Happy to have found your channel! Subscribed :) Few comments: 5:29 - instead of dialing the frequency by hand, simply Ctrl+click (or triple click) the knob and type in the note, e.g. "C-2"; you can also type stuff like "150ms" or "1/4" in delays, even simple equations work 7:00 - "swap L/R" swaps left & right channels around; to flip phase use the "L-" and "R-" buttons to the left & right ot it 8:50 - that's 100% true, and that's also a blessing (when you need it) and a curse (when you're OCD and can't stop tweaking stuff) :D
Yo! Thank you for the wisdom. I have a "corrections" section that I've added to future videos (I've got a new one coming out at 1pm EST); and I'd like to add your swap L/R comment to next week's video. A few people told me about the lovely abilities of entering values by ctrl + click - but I did not know it accepted so many different strings as values. Very cool!
5:30 UHM ACHTHUALY integers are whole, non-fractional numbers so 43.3 is wrong! This is a great tutorial man! I've been meaning to learn more about Bitwig for like 3 years now and this upcoming series might be a great way for me to dip my toes in. Glad to hear about the sobriety and the family doing well. Hope the heat isn't completely melting you guys down there
Great comparison and show case. Thank you. 🌻 One thing I would pay attention is the level your kick outputs. Since a higher level than your track faders can lead, with bouncing, to crazy effects. Even with 32bit float.
Glad to have you back mate. Always enjoyed your stuff. FYI, you can hold CTRL while clicking something in Bitwig to type a number in as opposed to triple clicking. Might be a small time saver for you.
Good question! I'm not sure what it's actually doing to the sound, but simply: I like how it changes the sound, so I do it. If it sounds good, it is good.
I hope getting corrected in the comments isn't annoying... but when you set the ratio in Dynamics to 2:1, you were doing expansion. That's the opposite of Glue's ratio of 2, which is really 1:2. It still ended up sounding cool, though! Also thanks for the tip to use vocoder to add "dust." Awesome stuff.
Ah! Thank you for the tip. Not annoying at all, lots of comments have been featured in my video which is coming out today at 1pm. This one missed the cutoff, but I'd like to include it in the "corrections" section next week. Ok? Never be afraid to leave helpful info like this below my videos, I want to learn; and I'm still learning Bitwig.
there's just one thing missing for Bitwig's chain, and that would be soft clipper. there isn't really a dedicated clipper device, but you can use either clipper modules in FX Grid or Bit-8 with it's clip mode (which would act as hardclip, with no oversampling)
@@GARDNSOUND one thing to note though, since Grid has 4x oversampling (+ antialiasing filter) any hard clipping in it can still break through the threshold, as it adds some sine ripples at the steep steps. Bit-8 doesn't do that, at least with anti-aliasing off, but for some reason it caps at like half amplitude and there's no threshold control, so you have to compensate for that with Tool before and after device. There are other ways of clipping with native Bitwig devices though, might be worth a separate video.
Using 4.4 huh? I dont blame you. I LOVE the MSEG modulators but good lord.... the new browser is SOOOOOOOOOO bad. So when i saw the old browser in your video i physically sighed. I miss it. 😭
it's not bad, it's better in many ways, just with simplification of UI it became more confusing in some cases, till you learn it. there are few videos (including official one) that explain how it works, that will help understand how to set it up in similar way it worked for you before. and bunch of new ways it can help speed up the workflow too. I personally needed for it to be able to search not just devices, but presets too when adding new stuff to device chain, as I often use my own presets. given that Bitwig is made of mostly bare-bones devices, it makes sense that you would make your own more complete devices as presets or use some already included in packages. so more often than not it would make sense to reach for presets than making things from scratch as you build up your library.
solidddd
I really like the pace of this tutorial. No fluff really, not overcomplicated, but plenty of just the right info
Thank you! That was the goal. Onward!
"To transition from Ableton to Bitwig." You're doing the Lord's work lol.
Happy to have found your channel! Subscribed :)
Few comments:
5:29 - instead of dialing the frequency by hand, simply Ctrl+click (or triple click) the knob and type in the note, e.g. "C-2"; you can also type stuff like "150ms" or "1/4" in delays, even simple equations work
7:00 - "swap L/R" swaps left & right channels around; to flip phase use the "L-" and "R-" buttons to the left & right ot it
8:50 - that's 100% true, and that's also a blessing (when you need it) and a curse (when you're OCD and can't stop tweaking stuff) :D
Yo! Thank you for the wisdom. I have a "corrections" section that I've added to future videos (I've got a new one coming out at 1pm EST); and I'd like to add your swap L/R comment to next week's video.
