Release Notes

Thank you for downloading Bitwig Studio 1.0.14.
This document lists the changes since previous versions of Bitwig Studio.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.14

Released on 11.09.2014.

IMPROVED Add context menu to device macros to swap the macro with another macro
FIXED VST plugins don't open GUI anymore when dragged to the second screen on windows.
FIXED Crash when copying tempo automation to the clipboard and then moving the paste cursor into volume automation lane
FIXED Regression from 1.0.13: bipolar macro mappings work only in one direction.
FIXED Crash when undoing track deletion in some circumstances
FIXED Crash when pasting various clip and time selections into a drum pad
FIXED Deleting a track that is being recorded into would stop the undo history and saving of documents from working.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.13

Released on 13.08.2014.

IMPROVED Minor style tweak in controller API documentation.
IMPROVED Various improvements in Arturia KeyLab scripts.
FIXED Crash when dragging a drum pad to another drum pad.
FIXED Regression: automation recording inserts additional points with default value or does not work in some cases.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.12

Released on 12.08.2014.

IMPROVED JavaScript stub generator for Controller API needs latest updates from TeotiGraphix repository.
FIXED Moving a nested device chain could cause weird problems/crashes if the chain's mixer had automation for some of it's parameters (eg volume or pan).
FIXED Dragging a nested device chain (with automation to a mixer parameter for the chain) to a new track would leave the document in a broken state and cause crash on save
FIXED Copying or duplicating a plugin device with automation in a clip does not duplicate the automation for parameters in the plugin device
FIXED Note editor piano keyboard doesn't audition keys until a note is added to the clip.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.12 RC1

Released on 08.08.2014.

IMPROVED MIDI output on OSX sends always 3 bytes data, but should send only one byte in case of realtime data and two bytes in case of channel pressure and program change.
IMPROVED Added javascript stubs for syntax-completion of the controller API within your IDE when developing scripts. Thanks to Michael Schmalle (Teotigraphix) for contributing the code for generating it, and thanks to Trappar for initial inspiration of Michael's project by providing hand-written API stubs.
FIXED fix confirmed
FIXED Crashes when adding/removing removable media and performance lock-ups on windows.
FIXED Loud audio blowouts using the E-kick device with certain parameter settings.
FIXED Slicing an audio clip unwarped on the arranger to a drum or multi sampler would create incorrect slice playback clip in the drum track if the clip being sliced did not start at time 0
FIXED Crash if search indexes somehow get corrupted or truncated.
FIXED Slice to drum machine does not create slice for the last onset.
FIXED External Instrument: change of MIDI channel requires audio engine restart to take effect.
FIXED Package manager list of packages could sometimes look broken when switching back and forth between the online and DVD packs.
FIXED MIDI clock sync does not work on Linux.
FIXED Hidden directories are not scanned for VSTs, even when specifically added as location.
FIXED Korg NanoKontrol2 script has a problem with switching devices.
FIXED Resizing start of reversed raw audio event affects event end time in some cases.
FIXED fix confirmed.
FIXED Piano roll keys in layered editing play wrong track.
FIXED Note editor piano keyboard plays notes on wrong track after moving clip to another track while keeping clip selection unchanged.
FIXED Dragging a clip launcher note selection to a new clip does not work anymore.
FIXED Zooming and adjusting timeline grid settings using keyboard shortcuts does not work on certain keyboards.
FIXED Doubling content of selected arranger clip also unselects it, thus makes the note editor lose it.
FIXED Device Macros: when set to bipolar and automated, curve editing is broken after project reload.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.11

Released on 15.07.2014.

NEW Support for Arturia KeyLab controllers.
IMPROVED Added NoteInput.sendRawMidiEvent method to controller API.
FIXED Control-mapping indication get stuck on the devices for some scripts.
FIXED Bouncing a multi-selection of clips would sometimes hang the engine.
FIXED Hot plugging and removing discs did not correctly update in the file browser tab.
FIXED Rare crash when deleting a launcher clip.
FIXED Rare crash when trying to activate the engine for a document that is being closed.
FIXED Undo not available in certain conditions.
FIXED Undo stops working when using the knife tool in an automation lane.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.11 RC1

Released on 10.07.2014.

