The Bitwig developers also took it upon themselves to write their own high-quality timestretch algorithms, which is essential for remixing or live performance. This reminds me of Reason’s popular REX files and the slicing operations that make them so useful. One of the most impressive things about the clip editor is the ability to break up your clips into smaller fragments for reversing, rearranging, and micro-editing, giving you clips within clips to edit individually. Bitwig comes loaded with a plethora of advanced audio tools and clip editing functions, to help you give as much attention to the elements that make up your track as to the track itself (something I think Ableton often fails to do). The Edit view is where a lot of the magic happens in Bitwig Studio, and this is where Bitwig really sets itself apart from Ableton. New in Bitwig Studio is the dedicated Edit window, a welcome addition to those who have previously used Ableton Live Like Ableton, the clip grid acts as an on-the-fly launch pad for live music creation and studio experimentation. In the Mix view, each column corresponds to one channel of recorded audio or MIDI instrumentation, broken into a grid for holding that channel’s audio clips and a virtual fader for adjusting the mix. In the Arrange view, Bitwig looks roughly like most other DAWs on the market – vertically stacked audio tracks on a horizontal timeline, letting you decide what sounds are layered on and when. The most striking resemblance lies in the fact that Bitwig is also divided into a linear Arrange view and a clip-based Mix view. In terms of gross layout, Bitwig Studio will remind many people immediately of Ableton Live. That also means a wealth of experience wrapped up in a brand new company not afraid to take risks. While Bitwig is a brand new product, its developers are formerly of Ableton, and the design philosophy shows. While most major DAWs have been around for years (and have consequentially benefitted from years of user feedback and refinement), it isn’t often that a newcomer enters the market and creates such a huge splash. If, despite the massive amount of hype and press leading up to its launch, you haven’t heard of Bitwig Studio, you really don’t know what you’re missing.
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