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Bitwig Studio 6 Music and Audio Production Software

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Bitwig Studio 6 Music and Audio Production Software
Key Features
  • DAW for Music Production and Performance
  • Linear and Nonlinear Workflows
  • 90+ Instruments, FX, and Creative Tools
  • Modular Structure and Flexibility
Ideal for linear or nonlinear workflows in sound design, recording, and live performance applications, Bitwig Studio 6 is a comprehensive DAW sporting over 10GB of sound content and over 90 instruments, FX, and other creative tools. With a highly flexible, modular design, and an intuitive, powerful interface, Studio 6 offers all you'd expect of a modern DAW and more.
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Ideal for linear or nonlinear workflows in sound design, recording, and live performance applications, Bitwig Studio 6 is a comprehensive DAW sporting over 10GB of sound content and over 90 instruments, FX, and other creative tools. With a highly flexible, modular design, and an intuitive, powerful interface, Studio 6 offers all you'd expect of a modern DAW and more.

Enjoy the convenience of powerful macro controls, versatile note expressions, and the ability to modulate your hardware with over 30 modulators, such as LFOs and envelopes. Studio 6 sports comprehensive MIDI support including MIDI clock sync and compatibility with Ableton LINK, so you can control your DAW with whatever MIDI hardware you like. With a modular workflow and features like The Grid for incredibly flexible sound design and Sampler for sophisticated modern multisampling functionality, the sound creation possibilities are nearly endless. Bitwig Studio 6 is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux computers.

What's New with Studio 6?
More Powerful Automation Editing
Bitwig Studio 6 brings an extensive upgrade to automation editing, starting with two new ways to access your curves. Pressing A switches to Automation mode, overlaying each track with the parameter you last touched, or any other single lane you choose. Or reach for the Detail Editor Panel, where you can now access all automation for any track. Use these alternate editors to keep the Arranger clean, or to get a new perspective on how different tracks relate to one another.

  • Gestures make editing quicker and more unified
  • Freely drag automation points past other points to overwrite them
  • Spread feature brings variation to automation
  • Hold behavior keeps flat value until the next point is reached
  • Curvature for segments can now be controlled in the inspector
  • Freehand drawing is translated into clean, simple curves for easy editing
  • Spray Can tool paints a series of held points at the current grid interval
Automation Clips
Automation can be just as important as audio and notes, and now Bitwig treats it that way. Working with automation in clips makes intuitive sense. All the clip features you know are there. Set looping and independent start times, slide the clip contents in time, stretch your automation clips, use clip aliases, and more. If you like the old ways, don't worry. You can still use track automation with all the new editing improvements, and going between the two is easy.
Clip Aliases
Brand new in Bitwig Studio 6, clip aliases are a way to create structure and sequence in your music. Instead of duplicating a clip across a track, try dragging it as an alias. This means the clips will have a shared fingerprint, which is called their pattern.

When you edit one, all clips sharing that pattern will be updated, and other clip settings remain unchanged. Clip aliases work with audio, note, and automation clips, and can be used in both the Clip Launcher and Arranger.

Guide Your Notes with Key Signature
Alongside tempo and time signature, your project now has a key signature to help guide your work with notes.

  • You can see the scale when you work in the Piano Roll, and use Snap to Key to make your editing gestures harmonious.
  • Combine this with the Pencil tool—or when painting a stream of notes with the new Spray Can tool—for speedy creation that’s always in key.
  • Use the Quantize to Key function to snap existing notes or clips to your chosen scale and help you pick notes. Key signature can control your note FX.
  • Arpeggiator and five other note-shifting devices have a Use Global Key option, which follows any harmonic movement across your project. 
Sharper Looks for a Smoother Flow
Bitwig Studio 6’s looks have been improved. Bitwig has made the interface smoother to navigate and easier to customize to your needs.

  • You’ll now see the editing tools laid out as a palette on the right side of the interface.
  • You can adjust how the grid looks from each editor via the Editor Settings menu in the bottom right corner.
  • Right-clicking at the top of the Bitwig window provides easy access to project-wide visual controls.
  • Track headers are now more dynamic when resized—they can shrink to offer more controls when space is available.  
  • The Clip Launcher now visualizes the clip position and loop count for each track, and clips in the Arranger allow you to see the beat grid lines behind them.
Editors That Give You More
In Bitwig Studio 6, the editors let you see and do more, from small scale to the big picture. Expression editing is now a more powerful way to work on fine details. Micro-pitch curves were always shown on top of notes, but now gain, pressure, and other expressions can be edited directly on the notes (or audio) too.

All expressions are available in the folded Drum/Hybrid editor. Not to mention that the new automation gestures have come to expression editing as well. Need an overview? It’s easier than ever with improved layered editing. To edit multiple clips together, simply select them.

Legacy Features
Modulation Heaven
The modulation system in Bitwig Studio allows you to use Macro controls, Note Expressions, LFOs, and Envelopes to modulate any device, VST plug-in, or hardware parameter. With 30+ modulators (and counting) the potential for creative expression is endless.
Hardware Integration
Hardware integration is a large part of what makes Bitwig Studio unique. MIDI handling, note timing, and latency compensation are aspects of this. Other prominent features include MIDI Clock Sync and Ableton LINK. But where Bitwig Studio really stands out is its collection of hardware integration devices.
Enter The Grid
The Grid is a sound designer's dream. It can be a synth, an audio effect, or most things you can imagine. It's a modular sound design environment, open for you to build your own creations from scratch.
Sampler, Resampled
The Bitwig Studio Sampler is a powerful tool for playing and manipulating audio. It boasts several playback modes (including traditional pitch-based, granular, or wavetable options), advanced looping features with crossfades, endless modulation possibilities, and more. And with an advanced multisample editor, creating large and sophisticated patches is fast and effortless.

Bitwig BITWIG STUDIO 6 Specs

Delivery Format
Download
License Type
Standard: Perpetual License
User Support
1 User
System Compatibility/Requirements
Operating System: Windows/macOS/Linux  
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