Thank you for downloading Bitwig Studio 2.1.
This document lists the changes since
previous versions of Bitwig Studio.
Changes in Bitwig Studio 2.1
Released on 12.05.2017.
| NEW | Add quantize to Math modulator. |
| NEW | Java API for development of custom control surface drivers. |
| NEW | MIDI slave support for transport sync. |
| NEW | AMP Device. |
| NEW | APC40 MKII script (rewritten in Java). |
| NEW | New controller scripts for Nektar Technology products: LX25+, LX49+ and LX61+ . |
| FIXED | MIDI Song Select sends improperly formatted messages. |
| FIXED | Crash sometimes when closing the popup browser with a control surface connected. |
| FIXED | In drum edit mode, the pen tool deletes the wrong notes. |
| FIXED | Keylab 49 controller crashes when switching parameter pages. |
| FIXED | Crash when dropping device in device chain. |
| FIXED | Differences in Transient Detection between 44,1 and 96khz files. |
| FIXED | Bad performance when scrolling through file browser for files that are on a network. |
| FIXED | Unsupported format for WASAPI on Windows 7/8.1 if no sample-rate was selected. |
| FIXED | Behavior / Bounce bit depth setting has no effect. |
| FIXED | "Open containing folder" shown as "action.open_containing_folder.name". |
| FIXED | MIDI Program Change might loose the note if it happens at the same time as the program change. |
| FIXED | Halion 6 VST2 version does not work in Bitwig Studio 2 on windows. |
| FIXED | Drag and drop does not work with Spectrasonics Stylus RMX on windows. |
| FIXED | Akai MPK49 script crashes when pressing Shift and Play. |
| FIXED | Many notes playing polysynth voices with long release time crash audio engine. |
| FIXED | ASIO: Turning off the HW FX power button causes odd feedback behavior/noise. |
| FIXED | Bouncing files causes a "Missing Files" notification. |
| FIXED | Halion VST3 plugin does not remember its window size on macOS. |
| FIXED | Crash when using scroll wheel in Zynaptic plugins on macOS. |
| FIXED | Content of 32-bit VST plugin window may loose relation to parent window when switching to another application on macOS. |
| FIXED | Incorrect vst2 channel interpretation for plugins which do not implement effGetOutputProperties. |
| FIXED | Range of indexed controls was too big. |
| FIXED | Fix some devices crash on old Windows systems. |
| FIXED | Control Surface API: ClipLauncherSlot.isStopQueued().get() reports true event if this slot is not playing. |
| FIXED | Play stop marker on raw audio events not draggable when being zoomed in. |
| FIXED | Not possible to create a smart collection in the multi samples tab. |
| FIXED | Memory leaks when painting automation points. |
| FIXED | Crash when nudging selected automation events after changing selection. |
| FIXED | Crash when deleting beat marker by double-clicking on it in some cases. |
| FIXED | Hiding and showing the layered editor sometimes results in the window being resized to an enormous size and showing distorted graphics. |
| FIXED | Drag-copying notes using time selection tool in clip launcher note editor does not repaint the drop area correctly. |
| FIXED | Crash when opening old projects in some cases. |
| FIXED | Sometimes automation points jump to different value when adjusting value via arrow keys. |
| FIXED | Different MTC framrates don't have any effect. |
| FIXED | In drum editor, dragging in the background always erases notes independent of the selected tool. |
| FIXED | On some windows machines the icons never show up due to trying to load Java assistive technologies. |
| FIXED | Note end might incorrectly show the masked-by-clip indicator when entering notes on triplet grid. |
| FIXED | Transport.isAutomationOverrideActive() does not notify callbacks when it changes. |
| FIXED | Controller API: Cursor.selectFirst/Last not working in some situations. |
| FIXED | Crash when copying integer value automation to clipboard and clicking in another integer value automation lane. |
| FIXED | Midi messages could be received before a controller has loaded its preferences. |
| FIXED | MIDI Program Change: fix PDC in the chain. |
| FIXED | Potential engine crash on macOS when changing sample rate or buffer size on slow hardware devices. |
| FIXED | Crash when adjusting value of two equal-timed automation events via inspector. |
| FIXED | Dragging the DSP performance graph window to another display makes it disappear. |
| FIXED | Potential crash when copying data to the clipboard on macOS. |
| FIXED | Crash when pinning device cursor for a control surface in the IO panel. |
| FIXED | iZotope Iris VST2 plugin window content looks shifted after resizing and then re-opening window. |
| FIXED | Launcher audio clip plays silence if previously played clip ended with a fade out on a contained event while then next clip starts inside the events and both events have identical settings and refer to the same sample. |
