Tuning into Arabic music: electronic-vocal duo Rust and Hany Manja (with Bitwig Studio download)

Making instruments work in tune with musicians and singers means making them work with more than 12-tone equal temperament alone. So it’s great to see this profile of Hany Manja and his duo Rust with Petra Hawi. Plus Bitwig Studio users can get your hands (and ears) into the action – with a Micropitch download.

Bitwig explains Harmonic Split, Transient Split

Now that Bitwig has heard users and made Harmonic and Transient Split part of Studio 4.4, it’s worth a second look at how to use them. And these approaches to sound are frankly interesting to apply in other contexts, too, so I’m curious to experiment even outside Bitwig Studio. Let’s watch.

Peter Kirn - December 6, 2022

Bitwig, after overwhelming user feedback, makes Spectral Suite part of Bitwig Studio 4.4

Bitwig heard you, it seems, user community. Spectral Suite is now a no-charge, included part of Studio 4.4, with refunds or Upgrade Plan extensions offered to anyone who bought it.

Peter Kirn - October 11, 2022

CLAP is a new open-source plug-in format from Bitwig, u-he – do we need it, and who will use it?

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2022

You can already use the Steam Deck as a music machine, with Bitwig Studio, VCV Rack, more

Peter Kirn - April 7, 2022

Bitwig 4.2: Note Grid for modular note processing and generation, plus a bunch of new effects

Peter Kirn - February 18, 2022

Bitwig Studio 4: Apple Silicon, new Operators, expression Spread, comping

Peter Kirn - May 27, 2021

Deep Bitwig tips: learn modular patching on The Grid, integrate with NI controllers

Peter Kirn - May 11, 2021

Here’s a free pack to get MIDI Polyphonic Expression under your fingertips

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2021

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