10.6.4 (Bitwig 3.2.5+)

• Requires Bitwig 3.2.5+
• Push
  • Fixed: Grid resolution could not be changed in drum modes

10.6.3 (Bitwig 3.2.5+)

• Requires Bitwig 3.2.5+
• All devices
  • Fixed: Raindrop sequencer did crash if more measures than 32 or 32 with 1/32t and 1/32 were used. The later issue is fixed and the first issue get blocked (only 32 measures get filled).
  • Fixed: Drum 4 / Drum 8 - setting note length on the grid was broken
• Akai Fire
  • New: Displays the number of the edit page when switching to the previous/next.
  • Fixed: Crash in browser when select knob was released.
• Launchpad
  • New: Updated documentation images
  • New: Added fixed accent option to the settings
  • New: Fixed accent can be toggled with the yellow pad in the right upper corner of the shift mode
• Push 2
  • Fixed: Long press delay was about double the time as with Push 1

10.6.2 (Bitwig 3.2.5+)

• Requires Bitwig 3.2.5+
• Akai Fire
  • New: Shift + Scene: Selects the scene without starting it.
  • New: Selecting or starting a scene shows its' name in the display.
• Launchpad
  • New: Display the track number and name on track selection.
  • New: Display the function of the selected row in Mix mode.
  • New: Drum mode 4 and 8 move in steps of 4 and 8 up and down so that now all sounds can be reached.
  • Fixed: Not all selected modes were displayed in Bitwig and some names showed Session.
  • Fixed: Mix view was canceled when track selection changed.
  • Fixed: Long pressing a pad in a fader mode caused the selection of a track.
• Push
  • New: Drum mode 4 and 8 move in steps of 4 and 8 up and down so that now all sounds can be reached. The previous selection with Shift + Scene was removed.
  • New: Note Repeat + Scene - Change note repeat period
  • New: Shift + Note Repeat + Scene - Change note repeat note length

10.6.1 (Bitwig 3.2.5)

• Requires Bitwig 3.2.5+
• APC40MkII
  • New: Scene buttons are lit in the color of the scene.
• Akai Fire
  • Fixed: Ghost notes could appear when quickly editing pitches in the sequencer and create a new clip.
  • Fixed: Removed session flip option, which did crash.
  • Fixed: Also prevent deletion of note in sequencer when knob was touched but not turned.
• Komplete Kontrol MkI
  • Fixed: Interpretation of knob speed was wrong.
• Push
  • Fixed: Mapped User Parameters did not show their name and value.

10.6 (Bitwig 3.2.5)

• Requires Bitwig 3.2.5+
• APC40 / APC40MkII
  • Fixed: Insert device before / after current from Shift mode did crash.
  • Fixed: APC40: Shift+Stop All Clips did open the browser to insert before the device instead of replacing the current.
• Akai Fire
  • New: Shift + Stop - Toggle clip automation write
  • New: Alt + Stop - Toggle arranger automation write
• OSC
  • New: Added equalizer commands (uses first EQ+ device on a track)
    • /eq/... - All values/commands available for /device
    • /eq/add - Add an EQ+ device as the last device on the track
    • /eq/type/{1-8} - Set/get the band type (off, lowcut, lowshelf, bell, highcut, highshelf, notch)
    • /eq/freq/{1-8} - Set/get the frequency of the n-th band
    • /eq/gain/{1-8} - Set/get the gain of the n-th band
    • /eq/q/{1-8} - Set/get the q-factor of the n-th band
  • New: Added example Open Stage Control template for equalizer control
• Push 2
  • Fixed: Some device icons were not correct

10.5 (Bitwig 3.2.5)

