Crash protection and so much more.

We've done a lot of work under the hood to improve plug-in hosting in Bitwig Studio. We're also introducing new hosting modes and made it clearer how the hosting modes work, to help you choose a setting that is right for you–from light on resources to super-secure.

Within Bitwig. Plug-ins are loaded along with the audio engine. This requires the least memory, but any single plug-in can crash all audio.

Together. Plug-ins are sandboxed together, separating them from the audio engine.

By manufacturer. Individual sandboxes are created for each plug-in manufacturer. (This can be necessary when plug-ins need to communicate with one another.)

By plug-in. Individual sandboxes are created for each plug-in used. When a plug-in is used multiple times, its instances are sandboxed together, sometimes reducing the required memory.

Individually. Individual sandboxes are created for each plug-in used. This is the most memory-instensive option, but the safest.