Bitwig Studio 5: The Browser - Deep Dive!
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- This video tutorial dives into the new browser introduced in Bitwig Studio 5:
0:00 Intro & how the browser looked in Bitwig 4
1:40 Bitwig 5 browser basics
3:59 Sources vs. Filters
9:25 Smart Collections
12:34 Fixed Collections / Favorites
15:30 Snapshots
16:40 Key Commands
18:28 Browser Contexts
19:35 Browser Panel
Really great tut thank you so much! I learned a lot. This thing was driving me crazy!!
Thank you very much, Jurgen. This was very insightful, Bitwig's browser is so powerful but also so confusing. Thanks for showing all the details and tricks to make our lives easier.
After a brief migraine and some getting used to it, I find the new browser to be clearly better than the old one. Good video, thank you.
Very helpful tutorial. Thank you!
Thanks a lot.I just started using Bitwig and your video helps me a lot to understand everything .
Thank you Jürgen for this useful video! 😉
Thanks for the deep dive Jurgen, this is pretty amazing. Can't help thinking they make some obscure interface choices, but I can see it can be remarkably powerful! Bit like Bitwig in general really 😅
Thank you for this great video. It really adds value for me! Bitwig has been my main DAW for a good half year (coming from Logic and Studio One) and is by far the best DAW for me when it comes to hybrid setups. My hardware and software literally merge here... Bitwig 5 may not be a super big update, but I find the new browser - especially after your great video - super exciting (especially the hint with the key commands).
Thank you! I also love Bitwig for the hardware integration!
The core idea is great. Just needs some adjustments over time, which i think the team will do.
The 1st beta was really bad, but in 5.0.1 it feels really good now. Looking at the old one feels already a bit dated.
Oh nice! I am a heavy keyboard shortcut user and always look for those accessibility features. The old browser hat some obstacles where you were stuck at a certain point. This Browser looks very promising I would love if Bitwig integrated some search functions as text .. like "!k" for searching for kind or "!c" for searching for category and so on ..but i am already happy what you showed and maybe not to have use the mouse to add something from the library. Thank you very much 🌻
Thanks for the kind words, Odo!
They sorted out being able to freely order your own collections, which is the main thing I care about
Thanks for the video! I'm still very frustrated by the new browser. There were a few improvements made, but nothing makes up for what we lost imo. Well, the key commands are cool :)
There is something for everyone 😂
From a design point of view I don't think the new browser is better objectively. It's less overwhelming having the nested lists and if you simply just want to open up and find your instrument its quick and easy. I'm going to wait until the next point release to update on my main but, this browser requires a bit of getting used to and fine tuning, good design would mean you wouldn't need to do that haha.
Correct. I set it up to work like an old one. Fortunately you can do this through remember function when adding new instruments, fx, note fx etc. I like many of us don’t need to have a log list mixture of presets and devices and instruments.
Yeah for sure. The remember function has existed since the old browser, but never needed to use it and now most people have to!
Vibrasphere in your folders
my main issue with the new browser is that it's mostly a black useless area. I know I can resize it, and I've done that. But that should be by default and for some reason it forgets after a while.
Is there a way to use a key command to jump between results windows? Such as my folders are on top and the samples within it are below, is there a way to shift focus between these 2 windows without having to click with the mouse? Thanks for all your videos
I am not sure which areas you are exactly talking about but normally tree navigation works with cursor keys.
I have the same question, is it possible to switch the window focus between the left and right window without the mouse click.
@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE Open the Bitwig settings and go to Shortcuts. Type "Browser" in the search field. You will see all gazillion possible shortcuts of the browser which you can also customize.
it is a great broswer. I think it just needs one shortcut or button to quickly reset all filters.
Yes, I fully agree! Furthermore, I would like to pin Snapshots!
are collections now limited or why is there no name shown, just the colored dot.
in the old browser i had collections for all my plugins nicely sorted, like all delays, all reverbs etc.
can i still have that ?
Good point. You currently see it only if you hover over a quick source or if you open the tab with the Collections. I hope that the icons can be configured in the future.
You can find your collections in the location menu.
I sort stuff in collections like you do. I like the v5 browser more because I can have grid patches and presets in the same collections as devices. So if I have the Filters collection I can add there grid filter patches. That was not possible before.
@@CuriousPassenger so there is no limitation to collections like in ableton just 1 of every color? that would be neat
It categories my pluck sounds as strings... How in the world can i change that?
You mean the category is Pluck but shows up in Strings? Please report to Bitwig support.
How comes it keeps defaulting back to a particular size! Does my head in 😂
Do you mean the size of the overall browser? This was broken in the Betas but works fine for me in the final 5.0.
@@mossgraber yeah. I think its maybe the way i have ui. I like it quite large (175%) cos my eyes are a bit dodgy. This seems to mess the ui up a bit, like opening the righthand browser, it goes off the bottom of the screen. I'll try the update, but I think probably 175 % ui is the problem. Thanks for the controller updates 👍
What is it "Testing One Two" ? at 05:40 thanks
Don't see anything like this at 5:40. What do you mean?
@@mossgraberhaha at 05:42 in your "Collections". And it is shown on your "Quick Sources" as an icon. It made me curious. It looks like a Launchpad in grey coulours.
Ein problem das ich habe ist das der popup browser sehr lange braucht um die effekte oder plugins zu laden. Weist du woran das liegen konnte?
Did the indexing finish (is there a spinning wheel in the Bitwig title bar)? If yes, please contact Bitwig support.
@@mossgraber I will check it. Thank you.
Merci
okay this has potential not here to disparage. but is there no way for me to create my own categories? I want to create a FET, Tube, Optical, and vca. im 18 minutes in did i miss it lol?
Look at Smart Collections, Fixed Collections or Favorites. You can name them to whatever you like.
@@mossgraber thank you!
People try something new for 5 minutes, don't understand it as well as the thing they used for 5 years, and immediately call it "garbage".
And that are the nice ones 😁
worse is yet to come - 'modulate the browser' 🙄
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My name is my name
Cool video
No I don't think this browser is an improvement, not intuitive, too complicated and I don't like the icons on the left without text. Bitwig should have an optional setting to set the browser back to v4
BITWIG DAMAGE CONTROL!
How convenient that multiple UA-camrs happen to make propaganda video on Bitwig Browser in the same day!
How about talk about how the Developers have lied about Bitwig since inception of Bitwig
1) The Grid is not the Modular System of pre-V1 screens
2) mseg is old, Ableton has had Envelopes forever.
3)V1-5 gui is always changing
4) basic so called "features" should have been in V1
Carrot on a Stick,
NPC Bitwig Fangirls will keep sucking off Bitwig for all the vileness of the developers
Absolutely hideous piece of junk this new browser. Old one was simple, straightforward and free of clutter. New one confusing, cluttered and many people anyway set it up to work like old one. So what was the point to waste so many working hours for something was working fine? Community was asking them to improve on so many things. And I can imagine they sit down in their office and was like: let’s change something working and no one ask to change! Good idea. 🤦♂️
PS I know people will say I just don’t understand. Just read above. It was working great and 95% percent of users will tweak new browser to work just like old did. So waste of time, money and opportunity to bring to the table something bitwig crying for to be changed.
i always found the old browser limiting - why was there no way to select a device and then switch to presets for it. Now it's only a right-arrow away. The collections and smart-searches work just the same way and can be accessed quicker. everything that changes habits is painful in the beginning, you're clinging to the past.