• Requires Bitwig 3.2.5+
• All devices
  • New: Improved lookup of drum machine device for drum sequencers.
  • New: Only create the device monitors which are necessary for the specific extension.
  • New: Improved synchronization of device and Bitwig browser. If the browser is opened in Bitwig, it will open as well on the device (if browsing is supported on the device).
• APCMini
  • New: Long press a pad in session mode to select the clip without starting it.
• APC40 / APC40MkII
  • New: Long press a pad in session mode to select the clip without starting it.
  • New: Tempo is displayed on grid when tempo is changed.
  • New: APC40: Tap Tempo + Cue Level changes tempo.
  • Fixed: APC40: Shift+Stop All Clips did not open the browser.
  • Fixed: Browser mode was not cancelled when browser was close in Bitwig.
• Akai Fire
  • New: Long press a pad in session mode to select the clip without starting it.
  • Fixed: Drum sequencer crashed when changing note length on the grid.
  • Fixed: Note in sequencer could not be deleted if its' pitch was changed.
• Launchpad
  • New: Long press a pad in session mode to select the clip without starting it.
  • Fixed: Modes could only be activated once (non-pro models)
• Novation SLMkIII
  • New: Long press a pad in session mode to select the clip without starting it.
  • New: The lightguide displays the scale notes. The scale can be selected in the document settings.
  • New: The lightguide can be turned off in the settings.
• Push
  • New: Long press a pad in session mode to select the clip without starting it.
  • Fixed: Temporarily activating session mode did only work for starting clips but not for starting scenes.
  • Fixed: Longpressing a pad in Drum 4 mode to edit the note did not work.
  • Fixed: Add Device/Effect did call Replace effect instead of Insert.

10.2 (Bitwig 3.2)

• Requires Bitwig 3.2+
• All devices
  • New: All settings are now documented in the manual.
• Akai APC40
  • New: The cursor keys can now be used in the browser mode: Left/right select the previous/next tab. Up/Down select the previous/next result.
• Akai Fire
  • New: Pressing Select knob toggles the window of the current device.
• Generic Flexi
  • New: Option to execute one of 8 Actions.
• MCU
  • New: Added option - include FX and master tracks in track bank
  • New: Added option - pin FX tracks to last device
  • New: Footswitches and Functions keys can now execute an Action. Select Action from the list, then select the Action from the list below.
  • New: Option to disable Master VU (iCON extension)
  • Fixed: New function did not work
• OSC
  • New: Updated the Open Stage Control template for Open Stage Control 1.0.0. VU meters are now gray if track is muted.
  • New: /action/{1-8}/ to execute 8 different Actions.
  • Fixed: /automationWriteMode was broken
  • Fixed: /click/ticks did always toggle and was not documented
• Push
  • Fixed: Device and Parameter navigation was broken

10.1 (Bitwig 3.2)

• Requires Bitwig 3.2+
• All devices
  • Fixed: Replaced a special # character (e.g. from Diatonic Transposer) with the normal ASCII #.
  • Fixed: Prevent to display identical on-screen messages
• APCmini
  • Fixed: Scene buttons were not lit
  • Fixed: Drum sequencer crashed
• Komplete Kontrol MKI
  • Fixed: Several crashes when activating Scale due to not configured colors
  • Fixed: Light guide did not work correctly when keyboard was transposed
• MCU
  • New: use faders as knobs and Marker mode functions display their state on the screen if toggled.
  • Fixed: Do not select tracks on fader touch if use faders as knobs is active.
• Maschine Mk3
  • New: Channel - Insert a new instrument channel (was File)
  • New: Stop + Channel - Insert a new audio channel
  • New: File - Saves the project (was Stop + File)
  • New: Page left / right moves to the previous/next clip on the selected track (moved the scene page before)
  • New: Stop + Page left / right moves to the previous/next clip page
  • New: Stop + Volume - Toggles VU meter display
  • New: Scale and Note Repeat settings are displayed and can be edited with knobs
• Mikro Mk3
  • New: In track and parameter selection modes the selected tracks/parameters blink.
• Maschine Mk3 / Mikro Mk3
  • New: Play mode is now accessed by pressing Keyboard. Press again for play configuration mode.
  • New: Drum mode is now accessed by pressing Pad Mode. Press again for drum configuration mode.
  • New: Activating Step provides a step sequencer for the currently selected drum machine cell or the last played note if Keyboard is active. Follow button provides grid resolution setting and page selection.
  • New: Chord button enables chords in play mode. Note of pad adds 2 thirds on top.
  • New: Stop + Rec - Start recording a clip in the currently selected (empty) slot
  • New: Sequential up is now the default play layout
  • New: Erase - Does no longer trigger Undo. Use Stop + Pad 1 instead.
  • New: To change bank pages turn the encoder and keep the related button pressed (scenes - Scene, clips - Pattern, tracks - Select, Solo or Mute))
  • New: In the parameter selection (Variation button) use the top row pads to switch devices and parameter pages. The parameter pads are now colored in the Bitwig parameter colors
  • New: Stop + Pad 1 (Undo) - Undo
  • New: Stop + Pad 2 (Redo) - Redo
  • New: Stop + Pad 5 (Quantize) - Quantizes the selected MIDI 100%
  • New: Stop + Pad 6 (QUANTIZE 50%) - Quantizes the selected MIDI 50%
  • New: Stop + Pad 9 (CLEAR) - Deletes all MIDI notes from the selected MIDI clip
  • New: Stop + Pad 13 (SEMITONE -) - Transpose the selected MIDI clip a semitone down
  • New: Stop + Pad 14 (SEMITONE +) - Transpose the selected MIDI clip a semitone up
  • New: Stop + Pad 15 (OCTAVE -) - Transpose the selected MIDI clip an octave down
  • New: Stop + Pad 16 (OCTAVE +) - Transpose the selected MIDI clip an octave up
  • New: Keep Fixed Vel pressed and turn the encoder to change the fixed accent value
  • New: Pressing Stop flushes the whole state (display / buttons) to the device. This helps when you switch to MIDI mode and the DAW state changed meanwhile, since there is no way to get the information that the user switches to MIDI mode.
  • New: Auto - Toggle write arranger automation.
  • New: Shift + Auto - Toggle write clip launcher automation.
  • New: Lock - Toggle arranger overdub.
  • New: Shift + Lock - Toggle clip launcher overdub.
  • Fixed: Sequential ^ and Sequential > scale layout were using 8 not 4 pads
  • Fixed: Auto and Lock buttons did not respect the setting "Flip arranger and clip record / automation"
• Novation SLMkIII
  • Fixed: Renamed remote control parameters changed to the original name when switching from devices to parameters mode.

