Thank you for downloading Bitwig Studio 1.3.8 RC 3.

This document lists the changes since previous versions of Bitwig Studio.

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NEW Polyphonic modulation sources can now modulate monophonic targets.

NEW Convert polyphonic aftertouch to note expression "pressure".

NEW Added side-chain to ring modulator device.

NEW Add template support.

NEW Add ALSA support.

NEW Multi-touch support for Windows and Linux.

NEW E-Cowbell device.

NEW Delay-4 device.

NEW Added support for MIDI MPE mode for VST instruments.

FIXED Crash if rescan of plugin in plugin error list window took some time and window was closed before plugin scan completed.

FIXED Engine on Mac OSX crashes sometimes if a plugin crashes.

FIXED Crash when applying legato to raw audio events.

FIXED Arranger cue markers and loop region should always show the events from the top level group.

FIXED Application crash when ungrouping a group track containing a track which routes notes to the track group output.

FIXED Crash when showing context menu for a modulation source that is modulating a parameter that is not available (eg if plugin not loaded).

FIXED Moving track in or out of group track stops playback of clip launcher clip.

FIXED Crash when consolidating clips on the arranger while the note editor is looking inside one of the clips being consolidated.

FIXED If you load a project that makes use of a sample that is part of a library pack, but the pack is currently not installed on the machine that loads it, you'll get the message: "This file is available in the package manager. Would you like to download and install it?" Bug: If you click "Yes", nothing happens.

FIXED Instrument Track input chooser button shows empty string when selecting renamed controllers for the first time.

FIXED Controller API: crash when calling addDeviceCountObserver on device bank of cursor track.

FIXED Shortcut modifiers are shown wrong on different operating systems (eg "super" on Mac).

FIXED Controller API: accessing sends of drum pads does not work.

FIXED Rare crash when dragging and dropping clips in the clip launcher.

FIXED Controller API: some device parameters are not included in the direct-parameter-id list, but their values are reported.

FIXED Big clip height does not resize the group's scene header in the mixer.

FIXED Polysynth doesn't play the same sound when you want in repetition.

FIXED Controller API: add selectInEditor to device interface.

FIXED When bouncing a clip with a custom source the pre and post fader options showed a blank line.

FIXED Deleting master track would not delete the master track but would stop audio output.

FIXED Slicing reversed audio to Drum Machine does not work.

FIXED Automation lanes with renameable parameters forget their name after save/load and display empty strings instead.

FIXED Controller API: select functions in CursorDevice not working for nested VST plugins.

FIXED Rare crash on Mac when file system notifies us of a file being removed in a folder we are monitoring.

FIXED Audio engine can't connect to new projects sometimes when dragging tracks from one project to the project tab bar.

FIXED Not possible to select a waveform background in layered note editor.

FIXED Dragging a no looping clip from the arranger to the clip launcher does not set the correct loop region.

FIXED Crash when in mixer view and cursor is in mini device chain and arrow right from last track when the effect tracks are not visible.

FIXED Search field is not focussed when opening Popup Browser via Drum Machine.

FIXED Occasional crash when dragging empty scenes in clip launcher.

FIXED Project folder not named correctly when saving project with a dot in filename.

FIXED When saving clips or presets and clicking ok the last tag in the tag field would not be committed if the user had not typed space after it.

FIXED Impossible to create Smart Collections within a folder on Windows machines.

FIXED Crash when dragging 2 empty scenes in clip launcher after the last scene in the clip launcher.

FIXED Saved scenes would output to "No output" and could not be previewed in the browser.

FIXED Sometimes when making a shortcut assignment that is already made to another shortcut the message is not shown explaining this.

FIXED Crash sometimes when moving cursor for the any file result of a filter column in the browser.

FIXED Colours of track headers & group are not saved in .bwscenes.

FIXED Crash sometimes when double clicking recently used document in file browser.

FIXED Wrong solo behavior for sends when tracks are routed to another track instead of master.

FIXED Crash when working with mappings in old documents that contains plugins that can't be found.

FIXED Zooming in clip content note editor does not take loop region of empty clips into account.

FIXED Controller script does not reach the maximum value if they overflow the range 0..127.

FIXED When dragging in a MIDI file with tempo automation ask the user if they want to import the tempo from the clip or not.

FIXED Controller API: "any" filter item should be part of the list of items.

FIXED Controller API: crash when calling session.addIsActiveObserver.

FIXED Duplicate does not work for Effect tracks.

FIXED Controller API: track position observer should take navigation context into account.

FIXED Links to web site from help menu did not work on Linux.

FIXED Tag input field doesn't create tags from pending text input when losing focus.

FIXED Notes which are cut off by the same key had a note length jitter when using large buffer sizes in the bitwig instruments.

FIXED Controller API: crash when using selectNext/Previous with named device cursor.

FIXED Time selection in the arranger timeline header area does not work.

FIXED Writing automation for switch parameters such as the sustain pedal was resulting in ramps instead of straight edges.

FIXED Remember state of popup browser when browsing for samples or multi samples for a sampler.

