Release Notes

Thank you for downloading Bitwig Studio 1.0.9.
This document lists the changes since previous versions of Bitwig Studio.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.9 RC3

Released on 11.06.2014.

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

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 Double-click audio event header to split event only works in clips that start at time zero.
FIXED Layered note editor in clip mode does not paint notes in locked layers ghosted.
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 Improved time-stretching sound quality.
IMPROVED Better support for generic MIDI keyboards.
FIXED Modulation pie in sampler shows wrong values when played if parameters are mapped to polyphonic modulators.
FIXED Key tracking in sampler does not have any effect when assigned.
FIXED Issues with buffer-sizes over 256 samples
FIXED VST host process on linux used main as entry point instead of VSTPluginMain.
FIXED Using the "apply project tempo" button in the beat marker inspector caused undo/redo to stop working.
FIXED Tool device causes loud clicks when toggling the phase invert buttons.
FIXED Windows documents folder location problem.
FIXED Not possible to overdub clip launcher clips that are longer than the current arranger loop-
FIXED Copy modifier used to switch between dragging multiple files as single or multiple tracks was broken.
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 Problem with selecting devices in Korg nanoKontrol script.
FIXED Cursor device in Akai MPKmini script does not work as expected.
FIXED Note editor layers might still be visible after clips/tracks get removed due to undo operation.
FIXED Muted state of notes is not visualized in folded note editor.
FIXED Insert silence does not move automation.
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 Copying muted notes creates unmuted copy.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.8

Released on 05.05.2014.

FIXED Modulated value pie was not shown correctly for some values
FIXED Changing the length of multiple selected notes spread over multiple clips in track note editor behaves erratic.
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 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 Note pencil tool should disconnect mouse cursor during dragging to avoid limitations of movement.
IMPROVED Can't drop MIDI file on existing track.
IMPROVED Use pixel threshold for adjusting note length and velocity using pencil tool.
IMPROVED Individual note-length memory per track.
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 Allow release-candidate builds to be installed in without uninstalling the normal builds on windows
IMPROVED EQ2/5 display now show modulation
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 Wrong default value for Step MOD (32/1).
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 Hanging note when auditioned track changes while a key on the piano roll keyboard is pressed.
FIXED Quantize regression: quantizing a chord kills all but one note.
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 Importing type-0 MIDI files should split events into different tracks based on MIDI channels.
IMPROVED Importing MIDI file should consider track name metadata.
IMPROVED Importing MIDI file should consider tempo meta events.
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 Audition notes when clicking on them (if enabled).
IMPROVED Avoid note start jumping when using note pencil tool.
IMPROVED Remember last note length when using pencil tool for notes.
IMPROVED Improved efficiency of monitoring library locations when new files are copied or deleted from library locations.
IMPROVED Audition notes (if enabled) when adjusting note velocity.
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
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 Novation Launchpad does not work on Linux.
FIXED Crash when saving plugin state for a plugin that is no longer in the document
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 Dragging note or audio event start can result in overlapping notes.
FIXED Changing velocity in piano roll editor via Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Drag should also work when the target note is not selected yet.
FIXED Stretching audio events might result in overlapping events.
FIXED Crash when splitting at onsets, then quantising to wider grid than event lengths, then dragging event start.
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.
FIXED Random crash when tooltip hides on Mac OS X.
FIXED Crash when moving clip from effect to non-empty master track.

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 Crash when copying a plugin device to clipboard then pasting in the browser to save a preset
FIXED If audio engine crashes during a recording then leave the project in a sensible state
FIXED Drum channels cannot be expanded in the mixer for a document after openning another document and closing the new one
FIXED Crash when dragging arranger notes that no longer exist in the project

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.6

Released on 08.04.2014.

IMPROVED Reopen VST plugins with same window position as before on OSX.
IMPROVED Redirect keyboard input that is not consumed by VST plugins to the app on Mac OS X.
FIXED Image line VST GUIs don't work in 1.0.5 but did work in previous versions
FIXED Drum machine sends didn't update the track processing ordering correctly, causing glitches/delays
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 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 saving a project with a nested plugin that was missing.
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 invoking menu item when the original widget is no longer shown
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 when duplicating a drum machine that had modulation mappings to a drum pads mixer controls (eg pan and volume)
FIXED Crash when tapping ctrl with nothing focused
FIXED Crash when duplicating a drum machine that had modulations into a device in one of the drum pads
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 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 if custom cache location has been configured but does not exist and can't be created at that location.
FIXED Using avprobe instead of ffprobe for Ubuntu 14.04 compatibility.
FIXED Manual mapping to a parameter did not get removed when deleting a track
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 Improved the VST plugin parameter list, including a joker entry which follows the selection in the plug-in GUI
IMPROVED Added option to automatically show/hide VST-windows when switching tracks.
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
FIXED Convert pitch-bend setting doesn't update when adding/replacing the first instrument on a track
FIXED AHDSR envelope threshold of instant attack was lower than the minimum attack setting on the sampler
FIXED Engine crash when bouncing/rendering/exporting with buffersizes smaller than 256
FIXED When modulation mapping mode is active pressing the mouse-wheel on a knob acts as a click
FIXED Automation and time-info PDC doesn't work as expected
FIXED Camel Audio Alchemy doesn't remember its data directory
FIXED Saving an existing project to a new directory doesn't copy over the plugin-states
FIXED Crash when starting note drag and drop with an invalid selection.
FIXED the automation one is fixed, for the devices one we have a separate report.
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 reading SF2 files with a sample index which is out of range.
FIXED Crash when toggling solo for a drum pad in a drum machine that is in a slot of a container device
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 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 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 Preview warp marker are sometimes shown at the wrong location.
FIXED Crash when reversing audio that has not finished loading.
FIXED Crash when dragging pitch expression event with shift modifier.

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 after dragging end of clip.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.1

Released on 24.03.2014.

NEW Allow mixer as complimentary panel in the EDIT mode.
NEW Send note expressions to VSTs using GM2 spec (CA23 and SINGLE NOTE TUNING CHANGE, VST needs to canDo "receiveVstSysexEvent")
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 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 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 When cancelling a multi clip bounce in a single track you need to cancel each bounce separately.
FIXED Export audio with clip launcher active exports the clip launcher not the arranger.
FIXED Dragging a slot in mid/side split to other slot creates a layer device in the destination slot.
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 Undo behaves erratic for EQ5 changes.
FIXED Don't analyze onsets for audio files unless they get time stretched
FIXED "Start transport on record" setting does not work if you use F9 to toggle record.
FIXED Files or folders with non-ascii characters doesn't show up in browser on mac at all.
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 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
FIXED Clicking on a note in the layered track editor should make that note's track the cursor track in the layer list.