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All Youtube videos on polarity-music

In this post I link all my available Bitwig Studio Tutorials on youtube. Most of them even with time markers for the video to jump exactly to the right position in the video. The Site will be updated and is also a guide for me to see where there are gaps or missing pieces. Maybe its also nice for me to revisit some of the videos and exchange them for better ones. You can follow me on youtube if you havent already or support me on patreon. Thanks!

Bitwig Devices explained

I dont really like to make videos for each device, because it only tells you how the device works and not what you can do with it. Knowing how a car works doesnt makes you a good driver. But a lot of people favor these videos for whatever reason. Here we go:

Saturator
Delay-1
Pitch Shifter
Transient Shaper - video I (29.01.2019) In Bitwig Studio one likes to overlook small useful functions. Also the fact that you can combine small devices to larger ones is often ignored. Today's video is about the Transient Shaper "Transient Control" by Bitwig Studio.
- Transient Shaper video II (20.01.2022) - the transient shaper can be an easy tool and most of the times i reach for a transient shaper instead of an compressor. much faster, more control and kind of the same effect.
  - 0:38 glueing drumloops with synthetic drums and the transient control
  - 3:59 psytrance kick bass hihat pumping effect with the transient control
  - 5:30 pystrance kick / bassline pump
  - 8:33 building drum and bass loop
  - 10:20 making drum and bass drums knock with the transient control
  - 13:17 mixing drumloop with synthetic drums / drum and bass
  - 15:53 outro
Note Grid is fun the note grid is the new device in #Bitwig 4.## It allows you to alter incoming polyphonic notes in many interesting ways.
- 0:00 intro
- 0:19 why a note grid device?
- 2:24 context matters
- 3:51 the note grid is "The Grid"
- 5:56 Arpeggiators
- 15:29 Chord Track
- 19:54 calculate a third note
- 24:28 target individual notes
- 28:57 target the middle note
- 30:31 drum sequencers
- 34:47 play along :D
- 36:09 outro

Bitwig Tips and Tricks Videos

Small and useful tricks you can only do in Bitwig Studio. This is your second stop after the beginner tutorials. Most videos have multiple small tutorials inside. Alot of people actually like these kind of videos, because they give you interesting short tips in one video. You can watch the Bitwig Tips and Tricks youtube playlist here.

This is why we all love Bitwig Studio - Tips & Tricks Part 1
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:29 drag channels from other projects into your current project
- 3:08 keytrack on filters
- 5:22 keytrack on EQs
- 5:30 type in note names instead of frequencies
- 7:05 use calculations as parameter input
- 8:00 bounce instruments & bounce instruments + fx
- 11:23 bounce vsts + fx
- 12:22 post fx boxes for vsts
- 13:05 select a custom region to bounce a part of a timeline
- 14:21 disable temporary unused instruments
- 17:48 kvr tips and tricks
Ideas for the Bitwig Studio 3.2 beta weekend - Tips & Tricks Part 2
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:40 make monophonic synths polyphonic
- 3:23 polyphonic resonator bank
- 5:45 layer multiple vst instruments into one polyphonic instrument
- 9:12 note delay for strum effects on chords
Stereo Tricks with Bitwig Studio - Tips & Tricks Part 3
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:40 make monophonic synths polyphonic
- 3:23 polyphonic resonator bank
- 5:45 layer multiple vst instruments into one polyphonic instrument
- 9:12 note delay for strum effects on chords
Workflow, Solutions, Groove - Tips & Tricks Part 4
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:30 swap Phase-4 oscillators with modulators
- 4:29 vst blocking note information solution
- 6:17 duplicating clips is fast than looping clips
- 9:25 odd grid divisions for nice grooves
- 11:12 modulators on fm8
Glitch Hop & Squarepusher Basslines? No problem in Bitwig 4.1 Tips and Tricks Part 5
- 0:00 intro
- 0:24 Audio Rate Repeats
- 1:55 Pitch to BPM
- 5:03 Arpeggiator Modulations
- 8:38 Riccochet modulates pan & timbre
- 11:26 Glitch Hop Bass
- 14:51 Squarepusher Bass
- 17:03 Dribble uses Velocity

Bitwig Tutorials (Non Grid Tutorials)

These are Tutorials that are not Grid related. Your usual production & daw tips and tricks with practical approaches. You can watch the playlist on youtube here. From newest to oldest sorted.