FIXED Clip launcher clips we're slowly drifting apart due to accumulating rounding error.

FIXED "Copy value to all layers" and "Copy modulation to all layers" don't work correctly in some situations.

FIXED Solo for the source track does not work correctly when using VST side-chaining.

FIXED Adjusting time/secs of a beat marker by dragging inspector value is not applied.

FIXED Open plugin GUIs don't disappear when deactivating the engine.

FIXED Crash when openning a document from native file manager before the main window of the application was shown.

FIXED Dynamics device didn't react on SIDE-only signals.

FIXED Default value for pitch bend automation is -100%.

FIXED "Plugin windows follow current track" always opens VST GUI on primary screen, regardless on which screen it was open.

FIXED Tracks created by drag & dropping clips to a new track were auto-armed but should not have been.

FIXED Inserting expression events at the end of a long raw audio event sometimes snaps to incorrect times.

FIXED Saving a clip that contained a VST plugin that had modulation for one of it's parameters would not restore the unmodulated value correctly when dragging clip back into a project.

FIXED Stopping the playback in the middle of a sustain-pedaled note playing creates hanging note.

FIXED Unable to drag individual tracks for a document from the file browser.

FIXED Window disappears from screen on Windows sometimes.

FIXED When dragging a hardware instrument preset to the empty track area the input selector is not correctly set.

FIXED Controller API: direct parameters should not include macros and enabled state.

FIXED Retriggering the same key from midi is unreliable in 1.2.

FIXED It was possible to create a feedback loop by moving a VST Instrument from a group track onto one of its child tracks, if the child track's output was routed to the VST as MIDI.

FIXED Engine crashes when connecting to document when a scene file is selected in the browser.

FIXED Roland VSTs crash audio engine.

FIXED Glitches when pitch sliding with organ with non-multiple-of-4 buffersizes.

FIXED Renaming a device does not create an undo step.

FIXED Renaming a track in the inspector creates an undo step for every single character entered.

FIXED Connecting Arturia BeatStep Pro breaks listing of connected MIDI controllers on OSX.

FIXED The same shortcut can be added multiple times to a single action and application would crash when deleting the shortcut mappings.

FIXED Crash when dragging an empty MIDI clip into the application.

FIXED Application crashes when trying to save clip to browser in some projects.

FIXED Pasted notes are not inserted into the correct layer in layered note editor.

FIXED Deleting or installing a VST while app is running does not cause the preset browser to update with the change.

FIXED Engine crashes when overdub recording into multiple launcher clips that are triggered by follow actions.

FIXED Application might not start on OSX when a non-local URL is in the clipboard.

FIXED Can't activate the audio engine on OSX if set sample rate is set to automatic.

FIXED Controller API: old preset related functions are not working anymore.

FIXED ASIO: Issue switching sample-rate.

FIXED Playhead is not moving in absolute arranger clip automation editor.

FIXED Selecting a bookmark location and then dragging clip or preset to the results are in file browser would save the clip to the default library location and not the bookmark location.

FIXED Soloing group with subgroups doesn't play/solo the subgroups.

FIXED Controller API: opening application panels such as browser should not try to focus them first.

FIXED Controller API: cannot select first device in chain via cursorDevice.selectPrevious().

FIXED Wrong default value for Step MOD (32/1).

FIXED Bouncing a clip on a track in a group to a new track should create the new track within the group.

FIXED Sends of single device chains don't get muted if you mute the main channel.

FIXED Files embedded in clips were not extracted into the project folder when dragged into project.

FIXED Crash when switching documents with some controllers connected.

FIXED Crash when control script connects to a plugin device under some circumstances.

FIXED Soloing tracks routed to hardware outputs does not mute other tracks routed to the same output.

FIXED Moving the currently playing scene stops clip launcher playback.

FIXED Wrong raw playback with activated arrangement loop.

FIXED Inspector shows old button style for mute and solo buttons when clicking on a layer device chain.

FIXED Controller API: crash when switching VST presets on controller.

FIXED Engine freeze when creating an audio track after loading a specific project.

FIXED Macro doesn't receive name when mapped to 'enable bipolar' button of an LFO.

FIXED Context menu for a track in a track group shows a blank line instead of the item to show popup browser.

FIXED When dragging a scene file to the clip launcher the preview did not update correctly when moving to a different scene.

FIXED Shift and right click to open popup browser on favorites should work in empty space too not just directly over the + button.

FIXED Edit file metadata does not work for bwscene files.

FIXED Projects created in 1.1 that have automation for the cross fader mode cannot be opened in 1.2.0.

FIXED Filtering of control surface shortcut in preferences did not work.

FIXED When removing a library location it does not get removed from the search results if the cursor is currently inside that location.

FIXED When dragging multiple audio files from the browser and using Ctrl key to put them in one track the files were still put in separate tracks.

FIXED Routing choosers show the device preset name instead of the name of the device.

FIXED Closing a document that has exceeded limitations in Bitwig 8-Track does not warn that changes will be lost.

