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Ø Shift

Bitwig Platform

Ø Shift module panel in Bitwig Grid
Ø Shift in Bitwig Grid 6.0.6.

Rotates a phase signal earlier or later by adding a wrapped offset.

What it does

Ø Shift moves every phase position by the selected Amount and wraps the result back into one cycle. Positive values advance the phase; negative values delay it. Stereo-ize applies opposite shifts to alternating stereo lanes.

Controls and ports

Control Label Official description
amount Amount Percentage to offset the phase input, with negative values shifting the signal late and positive value moving it earlier

Practical uses

  • Change oscillator start phase without altering pitch or waveform shape.
  • Offset sequencers or lookup modules relative to a shared master phase.
  • Create left/right phase separation with Stereo-ize.

Things to know

  • Shift rotates the cycle rather than changing its speed.
  • The output wraps at zero and one, so a positive shift near the end reappears near the beginning.
  • Stereo-ize alternates positive and negative offset directions between lanes.
  • An Amount of zero is the identity transform for finite valid phase.

Technical details

A high-confidence Nitro implementation candidate supports the technical summary, but the visible-module mapping remains inferred.

The confirmed phase/grid_phase_shift.nitrobin implementation expands the Shift value to alternating +shift and -shift lanes when Stereo-ize is enabled, computes x = in + shiftExpanded, and outputs x - floor(x). It is a direct stateless per-sample rotation.

Nitro port Type
in InputAudioPortType
shift InputAudioPortType
stereoize InputValuePortType
out OutputAudioPortType

Open questions

  • Measure visible Stereo-ize lane ordering, exact Amount display units, and non-finite input recovery.

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.

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Also matches: Bitwig Ø Shift module, Bitwig Grid Ø Shift, Ø Shift Grid module