Release Notes

Thank you for downloading Bitwig Studio 1.1.
This document lists the changes since previous versions of Bitwig Studio.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.1

Released on 18.11.2014.

NEW Generalize the cursor concept used in the controller API to generic selections.
NEW Tracks, Chains and Devices can now be deactivated to save CPU.
NEW Allow modulation of discrete (bool, enum, int) parameters.
NEW Allow renaming controllers in the preferences dialog.
NEW Route track note output to multi-timbral VST instruments (with channel selector).
NEW Improved sound-quality and timing of audio playback.
NEW Route track note output to another track.
NEW Audio Receiver Device.
NEW Allow to define custom controller settings via the scripting API that are stored in the Bitwig Studio preferences file or project documents. The user interface controls for the script preferences are shown in the Bitwig Studio controller preferences dialog, and the controls for the document settings are shown in the Studio IO panel.
NEW Added grain size parameter to audio events.
NEW Output effect chains for VST plug-ins.
NEW Support for VST side-chaining.
NEW Multiband FX-3 device.
NEW Note MOD Device.
NEW Track Crossfader.
NEW Automatic visual feedback from controllers that shows changes as popup notifications.
NEW Tap-tempo (CTRL-click play to use it).
NEW Note Receiver Device.
NEW De-Esser Device.
NEW Support for multi-out VST plug-ins.
NEW Added new transient preservation mode.
NEW Control surface script for NI Komplete Kontrol.
NEW Control surface script for ReLoop.
NEW Control surface script for McMillen Quneo.
NEW Make all channels have a color property and accessible in inspector.
NEW Added Note FX slot to sampler.
NEW Recording Offset (for correcting the roundtrip latency if its incorrectly reported by the audio driver).
FIXED WAV files that look like other audio file types due to wrong file name extensions cannot be imported.
FIXED Crash when quantizing audio after split to onsets operation in clip launcher audio editor.
FIXED Toggling mixer sections via the Control Surface API has no effect.
FIXED Moving onset by dragging position field does not update position until unselecting onset.
FIXED Bitwig Studio won't start on OSX 10.9.5 and 10.10 when software from unknown developers is disabled in system preferences.
FIXED Mixer volume sliders should reset to their default value, instead 0dB.
FIXED Crash in controller API when creating cursor clip with zero grid height.
FIXED Plugin states not saved if a plugin contains plugins nested inside of its FX slot.
FIXED Rare crash when working with rectangular selection.
FIXED Crash when showing context menu in file browser for a folder when there are no bookmarks.
FIXED Regression: crash when setting note start to selected warp marker.
FIXED Regression: 1.0.9 would complain about insufficient disk space when installing packs on a fresh system.
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 Inserting silence bordering two automation points on the same time coordinate creates unexpected effects.
FIXED Duplicate Time command does not duplicate automation, even though automation follow is enabled.
FIXED Dragging stretch marker on reversed audio clip instantly stretches to extreme values.
FIXED Saving clips or presets that contain VST plugins nested inside another device did not save the state for the plugins that were nested.
FIXED NI Reaktor crashes when changing to another snapshot bank.
FIXED Engine crashed if it couldn't connect to the remote plug-in host.
FIXED The parameter names in Omnisphere are not shown correctly.
FIXED When changing the loop region of a launcher clip, it would use the wrong offset causing it to jump when it shouldn't.
FIXED Use Drag-Alternate modifier (Ctrl+Shift on OSX, Alt on Windows/Linux) for click-renaming.
FIXED When saving a file within the browser there was a delay of a few seconds before the file appeared.
FIXED Buffer hang "beep" in browser preview player when switching to an invalid file while playing.
FIXED Crash when recovering specific project with VST plugins.
FIXED Clip length quantization when recording launcher clips was imprecise.
FIXED Device selection frame does not repaint when selection focus changes.
FIXED Keyboard navigation does not work for device layers and drum pads.
FIXED Context menu for layers in layer device are missing.
FIXED Instument and FX layer crash audio engine when deleting a layer due to switching presets.
FIXED When closing a plugin's window on Linux we don't send effEditClose message to the plugin.
FIXED It was possible to break the internal state of the peak limiter by hitting it with really loud peaks (like +120dB) .
FIXED Engine crashed using diatonic transposer device with shift set at -50.
FIXED Tracks not auto-coloured when they're created by dragging in devices or presets from Browser.
FIXED Engine crash when dropping more audio files onto the clip launcher than there are scenes using the ctrl modifier.
FIXED After dragging device from one track to another, its nested devices are no longer selectable.
FIXED Changing presets while recording should not create new automation lanes for parameters that are changed by the preset for VST plugins.
