

Bitwig Studio
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Bitwig Studio is a multi-platform music-creation system for production, performance and DJing, with a focus on flexible editing tools and a super-fast workflow.
Cost / License
- Pay once
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Features
Bitwig Studio News & Activities
Highlights All activities
Recent News
- Mauricio B. Holguin published news article about Bitwig Studio
- David published news article about Bitwig Studio
Recent activities
- Juan Anderson liked Bitwig Studio
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TheVibeCoder AI added Bitwig Studio as alternative to Clip Craft
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Featured in Lists
Freedom-Respecting Apps for Creatives
Like my previous list, this is to help people switch to Linux and Open Source. This time, the focus is on creative professionals and hobbyists: artists, musicians, writers, etc.
Not all apps and services listed will be open source or even free (as in free beer), but they will at the very least be either freedom-respecting or non-subscription-based. The simple rule is: once it requires an account (email, phone number, etc.) to use it, then it will be placed after the ones I actually recommend.
Of course, there will be a few exceptions, but these are ONLY to point out that even big, well-known software is available on Linux as well. These exceptions will be at the end of each section.
Each section lists my recommendations in order of best (in my opinion) to good enough. In most cases, proprietary and non-freedom-respecting app/services will be last in each category, except for Obsidian, which is proprietary but respects your freedom and privacy. If you don't like my choices, click on the app to search for alternatives right here on this website. Convenient.
Note: This list was originally started as an unfinished thread I was writing. A very long one that goes into more than just alternatives, but also why you should use them — like protecting democracy and freedom, how your tax dollars should be spent, how important open source is in our digital age, etc.
Here is that unfinished thread: https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wip-how-to-tell-if-you-can-switch-to-linux-software-alternatives/58912#p-574301-creators-31
Lastly, the Linux operating systems (or distros) are at the end of the list because no matter which you choose, the majority of these apps can be installed on Windows, and can certainly be installed on any of the distros.
Music Comp
Digital Audio, Creation and Conversion.
Installed on my M1 Max MacBook
Specs:
CPU: M1 Max
Screen Size: 16"
Storage: 2TB
RAM: 32GB












Comments and Reviews
Bitwig Studio is a professional-grade digital audio workstation that works on Linux, Windows, and macOS, with a 10 GB sound library included. The workflow resembles
Ableton Live. If you're considering switching to Linux, but haven't yet found a top-shelf Linux-compatible DAW, Bitwig Studio is your answer.
In my experience this is the best DAW I've used on Linux. Looks good, stable, and lots of included contents out of the box. Unfortunately, the pricing kinda sucks. $399 and only include 12-month of free updates. Then $169 for 12-month upgrade plan. There are other good DAWs for Linux such as Ardour/Mixbus/LMMS/Reaper but unfortunately they're either don't come with many contents (instruments/samples), unstable, or not very intuitive.
Studio One also recently released Linux version, although it's still in beta.
It is as a PKGBUILD on AUR package on https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bitwig-studio, as a deb package on https://www.bitwig.com/dl/Bitwig%20Studio/5.2.7/installer_linux/ and as a flatpak on https://flathub.org/apps/com.bitwig.BitwigStudio. And flatpak is a universal package manager for Linux, so it is not only for Ubuntu.
I use Bitwig Studio on an Arch-based OS and I love the idea of being cross-platform between the three big OS's (Windows, macOS, Linux).
I feel like FL Studio is a bit more intuitive but I haven't used so much both.
Turns out stable and user friendly audio software actually exists in Linux. Blows my mind.
To me the best DAW on the market, and by far!
To me the best DAW on the market.
Most probably the best DAW for making electronic music because of all the modulators. And otherwise an excellent DAW.