Bitwig Studio is a proprietary

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developed by Bitwig GmbH. Bitwig is available for

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, and

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. Bitwig is designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool for composing,

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, mixing, and mastering. It offers a suite of controls for beatmatching, crossfading, and other effects used by turntablists. Bitwig supports both traditional linear music arrangement and non-linear (clip-based) production. It has multi-monitor and touch screen support. Bitwig is notable for its strong modulation, and automation capabilities. The current stable version of Bitwig is "Bitwig Studio 4.4". In 2017, Bitwig Studio was named DAW of the year by

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History

Bitwig was founded and developed in

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by Claes Johanson, Pablo Sara, Nicholas Allen and Volker Schumacher in 2009. Since 2010, Placidus Schelbert has been the

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after he left his position as an International Sales Manager at

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, in the same year. In 2022 Bitwig GmbH was one of the main sponsors for a new

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interface, CLAP.

References

External links

Bitwig's official website
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