![]() ![]() I’ll be trying to track down Thavius and having a chat with my Berlin neighbors at Bitwig soon. Thavius Beck, who is actually featured in press shots from Microsoft, already showed what this might look like on a prototype back in July. There’s a pad layout for playing drum pads, as well, plus some touch editing options. It’s like having a hardware controller or an iPad app built into your display. Rather than go to a separate iPad remote (as Apple does with its own Logic and GarageBand), Bitwig are building a keyboard right into the tool so you can play directly. (It’s even worse when working with two people, as my studio colleague Nerk can attest.) I’m really keen to try this, especially as arranging with a mouse is painful. The result can be really fast gestural editing, as seen here in arrangement: In practice, though, that “radial menu” is maybe better thought of as a heads-up reference to what gestures do. Looking at this at first, it looked like a separate remote-control layer. Clearly, there’s an argument for each approach – there’s something different about getting away from a display and using something tactile – but it’s nice to see something happening with the touch/display end of the equation. It also represents a different approach than Ableton’s, which has been to focus on moving control to physical hardware (Push). I really have no idea whether I’m convinced by this without having used it, but I’m intrigued. To try to make touch more useful, Bitwig are also adding a shortcut menu, for quick gestural access to settings for devices, drums, clips, arrangement, notes, and tracks. It doesn’t work on OS X – there literally isn’t a model for processing the events – but it does open up some possibilities even on Linux. They aren’t just responding to touch events they’re going further.įull multi-touch support. (See also FL Studio below, though Bitwig brings specific support for Microsoft’s new displays, and some new ideas.)Īlso, is Bitwig actually trolling Mac fans, or Apple? Because Bitwig is touting the fact that OS X will at least get its new “E-Cowbell device.” (I’m not making this up.)įor multi-touch devices on Windows and Linux (yes, Linux) – plus a specially-optimized profile for Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface Book – Bitwig has a lot of new touch features. So, on the same day we find out about a proper touch laptop, we also get a DAW that’s ready, today, to take advantage of it. ![]() And we’ve seen very basic touch support in desktop apps. We’ve seen apps made exclusively for touch devices like the iPad. ![]()
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