Glitch Sounds with the Bitwig Sampler & Sononym
Inter Channel Communication All the ways you can communicate between tracks in Bitwig Studio 4.0. Maybe create a global track that modulates other tracks/devices? Here im showing two ways of sending informations from channel to channel.
- 0:00 intro
- 0:49 using audio to send modulation data
- 3:11 using midi cc to send modulation data
- 4:30 use more than one cc at a time
- 5:00 use multiple Midi CC devices to go up to 127 ccs
- 7:00 use modulations instead of modulators
- 8:14 use the clip launcher for modulations
- 9:03 use different clip length for poly rhytmic modulations
- 9:35 free retrigger of clips allows mseg kind of modulations
- 10:25 create story archs for soundtracks with one global modulation
- 11:35 trigger ADSR envelopes with notes from different tracks
- 15:27 combining multiple note tracks for triggering
- 16:57 creating notes on the fly on a audio track
- 21:18 using the grid to create global modulations
- 25:01 chain evenlopes in the grid to create mseg kind of structures
- 29:26 merging multiple midi clips into one clip
- 31:44 outro
SP404 Sampler Effect Rack - Building & Free Download In this video I explain how to creat a lo-fi multi fx device preset in Bitwig Studio. You can download the preset here
- 0:00 Intro
- 2:30 Chain Container Setup
- 3:16 Repeater with gate signals in the FX Grid
- 13:48 Repeater with the phase signal
- 18:56 Bit Crush Effect
- 21:09 Isolate DJ-EQ Effect
- 23:38 Vinyl Delay Effect
- 25:50 Filter Effect
- 26:47 Pitch Wobble Effect (with chorus)
- 30:49 Vinyl Noise Effect
- 34:20 playing around with the preset
- 35:04 saving the preset
- 36:37 outro
Your voice is a unique instrument
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:30 Vocal Pads with your voice
- 7:34 Control synths with your voice
- 13:46 Melda Auto Pitch for live pads
- 15:40 Chords with your Voice and Melda Auto Pitch
- 17:40 Beats with your voice
- 21:22 Percussions with your voice
- 24:21 outro
Exponential Off Grid Groove Modulation Techniques Hard to come with a title for this video. Sometimes you want to break out of the beat grid slow down or speed up your patterns and slowly glide back into the groove. Here are some techniques to make this possible
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:53 using Ramp Modulator for modulations
- 1:15 changing modulation tempo
- 4:11 blend in and out of the effect
- 9:00 using the arpeggiator without sync
- 9:58 using the replacer to generate notes
- 11:45 applying pitches to the replacer
- 15:20 note fx selector to create a polyphonic midi generator
- 18:20 creating amplitude modulations with tool device
- 21:17 using polygrid to create offgrid rhythms
- 26:03 using delay-1 to create patterns
- 30:05 playback groove
- 30:20 note delay modulation to greate grooves
- 32:45 outro
Bitwig Sampler: matching loop length with song tempo / subdividing the length with modulators Sometimes you want to have a loop length of a bar or a subdivision of a bar or maybe change the loop length on the fly while maintaining sync. This is how you can do it.
- 0:00 Intro
- 1:20 defining loop length with the transport
- 3:23 subdividing the loop length in equal chunks (8th/16th notes) with Quantize Modulator
- 7:30 outro
Sound design with Valhalla Supermassive - nasty and eerie sounds
- grab the valhalla plugin here, its free
Making Songs with only Audio FX
- 1:37 Resonator Bank for Basses
- 3:43 Steps Modulator to modulate in a harmonic diatonic scale
The delay is your friend
- 1:10 Delay to offset audio by beats
- 3:30 Delay to offset audio by ms
- 4:24 Delay to create a phaser / flanger effect
- 9:05 Delay Feedback explained
- 14:50 Delay as a resonator
- 15:43 Delay in the GRID
- 19:10 Delay is also a comb filter
- 21:14 Supermassive as a resonator
- 25:48 Delay and Pitch Shifter are a nice match (FB FX)
- 29:13 Delay and Blur (FB FX)
- 32:30 Delay as a Breakbeat creator
- 38:42 Delay as a tape flutter effect
Sidechain in Bitwig Studio How to apply sidechain compression / modulation to signals.
- 0:00 Intro
- 1:37 Sidechain with Bitwigs Dynamics Device
- 3:00 Dynamics Device Sidechain FX Box
- 3:40 Dynamics Sidechain with Lookahead
- 4:50 Audio Sidechain Modulator on an Instrument
- 6:51 Note Sidechain Modulator on an Instrument
- 8:47 Sidechain Modulators on the Tool device (benefits)
- 10:48 Sidechain with EQ+ and a single band
- 12:42 Sidechain with the Transient Control Device
- 14:36 Sidechain for creative Effects
- 15:46 Use Delay-1 to offset audio on a beat grid
- 17:02 Use multiple sidechain signals on one device
- 18:38 Outro
Percussion Creator II - Members Only A more deep dive into creating random percussion loops: Percussion Creator Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whv9ewK-Bgc date: 11/23/2020 1:18:03 PM
can you create unlimited percussions stems with this bitwig trick?? secret minimal techno percussion trick. :D #tutorial #bitwig #techno date: 11/23/2020 1:18:13 PM
Handle Harmonic Overtones with Bitwig 3.2 EQ+ and Pitch Expression tracking EQ+ key track & pitch expression tracking for monophonic Sounds in Bitwig Studio 3.2! date: 11/23/2020 1:18:35 PM