| FIXED | Possible to get the automation editor to lose the panel with the free-run settings & co. |
| FIXED | Adding devices with plugin latency to the FB FX of delay 4 breaks PDC graph. |
| FIXED | Controller API: not possible to receive notes on multiple inputs with different masks. |
| FIXED | Eraser skips over notes when moving fast. |
| FIXED | Cakewalk Z3Ta2 instant crash with VST3. |
| FIXED | MIDI Clock slave was too slow to catch up. |
| FIXED | Potential crash when opening old projects. |
| FIXED | When using clock slave and the tempo goes jitters around 100 BPM the size of the toolbar also jitters. |
| FIXED | Raw audio events might not get played for the expected duration when loading old projects. |
| FIXED | MIDI Clock Offset now use the same direction as Audio Recording Offset: positive values means earlier. |
| FIXED | MTC framerate is not initialized properly on document load. |
| FIXED | Midi CC device sends unwanted messages when scrolling through the CCs. |
| FIXED | Transposing multiple selected notes using keyboard shortcuts cuts existing notes when "passing through". |
| FIXED | ASIO: audio device is not properly restarted when the buffer size is changed via the ASIO configuration panel. |
| FIXED | VST3 plugin states were saved with fxb extension instead of vstpreset. |
| FIXED | Note Latch: toggle and velocity mode do not work properly. |
| FIXED | Crash when erasing notes in drum editor. |
| FIXED | Changing play offset for unlooped clips in inspector creates additional overlapping clips. |
| FIXED | Step modulated DC offset does go to sleep when not being in focus. |
| FIXED | Crash when trying to adjust fades on mixed selection of clips and meta clips. |
| FIXED | Editing MIDI CC device knobs, requires to remove the CC prefix. |
| FIXED | Polysynth: there is no beating with unison = 2, and in this case unison act as a DC Offset. |
| FIXED | Selecting effect tracks from right to left using shift modifier and dragging to main track area can crash Bitwig Studio. |
| FIXED | Deleting time range in raw audio event does not work correctly. |
| FIXED | Under certain circumstances an extra note will be played outside clip boundaries. |
| FIXED | Controller API: Parameter.name() not updated for parameters that are not remote controls. |
| FIXED | ASIO didn't work with Realtek driver when using automatic sample-rate. |
| FIXED | When drawing automation with pencil tool while being zoomed-in very far into the timeline, the resulting events get thinned too much on mouse up. |
| FIXED | Too much smoothing on note expressions. |
| FIXED | Scrollbar in midi learn section block the delete button for mappings. |
| FIXED | Value of automation point still shown when switching to another application. |
| FIXED | VST3 window resizable flag is interpreted incorrectly on macOS. |
| FIXED | Show presets for legacy devices by default. |
| FIXED | Spectrum Analyzer takes a lot of time to initialize on Windows. |
| FIXED | Popup notification for a remote control shows the name of the target not the renamed remote control when adjusting from a controller. |
| FIXED | Engine crash when scanning audio devices that don?t report manufacturer metadata on macOS. |
| FIXED | Regression on macOS in alpha-2: some VST-2 plugins with resizable window have incorrect size after opening the second time. |
| FIXED | Regression: VST3 state wasn't stored correctly. |
| FIXED | MTC sends invalid messages. |
| IMPROVED | Add a velocity knob to the note sidechain. |
| IMPROVED | Added Select All action to edit menu. |
| IMPROVED | Better erase tool in note editor. |
| IMPROVED | When trying to adjust the value of automation events further than the limits of the value range via arrow keys, it takes the same amount of steps to move it back. |
| IMPROVED | Chain device can now output notes. |
| IMPROVED | Improved workflow for tracks which are routed to a note/MIDI destination (mute/solo/meters). |
| IMPROVED | Note Latch Device not working properly in several modes after preset reload or engine restart. |
| IMPROVED | Primary device for a controller will automatically select first instrument if there is one otherwise the first device. |
| IMPROVED | PDC: Monitoring latency less influenced by other tracks. |
| IMPROVED | Allow to paste events from the clipboard over selected events. |
| IMPROVED | Show a notification if we get an unbalanced PDC graph with a submit action that sends the PDC file in the bug report. |
| IMPROVED | Configure the MIDI Clock offset in milliseconds. |
| IMPROVED | MIDI Clock Slave: stabilize the tempo variations. |
| IMPROVED | Show playback follow button in each timeline editor panel (bottom right). |