Button

A clickable, latched logic source that outputs either unipolar 0/1 states or bipolar -1/+1 states.

What it does #

Button stores its current on/off state and changes it when you click the control. In normal mode the off and on states are 0 and 1; Bipolar changes the off state to -1 while keeping the on state at +1. Optional labels identify the two states without changing the signal.

Controls and ports #

Control	Label	Official description
gate	Gate	Clickable toggle for setting logic output state
bipolar	Bipolar	Uses an output of '-1' when the button is off (instead of zero)
on_text	On Label (text)	Optional text displayed when toggle is on
off_text	Off Label (text)	Optional text displayed when toggle is off

Practical uses #

• Create a manual enable, bypass, mute, or A/B switch inside a patch.
• Hold a static Boolean state for logic networks without needing an external controller.
• Use Bipolar mode when the same two-state control should select negative and positive modulation values.

Things to know #

• Button is latched, not momentary: it keeps its state after the mouse is released.
• Bipolar mode changes the off value from 0 to -1; this is a signal change, not merely a display option.
• The optional on/off labels are cosmetic and do not affect the output.
• Using an abrupt logic state directly on an audio path can create a click.

Technical details #

No Nitro implementation has been confirmed for this visible module. The behavior is described conservatively from module metadata and editorial research.

Let the stored state be s in {0, 1}. Unipolar mode outputs y = s; Bipolar mode outputs y = 2s - 1. The installed control metadata establishes this visible contract, but no dedicated executable Nitro mapping has yet been confirmed.

Open questions #

• Confirm whether the stored state is restored with the patch and whether any smoothing is applied to the output transition.

Version and sources #

Checked against Bitwig Studio 6.0.6. This page combines Bitwig's module metadata, the existing Grid course and guides, and Nitro analysis where the mapping is strong enough to support a technical statement.

Related material #

• Grid Modules course reference
• Bitwig Logic Modules - Practical Uses for Logic Operators in Modular Patching

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