Do not fear this modulator in Bitwig Studio Hey, you never used the Audio Rate Modulator in Bitwig Studio? I got you covered. Watch the video to be inspired what you can do with this thing. date: 11/23/2020 1:20:00 PM
Shaping Synth Sounds with Static Noise / Groove Extraction in Bitwig Studio In this video I show you how you can modulate/shape synth sounds with static noises or drum loops to extract texture & rhythm. date: 11/23/2020 1:20:07 PM
The most overlooked Sampler feature in Bitwig Studio? Sampler should be renamed to shit2gold imo. date: 11/23/2020 1:20:12 PM
What Ableton, Cubase & Logic can learn from Bitwig Studio: MPE expressions on all devices Expressions is probably one of my most used modulators. It works on any device, even VSTs, and gives you the ability to add movement to your sound while playing. In this video im using a ROLI light block to create some sounds. date: 11/23/2020 1:20:23 PM
Why does the Bitwig 3.2 Drum Machine have its own Returns? Quick look at the new Bitwig Studio 3.2 Beta Drum Machine Returns Feature. date: 11/23/2020 1:20:32 PM
Audio Hocket Machine in Bitwig Studio - modulate between multiple audio sources In this tutorial I show you how you can randomly switch between signals from multiple channels to create a pretty impressive hocket effect using the audio receiver in Bitwig Studio. thx mr bill date: 11/23/2020 1:20:39 PM
Vocoder with Drum Synthesis & Reverb Effects - Bitwig Tutorial bitwig: "adds one device" me: "1000 new possibilities!!" This time I show you how you can use the Vocoder for synthesizing drums & making reverb tails more interesting! date: 11/23/2020 1:21:27 PM
The Bitwig Vocoder is awesome - 3.1.## XMAS gift Tutorial Hey Bitwig dropped a nice XMAS gift yesterday and I show you what you can do with the new added vocoder or "re-synthesizer". date: 11/23/2020 1:21:36 PM
🛸 This is how you make the Reverb better! - Bitwig 3.1 Tutorial Some Ideas how you can spice up the basic reverb in Bitwig Studio. date: 11/23/2020 1:21:42 PM
Bitwig Studio 3.1 Pitch-12 - Strumming, AI Piano Player I know it´s not real "AI", but i like the effect of the buzzword on my views. :D date: 11/23/2020 1:22:34 PM
Bitwig Studio 3.1 Pitch-12 - Chords, Progressions, Inversions! Look at this Steinberg. Bitwig 3.1 beta is here! This Video is about the Pitch-12 Modulator and how to create chords & progressions. date: 11/23/2020 1:22:39 PM
Why the Bitwig Studio Transient Shaper is the best! In Bitwig Studio one likes to overlook small useful functions. Also the fact that you can combine small devices to larger ones is often ignored. Today's video is about the Transient Shaper "Transient Control" by Bitwig Studio. date: 11/23/2020 1:22:44 PM
You cant do this macro trick in Cubase, Logic or Ableton live - Bitwig Studio Tutorial Use this small workflow trick in Bitwig Studio to keep your sounds interesting over time! date: 11/23/2020 1:22:49 PM
Use your voice as a sound source, even if you can't sing - Bitwig Studio Tutorial In this video, I show you how to use ur voice for drums and pads. You can download the Melda MAutoPitch here: https://www.meldaproduction.com/MAutoPitch I made two beats for this video, you download both in my Github or in my discord server https://discord.gg/eWwFBww date: 11/23/2020 1:42:09 PM
Soundtracks in Bitwig Studio In this video, I go through my last musical sketch and show how to create creative songs without getting lost in details. Pianobook https://github.com/polarity/bitwig-pianobook Loom II https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/3854 Iris 2 https://www.pluginboutique.com/articles/1494 Intimate Noise Samples https://intimatenoise.com/shop/ date: 11/23/2020 1:23:35 PM
Use the Pitch Shifter in Bitwig as a Grain Delay, Phaser or Stereo Widener Bitwig's devices are quite generic and simple. But because it is possible to combine everything, even the smallest tools can be quite versatile. date: 11/23/2020 1:23:46 PM
Resonator Bank your buddy for 808 Kicks, Melody Drums and Pads - Bitwig Studio Tutorial The resonator is a very versatile device. In this video, I show three small application areas. Basically, you can add harmonies to everything that was atonal before. date: 11/23/2020 1:23:56 PM
Mr.Bill Tricks in Bitwig Studio - Artefacts in Time Based FX / All Pass with Freq Splitter Most of the tricks by Mr.Bill you can apply to Bitwig Studio as well. Watch all his videos here: 🙏 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDxTQYPyq4JTRvdmYDiykyOdoEjjyuQgI date: 11/23/2020 1:24:03 PM
Create chords & melodies with ease - How To Hack Music Theory in Bitwig Studio How can you make music if you don't know anything about notes, harmonies or chords? With this simple trick, I will show you how to get quick results in Bitwig. Also thanks to Intimate Noise - samples that matter for sending me a nice T-Shirt! https://intimatenoise.com/ date: 11/23/2020 1:24:09 PM
