I ended going to Bitwig Studio (16 tracks for now)
The main 2 reason are:
the extensive and easy routing capability that lets me use MMO
and the capability to open, use and convert Ableton Live als files
Now I am converting all my Ableton projects, but I found that some are not converted, maybe because they use more than 16 tracks, or due to other issues I still don’t know, but about 90% of my projects are in Bitwig now so I’m very happy
NOTE: Exchangins projects among DAWs is a renowned issue and generally a pain in the ass; I’ve read that Bitwig manages FL Studio files as well
Another cool feature of Bitwig Studio is the small footprint: just 150MB skipping their stuff that I don’t need
Ableton instead bombs you with various GB of mandatory stuff that are almost useless to me
Later next week I’ll post some pictures about settings and routings that I use for my workflow and plugins
I know that there are many videos around, but I don’t like them and I think other have my own opinion
The reasons why I don’t like videos:
Too many are a total waste of time, e.g. 20 minutes stuffed with rigmaroles, hum and haw, and special effects to explain 2 little concepts that could have required just one written page
They cannot be indexed, so even if you remember what video contained a part of interest and bookmarked it, but forgot to put a note on the timings, you’ll have to re-look it again YUK
Non English speakers, or slang used, so that the automatic subtitles let you understand nothing
Too fast speaking
etc. etc.
Printing articles in PDFs and indexing them with my Archivarius 3000 instead, lets me find any single word/paragraph/picture in milliseconds
Well, I am finding a lot of great features in Bitwig
for example, the plugins sandboxing is wonderful
with Ableton Live I had crashes quite often, sometimes one nanosecond before saving a nice tune , but now this is no more an issue because just the plugin is closed
And with the Bitwig flagship I was able to import 100% of my Ableton projects
clearly, ins and outs cannot be imported but rebuilding them in Bitwig is easy and can be also improved
Also these 2 MIDI FX are super useful for Scaler as you can easily filter note range and transpose up and down to get in the range of the instruments. No more MIDIPolyshure on a separate track.
Yes I have the full version
and thanks for the tips
and another bastic feature is the option to audit any MIDI fx before putting them in the track
it’s unbelievable how much betters Bitwig performs
any MIDI FX I tested so far is way better, for example the randomizator
my old DAW pales in comparison!
This doesn’t mean I dislike it: I started taddling thanks to it, but recently it started to be too limiting
my problem is while recording a few tracks with Scaler driving BBC SO Discover
I think the issue is that this combo I created is made by hybrid tracks, not regular Instrument tracks
In all other situations I agree that arming the tracks is enough to record MIDI and Audio
So now I have to understand how to convert hybrid in instrument
I’ll check deepr the BBCSO Discover template for Bitwig
The side effect of an extensive routing is that certain things are more complex
Why would you want a Hybrid track? That makes no sense. BBC is a MIDI instrument like all the other ones. You should be using Group tracks if anything. Why aren’t you using group tracks for BBC? Could you explain like I was a child exactly what you are trying to do here?
I don’t want a hybrid track: it jumped out by itself
I dropped one Scaler and one BBC SO, then I duplicated this combo 4 times, ending to have 5 Scaler for 5 BBC SO
I tried grouping but the Master track cannot see it nevertheless the routing I use
It say each BBCSO track, but not all together
if I use the BBC SO template by Spitfire instead, the whole series of 5 Racks works through a final track called Stereo mixer that is seen by the Master track and included a few effects (Compressore, EQ), but I was unable so far to reproduce that Stereo mixer track in the template I want use
Why don’t just using the BBC SO template by Spitfire?
Because it’s too much complex, and I prefer drivinf few instruments/time
I am sure there is some error in my routing, but I am unable to figure it out
What do you mean the Master can not see it? Can you post a screenshot of this session? Explain to me what you are trying to do with BBC that is different from your other tracks?
it means that the input level of the Master track and all the inputs/outputs of the other tracks are lighting in yellow when playing and recording, but after recording all the tracks are empty
BTW, I don’t have problems with my Garritan, because it has its own mixer I suppose
so at the end, the Master track sees it as a single instrument
just an idea
with the BBC SO, to have something recorded I must set one instance as an input for the Master: in this case the Master track records that audio file, at least
But the MIDIs of BBC SO tracks aren’t recorded argh
The Master input is All
the BBC SO inputs are All
the BBC SO outputs are Track > Master
, but now this is no more an issue because just the plugin is closed
bastic feature is the option to audit any MIDI fx before putting them in the track 
