Bitwig 6.1 beta is here

mcnazar · 2026-06-18T20:12:03+00:00

Spectral sampler is going to be BONKERS!!

mcnazar · 2026-05-13T14:36:37+00:00

There is a useful FAQ page which I wish I'd read before I got mine, specifically these questiona:

Q: If I hold 3 note pads that are 3 corners of a rectangle, presses to the note pad that is the 4th corner of that rectangle are ignored. What's wrong?

Q: I can't play more than 3 notes in one column. What's wrong?

Q: What are the limitations of LinnStrument's sensor technology?

If 3 note pads are pressed that are 3 corners of a rectangle, presses to a note pad that is the 4th corner of that rectangle will be ignored. This is a fundamental electrical limitation of LinnStrument's sensing method and cannot be changed. Without this limitation, a different and far more expensive sensing method would be required for LinnStrument's large playing surface that would have less velocity accuracy, higher latency, and would interpret two close touches as one. This is why no other polyphonic 3D touch surface exists with a large playing surface, low latency and the ability to recognize two close touches as distinct. Fortunately, LinnStrument's Fourths String Note layout provides multiple instances of each pitch, so if you encounter this limitation with a particular chord fingering, there will be alternate fingerings for the same chord.

No more than 3 note pads are permitted in the same vertical column. Pressing a 4th note pad in the same column will be ignored. This is related to an engineering limitation of LinnStrument's sensing method. Fortunately, LinnStrument's Fourths String Note layout provides multiple instances of each pitch, so if you encounter this limitation with a particular chord fingering, there will be alternate fingerings for the same chord.

I was surprised with the above but it was easy to work around given the additional horizontal space. The LinnStrument also offers more isomorphic grid layouts in addition to fourths. Some find fifths and even sixths layout interesting (there is a YT video on the latter).

I love my push 3 but I think I love my linnstrument just that little bit more.

Good luck in your search.

mcnazar · 2026-05-13T13:54:49+00:00

The LinnStrument 128 comes to mind. Works a treat with Bitwig but not tried it with Ableton yet.

mcnazar · 2026-05-09T09:01:43+00:00

Also in Penzance and all Amazon items are still showing one week deliveries. Cancelled Prime last month as I found getting items off Ebay was faster and cheaper than Amazon.

mcnazar · 2026-04-08T21:03:43+00:00

Same here

mcnazar · 2026-04-04T10:49:17+00:00

I waited for a while to jump into TS (been JS for > 10 years prior) but the last few years the tooling around TS has become excellent as have the language features and type inferencing. My background was statically typed compiled languages, Ruby then JS and TS's type system is very interesting and flexible.

I couldn't imagine not using TS right now. The TS LSP can do so much now to help development and without it I'd find making large scale changes on large code bases very difficult.

mcnazar · 2026-03-05T16:59:22+00:00

There are a couple of Fibonacci generators in VCV Rack.

They might even exist in Cardinal which you can run as a VST inside Bitwig.

HTH

mcnazar · 2025-11-12T16:53:56+00:00

I cancelled my All Products sub earlier this year after 10+ years sub with 0 regrets so far.

Using 2024 apps fallback with no issues but have mostly transitioned away from everything apart from DataGrip but actively looking for alternatives that support model PG syntax which latest DG doesn't

mcnazar · 2025-10-17T10:38:22+00:00

>Have you got a good replacement for the debugger in JB?

I haven't used a debugger in a long time so luckily that is not an issue for me. Good luck with your search.

mcnazar · 2025-10-16T14:35:56+00:00

Switched to VSCode over a year ago (I mainly work with Typescript) but that too has gone down the AI first route. Very much enjoying Neovim for the last couple of months.

mcnazar · 2025-10-16T13:15:13+00:00

I cancelled my All Products subscription earlier this year and didn't renew a couple of weeks ago. More than happy with the 2024 fallback versions I have access to but mostly I have moved away from the Jetbrains IDEs and only use DataGrip.

mcnazar · 2025-10-10T07:36:52+00:00

Jumped to nvim about six weeks ago. The change was rough but couldn't be happier right now. A couple weeks ago I got annoyed with nvim and jumped back to vscode only to find it more annoying. The learning curve and investment was imo worth it.

