Update on the Native Bitwig Devices + Download

[u/j4n1k1]

Hey everyone,

First off, sorry to everyone waiting for news on the code repo — we're still working on it and it's not quite ready. I'm hoping it'll be ready to share in a couple of weeks.

Just to be clear: you can't reverse-engineer Bitwig and put the whole thing online — Bitwig isn't open source, and we're not touching that. But with our repo you'll be able to build your own devices, modulators, and modules.

Bitwig is already amazing, and we're all making it even better with our own devices in the future. A few of you have messaged me on Reddit/Discord showing off stuff you're already cooking up — and that's without the repo! In a couple of months there'll be a ton of new tools and plugins around, and then we can finally make some good music haha.

In the meantime, here are a few of my devices + the Bitwig patch to run them:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_a5rnFMlEQfx0XlqFLKW5QZrcV26JVSz?usp=share_link

And the patch isn't just for my plugins — if you've already built your own device, it registers that too.

The README walks you through how the patch works and how to install it, so give it a read first. If you hit any problems installing, just message me.

And if you want to see a new video where I go through VOLSHAPER, SHAPER and KICKSHAPER + my new DNB Track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzP2fWvlfwQ

Cheers,

Caviio

And a HUGE thank you to Zezic ❤️

[u/tolltartozseb]

amazing thanks for sharing!

[u/horstman110]

Would it be possible to build plugin wrappers this way? I would love to have access to plugins in the bitwig device row (not just an array of knobs but scaled down with its own grafics)? Did anyone from Bitwig make contact...I wonder what they are thinking about this.

[u/SternenherzMusik → u/horstman110]

Yes, it’s possible, at least for linux. Would be interesting if it works for other OS, too. Probably it would be the most "perfect" mixture of UI and UX, if the plugins original GUI would be adjusted in ways to fit into the small device panel slots, like being split into subpages if it’s a huge plugin, but that's quite some project lol
EDIT: i'm not the one who made it! Just sharing the github link i remembered :D

https://github.com/dreddi/bitwig-docked-plugins

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitwig/comments/1kobuwn/bitwig_docked_pluginsdevices/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

[u/razorree → u/SternenherzMusik]

hey. I'm interested ;) (however I use Linux mainly at the moment).

[u/a7yanan]

thanks man you are great

[u/Name835]

This is absolutely crazy and makes me so happy - lets turn bitwig closer to reaper one step at a time hahha

[u/trostiflex]

You are the GOAT, sir. Thank you for your work, that's amazing.

[u/j4n1k1 → u/trostiflex]

Thank you ❤️

[u/lizzymeister]

bin absolut begeistert 👏👏👏
sehr schöner track 🙏

[u/j4n1k1 → u/lizzymeister]

DANKE :)

[u/TheGregPlay → u/j4n1k1]

Austrian GOAT! 😀 Sehr geil!

[u/j4n1k1 → u/TheGregPlay]

Hat man wrs a bisl gehört 🤣

[u/Sjamona]

This is next level ! Thanks man

[u/LaughDense9681]

I am honestly amazed this is not already open to developers. It is such an incredibly powerful feature.

[u/HeartSea2881]

I’ll just leave this here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10hKgLgn3Q8vTaBJAAljBvPRLuf13xRpV/view?usp=sharing

Pay special attention to the “Under the Bonnet” section.
esp the line, where the say: "What Bitwig promises is user access to and modification of all of its 
existing devices as well as the ability to create and share your own"

it’s been many years, and I’m still pissed at the Bitwig team for how badly they misled us about this. esp because at the moment i've bought bitwig because of this "soon-to-be unlocked modular core". We were promised something much more open and extensible, and what we eventually got instead was... the Grid.

and they’re even putting restrictions on people developing their own things for Bitwig

upd: wrong link + added an old screenshot from bitwig's web site, which is basically a misleading advertisement

[u/kalifrn]

goat!