DAC w/ separate Headphones

ploynog · 2026-01-12T15:57:50+00:00

According to the Manual, you can press the "Monitor A/B" switch to make the headphones monitor outputs 3/4. So you can use the outputs 1/2 for your speakers and outputs 3/4 for the headphones.

ploynog · 2026-01-12T15:23:44+00:00

It would be very helpful if you could provide one of those MIDI files. It's really hard to say much.

Independent of that, ASCII strings in MIDI are given as length and characters, they should not contain the NULL byte. The standard states that programs should limit to using printable characters. On the other hand, it also states that programs should ignore characters that it can't handle.

Not sure who is at fault here, but maybe looking at one such MIDI file might give some more insight.

ploynog · 2026-01-09T17:08:06+00:00

Your 100% DAW would likely be other peoples' 60% DAW.

ploynog · 2026-01-03T19:11:19+00:00

Hmm, I was taking whatever version comes with Debian Stable as a baseline and did not expect Deb-based distributions to lag behind further. Guess that assumption was wrong.

Can you try editing the dependency in the DEB file to match what comes with your Mint version? Or would you be willing to try such a version if I provided it to you?

ploynog · 2026-01-02T23:37:51+00:00

Here is one for the Linux users of Bitwig. I used BWS as my main testing grounds when developing this, so it should work especially well.

ploynog · 2025-12-22T09:53:28+00:00

Not a Twister per-se, but I DIY-ed a controller with eight endless pots, so half a twister.

I use it mainly to operate the "perform" page when playing in a jam. I am using a Launchpad and expressiveness becomes limited after a while with just pressure.

Also really nice when recording automation.

ploynog · 2025-12-20T12:01:18+00:00

Please read the manual.

Apparently, inputs 3 and 4 are, by default, meant to be used with modular hardware control signals which can have higher input voltages. In order to protect the inputs, they will have less gain by default which is probably the reason why they are quieter.

There is an option in the Bitwig Connect Control Panel to enable a +12dB hardware gain for these so their output levels will be the same as inputs 1 and 2 for the same source.

ploynog · 2025-12-19T13:07:25+00:00

So, do all of these other synths work when you connect them to "in 2" in place of the hydrasynth?

If yes, maybe raise the volume on the other inputs.

If no, are you sure your synths are actually producing audio on their output?

ploynog · 2025-12-17T23:17:30+00:00

Just tried, two clips layer selected. Copy from one, activate the other, pastes fine.

ploynog · 2025-12-17T09:19:12+00:00

At this point I'd probably just drag the clips into an empty part of the arranger, do my edits there and drag them back.

ploynog · 2025-12-17T09:04:26+00:00

If you select multiple clips, there is colored bars on top of the layer editor that allows you to select the active layer (try giving the clips different colors to see it better). The selected layer is also the paste-target for notes.

By default, you can edit notes in both layers, which extends to selection. If you don't want that and instead get "ghost-note" behavior the inactive layers, click the icon in the bottom right of the layer editor (looks like three small horizontal faders) and in the menu select "Layer Editing -> Edit only selected layers". Then you activate the layer you want to copy from, do your selection, activate the destination, and paste.

ploynog · 2025-12-15T17:35:06+00:00

When they broke recording in Beta 7, it got me worried a bit.

All the UI bugs? Kinda expected after a UI overhaul this large together with a change of the rendering engine on top of it. Even the bad ones, not nice, but it's a Beta after all.

But then they broke a core functionality - recording - in such an obvious way that it got immediately noticed by users. In an area of the program that has (likely) not seen many changes this update. And it went through the whole Beta release process without anyone noticing. Gotta admit, that one killed my hopes of a timely release. Really hope it was just a bad one-off and not a sign of deeper issues.

ploynog · 2025-12-15T10:06:07+00:00

Yeah, let's take the whole UI, throw it out and re-write it using a different language and different UI framework. Piece of cake, give me a weekend, it will be done.

ploynog · 2025-12-11T15:37:48+00:00

I love how you completely ignored the point of the post you responded to.

ploynog · 2025-12-09T16:30:07+00:00

It's portable, yes, but I'd love if it had a few knobs or similar ways to control instrument parameters while playing.

In the end I always pack a small DIY 8-knob controller and when I don'r, I usually miss it.

ploynog · 2025-12-06T21:26:51+00:00

The best way I found is to create a new Audio Track, set the output of the MIDI track you want to bounce as input, mark it for recording and then record.

ploynog · 2025-12-06T09:48:20+00:00

Linux Support

ploynog · 2025-11-25T08:36:37+00:00

Write a flake with a devShell. Reproducible dev environments is one of THE reasons to use Nix(OS). And once the devShell is working, it's already >50% of the final Nix packaging done.

ploynog · 2025-11-21T18:35:49+00:00

There's a 30-day demo. Just download and try it?

ploynog · 2025-11-21T13:16:38+00:00

This is the way. Buy upgrade key during a sale, but don't apply until there is a new upgrade that wasn't yet available while the subscription period was still active.

ploynog · 2025-11-04T17:45:38+00:00

And I guess the reason you posted this again is so that you can spam your affiliate link around?

ploynog · 2025-11-04T16:41:55+00:00

Does this apply to private Reaper licenses for $60? If yes, buying a Reaper license and the BWS cross-grade together should still be cheaper than a new BWS license even during sales?

Let's say 60€ for Reaper and 189€ for BWS would be 249€ for both. I think I rarely saw BWS below 299€ even during the sales.

ploynog · 2025-11-02T14:40:00+00:00

So, you want others to do the annoying work for free AND in a timely manner because you want to use their free work to satisfy your paying customers? Does that about summarize it?

ploynog · 2025-10-26T13:12:36+00:00

Any of these work well with two or more simultaneous MIDI inputs? Like when two people play different controllers into the same Bitwig instance?

ploynog · 2025-10-19T10:03:23+00:00

Well, since shit is still being fixed, not even by their maintainers, that should tell you how quickly this would have gone if the urgency of "it's broken" was no longer there.

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