You can't do this in Cubase! - Let's create something with Bitwig Studio 3 In this video I create a new track from the beginning. There is the Grid and of course several Bitwig Devices. Download the Project in my Github under Bitwig-3.0/projects/domination.zip: https://github.com/polarity/polarity-music-tools date: 11/23/2020 1:53:46 PM
Piano Starter - learn to play Trying to get you started on the midi keyboard or piano. Can´t play myself but I give advice. 10/10 would watch again. date: 11/23/2020 1:45:03 PM
Harmony Starter - How to build Scales & Chords as a noob umm yeah, hit me with comments. date: 11/23/2020 1:44:58 PM
Sub, E-Kick & the EQ-2 - how to tune and EQ drums in Bitwig Studio Im getting better at recording these videos. This time a one take recording (cutted some ummm and eemms out) about using the EQ-2 device in multiple instances, using the note inputs, tuning the drums to a chord. Have fun and leave me a comment when you have questions. date: 11/23/2020 1:44:52 PM
Phase-4 Midrange - How to Bass in Bitwig Baphometrix asked how I did this particular Bass sound from my last tutorial. Here is a small explanation. date: 11/23/2020 1:44:46 PM
Small Modulations - Bring your sounds to life with Bitwig modulators Don't be afraid of modulators and random changes to the sound. More on my Blog: https://polarity-dnb.de/blog/ date: 11/23/2020 1:44:40 PM
Creating Multisample Patches with Auto Sampling & ease in Bitwig Studio create from any instrument + chain a multisample sampler patch with this project. Download it here (2.5 beta): https://goo.gl/M4Yne4 or check my complete repository of tools: https://github.com/polarity/polarity-music-tools date: 11/26/2020 8:15:33 PM
Fun with the Note Counter in Bitwig - Tutorial Whats the note counter good for? Creating interesting patterns and modulations! date: 11/26/2020 8:15:39 PM
Beginner Bitwig - how to start a track as a noob? You have to start somewhere. I try to give some basic advice on how to start in bitwig as your first music daw. Questions? ask me :) date: 11/26/2020 8:15:45 PM
Blur device for wide sounds - Bitwig Tutorial How to use the Bitwigs Blur device to create wide sounds. date: 11/26/2020 8:15:50 PM
No Delete: Disable & Hide Tracks Workflow - Bitwig Tutorial After you bounced down some crazy cpu heavy device chains, don't delete them. Use disable & hide to archive tracks inside your project without clogging up cpu & interface. date: 11/26/2020 8:15:56 PM
Multi Channel VST Routing - Bitwig Tutorial How you can control multiple libraries/instruments inside Kontakt (or multiple midi channel separated layers in other VSTs) from multiple tracks in bitwig. date: 11/26/2020 8:16:01 PM
K-20 Mixdown / RMS Tipps - Bitwig Tutorial This time it´s all about mixdown inside Bitwig and how to use the meters to your advantage. Whats the K-20 mode and how to get a well balanced mixdown fast and easy. You can download all the tb-plugs here: http://www.tb-software.com/TBProAudio/products.html mvMeter2 http://www.tb-software.com/TBProAudio/mvmeter2.html dpMeter2 http://www.tb-software.com/TBProAudio/dpmeter2.html date: 11/26/2020 8:16:07 PM
8-Step & interesting Replacer-Hack - Bitwig Tutorial After yesterdays video i discovered an interesting replacer "flaw" and got some time to build another funny device with it. Download the Preset here: https://github.com/polarity/polarity-music-tools/raw/master/Bitwig-2.0/8-Step-Chords.bwpreset date: 11/26/2020 8:16:12 PM
8-Step & interesting Replacer-Hack - Bitwig Tutorial After yesterdays video i discovered an interesting replacer "flaw" and got some time to build another funny device with it. Download the Preset here: https://github.com/polarity/polarity-music-tools/raw/master/Bitwig-2.0/8-Step-Chords.bwpreset date: 11/26/2020 8:16:26 PM
Generated Notes 2 - Bitwig Tutorial This time it´s about generating midi notes without a midi trigger, like a midi clip or a keyboard. It works stand alone and without having to press play and it works for every VST instrument too date: 11/26/2020 8:16:33 PM
Synthetic Layer - Bitwig Tutorial This time it's about creating synth layers for your boring samples but in an unusual way. It could be that you never heard about this device before or never used it that way. Let´s find out and solve this clickbait mystery. date: 11/26/2020 8:16:40 PM
Probability Clips (Trigger Conditions) - Bitwig Tutorial Sometimes random is not enough. Today it's all about how to force certain chances or conditions with the Clip Launcher. We start with a static clip, add some probability conditions and drift off into complete randomness for certain notes. date: 11/26/2020 8:16:46 PM
Probability Clips (Trigger Conditions) - Bitwig Tutorial Sometimes random is not enough. Today it's all about how to force certain chances or conditions with the Clip Launcher. We start with a static clip, add some probability conditions and drift off into complete randomness for certain notes. date: 11/26/2020 8:16:51 PM
Velocity Chords - easy chord creation - Bitwig Tutorial Unusual paths often lead to interesting results. This time I would like to introduce one of many ways to generate chords in Bitwig and quickly modify them. When you think of Bitwig, don't think in features but in possibilities. date: 11/26/2020 8:16:56 PM
