently and better. And doing things no other DAW has done. Isn't that why some of us are fans of the software? If I need another feature I go back to something else like Sonar or Reaper. Bitwig makes it rather easy to jump between multiple DAWs.

[@mudi2000a]

@@EscDogAltwhile this is true and I did not really miss it, step recording is a super basic feature that even primitive hardware sequencers and the very first version of Cubase on the Atari already had.

[@NuwandaBoy]

@@mudi2000a my thought exactly, the feature is too basic and simple for the developers to overlook it

[@mrhay]

The ''trouble' with Bitwig is that there's usually work arounds and with the Grid there's just so many options. But yes it could be a button on/off.

[@chewlay111]

COOL VID BRO I DONWLOADED THE FILE TOO - WHEN I USE IT IT DOESNT SEEM TO WORK LIKE YOURS WHEN YOU PLAY AND RECORD, SEEM SPORADIC

[@SoundAuthor]

Very cool, but I heard a few blips and bloops when adding new notes in real time. Perhaps a MIDI Quantizer before the Note Grid?

[@PolarityMusic]

sample and hold helps at the pitch out

[@BeatMax2023]

Mal wieder ein sehr hilfreiches Video ;)

[@travisbasso6496]

I love this!! Are there any ways to manipulate the read phase to get variations of the pattern? I used a selector with a mapped trigger button to switch between regular and reversed phase-that much worked!

[@PolarityMusic]

ofc! added to my blog post: polarity.me/posts/polarity-music/2025-01-03-step-recording-in-bitwig/#are-there-any-ways-to-manipulate-the-read-phase-to-get-variations-of-the-pattern

[@travisbasso6496]

@ ahh perfect thanks!!! That bit about changing the array size is what I was missing

[@womagrid]

Yes it can do everything but unfortunately in recent versions it's very easy to paint yourself into a corner and run out of DSP power. Even bouncing and deactivating tracks doesn't always help because so many devices are now dependent on the grid, which seems to do some kind of instance sharing in the background. So, it can be very difficult to figure out exactly what is using the DSP.

[@vernor-d8n]

stepsequencer very very cool solution, fl studio could do this without beeing a rocket scientist, but imageline is a nogo for me.

[@spaceiswater6539]

This is totally amazing/brilliant thank you so much @PolarityMusic you have blown my mind yet again.

[@nekoDan]

Cool stuff! It would be a great feature to be able to save the array data in the project. I wonder if there’s a way to record to a steps module and keep data that way?

[@PolarityMusic]

sadly no way. im asking for persistence since the grid came out. no luck so far. the only way is to record it into a note clip.

[@jocimusic3660]

how do i get my triggers mmodule to run automatic like yours? i need to hold a key on the midi controller for the triggers to run..

[@jocimusic3660]

needed set the note grid voices to mono.. can keep this comment incase anyone else have same problem

[@BeatMax2023]

@@jocimusic3660 I was about to ask exactly the same question. I made a "comment" in the note grid so I dont forget this. Thanks :)

[@jemandeltab9401]

Wie kann man den einen Schritt überspringen bzw. frei lassen? Aktuell werden ja alle Schritte aufgezeichnet. Wenn ich aber jeden 3ten frei lassen will, müsste es da doch auch einen Hack geben.? Danke im Voraus. Danke für das informative Tutorial.

[@PolarityMusic]

hab ich auf den begleitenden blog post gepackt: polarity.me/posts/polarity-music/2025-01-03-step-recording-in-bitwig/#how-to-add-a-%22rest%22-step-is-this-possible

[@thedarkglovemusic]

Winner

[@paradoxic1888]

This is really neat if you just want to mess around with sequences on the fly and get inspiration. Is there a way to record silence as a step?

[@CStoph1979]

Well, where's the answer?

[@PolarityMusic]

yo, wrote an solution on my blog. hope it helps: polarity.me/posts/polarity-music/2025-01-03-step-recording-in-bitwig/#how-to-add-a-%22rest%22-step-is-this-possible

[@paradoxic1888]

@@PolarityMusic Thanks this seems like a workaround, although it would be hard to play C0 in tandem with other keys. Gets me thinking perhaps with modulation you can trigger the note at a desired step.

[@jonathanmeeks6031]

dude u are too smart, have you learned electric engineering or do you just understand logic like that

[@PolarityMusic]

No, I’m not smart at all. Once you get the hang of it, it’s just practice.

[@embersandash]

@@PolarityMusichumble. You are smart, own it bro!

[@colognialist1964]

Klar habe ich wieder was gelernt. Du lieferst so viele Kaninchen und wenn ich sie brauche, weiss ich nicht mehr wie es geht, geschweige denn in welchem Hut die sind. Wüsste aber tatsächlich keinen Usecase dafür - habe doch ne DAW und kann ein Cliprecording machen.

[@PolarityMusic]

Benutz den step recorder vom KeyStep/PolyD schon öfters. Echt nice für kure ARPs

[@andreas-franke]

Mich nervt am Counter, dass Verhalten beim Reset. Sagen wir du bist auf Step 7 und triggerst den Reset, dann springt der Counter nicht sofort auf 0, sondern erst beim nächsten, in den Counter eingehenden Trigger. Wenn du also bei Step 7 resetten willst, musst du schon bei Step 6 den Reset getriggert haben.

[@PolarityMusic]

ja wem sagste das 😅 triggert hart

[@lofimat3856]

Wers hier der BitWicht?

[@mølekule-l3d]

not german enough haha

[@embersandash]

It’s not German enough!! 😂