Essential Information About the Bitwig Studio Upgrade Plan (12 months)
- 12 months of updates for Bitwig Studio 2 (or newer), including Bitwig Studio 2 EDU (or newer).
- Modern workflow for composition, intuitive production, and live performance, with integrated clips, arranger, and mixer.
- Advanced sound creation thanks to The Grid (186 modules), Poly Grid, and FX Grid, plus a Spectral Suite for audio sculpting.
- Production reliability with Sandbox mode to isolate plug-ins and protect the application from crashes.
Prerequisites According to License Type
This license is an UPG (upgrade / update plan): it requires owning a license for Bitwig Studio 2 or newer, or Bitwig Studio 2 EDU or newer. The plan activates 12 months of updates from the activation date, while maintaining an unlimited license validity for the installed version.
What is the Bitwig Studio Upgrade Plan For?
The Bitwig Studio Upgrade Plan is designed for Bitwig users who want to stay current and enjoy the latest software developments for 12 months: new features, workflow improvements, audio/MIDI optimizations, and updates to creative tools. It is a relevant choice if you produce regularly (studio or stage) and want to maintain a stable environment while benefiting from innovations for composition, sound design, mixing, and performance.
Main Features
Production and Performance: A Smooth Environment Designed for Speed
Bitwig Studio combines arranger, clip launcher, and mixer in a coherent approach, with fast switching between projects and clip-based composition (with take color coding). Hybrid tracks facilitate switching between audio, MIDI, and modulation, while clip automation and the Dynamic Inspector speed up adjustments throughout the creative process.
Modulation and Editing: Musical Control, Movement, and Precision
To create expressive movements, Bitwig offers 5 MSEG (multi-segment envelopes) with custom shape creation and exchange: ideal for making a synth breathe, animating a pad, transforming a rhythm, or automating an effect organically. Operators open extended playback options and clip/event modifications, and Expression Spread adds random variations to playback parameters to humanize grooves and textures.
Modular Sound Design: The Grid, Poly Grid, and FX Grid
With The Grid, Bitwig becomes a true modular playground: 186 modules to build instruments, generators, effects, and modulation tools. Poly Grid allows creating synthesizers, custom sequencer patches, and much more, while FX Grid focuses on creating audio effects, with optional voice stacking for increased density and stereo width.
Spectral Processing and Slicing: From "Sculpted" Audio to Playable Instruments
The Spectral Suite includes Transient Split, Loud Split, Harmonic Split, and Freq Split to divide incoming audio for separate processing (attack, harmonic content, frequency bands, etc.). For sampling, Slice to Multisample and Slice To Drum Machine simplify quick mapping of user samples, useful for turning a take into a playable kit or creating a custom instrument from your sounds.
Studio Integration: Plug-ins, Control, Sync, and Hardware
Bitwig supports an unlimited number of audio/MIDI/effect tracks and VST and CLAP plug-ins with sidechain support, and secures sessions via Sandbox mode. The software also handles native MPE, numerous MIDI controllers, an Open Controller API for creating your own scripts, as well as flexible sync options (Ableton Link, MIDI clock, MIDI timecode, and analog clock signals). With a suitable audio-MIDI interface, Bitwig can output analog clock and control voltage signals, and integrate hardware instruments/effects controlled via MIDI.
Technical Specifications
Product Type and Delivery
- Type: Upgrade Plan
- Included Duration: 12 months of updates
- Product: Download
- Activation: activation code available on the invoice after order processing
Features (DAW, Production, and Performance)
- Software for composition, intuitive production, and live performances
- Unlimited number of audio inputs and outputs
- Unlimited number of audio, MIDI, and effect tracks as well as VST and CLAP plug-ins with sidechain support
- Fast switching between different projects
- Clip-based composition with take color coding
- Operators enable extended playback options and clip/event modifications
- Expression Spread allowing random deviations from playback parameters
- Versatile functionality with hybrid tracks, clip launcher, arranger and mixer, clip automation, Dynamic Inspector, and much more
- Sandbox mode for plug-ins to protect the entire application from crashes
Modulation, Spectral Processing, and Modular Environment
- 5 different MSEGs (multi-segment envelopes) with custom curve shape creation and exchange for various modulations
- Spectral Suite with Transient Split, Loud Split, Harmonic Split, and Freq Split to divide incoming audio data for separate further processing
- The Grid: modular sound design environment with 186 modules
- Poly Grid: synthesizer creation, user sequencer patches, and more
- FX Grid: audio effect creation with optional voice stacking
- Slice to Multisample and Slice To Drum Machine for quick mapping of user samples
Control, Sync, and Hardware Integration
- Support for multi-touch surfaces and 8 profiles for up to 3 screens
- Support for numerous MIDI controllers as well as native MPE
- Open Controller API for your custom controller scripts
- Flexible synchronization options with Ableton Link, MIDI clock, MIDI timecode, and support for analog clock signals
- Supports output of analog clock signals and control voltages, full integration of control voltage instruments, as well as MIDI-controlled hardware instruments and effects when using appropriate audio-MIDI hardware
Included Instruments, Effects, and Content
- Includes 13 instruments
- 46 audio effects
- 24 note FX
- 42 modulators
- 21 containers and routers
- 43 sound packs
Available Languages
- Chinese
- German
- English
- Korean
- Japanese
- Spanish
License and Protection
- License validity: Unlimited
- Copy protection: Online activation
- Simultaneous activations: 3
System Requirements
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