NEW Added support for UDP (User Datagram Protocol) to the controller API
IMPROVED Improved Export Audio dialog.
IMPROVED Allow sorting of devices in the device browser based either on vendor or location.
IMPROVED On Mac OSX updating a plugin would not cause the cached information for a plugin to be invalidated so the old information would be used.
FIXED Certain wav files couldn't be loaded.
FIXED Cancelling the save dialog for a modified document when quitting means it is no longer possible to quit the application
FIXED Crash when browsing a file that has unicode surrogate pairs in its name.
FIXED Occasional errors when saving plugin states that should not be errors.
FIXED Opening the user guide on non-Ubuntu Linux may cause the application to hang until the user guide is closed.
FIXED Crash on startup if vst-metadata file is corrupted
FIXED Crash when selecting a controller note input for a hybrid track and then selecting an audio note input and then undoing
FIXED Occassional crash when dragging over an automation lane in the arranger clip launcher
FIXED Launchpad does not update lights when switching modes on Linux.
FIXED Various rare and random crashes when displaying the GUI.
FIXED Openning the package manager always causes a rescan of repositories and forgets about the currently installing packs.
FIXED Very rare crash when browsing some plugins.
FIXED Crash due to somehow being able to drag an empty selection of device layers
FIXED Crash when occassionally dragging clips between tracks on the arranger with the single track insert modifier pressed.
FIXED Crash when dragging a layer device with layers from a main track onto an effect track
FIXED Disarming a track while a clip is recording in clip launcher does not stop the clip from recording.
FIXED Not possible to change order of tracks after loading project with hidden effect tracks.
FIXED Crash when adjusting curvature of expression events.
FIXED Very rare crash when using the knife tool in note or automation editor.
FIXED Rare crash when working with rectangular selection.
FIXED Crash when stretching start of audio event after order of beat markers got incorrect somehow.
FIXED Regression: crash when setting note start to selected warp marker.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.10

Released on 19.06.2014.

FIXED Crash when using CNTRLR script that was using a hidden controller API method.
FIXED When scrolling a device chain with many devices the devices towards the end of the chain would not show their name
FIXED Crash sometimes when showing a plugin loading error message.
FIXED Regression: 1.0.9 would complain about insufficient disk space when installing packs on a fresh system.
FIXED Crash when showing context menu in file browser for a folder when there are no bookmarks.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.9

Released on 13.06.2014.

FIXED Vengeance VMS stereo VSt plugin shell only shows one plugin instead of multiple.
FIXED Memory was leaked when searching in the browser.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.9 RC3

Released on 11.06.2014.

FIXED On Windows updates in the browser could be incorrect when modifying files.
FIXED Glitch VST does not show the plugin window on Linux.
FIXED Showing expanded device popup menu does not close the compact device menu.
FIXED Crash when adding expression event to multi-selection by shift-clicking on it (regression).
FIXED Crash when moving expression segment with cmd/ctrl modifier.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.9 RC2

Released on 10.06.2014.

FIXED Pressing delete on a library location in the browser would delete the library location from disk instead of removing it as a library location to be indexed
FIXED Uninstalling a package did not remove the files from the browser
FIXED VST plugin devices were mixed alphabetically with the folders they were in
FIXED Layered note editor in clip mode does not paint notes in locked layers ghosted.
FIXED Double-click audio event header to split event only works in clips that start at time zero.
FIXED Clicking above or below a note in folded note editor would audition the note if audition is enabled.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.9 RC1

Released on 04.06.2014.

