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Bitwig Studio

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.

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Cost / License

  • Pay once
  • Proprietary

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Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
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Features

  1.  Live Performance
  2.  Modular System
  3.  Multiplatform
  4.  Digital Audio Workstation
  5.  Grid layout
  6.  Support for VST Plugins
  7.  Piano Roll
  8.  Audio Recording
  9.  Works Offline
  10.  Music Sequencer
  11.  Support for MIDI
  12.  Support for scripting
  13.  Music Looper
  14.  Dark Mode
  15.  Mix Music
  16.  Music Recording

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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 icon 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.

moonbrooke
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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.

David
Replying to @moonbrooke

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.

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Ranogard
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Turns out stable and user friendly audio software actually exists in Linux. Blows my mind.

the_hordes
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To me the best DAW on the market, and by far!

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To me the best DAW on the market.

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Most probably the best DAW for making electronic music because of all the modulators. And otherwise an excellent DAW.

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Specs: CPU: M1 Max Screen Size: 16" Storage: 2TB RAM: 32GB
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What is Bitwig Studio?

A dynamic software for creating and performing your musical ideas in the studio and on stage, Bitwig Studio inspires you to take greater control of your music, giving you access to every aspect of your production.

Streamline your creative process and quickly evolve your ideas into complete songs, tracks, and compositions. Record and arrange, improvise and perform, or do it all at once. Welcome to the next generation of music creation and performance software.

CPU: 64-bit dual-core or better RAM: 4GB Min Storage: 9GB Min Display: 1280 x 768 Min

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