[LAU] Bitwig 1.0 is out

[Dave Phillips]

On 03/27/2014 08:54 AM, Dave Phillips wrote:
>
> On 03/27/2014 05:08 AM, rosea grammostola wrote:
>> Looks nice, but I doubt whether it is a all-in-one-packet as people 
>> on this list talked about before.
>> I can only find a 7 instruments, handful of plugins and a few 100MB 
>> with samples
>>
>
> The instrument count includes five e-drum instruments, a bit bogus 
> sort of list in my opinion.

Strike that statement from the record. The list is much longer in the 
registered version, the demo version's list is a limited subset of 
what's available.


> I must say that the other instruments are quite serviceable, but I'll 
> guess that most users will want to deploy their favorite VST/VSTi 
> plugins.
>
> I tested its automatic beat matching with five audio samples and a 
> MIDI track. Bitwig performed nicely on my old TurionX2 laptop, with 
> smooth and responsive controls for the synths and effects modules. 
> Btw, the system here is Fedora 19 x86_64, with Planet CCCRMA stuff.
>
> The "handful of plugins" includes 25 audio fx, 9 "containers" 
> (racks?), and 11 "modulators, generators, note FX, and routers", all 
> apparently selected for their common utility.
>
> The automation controls are cool. I'm just getting into the program, 
> I've looked at Ableton only briefly, so I've everything to learn about 
> using this kind of program.
>


To be clear, those comments apply only to the demo version.


> Btw, LMMS has reached its 1.0 milestone, with nicely updated GUI and 
> overall performance.
>

Yes, with improved JACK support. Still not perfect, but the program 
overall is much improved. I'm enjoying it.

Best,

dp