Velocity Chords - easy chord creation - Bitwig Tutorial Unusual paths often lead to interesting results. This time I would like to introduce one of many ways to generate chords in Bitwig and quickly modify them. When you think of Bitwig, don't think in features but in possibilities. date: 11/26/2020 8:17:01 PM
Reece / Reese Bass - Bitwig Tutorial Today I would like to show you how to create a so called "Reece Sound" or “Reece Bass" in Bitwig or any other DAW with a 2 Oscillator Synth date: 11/26/2020 8:17:05 PM
Soft Clip - Bitwig Tutorial Do you have any peaks you want to get rid of? The AMP device helps you. Sometimes you have to cut things off. You can download the preset for the AMP device here: https://polaritymusic.s3.amazonaws.com/tools-bitwig/bws2-Polarity-SoftClip.zip date: 11/26/2020 8:17:11 PM
Soft Clip - Bitwig Tutorial Do you have any peaks you want to get rid of? The AMP device helps you. Sometimes you have to cut things off. You can download the preset for the AMP device here: https://polaritymusic.s3.amazonaws.com/tools-bitwig/bws2-Polarity-SoftClip.zip date: 11/26/2020 8:17:16 PM
Creating Presets - Bitwig Tutorial I never really used presets. But since I have bitwig, this has changed. Preparing complete chains and even in conjunction with VST plugins can save a lot of time if you open Bitwig and want to record your ideas directly. date: 11/26/2020 8:17:21 PM
Creating Presets - Bitwig Tutorial I never really used presets. But since I have bitwig, this has changed. Preparing complete chains and even in conjunction with VST plugins can save a lot of time if you open Bitwig and want to record your ideas directly. date: 11/26/2020 8:17:27 PM
Mixing: How to Start - Bitwig Tutorial Big topic, but I tried to narrow it down to some easy tipps. Group your Tracks. Choose a reference. Start to mix important tracks first, begin at the bottom. Make creative mixing decisions. Use a visualizer with the reference and your ears equally. Plugins used: Voxengo Span (http://www.voxengo.com/product/span/) and mda Testtone (http://mda.smartelectronix.com/effects.htm) date: 11/26/2020 8:17:33 PM
Dynamic Sequencing - Bitwig Tutorial Dynamic Sequencing is about getting as much information as possible into the chain to make it easily modifiable. To draw notes and expressions statically into the arranger is for me a thing of the past. The majority of the VST plugins advertise to bring "live" and "dirt" into the productions to make them more alive. With Bitwig you have the possibility to create a living sound right at the source. Look at the arranger as a relict of the past and use him as what he is, a slightly better recording device (kind of) and treat Bitwig with the chain and the launcher more like an actual instrument. date: 11/26/2020 8:17:38 PM
Clip Arrangement - Bitwig Tutorial This time it is all about the "Clip Launcher" and how to use it to quickly create interesting and varied arrangements in Bitwig. date: 11/26/2020 8:17:48 PM
Midrange Bass Sounds - Bitwig Tutorial Hi folks, weekend is over and I've put together a little practical tutorial again. This time it's about bass sounds and how to create them best. On the way to the result I try to cheer you on the advantages of Bitwig as always. Whoever has questions may ask. date: 11/26/2020 8:17:48 PM
Living Pads - Bitwig Tutorial This time I want to talk a little about pads. Good pads are always useful, so it's about time to know how to make them.date: 11/26/2020 8:17:48 PM
Kick Drum & Sub Bass - Bitwig Tutorial When you produce club tracks, a tight lowend is important. I'm trying to present some easy-to-use techniques that will make the producer's everyday life easier. Different things in the tutorial are common to DAW, but I use bitwig specific devices.date: 11/26/2020 8:17:48 PM
Generating Notes - Bitwig Tutorial If the ideas are missing or if you just want to play a little bit with the harmony theory, you can just let the computer be creative. Notes can be easily generated with Bitwig and the Note Echo.date: 11/26/2020 8:17:48 PM
Get more out of your VSTs - Bitwig Tutorial Bitwig's best feature are the modulators. And they not only spice up the internal devices, but also normal commercial VST plugins. My recommendation: If you don't use Bitwig yet, download the demo (https://www.bitwig.com/en/download) and test it for yourself. Old static VSTs brought back to life. date: 11/26/2020 8:17:48 PM
Creating Chords Visually in Bitwig - Polarity Tutorials Today i wanted to share one technique to come up with chord progressions just by looking at the notes visually . ate: 11/26/2020 8:17:48 PM
Making EDM in Bitwig - Polarity Tutorials Thats one way to do it, but a fun way and very bitwigISH and also fast and easy. Any questions? Ask me anything in the comments, yeas! the MultiNote Preset for Bitwig: https://polaritymusic.s3.amazonaws.com/tools-bitwig/bws2-Polarity-Note-Spread.zip Cthulu VST by Xfer: https://www.xferrecords.com/products/cthulhu Bitwig Studio: http://bitwig.com/ Download Project (bws 2.2.3, you need Cthulu VST): https://goo.gl/ttD41G date: 11/26/2020 8:17:48 PM