10.0 (Bitwig 3.2)

• Requires Bitwig 3.2+
• The manual has now a known issues sesction
• New: Support for Akai Fire
  • Note: The display update of the Akai Fire is very slow on Macos and makes it nearly unusable
• New: Support for Native Instruments Maschine Mk3
• Akai APC40 / APC40mkII
  • Fixed: User mode did not work
• Maschine Mikro
  • New: Show more on-screen notifications (Tap Tempo, Fixed Velocity, value change speed)
  • New: Stop + Pad Mode - Selects the previous base note of the scale.
  • New: Stop + Keyboard - Selects the next base note of the scale.
  • New: Stop + Chords - Selects the previous note layout.
  • New: Stop + Step - Selects the next note layout.
  • New: Stop + Plug-In - Toggle the window (if any) of the selected device (if any).
  • New: Sampling - Brings up the Slice to Drum Machine dialog.
  • New: Stop + Sampling - Bring up the Slice to Multi-sample dialog.
  • New: Auto - Toggle write arranger automation.
  • New: Stop + Auto - Toggle write clip launcher automation.
  • New: Lock - Toggle arranger overdub.
  • New: Stop + Lock - Toggle clip launcher overdub.
  • New: Stop + Projects - Save the project.
  • New: Tap - Tap Tempo
  • New: Stop + Tap - Toggle metronome
  • Fixed: FX and Master track were missing in Select, Solo and Mute modes
• Push 2
  • New: Increased text size of list elements
• SL MkIII
  • Fixed: Updated MIDI port lookup names on Macos

9.10 (Bitwig 3.2 Beta 8)

• Requires Bitwig 3.2 Beta 8
• Known Issues with Bitwig 3.2 Beta 8
  • OSC User parameters are broken
  • User Parameters cannot be reset
• Launchpad
  • New: Support for Launchpad Pro Mk3
  • New: Drum sequencers use the colors of the drum pads of the drum machine device
  • New: Pads which show states in Shift mode are lit brighter when enabled (Play, Record, Metronome, ...)
  • New: Shift+Delete: Toggle Repeat (was Shift+Duplicate)
  • New: Shift+Duplicate: Doubles the clips content
  • New: Simulator layout is now closer to the specific Launchpad model
  • New: In Shift mode, cursor up or down enters the tempo mode. In Tempo mode you can change the tempo with the cursor keys.
  • New: In Shift mode, cursor left or right enters the shuffle mode. In Shuffle mode you can change the shuffle amount with the cursor keys.
  • New: Added record quantization setting (Shift+Quantise)
• Push
  • New: Drum sequencers use the colors of the drum pads of the drum machine device