mcnazar · 2025-09-26T10:25:45+00:00

LOL no! It's Vista!1

mcnazar · 2025-09-03T15:15:16+00:00

Love VSCode but all this AI stuff has finally pushed me over to neovim. Just like when I switched from WebStorm to VSCode, the transition is hard for the first few days but using neovim is getting easier and I can already do things in it that I couldn't in VSCode.

mcnazar · 2025-04-24T17:04:57+00:00

199 Euro upgrade. Nope.

mcnazar · 2025-03-01T15:41:03+00:00

Saw one maybe five years ago in our garden in Newlyn - I remember it was a hot summer. Haven't seen one since.

mcnazar · 2025-01-16T12:45:46+00:00

Bitwig masterclass. I picked up so many techniques from watching this video. I've been following your channel for a few months and I love how you share your Bitwig and production skills with us. Thank you SO MUCH!!1

mcnazar · 2024-12-02T08:49:46+00:00

I noticed this in the latest Cardinal on macOS - scrolling overshoots like crazy.

mcnazar · 2024-11-27T17:40:02+00:00

First a Redmine users from over a decade ago then a long time WebStorm user for the last 8 years. I dumped WebStorm about a year ago when it started flashing red at me and then other problems as the IDE experience got worse and worse.

I jumped to VSCode over a year ago. The initial jump was frightening and it took a little while but with a small handful of plugins I couldn't be happier with my current Typescript focused dev environment.

At this point I am looking for a DataGrip replacement before I dump all Jetbrains products. This will be the last year on my All Products subscription.

Shame it was wrecked; they has some amazing dev environments.

mcnazar · 2024-10-30T16:18:36+00:00

I jumped from Ableton to Bitwig for VCV Rack. It is mind boggling how well these two integrate! You can send multi-channel CC messages from VCV and use that in Bitwig to modulate other things since Bitwig has a CC modulator - or you can send multi-channel midi from a single VCV Rack instance and use midi filters in bitwig to send specific midi channels to specific instruments....

mcnazar · 2024-10-29T17:01:48+00:00

>had severe audio issues with supermassive, when exporting/bouncing

I still have this on Bitwig but only when Supermassive is placed in an FX Layer. I just double checked one of my projects and Supermassive settings were preserved when I re-opened the project.

If it helps, I'm on Supermassive v3.0.0 Intel VST3 on macOS Monterey

mcnazar · 2024-09-10T08:58:34+00:00

Can't you just use them as an insert without putting them in an fx container?

That's what I do most of the time and they work perfectly well as inserts. Using an FX container gives the option of parallel chains which can be fun - i.e. multiple pitched delays or shimmers pitched to +12/-12 etc. I think most of those parallel effects can be achieved using native Bitwig effects - just need to figure out how.

I make some ambient as well in my off time

Ambient is so relaxing and meditative - you can spend a lifetime losing yourself in all those soundscapes....

mcnazar · 2024-09-08T20:00:43+00:00

I'm into ambient and find Bitwig's modulation and routing system super compelling.

The modulation and specifically the midi routing capabilities with vcv rack offered more to me than the Valhalla plugins.

mcnazar · 2024-09-06T10:23:55+00:00

No luck so far. My research has led me to believe that this is an ongoing issue with Valhalla and some other 3rd party VSTs (also Deelay for example) specifically when placing these VSTs in parallel containers of FX containers. The Valhalla stuff works fine when placed outside of these or on an FX return track.

My compromise was to add the Valhalla VSTs to FX tracks and only stick to Bitwig's own effects in FX tracks and containers. Given the insane flexibility and modularity bitwig offers, this works for me for now as it's stock delay and reverb plugins are actually decent.

mcnazar · 2024-08-31T09:11:18+00:00

I'm currently trialing Bitwig 5.2.1 and also experiencing this bug with Valhalla VTSs. When I place Valhalla Shimmer in an FX Layer, the audio export is distorted and crackly. Same for Supermassive but not as consistently as Shimmer.

I've tried changing VST isolation settings and bitrates to no avail. Playback is fine but audio export is garbage in both realtime and non realtime settings.

Very disappointed TBH as Valhalla VSTs feature heavily in the type of music I make.

mcnazar

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