Bitwig Grid: Modules explained

Here I try to explain individual modules in various contexts. A module by itself is quickly explained and usually has only one simple function. But in combination with other modules it can work wonders. You can watch the full playlist on youtube.

Recorder Module
Zero Crossing - estimate pitch of simple waveforms
Steps - value sequencer
Array - store values in indexed slots
All Pass - feedback + delay module reverbs / valhalla
Logic Modules Gates, Comparators, Conditions,
Scaler - subdivide rhythms and signals The scaler is versatile module. Not that you can subdide phase signals, you can also misuse it as an audio effect and control modulations with it.
- 0:00 intro
- 0:24 how the scaler works
- 01:50 comparing phase signals
- 03:00 synchronize modules with the phase signal
- 04:30 play modules at different speeds
- 06:20 retrigger phase
- 07:37 retrigger process
- 08:31 scaler gate output
- 10:23 playing polymeters with the scaler
- 12:42 polymeters with the gates & scaler module (difference)
- 14:09 misuse the scaler for audio fx
- 16:25 use the transport bpm as a root note
- 18:29 multi modulating values
- 21:34 outro
Envelopes - shaping volumes & modulations
- looping envelopes explained in Beginner 3: Modulations, Audio FX & simple Sequencing at0:35 modulation with serial envelopes
Pitch to Phase - one octave of notes becomes a phase signal
- partly explained in Folding Notes back to one Octave at 2:24. x.iso made a nice Octave Wrapper preset wrapping notes outside of the grid. good for using it with vsts & instruments.

Bitwig Grid: Solutions

These videos are concerned with providing solutions to practical problems. So how do I build a bass or a pad. How do I sequence things. How to build a reverb. Here I ask questions that come up in everyday life and try to answer them. You can watch the full playlist on youtube.