IMPROVED Better support for generic MIDI keyboards.
IMPROVED Improved time-stretching sound quality.
FIXED Using the "apply project tempo" button in the beat marker inspector caused undo/redo to stop working.
FIXED VST host process on linux used main as entry point instead of VSTPluginMain.
FIXED Tool device causes loud clicks when toggling the phase invert buttons.
FIXED Issues with buffer-sizes over 256 samples
FIXED Key tracking in sampler does not have any effect when assigned.
FIXED Not possible to overdub clip launcher clips that are longer than the current arranger loop-
FIXED Windows documents folder location problem.
FIXED Modulation pie in sampler shows wrong values when played if parameters are mapped to polyphonic modulators.
FIXED Add ability to configure "My Library" location and show it by default in the browser.
FIXED Repeated text characters are not typed on Linux.
FIXED Copy modifier used to switch between dragging multiple files as single or multiple tracks was broken.
FIXED Problem with selecting devices in Korg nanoKontrol script.
FIXED Cursor device in Akai MPKmini script does not work as expected.
FIXED Copying muted notes creates unmuted copy.
FIXED Insert silence does not move automation.
FIXED Muted state of notes is not visualized in folded note editor.
FIXED Time selection has wrong range when selecting expression events or beat markers in arranger note editor.
FIXED Wrong time offset when moving onsets in later clip loop iterations in arranger note editor.
FIXED Reversing a clip has no effect on raw audio events.
FIXED Note editor layers might still be visible after clips/tracks get removed due to undo operation.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.8

Released on 05.05.2014.

FIXED Modulated value pie was not shown correctly for some values
FIXED Visual glitch in preview when drawing expression events over multiple audio events using pencil tool.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.8 RC3

Released on 28.04.2014.

IMPROVED Changed default install location for windows installer not to include the version number, which was causing shortcuts to the executable to stop working after upgrading
IMPROVED EQ2/5 display now show modulation
IMPROVED Allow release-candidate builds to be installed in without uninstalling the normal builds on windows
IMPROVED Added symmetry control to distortion device which controls the mix of even/odd harmonics
IMPROVED Added Slope control for the decay of the E-Hat device
IMPROVED Better solo behavior for return tracks
IMPROVED Can't drop MIDI file on existing track.
IMPROVED Note pencil tool should disconnect mouse cursor during dragging to avoid limitations of movement.
IMPROVED Use pixel threshold for adjusting note length and velocity using pencil tool.
IMPROVED Individual note-length memory per track.
FIXED Wrong default value for Step MOD (32/1).
FIXED External instrument didn't send MIDI CC to the selected channel
FIXED Sampler playback was missing the first 7 samples of the attack
FIXED Midi drag&drop from microtonic didn't work on windows
FIXED metadata with sub-paths (shell plugs-ins/soundfont patches) no longer work
FIXED When adjusting note velocity, only audition changes when auditioning is actually enabled.
FIXED Quantize regression: quantizing a chord kills all but one note.
FIXED Hanging note when auditioned track changes while a key on the piano roll keyboard is pressed.
FIXED Crash when moving track with clips into FX section and then moving it out again.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.8 RC2

Released on 22.04.2014.

FIXED Crash on startup of fresh install
FIXED Random crashes when using library
FIXED Recover the latest state of a plugin when recovering documents
FIXED Crash when exporting empty arrangement as MIDI file.
FIXED There's no way to remove a bookmark from the browser.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.8 RC1

Released on 21.04.2014.

NEW Automatically backup the state of plugins every minute when the engine is not playing
NEW MIDI file export.
IMPROVED Change the minimum LFO rate in various devices to 0.01Hz and minimum synced rate to 32/1
IMPROVED Better VST keyboard handling on windows
IMPROVED Normal sustain pedal behavior
IMPROVED Improved efficiency of monitoring library locations when new files are copied or deleted from library locations.
IMPROVED Allow to adjust note length and velocity when inserting notes via double click and drag.
IMPROVED Allow velocity adjustment when drawing notes using pencil tool by dragging vertically.
IMPROVED Importing type-0 MIDI files should split events into different tracks based on MIDI channels.
IMPROVED Importing MIDI file should consider tempo meta events.
IMPROVED Importing MIDI file should consider track name metadata.
IMPROVED Audition notes (if enabled) when adjusting note velocity.
IMPROVED Avoid note start jumping when using note pencil tool.
IMPROVED Remember last note length when using pencil tool for notes.
IMPROVED Audition notes when clicking on them (if enabled).
FIXED device controller mappings didn't reload correctly after saving them
FIXED Split at onset wasn't limited to the range of the selected event(s)
FIXED PDC for meters & automation limited to 32768 samples
FIXED Graphical glitch in note expressions
FIXED Crash when reversing very long files
FIXED Saving a clip with a device containing a layer device in a slot would crash
FIXED Bouncing sometimes missed notes if it was started at the exact same location as the transport last stopped
FIXED Crash when saving plugin state for a plugin that is no longer in the document
FIXED Novation Launchpad does not work on Linux.
FIXED Removing a directory under a library location that started with the same name as another directory alongside it would remove indexed information for the other directory too
FIXED Changing velocity in piano roll editor via Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Drag should also work when the target note is not selected yet.
FIXED Random crash when tooltip hides on Mac OS X.
FIXED Crash when splitting at onsets, then quantising to wider grid than event lengths, then dragging event start.
FIXED Crash when moving clip from effect to non-empty master track.
FIXED Stretching audio events might result in overlapping events.
FIXED Dragging note or audio event start can result in overlapping notes.
FIXED Rare crash when double-clicking on clip in clip-launcher to show its contents.
FIXED Note velocity cannot be changed by dragging not with modifier if note is not selected.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.7

