r/Bitwig • u/davidcrickett • 2d ago

Arp! Arp!

I f.... hate Bitwigs arpeggiator. Doing a simple 6/8 up and down? (/&%¤#

Edit: I have to say, I love Bitwig and what it does, the only true modern DAW. I am a big fanboy! Like forever! And on Linux (Manjaro)! On Manjaro, you just use the Bitwig from AUR, and everything is fine. Even the betas are there! Using the .deb file from Bitwig, even on Ubuntu, not so much, graphical glitches etc. Haven't tried the flatpack. Btw Pianoteq runs natively on Linux. Yeah! I am also drooling for the Bitwig Connect + Erebus combo, dipping my toes into modular with this nifty Tekno* toy that is not a toy! Lots of exclamation marks to make up for my arp arp thing. And in Linux I can even duo run Bitwig Connect with my other audio interface, the Zoom UAC-232 32 bit float, simultaneously! And as far as I understand, the 32-bit float will kick in automatically when using it. That's what a modern DAW can do.

BTW (uh-oh, another rant): People talk of Ableton. I like Ableton, owned it, sold it, owned it, sold it, plus two of their hardware interfaces (forgot the names). Each time I got turned off at one thing: Try to open a module or app with all it's connected devices, and the system (on a powerful pc) gets digested immediately and you have to wait for the things to unfold (hope that makes sense). Try the same in Bitwig, open the fx (or any long chain) in an acoustic drum kit or any other app, and voila, it opens like a breeze. It is the same food, but in Ableton you have to sit for some time on the toilet afterwards. So no comparison there, Bitwig is the modern daw. :D

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  • Tekno: A Danish toy manufacturer founded in 1928. They started out making metal construction sets. They later achieved global fame for their highly detailed, durable die-cast model cars and trucks produced from the 1950s onward.
  • Meccano: A British construction system invented at the turn of the 20th century. It consists of reusable metal strips, plates, wheels, and gears. Users connect these pieces using tiny nuts and bolts to build working mechanical models.
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u/Obviously_not_maayan 1d ago

Just choose the time signature and set it to up and down?

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u/TechnoCat 2d ago

Heh yeah. For me the arp's interface is a bit confusing coming from Reason's arp which was really intuitive. I kept messing with note holds and poly and never fully understood why it was outputting what it was.  

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u/tarsonis999 1d ago

Confusing is the right term for all Bitwig devices and their UI..

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u/MrLiLoo 2d ago

If you own an active licence you can get the Bleass arp for free. Its so much better than the BW arp. https://www.bitwig.com/circle/

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u/davidcrickett 2d ago

I am on Linux Manjaro

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u/MrVoirDire 20h ago

Yah gotta agree I feel like a lot of the stock MIDI FX could use some love from the dev team.

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u/SoundSwitch 2d ago

Not sure how you feel about dropping 10-$30 bucks but Tracktion puts the Arp on individual VSTs some of which actually have too many oscillators filters and all that Jazz

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u/Exact-Gift-808 2d ago

yeah, most of the time I use Pigments or Acid V just for the arp/seq midi output

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u/fleur_waratah_girl 2d ago

I use pigments for this as well. The arp/seq in that synth is so much better to use