building a chord generator with bitwig It touches a lot of topics and unusual things. Multi note generation in the grid, output of notes from the grid, creating a note fx device (without nested instruments) and routing notes to different tracks & recording into note clips.
- 0:00 yo
- 1:28 the plan
- 2:59 lets build
- 5:36 scaling the signal
- 7:07 quantizing 8:40 offset to the root key
- 11:25 creating voices
- 13:57 quantize voices differently
- 19:43 sync to the beat
- 22:11 creating polyrhythms
- 25:24 macros for easy control
- 27:07 adding envelopes
- 31:25 saving the preset
- 32:13 leaving the grid
- 33:16 grid note out
- 36:41 creating a real note device
- 39:11 vst devices
- 40:11 make the device easy to use
- 42:58 splitting notes to individual tracks
- 46:27 remote control for rhythms
- 47:35 modulate your controls
- 48:14 shuffle and swing
- 50:02 local shuffle 51:43 velocity? mod wheel?
- 53:56 recording notes
Hardware Journey with Bitwig - music software dude discovers hardware Making music with Moog Mother 32, Behringer crave, K2, Arturia Microfreak and Korg monologue
Mid/Side Stereo Definition - Ideas to add stereo information to mono signals in Bitwig Its about defining the difference between the left and the right channel. Can cause a lot of trouble by fucking up the stereo signal but i think its still a nice technique. Let me know what you think.
Polynom - creative & unique distortion in BitwigUnique distortion and sound shaping effects is something everyone needs. Create your own devices and shape your sound with Bitwigs modular approach to devices!
Fugue Machine - using Bitwig´s Grid polyphony mode Create multiple voices, tweak each voice differently to play different patterns and sounds.
Implementing a "threshold" in the Bitwig Grid Small idea on how to implement a threshold in the Bitwig Grid, for all kinds of uses!
- 0:00 intro
- 0:52 the patch explained
- 4:44 generating gate signals
- 7:12 make the analyzing part mono
- 8:28 outro
Generative Pattern Combining in the Bitwig Studio Grid
- 0:00 intro
- 1:17 why the probabilities module wont work
- 2:41 basic concept of combining
- 3:46 the switch logic
- 5:50 the sequencing logic
- 14:12 outro
Folding Notes back to one Octave - C4 becomes C3, F1 becomes F3 and so on. Only allow one octave and transpose notes back to their key on a specific octave. Solution uses the "pitch to phase" module.
- 0:00 intro
- 1:25 the problem explained in the piano roll
- 2:24 what does the "pitch to phase" module do?
- 4:45 applying the pitch scaler
- 8:52 inverting your pitches / keyboard for fun
- 9:34 outro
Control multiple parameters with the Chebychev Module
Live Audio Pitch / Slowdown / Halftime: Turn your realtime audio upside down with two modules and this Bitwig Grid Tutorial
Breakbeat mangeling / Repeater / Breaks: Bitwig grid patch love for drum loops
Synthesis Methods in the Grid & Dynamic Oscillator Shapes I show off all important Synthesis Methods and how you can setup them easy & simple in the Grid. Also some ways to create dynamic oscillator shapes.
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:32 subtractive synthesis
- 1:07 draw wave shapes
- 3:23 modulatable custom steps mod
- 10:30 additive synthesis
- 17:44 fm/pm synthesis
- 18:25 fm/pm with the sampler
- 19:46 physical modeling / kar strong plus / comb filtering
- 22:05 granular synthesis
Generate random Soundscapes in the Grid - Endless Sounds Today I show you my new two presets where you can generate randomly new sounds & melodies. Use it for generative Ambient music or as a sound source for dance tracks.
Bastl Eurorack & Bitwig Studio - Gate & Pitch Signals from the Grid In the second video we are gonna explore the pitch & gate signal flows from bitwig to our Eurorack Döpfer oscillators.
How to make a Synth Voice Bass in the Grid - Bitwig 3.1 Chebyshev Tutorial Chebyshev is nice for creating harmonics from one sound source.
Gridwig: How to Gridnik in Bitwig with the Polygrid - Modular Tutorial for Nerds In this video, I show you how I create Bitwig Polygrids for my Gridnik videos. I try to explain my approach a bit and maybe send out one or the other creative impulse. If you have any questions about the video, please feel free to ask me.
How to create a chord progression inside the Grid of Bitwig Studio 3 How do you create a chord progression inside the Grid. Thanks for the question Den Ter!
JP-8000 Supersaw Emulation in the Grid
How to create generative music in the Grid this is probably a crappy version of the [[Bitwig Tutorials#Bitwig Grid Generative Beginner Course]] In today's video, I want to show you how to create generative rhythms, melodies and a step sequencer with randomly generated pitches in the Bitwig Grid. Blog Post
Making Music with Filter-Resonance, Noise and Key Tracking in The Grid maybe link to the "shit to gold device" non-grid tutorial
Step-Sequencer with random generated pitches In this video, I show how to create a step sequencer with infinite steps and how each step can generate random pitch information.
This is how you create a textured pad sound in the Grid with Bitwig today I'm creating a pad sound in the grid of Bitwig Studio. So I turned on the camera and Bitwig Studio and started creating a Pad Sound. I also try to improve my ability to speak fluently while building something in Bitwig. Normally I'm not so talkative when I'm sitting at the computer.
Skip Massive X and use your voice in the Bitwig Grid With this simple patch you can create sounds in shell. It works best if you try to hit the same tone as the oscillator. You also don't need an expensive microphone to use your voice as a modulation source. Try it out, it's definitely fun and to my knowledge it's not so easy to copy it in another DAW.
Pitch Tracking: Use your voice as pitch information - Bitwig Grid After my last video, I wanted to dive into pitch tracking again and show how to convert audio signals into pitch information. You can do a lot with it.
Neuro Bass with the Bitwig Grid Hello guys, today I want to show you how to create a Neuro Bass in the Grid of Bitwig. Of course, it always depends on which sound you are aiming for because there are of course many different types of basses. In this tutorial, I would like to show you a quick and easy to create a patch for Neurofunk basses.
Tape-Stop with the Bitwig Grid, how to misuse the delay and some wavetable fun today's video is about how to create a tape-stop device with Bitwig Studio 3.0. I use the delay module from the grid and some small modulations and an envelope module. I also show you how to use the Delay module to create a tape emulation. Finally, I'll answer a question: how to create and use wavetables with Bitwig Studio.
Exponential Rhythms in Bitwig Studio Make intelligent use of the Note Echo device in Bitwig to create off the Grid exponential rhythms as you saw in that awesome Mr.Bill video.
Polyrhythms & Oscillators - How to use oscillators as a clock to create unusual rhythms In this episode, I tell you about oscillators and how they can serve as clocks. Oscillators can be used in many ways and in Bitwig not only as modulation source or sound source but also for timing information.
Frequency Modulation - FM Synthesis in Bitwig Studio (modular / semi-modular) probably shit explanation