Released on 14.04.2014.

FIXED Closing u-he plugins using the button inside our device chain would cause the plug-in to crash (on windows)
FIXED Solo and then un-solo of a track with send caused weird crackling sound
FIXED Possible deadlock when opening window on windows
FIXED If audio engine crashes during a recording then leave the project in a sensible state
FIXED Crash when copying a plugin device to clipboard then pasting in the browser to save a preset
FIXED Crash when dragging arranger notes that no longer exist in the project
FIXED Drum channels cannot be expanded in the mixer for a document after openning another document and closing the new one

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.6

Released on 08.04.2014.

IMPROVED Redirect keyboard input that is not consumed by VST plugins to the app on Mac OS X.
FIXED Drum machine sends didn't update the track processing ordering correctly, causing glitches/delays
FIXED Image line VST GUIs don't work in 1.0.5 but did work in previous versions
FIXED Engine crashed when moving a track or drum chain to a different track with send active
FIXED Exporting audio as wav in floating point format creates a file with garbage audio.
FIXED Engine crashed on windows computers with AMD E-350 processor
FIXED Dragging files from the browser that no longer exist on the file system would leak threads causing an eventual out of memory error
FIXED Crash when duplicating a drum machine that had modulation mappings to a drum pads mixer controls (eg pan and volume)
FIXED Using avprobe instead of ffprobe for Ubuntu 14.04 compatibility.
FIXED Crash invoking menu item when the original widget is no longer shown
FIXED Crash if copy automation for a parameter with discrete possible values and clicking in an automation lane that does not have discrete possible values
FIXED Crash if custom cache location has been configured but does not exist and can't be created at that location.
FIXED Crash when dragging a device on top of another device that is the same device and the device dragging on top of has modulations
FIXED Crash when duplicating a drum machine that had modulations into a device in one of the drum pads
FIXED When saving a document wirte it to a temp file first and then move it in case there is a crash when saving - it won't destroy the document
FIXED Crash if dragging device and insertion point is to a point in the chain that then changes because devices are removed during the drag and drop
FIXED Crash when tapping ctrl with nothing focused
FIXED Dragging a layer from an outer layer device to the layer list in a layer device within the outer layer device crashes
FIXED Crash if saving a project with a nested plugin that was missing.
FIXED Drawing a note with the pencil tool and pressing escape leaves the note playing
FIXED Crash when dragging end of audio clip in master track.
FIXED Crash when splitting events using key command in empty clip.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.5

Released on 31.03.2014.

FIXED Crash when touching some plugin parameters in their plugin window (crashes in 1.0.4 only).

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.4

Released on 30.03.2014.

IMPROVED Show automated button in plug-in parameter list now also include modulated parameters
IMPROVED Keyboard input from VST-windows on windows is now redirected to the main application window
IMPROVED Added option to automatically show/hide VST-windows when switching tracks.
IMPROVED Improved the VST plugin parameter list, including a joker entry which follows the selection in the plug-in GUI
FIXED When modulation mapping mode is active pressing the mouse-wheel on a knob acts as a click
FIXED Camel Audio Alchemy doesn't remember its data directory
FIXED Automation and time-info PDC doesn't work as expected
FIXED AHDSR envelope threshold of instant attack was lower than the minimum attack setting on the sampler
FIXED Convert pitch-bend setting doesn't update when adding/replacing the first instrument on a track
FIXED Engine crash when bouncing/rendering/exporting with buffersizes smaller than 256
FIXED Saving an existing project to a new directory doesn't copy over the plugin-states
FIXED the automation one is fixed, for the devices one we have a separate report.
FIXED Crash when starting note drag and drop with an invalid selection.
FIXED GUI glitches on Mac OS X.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.3

Released on 27.03.2014.

