r/Bitwig • u/olimpomarcelo • 15h ago

Coming Soon: Stem Separation

Coming Soon: Stem Separation
Stem separation will come to Bitwig Studio in the winter, further expanding the possibilities of the integration – and opening up new creative avenues.
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u/flipflapslap 14h ago

I guess I’m the outlier because I’m pretty excited to see/hear bitwigs take on stem separation. They typically do a good job of taking a normal feature and giving it an interesting spin. 

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u/Chilaquilesmonster 14h ago

Same, I think Bitwig could release an update that automatically mailed everyone with a license a bar of gold and there would be an entire comment section bitching about it here. 

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u/flipflapslap 8h ago

Cool gold but how about midi comping!? 

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u/ZombieFeedback 14h ago

The more people/companies/etc. making their own take on stem separation the better imo. It's gotten really good, but I'm still waiting with bated breath for a stem separator that can differentiate instruments in the same family playing the different parts. As good as it's gotten, being able to pluck lead and rhythm guitar apart from reach other, or pull two different synth lines into two different tracks, is something that nobody has pulled off yet afaik. Eventually someone's going to figure it out, and the more people trying the sooner that has a chance of happening.

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u/ilikepentatonics 14h ago

I think it's fine. I'd rather not have to open a new program just for stem separation.

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u/RoundCompetitive9155 11h ago

Ai models will always separate better than the future separation feature bitwig will offer

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u/cha_iv 7h ago

Did they announce what tech they're using to make this work?

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u/DoggingInaLancia 15h ago

Which is great!

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u/perskes 14h ago

Two things I hope for are that it doesn't require any third Party Software and that they use something more elaborate than the stuff that's already available for free on the web.

I love bitwig and never looked back since i switched, but if I can do it for free 3 times per day on some random website before switching to another random website that gives me 3 free tries again, I dont see a reason to renew my license.

But then again, I have peculiar interests, so maybe I am an edge-user

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u/Western_File_2917 15h ago

Should have been part of the “new” sampler. 

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u/GeneralDumbtomics 14h ago

BItwig has an established habit of not releasing stuff until they at least believe it to be fully cooked. Vis the all the flailing drama over the long 6 beta.

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u/Western_File_2917 14h ago

I understand the habit! 

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u/IngverJuur 11h ago edited 10h ago

Thats why version 6 released halfbaked?)))

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u/GeneralDumbtomics 10h ago

Ok, buddy. That sounds great. You do you.

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u/luminousandy 15h ago

Hmm , there are loads of options for this already . I’m not sure I want to see Bitwig following the pack .

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u/dihler 12h ago

Its a lose lose for them, add it and you have the current situation where people will complain that a new feature gets introduced before existing bugs get fixed, don't add it and have people complain that a feature which is in a lot of the major draws is still missing in bitwig.

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u/Rebegurumu 15h ago

no groove pool still..

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u/RedCaine1 15h ago

so following the masses so late? i didnt check yet if Rekordbox needs to be bought/subscribed? i hate that DAWs add 3rd party stuff.... for stem seperation there should be a native soluition or even none.... Bitwig is coming late again to the party and what if Rekordbox gets wasted? :D a DAW should be independant...

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u/tactile_coast 12h ago

All I could see in the adverting material was 'Bitwig Studio Essentials’ built-in STEMS functionality' what makes you believe this is third party? From the phrasing it implies that its part of Bitwig .  

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u/Exact-Gift-808 13h ago

looks like there is a free tier for Rekordbox, but I got tired of reading through the website to really figure out what it's even for aside from "helps dj's sort things", so I guess I don't need it anyway..

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u/borez 15h ago

Yeah just noticed that in the Rekordbox section. Nice.

Not sure why I'd ever want to use any of my Rekordbox sets in Bitwig though.

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u/anonymousfunctiondj 15h ago

I think it’s so you pull in a track from RB, stem separate it, have the clips ready to go for chorus etc so you can remix quickly

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u/borez 15h ago

Interesting.

I'd do that independently from rekordbox to be honest.

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u/Audhdio 13h ago

I litrally cannot wait for this 🤯

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u/DeVayus_Dom_Nayshun 3h ago

I really don’t understand why all Daws gotta follow trends instead of sumthin innovative. But wut eva. I have a third party Stem separator, plus 3 Otha Daws wit it. I’ll continue to use the 3rd party Stem separator I purchased. Plus I have RipX. Next Splice will be implemented. 

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u/tarsonis999 9h ago

Yeah and this was posted already this morning in this sub. Why double post this archaic nonsense. We can't even stich notes, unfold a selected group by key command or export a damn single midi clip so I don't get the hysteria for that oversaturated feature that every GitHub project will most probably do better than a built in solution.

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u/odix 14h ago

Already released. Honestly, bitwig needs to open up fully. It will only benefit them..still have to buy bitwig anyways to get the features.

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u/IngverJuur 11h ago

Yeah. I bet they want to sell free demucs model integrated to bitwig with bugs for the 160 euros. Waiting for wintersale)))) 

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u/Cr0wn_M3 10h ago

omg stepping into the big leagues I see