Precision Editing in Bitwig Studio 5.2

Mouseless navigation is a breeze in Bitwig Studio 5.2. In this video, we show you how to use Bitwig’s default key commands and your arrow keys to jump between relevant points of interest throughout your project.

Contents:
0:00 Two concepts of Selection in Bitwig Studio
0:55 Object Selection and editing by keyboard commands
1:03 Arranger clips
1:42 Automation points
2:13 Note- and Audio events
3:40 Time Selection and editing by keyboard commands
3:48 Navigating to relevant points of interest
4:54 New functions: Set Object Start/End, Fade In/Out
5:20 Moving and growing Arranger Time Selection across tracks
5:42 Switching between Object and Time Selection

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[Serdy]

This has to be the most relaxing feature showcase I've ever had the pleasure to witness

[pablocronin]

Blown away. Excellent work, Bitwig. I love the update. Please consider giving us customizable UI colours/themes.

[Centomila]

6:04 This is wonderful. Virtual hug to everyone has worked on this feature.

[maxkershisnik]

YALL IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS WOW THANK YOU SO MUCH i was doubtful that this suggestion/request was high priority but i am so happy that this is here now. This is 100% my new primary daw.

[maxandersmusic]

Bitwig's editing functions are great. Thanks a lot! I came up with a feature idea for the audio editing panel. It's a ScratchPad section on top, where you could temporarily place samples while you rearrange the loop.

[ArtsunMusic]

Great update, thanks! I'm wondering though if the inversion of keyboard shortcuts, when working on clips VS when working on audio or note events, could create some confusion.
For example:
- Left arrow on a clip selects the next clip on the left, while on an audio event, it moves the event.
- Alt + left arrow on a clip moves the clip, while on an audio event, it selects the next clip on the left.

[LTDudzek]

I'm confused as to why using arrow keys with no modifier moves objects and with modifier changes the selection, but then in the clip editor window it's the opposite? Why did they make it like that, seems like more to remember when working and will feel less intuitive since you can't just rely on muscle memory

[RhymeByRhyme]

Finally! So happy to see fundamental stuff like keyboard editing and navigation through transients slowly being integrated in Bitwig! You're giving me hope for a video implementation in the not-too-distant-future!

[sternenherz]

Really nice, i love that you adress QoL things!

It would be absolutely awesome, when
a) the playbackbar itself could be moved via Arrow-Keys, jumping from beatcount to beatcount, after having clicked on the beat-time-ruler at the top of the Arranger/Editor.
b) the new "Time Range Cursor" could optionally be coupled with the playback bar position, so that Play-From-Cursor finally would be possible in Bitwig.

@2:00 when deleting Automation Points, the Automationlane gets out of focus, and has to be accessed/focused via mouse-clicking again. It would be nice when instead of getting out of focus, the time-range-cursor appears right at the deletion-spot.

[ywenp]

It doesn't make sense to me that arrows & Alt+arrows have their function swapped between Arranger and Detail editor.
I think arrows alone should always change the selection, and Alt+arrows should always move. Consistence is important in a UI.

[ImaplanetJupiteeeerr]

I must say this really makes this new update shine. Nice.

[macronencer]

Perfect voice casting for this video. The narration sounded as precise and easy as the operations being described!

[anissbenthami]

Coming from FL Studio, my experience with Bitwig's "Piano Roll" is frustrating. I have to triple my usual clicks to reach my goal, all while needing to be painfully precise with each click.

[pnutbuttajellee]

This is what we're talking about! More of this! Star of the udpate! Now if you would just open up the API more to allow deep custom scripting for as much as possible(Max for Live, Reaper JS) You guys would really be rockin! Let the community make what they want for Bitwig!

[A.T.]

Thank you thank you. I'm so proud to have update plan.... this compressor update is enormous.

[e]

Nice this gets me closer to my reaper workflow in bitwig. Workflow is life

[Octamed]

Very nice. Keyboard editing, or lack of, is what prevents me from moving on from old school trackers.

[SoundtempleMusic]

Glad to see I'm not the only one happy to see this enhancement! Thanks!

[CuriousPassenger]

What a smooth track playing there. Love the sounds.

[zyxyuv]

Please just get some abstraction going in the Grid. I came to Bitwig from Max and I'm really struggling with not being able to create bigger ideas because I can't group stuff into containers in the Grid. I tried to get used to it for a while but the truth is that my new stuff is much less innovative than my Max stuff because I'm just not doing the detailed work I used to do. Please help