A few people told me about the lovely abilities of entering values by ctrl + click - but I did not know it accepted so many different strings as values. Very cool!
This is perfect cause i just got bitwig lol, thanks dude
5:30 UHM ACHTHUALY integers are whole, non-fractional numbers so 43.3 is wrong!
This is a great tutorial man! I've been meaning to learn more about Bitwig for like 3 years now and this upcoming series might be a great way for me to dip my toes in. Glad to hear about the sobriety and the family doing well. Hope the heat isn't completely melting you guys down there
My bad! I guess I meant "edit value". I'll have to make a joke about it in the next one.
Trust it to be a programmer that mentions this :D
Welcome back! Loving the 80s hair! It fits you well.
Aw, thanks Jerry! Great to hear from you.
I love bitwig so much I am so glad more ppl are using
Bitwig IS great!
Great comparison and show case. Thank you. 🌻 One thing I would pay attention is the level your kick outputs. Since a higher level than your track faders can lead, with bouncing, to crazy effects. Even with 32bit float.
Noted!
was listening to your episode with bill yesterday and heeeeella stoked for this series
So good to see you back!!! 🙏
Glad to have you back mate. Always enjoyed your stuff.
FYI, you can hold CTRL while clicking something in Bitwig to type a number in as opposed to triple clicking. Might be a small time saver for you.
Thank you for this! I'm adding it as a correction in the next episode.
The doot tuut
Great video, thanks 😀This maybe is a silly qustion, but why the invert fase in DS-kick ?
Good question! I'm not sure what it's actually doing to the sound, but simply: I like how it changes the sound, so I do it. If it sounds good, it is good.
Ah yeah. Stoked for a new vid.
More dual tutorials please 😊
Right on! Got one coming out this afternoon, as promised
I hope getting corrected in the comments isn't annoying... but when you set the ratio in Dynamics to 2:1, you were doing expansion. That's the opposite of Glue's ratio of 2, which is really 1:2. It still ended up sounding cool, though!
Also thanks for the tip to use vocoder to add "dust." Awesome stuff.
Ah! Thank you for the tip. Not annoying at all, lots of comments have been featured in my video which is coming out today at 1pm. This one missed the cutoff, but I'd like to include it in the "corrections" section next week. Ok?
Never be afraid to leave helpful info like this below my videos, I want to learn; and I'm still learning Bitwig.
there's just one thing missing for Bitwig's chain, and that would be soft clipper. there isn't really a dedicated clipper device, but you can use either clipper modules in FX Grid or Bit-8 with it's clip mode (which would act as hardclip, with no oversampling)
Nice! I need to add this to my "corrections" section in the next video. I didn't know there was a clipper module in grid. I'll dive into it.
@@GARDNSOUND one thing to note though, since Grid has 4x oversampling (+ antialiasing filter) any hard clipping in it can still break through the threshold, as it adds some sine ripples at the steep steps. Bit-8 doesn't do that, at least with anti-aliasing off, but for some reason it caps at like half amplitude and there's no threshold control, so you have to compensate for that with Tool before and after device. There are other ways of clipping with native Bitwig devices though, might be worth a separate video.
We back BB
Using 4.4 huh? I dont blame you. I LOVE the MSEG modulators but good lord.... the new browser is SOOOOOOOOOO bad. So when i saw the old browser in your video i physically sighed. I miss it. 😭
Oh really? I didn't know it was like that. I am saving upgrading until I complete my current album.
it's not bad, it's better in many ways, just with simplification of UI it became more confusing in some cases, till you learn it. there are few videos (including official one) that explain how it works, that will help understand how to set it up in similar way it worked for you before. and bunch of new ways it can help speed up the workflow too. I personally needed for it to be able to search not just devices, but presets too when adding new stuff to device chain, as I often use my own presets. given that Bitwig is made of mostly bare-bones devices, it makes sense that you would make your own more complete devices as presets or use some already included in packages. so more often than not it would make sense to reach for presets than making things from scratch as you build up your library.
How did you put them into a group ? Many thanks.
ctrl + G
it was so much quicker and easier in ableton
I'm definitely more proficient with Ableton at the moment, probably 60/40. It will be 50/50 soon.