FIXED Arrangement clips on deactivated tracks get deleted when using global record.
FIXED Crash when incrementing a discrete parameter's modulation amount using a controller.
FIXED Rare crash when selecting clip launcher slot on hardware controller while the document is closing.
FIXED Controller API: accent observer reports wrong value range.
FIXED Changing presets while recording should not create new automation lanes for parameters that are changed by the preset for Bitwig devices.
FIXED Crash when removing unused controller in Studio I/O panel.
FIXED Crash when performing undo after scaling notes via inspector buttons.
FIXED Split audio event by double click in clip content editor only works on first clip in timeline.
FIXED When cutting raw audio and resizing the start of the left part, the start of right part gets resized too.
FIXED Audio editor does not repaint correctly after onset creation.
FIXED Crash when navigating layer selection of Multi-out plugins on the keyboard.
FIXED Note Editor in FOLD mode: note gets misplaced when moving it out of bounds using arrow key.
FIXED Bug in detection of silence of nested device chains, causing random clicks to appear on attacks in sampler.
FIXED Controller API: direct note input should not accept any method calls after it has been disposed, otherwise the controller might appear frozen until restart of Bitwig Studio.
FIXED Setting the play start position using the detail editors ruler area doesn't work with the time-selection tool selected.
FIXED Automation lanes with renameable parameters forget their name after save/load and display empty strings instead.
FIXED Controller API: Clip.getAccent value setters interpret range incorrectly.
FIXED Consolidating audio clips may reveal material that was originally masked by clips.
FIXED Plugin windows that have child windows show empty window when reopening in case they have been closed before by clicking the plugin window button.
FIXED Moving multiple successive raw audio events might alter their start time.
FIXED URL in version update notifications needs to be URL encoded when opening it in the browser.
FIXED Crash when control surface script is restarted automatically due to changes.
FIXED Audio clip tempo shown as 0.00 in inspector after loading document.
FIXED Controller API: send name observer does not get called when renaming send destination in Bitwig Studio.
FIXED When connecting the audio engine to a document, the auto-monitoring didn't update the monitor state of the tracks whose arm setting had changed correctly.
FIXED Note editor becomes slow when Launchpad is attached.
FIXED Engine crashes when undoing the move of a clip that contains automation into a track where that automation didn't make sense.
FIXED Instrument/FX Layer: deleting a solo'ed layer leaves remaining layers muted.
FIXED Crash when dragging an audio file inside the detail editor of an audio clip.
FIXED Controller API: update sendDatagramPacket documentation with information about correct value ranges.
FIXED Delay acts unexpected when set to 10.0 ms and audio buffer is very large.
FIXED Layered editing: notes can be moved and added in locked layers, and no need for layer locking in folded mode.
FIXED Controller API: creating mixer sections may crash depending on screenIndex parameter.
FIXED Shuffle going wrong on Step Mod, Arpeggiator and Metronome.
FIXED Controller API: observing the name of send controls via addNameObserver always reports "Send" but should report the name as shown in Bitwig Studio.
FIXED Flat automation line does not move when changing VST parameter.
FIXED Controller API: scene scrolling observers in TrackBank never fire.
FIXED FX returns of individual Drum Machine tracks still audible when solo'ing other track.
FIXED Certain wav files couldn't be loaded.
FIXED Controller scripts in user directory do not reload automatically like the ones in the installation directory.
FIXED Transport data for internal devices didn't get correctly compensated for plug-in latency.
FIXED Crash in controller API when doing undo after adding and removing tracks.
FIXED Playhead is not moving in absolute arranger clip automation editor.
FIXED Some editing operations doesn't work with standby time-selections.
FIXED Waveform on unlooped raw audio launcher clips does not take start marker into account.
FIXED Double clicking an arrangement clip does not scroll piano roll of track note editor according to clip content.
FIXED Applying note time quantization on both start and end doesn't work as expected.
FIXED Weirdness for automation override with boolean/enum parameters.
FIXED CursorDevice.addCanSelectPreviousObserver and Next are never called.
FIXED Bitwig devices shown as [not present] in browser after saving project.
FIXED Error in API utilities file midi.js.
FIXED When quantizing notes, the end amount should morph between keeping duration (0%) and quantized end time (100%), instead of keeping the original end time at 0%.
FIXED Note input names in track input choosers might be wrong when multiple instances of the same controller are configured.
FIXED Not possible to save clips that use plugins.