FIXED Controller API: cursor device does not work on track group device chains.

FIXED Crash when opening a project that had a slot selected in the output track of a nested track group and the track group was not expanded.

FIXED Controller API: user and send controls cannot be used as source for manual mappings.

FIXED Controller API: device.loadPreset(int) does not work anymore in 1.2.0.

FIXED Using up/down arrows in popup browser moved the cursor but did not select the file in the list as well.

FIXED Clips that have "no-kick" tag appears in the result of search "kick".

FIXED LFO Phase parameter stopped working when Retrig is on.

FIXED Time and value fields are missing in note expression event inspector.

FIXED Crash without report when editing raw audio clips due to bugs in version of Java bundled with Bitwig Studio on Linux.

FIXED LFO phase parameter doesn't work in synced mode with retrig off and playback running.

FIXED Dragging a clip or a preset to the browser to save did not work if you hovered over the folder area in the side panel browser.

FIXED VST windows are shown in front of other applications when Bitwig Studio is not active.

FIXED Potential crash when no insertion layer is selected in layered note editor.

FIXED Crash when shift-selecting multiple launcher clips in note editor layer list.

FIXED Showing the input/output section in the arranger resulted in the track names getting shorter.

FIXED No audio inputs shown if you select "none" as input device before selecting an aggregated device as output.

FIXED Crash when selecting track on hardware controller while closing document.

FIXED Rare crash when trying to activate the engine for a document that is being closed.

FIXED Regression: muting a device following an instrument were causing silence/crackling in 1.1.3.

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 Rare crash when deleting a track.

FIXED Audio engine crashes sometimes when launching a clip on the clip launcher.

FIXED Engine crash related to sends of nested device chains.

FIXED Crash when loading MIDI file with tempo events.

FIXED Controller API: crash when selecting parent device using Push4Bitwig script.

FIXED Controller API: crash when trying to access MIDI port with invalid index.

FIXED Controller API: crash when grouping, ungrouping or deleting group tracks in some cases.

FIXED Crash due to deleting automation lane for send when moving a track from one track group to another.

FIXED Rare crash when moving notes by octaves in the inspector.

FIXED Nested device chains didn't go to sleep leading to high CPU usage.

FIXED Invalid multi sample files can crash the application when scanning library locations.

FIXED Piz midi plugins can't be loaded anymore.

IMPROVED Update scripts for Livid Instruments controllers.

IMPROVED Shortcut changes: "B" for popup browser, "Alt-B" for side panel browser.

IMPROVED When saving a scene, prefill dialog with scene name.

IMPROVED Controller API: add observer that reports if a device is a plugin.

IMPROVED Buffer sizes don't need to be limited to power-of-two values on OSX anymore.

IMPROVED Add note retrigger option to Step MOD.

IMPROVED Arpeggiator now analyses incoming note expressions and applies them to generated notes.

IMPROVED Focus should not change unless user is making a selection or clicking in empty area of a panel.

IMPROVED Allow a knob or CC to control a toggle button and define range in which toggle is on or off.

IMPROVED Controller API: add function to toggle PreRoll.

IMPROVED Stronger highlight for played keys in piano roll editor.

IMPROVED Controller API: allow to navigate items in browser filter columns with nested entries as a flat list.

IMPROVED Controller API: add access to siblings of a track.

IMPROVED Controller API: track bank should allow to navigate flat track list, so that simple controllers work with tracks groups.

IMPROVED Controller API: cursorBrowserItem.selectNext/Previous should perform selection instead of only moving the cursor.

IMPROVED Added "Note Steal Release Time" parameter to sampler to let the user control what happens when a note is cut-off by the same key. (useful for cymbals).

IMPROVED Added jitter meter to the DSP Performance Graph which will shows how stable the audio processing scheduling is. If its not in the single-digit percentages try another buffer size.

IMPROVED The user can tell Bitwig Studio to forget about deleted projects in the recent document list.

IMPROVED Remember the next track color.

IMPROVED Shift + Click on the meter's peak value resets all the meter's peak values.

IMPROVED View settings in note editor should be remembered per-track.

IMPROVED Link to support web site in help menu lands at home page instead of support page.

IMPROVED Improve menu navigation using the keyboard.

IMPROVED Controller API: fixed direct parameters should be listed before dynamic direct parameters (e.g. in layer device).

IMPROVED Controller API: add option that controls if siblings track bank contains effect tracks and master track. .

IMPROVED MMC transport support for generic controller scripts.

IMPROVED Controller API: allow to specify whether track cursor looks at flattened tracks, nested tracks, or as shown expanded in the GUI.

IMPROVED Optimized the WASAPI implementation for Windows 10.

IMPROVED No way of knowing the tuning (in note) of a tune-related parameter other than by changing its value (therefore detuning it).

IMPROVED When saving a project always collect files that are in another project folder to the one we are saving.

IMPROVED Add VST 64 bit and VST 32 bit file types to the device popup browser.

IMPROVED Add context menu entries for deleting clip automation to editor background, launcher clip overview and automated parameter controls.