FIXED Some audio interfaces doesn't get detected
FIXED Crash when toggling solo for a drum pad in a drum machine that is in a slot of a container device
FIXED Crash when reading SF2 files with a sample index which is out of range.
FIXED Crash sometimes when stopping overdubbed looped clip recording on arranger.
FIXED Pressing Esc when renaming a track still edits the track's name
FIXED Crash when making arranger time selection and then dragging from the automation lane instead of the clip header
FIXED Crash when showing a popup window on Linux if the window manager sent focus in or out notifications to the popup window
FIXED Crash if delete a track that user is droppig a clip onto before the clip has finished loading
FIXED Crash when scanning some shell VST plugins.
FIXED Audio engine crashed sometimes when deleting a VST plugin device with it's window open on Mac OSX
FIXED Crash when dragging pitch expression event with shift modifier.
FIXED Preview warp marker are sometimes shown at the wrong location.
FIXED Crash when reversing audio that has not finished loading.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.2

Released on 25.03.2014.

FIXED Crash when adding a disk as a library location on windows
FIXED Crash when using knife tool.
FIXED Crash when painting automation in lane that is not in the track anymore.
FIXED Crash after dragging end of clip.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.1

Released on 24.03.2014.

NEW Send note expressions to VSTs using GM2 spec (CA23 and SINGLE NOTE TUNING CHANGE, VST needs to canDo "receiveVstSysexEvent")
NEW Allow mixer as complimentary panel in the EDIT mode.
NEW Better audio meters with optional K20 mode.
IMPROVED Show progress of audio export somewhere.
IMPROVED Limit preview note playing when draggin notes to 0.5s.
IMPROVED Better selection and mouse interactions in multisample editor.
IMPROVED Speed up tempo detection for long files.
IMPROVED Better onset detection.
IMPROVED Better tempo detection.
IMPROVED Preference for setting the default volume of new tracks (default -10dB).
IMPROVED Delete button should work in audio editors time selection without necessity to cut audio event.
IMPROVED Dragging unlooped clip end should not turn on the loop on the clip until the mouse is released.
FIXED Muting of sends form drum-machine solo is broken.
FIXED Dynamics default preset broken.
FIXED Bouncing a clip launcher clip that is currently playing results in clip continuing to play after the bounce, but it is silent.
FIXED Tempo detection seems to be off by a factor of 2 for attached ogg file.
FIXED Audio recordings on clip launcher interfere with each other.
FIXED Session recording should write flat track automation value for lanes that launcher clip has no automation in
FIXED Automation only works if visible on the gui when bouncing / exporting.
FIXED Tracks that are stopped in the clip launcher don't behave correctly after loading a document
FIXED Fixed randomly occuring engine crash related to sample-streaming
FIXED Browsing multi samples in the multi sampler GUI does not work.
FIXED Export audio with clip launcher active exports the clip launcher not the arranger.
FIXED When cancelling a multi clip bounce in a single track you need to cancel each bounce separately.
FIXED Don't analyze onsets for audio files unless they get time stretched
FIXED Undo behaves erratic for EQ5 changes.
FIXED Dragging nested device chain that does not have its own mixer crashes.
FIXED Automation is not saved in clips when dragged from arranger.
FIXED Dragging a slot in mid/side split to other slot creates a layer device in the destination slot.
FIXED "Start transport on record" setting does not work if you use F9 to toggle record.
FIXED Various improvements to editing raw audio events.
FIXED Quintole and Septole Beat Grid Subdivisions are working as Straight and Triplet.
FIXED Grid resolutions 1/1, 1/2 and 1/4 show the same 1/1 grid.
FIXED Files or folders with non-ascii characters doesn't show up in browser on mac at all.
FIXED Clicking on a note in the layered track editor should make that note's track the cursor track in the layer list.
FIXED Changing color of a clip on clip launcher or arranger does not update the color for the loop region and cue markers in the clip contents detail editor