FIXED When creating a pan/pitch/amplitude note expression for audio events while playing, the expression weren't heard until the next time the event was playing.
IMPROVED Improved window close behaviour for plug-ins.
IMPROVED Upgraded PDC engine.
IMPROVED Re-designed GUI for plug-in devices.
IMPROVED When moving clip loop region and clip is looped, let the start marker follow in a meaningful way.
IMPROVED Note output from any track can be selected as a note source.
IMPROVED Redesigned router choosers to support hierarchical menus.
IMPROVED Controller API: add observers for "queued for record" and "queued for stop".
IMPROVED Better controller API documentation, including API history generated using code contributed by Teotigraphix.
IMPROVED Navigation of drum pads, device layer and other nested devices via Controller API.
IMPROVED Generalize the primary device concept in the controller API towards named cursors, so that the primary device represents a cursor device with the name "Primary".
IMPROVED Audio output from any device and chain can now be selected as an audio source.
IMPROVED Improved Controller Script Console.
IMPROVED Allow to embed samples inside presets.
IMPROVED Improved solo behavior.
IMPROVED Double clicking a device in the mixer panel in a sub channel (eg drum or layer) would show the track's device chain and not the sub channel's.
IMPROVED Controller API: add access to expanded state of devices and visibility of the macro section and device mappings editor.
IMPROVED Add author metadata to the controller definition API for better distinction between multiple scripts for the same hardware.
IMPROVED Processing latency indication on the Inspector's device chain now have a tooltip showing detailed info about which devices that are contributing to the latency.
IMPROVED Allow to restart controller scripts from preferences.
IMPROVED Controller API: provide a way to get the total number of underlying items in bank interfaces.
IMPROVED Pre-Roll is now a global setting (was per-document before).
IMPROVED Clip launcher now only jumps when changing the loop setting if the clip has played long enough to reach the loop end point once.
IMPROVED Show parameter value knob in automation lane headers.
IMPROVED When deleting a file within the browser there was a delay of a few seconds before the file disappeared.
IMPROVED Use a single toggle command for activate/deactivate and mute/unmute, and distinguish between mute and deactivate in menu item texts.
IMPROVED Audition velocity changes with time threshold instead of playing a new note on each mouse move.
IMPROVED Added keyboard shortcuts for Yes, No and OK in dialogs.
IMPROVED Controller API: add bank-wise navigation for devices.
IMPROVED Controller API: add observer for position of device within chain.
IMPROVED ALT+Space showed the System Menu on Windows but shouldn't.
IMPROVED Don't prefix send names with "Send" when reporting names to the controller API.
IMPROVED Controller API: add scene bank interface.
IMPROVED Controller API: add an observer for the current Project.
IMPROVED Solo didn't take channels routed directly to external outputs into account.
IMPROVED Improve MPKmini script & docs with Bitwig Studio 1.1 features.
IMPROVED Add clip/slot playback state observer to controller API that reports the current state including playing, recording, stopped and the corresponding queued states.
IMPROVED Controller API: allow to observe index of selected track.
IMPROVED Prefix entries in note input choosers with controller device name if applicable.
IMPROVED Better default layer visibility when entering layered editing.
IMPROVED Add arranger view toggles to controller API.
IMPROVED Controller API: add observer for current display profile.
IMPROVED Add an interface to controller API for getting any action in the application in a generic way.
IMPROVED Automatically show macros when dragging a preset from the browser which had macros assigned.
IMPROVED Version the preferences for different versions of the application so that switching from a later version to an earlier version will not lose your preferences.
IMPROVED Allow to create new Tracks with the Controller API.
IMPROVED Allow toggling the Inspector from the controller API.
IMPROVED Detect added or removed controller scripts.
IMPROVED Allow the user to change the name of a Controller without scripting.
IMPROVED Allow to switch between project tabs via the Controller API.
IMPROVED Pre-roll now also works in the clip-launcher.
IMPROVED When a track is armed with an audio source, the vu-meter's for that track in the mixer, arranger and inspector now show the track input rather than its output.
IMPROVED Add access to clip loop/start and start/stop marker in control surface API.
IMPROVED Clip length for imported midi files should be quantized to full bars.
IMPROVED Controller API: drum pad bank should not scroll pages with zero-aligned quantization, it should be aligned to C0 instead.
IMPROVED Added a context menu option to configure per plug-in instance it it should auto-suspend.
IMPROVED VST: Added support for the audioMasterGetCurrentProcessLevel opcode.
IMPROVED Access to drum pad selections in controller API.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.15