Bitwig Grid: Beginner Course

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Bitwig Grid: Generative Beginner Course

You can find it on the Blog or on a playlist on youtube
How to start in the grid, apply pitch and gate signals and how to go from synth to self running. In this tutorial I show you how to build generative patches by yourself. The whole thing is designed as easy as possible and should invite you to participate.

Beginner 1: Transform your Synths into generative Patches I often notice in conversations that the basics are not in place for everyone. That's why today we are refreshing everything from the bottom up. We start with a simple synth and turn it into something generative.
- 0:00 intro
- 0:45 how to open the grid / initial patch
- 2:19 how to play the grid as an instrument
- 2:50 what are pre-chords?
- 3:57 disable pitch pre-chord and modify the incoming pitch signal
- 5:21 using the pitch quantize module to stay in key
- 9:34 ADSR Envelope module and how it works
- 14:24 gate signal pre-chord & modifying gate signals
- 16:04 generating gate signals inside the grid / gates module
- 17:38 generating pitch signals inside the grid / pitches module
- 22:08 using the transpose module to change notes randomly
- 24:04 phase pre chord / phase in module
- 24:27 altering the phase for rhythms / bend module
- 24:53 the phase signal
- 25:36 modulating the bend module
- 26:37 wrapping up
Beginner 2: A deeper look at signals and how to fake them This video takes all this a step further, and shows how you can fake some of the signals used to generate notes and gate signals.
- 0:00 intro
- 0:33 recap from the last video
- 1:44 closer look at the signals / gate phase pitch audio signals
- 9:30 using pitch signals as gate
- 13:40 generating notes with the LFO
- 15:24 limit signals to a range / value scaler
- 18:05 disrupt signals to make them more interesting
- 23:33 phase modules
- 24:23 uni and bi polar signals
- 29:07 wrapping up / what we learned
- 32:31 making generative music is hard
Beginner 3: Modulations, Audio FX & simple Sequencing Making the patch fancy by adding modulations, fx and simple sequencing.
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:35 modulation with serial envelopes
- 5:17 sync envelope triggers to a clock
- 9:16 using external audio effects in the grid
- 13:13 internal audio effects in the grid / reverb with mod delay
- 15:56 grid reverb with all-pass devices
- 17:09 phaser in the grid with an mod delay
- 21:29 simple sequencing of grid patches & the LFO
- 24:30 make the LFO slower than 32bars
- 27:28 outro & preview

Free Bitwig Presets explained

Layer Fader - Do you miss this device in Bitwig Studio too? Fade seemlessly between FX layers & Instrument layer with just one macro / remote control.
Hard Clip - native Bitwig hard clip device (free for all) Bitwig doesnt have a real native clipper (no peak leaks), this presets works fine and uses only Bitwig devices.

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