Some things that’ve caught my eye in May: 4300 single-cycle waveform samples from AdventureKid, including some great c64 samples: https://www.adventurekid.se/akrt/waveforms/adventure-kid-waveforms/ New modulation presets for Bitwig Studio 2: https://www.bitwig.com/en/community/creations/modulation-machines.html Downloadable Bitwig project and video overview from Tate Morden: https://www.bitwig.com/en/17/Nanotech-by-Tate-Morden.html 11 Synth Tips and Tricks: http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2017/05/03/11-synth-tips-tricks/ Nice docs on approach to live coding: https://theseanco.github.io/howto_co34pt_liveCode/ Google Brain Team uses machine learning to create
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Arturia BeatStep Pro Script Updated for Bitwig Studio 2.0
I just released an updated version of my BeatStep Pro controller script for Bitwig Studio 2.0. The release is available at https://github.com/benschmaus/bitwig-beatsteppro/releases, and it has the same functionality as described at https://factotumo.com/2017/01/bitwig-bsp-script-update-enhanced-cursor-device-control/. In a nutshell you can use each of the BSP’s sequencers independently as MIDI inputs for tracks, control cursor device params/macros, and navigate tracks, devices, and
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Stuff I’ve Been Doing with Music
Despite not posting for awhile, I’ve been pretty busy with music-related projects. I’ve become more interested in programmatic composition and have spent some time with SuperCollider and a Scala API for SuperCollider called ScalaCollider. I’ve also started looking at AudioKit for audio programming for Mac/iOS. The audio engine for AudioKit is an open source library called SoundPipe,
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Bitwig BSP Script Update: Enhanced Cursor Device Control
I made a few small tweaks to the Bitwig Beatstep Pro script I released a few weeks ago. The encoders now control parameters and macros for the cursor device of the selected track instead of the primary device. Since you can navigate the selected track’s device chain using steps #3 and #4 in control mode
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Bitwig Tip: Optimize Workflow with Track Auto-arm Option
When you’re using a single MIDI controller to record multiple instrument tracks in Bitwig you often only want a single instrument track to be armed for recording at a time. But if you’re using Bitwig in a performance context with a multichannel hardware step sequencer, like Arturia’s Beatstep Pro (you can get a Bitwig script for that
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New Bitwig Script for Arturia Beatstep Pro
I’ve written about Bitwig controller scripts for Arturia’s Beatstep Pro step sequencer before. After getting some good mileage out of justlep’s Bitwig scripts, I found myself wanting a little more. In particular, I wanted support for controlling a track’s primary device parameters and macros without having to manually assign the encoders. So I decided to write a
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Bitwig Scripting: Some Notes about NoteInputs
I’ve written a few Bitwig controller scripts and have gradually been developing a deeper understanding of Bitwig’s scripting API. One of the things that can be tricky, despite the generally very good API documentation provided by Bitwig, is understanding how note input filter masks affect which MIDI messages will be sent to a script’s onMidi callback function. This post
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Bitwig Controller Script for Livid Minim
After taking a break to move my family from the San Francisco Bay Area to Philadelphia, it’s time to start writing posts again. A few months ago I put together a Bitwig controller script for Livid’s wireless bluetooth MIDI controller called Minim. In this post I’ll tell you where you can get the script along with how
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Use Bitwig Group Tracks for NI Stems
I was reading a post on Bitwig Beats a few days ago about how to create NI Stems files using Bitwig. A Stems file – which uses the .mp4 container format – packs 4 audio tracks (“stems”), plus a master track, into a single file. Each of the 4 stems in the file can be independently controlled for remixing using compatible
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Make Acid Bass with Bitwig
Back at the beginning of the month I read an update from bitwig.com wishing electronic music makers a happy 303 day. Taking encouragement from the update, I decided to try my hand at making a 303-inspired track in Bitwig. So I loaded the arpeggiator device into an instrument track, added a step modulator, dropped in a polysynth and got