Released on 14.10.2014.

FIXED Welcome screen doesn't fit on 720p monitors.
FIXED Selecting automation points on the arranger using rectangular selection tool is extremely slow even when zoomed in on small part of the automation.
FIXED Add SysEx probe command to control surface console.
FIXED EQs could blow-up when using extreme Q values with four-pole LP/HP filters.
FIXED Freeze when moving MOD device within another MOD device's FX chain.
FIXED Overdubbing notes in the clip launcher does not end the undo operation when the user turns off the overdub button.
FIXED Crash if using the bounce modifier and deleting the destination before the bounce completes.
FIXED Crash when dragging arranger clips with automation follow in some circumstances.
FIXED Crash on OSX when switching display profile while an audio interface is configured that is not available anymore.
FIXED Auditioning is too loud when changing velocity of notes.
FIXED Hybrid audio/MIDI interface M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 not recognized as MIDI device in Linux.
FIXED Crash when undoing import of MIDI file that somehow has a null character in a string.
FIXED NI Maschine drag and drop from plugin into the host does not work.
FIXED Sample Priming didn't work correctly for loop-jump using RAW audio, causing audio playback glitches.
FIXED Parameter names not shown for UAD (and some other) plug-ins.
FIXED UAD plug-ins all get the title "UAD powered plugin" when added to the device chain.
FIXED Plugin's window header is sometimes out of screen on Windows.
FIXED The list of modulation routings to clear on the context menu of the modulation source now shows a more detailed name of the parameter (including the parent device name).
FIXED Memory leak in undo history.
FIXED Reference time range for duplicating clips is not correct after moving clip (without changing the selection).
FIXED OSX gatekeeper trouble introduced by OSX 10.9.5 and 10.10 Preview.
FIXED Improved Linux MIDI support - Virtual MIDI now works.
IMPROVED Add keyboard shortcut for zoom to fit (Cmd/Ctrl+0).
IMPROVED Show progress when auto-detecting controllers.
IMPROVED Add support for AKAI EWI controller.
IMPROVED Updated scripts from Livid Instruments.
IMPROVED When a disk-streaming buffer-underrun occurs (for instance when jumping to a location in a sample which could not be predicted), a fade.in is now applied when the streaming catches up to prevent clicks.
IMPROVED Made auto-detecting of MIDI controllers faster.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.0.14

Released on 12.09.2014.

IMPROVED Add context menu to device macros to swap the macro with another macro.
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 Device Macros: when set to bipolar and automated, curve editing is broken after project reload.
FIXED Crash when undoing track deletion in some circumstances.
FIXED VST plugins don't open GUI anymore when dragged to the second screen on windows.
FIXED Crash when pasting various clip and time selections into a drum pad.
FIXED Launchpad: launching scenes confuses orientations in mix-orientation mode.
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 Various improvements in Arturia KeyLab scripts.
IMPROVED Minor style tweak in controller API documentation.
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.
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 Crash when dragging a layer device with layers from a main track onto an effect track.
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 Note editor piano keyboard doesn't audition keys until a note is added to the clip.
FIXED External Instrument: change of MIDI channel requires audio engine restart to take effect.
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 Regression: changing shuffle time needs audio engine restart to take effect in 1.0.11.
FIXED Crash if search indexes somehow get corrupted or truncated.
FIXED Crashes when adding/removing removable media and performance lock-ups on windows.
FIXED MIDI clock sync does not work on Linux.
FIXED Hidden directories are not scanned for VSTs, even when specifically added as location.
FIXED Doubling content of selected arranger clip also unselects it, thus makes the note editor lose it.
FIXED Package manager list of packages could sometimes look broken when switching back and forth between the online and DVD packs.
FIXED Piano roll keys in layered editing play wrong track.
FIXED Loud audio blowouts using the E-kick device with certain parameter settings.
FIXED Adaptive timeline grid mode should be disabled when the user changes grid subdivisions.
FIXED Resizing start of reversed raw audio event affects event end time in some cases.
FIXED Korg NanoKontrol2 script has a problem with switching devices.
FIXED Zooming and adjusting timeline grid settings using keyboard shortcuts does not work on certain keyboards.
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 Copying or duplicating a plugin device with automation in a clip does not duplicate the automation for parameters in the plugin device.
FIXED Slice to drum machine does not create slice for the last onset.
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.