Highlights:
Modulation and editing power everywhere, from note expression and micro-pitch to “follower” devices.
Loads of modulation devices. LFOs, envelope followers, and step sequencers can modulate any other device – something rather woefully missing in terms of native Ableton devices.
VST plug-in crash protection.
An original time-stretching algorithm.
More flexible displays, in terms of three-monitor multi-display, tabbed documents, and the ability to split arrangement and clip views.
Open multiple projects and drag and drop between them.
Rich multi-display support, up to three displays.
Open controller support, with readily-accessible scripting for MIDI controllers. (No OSC yet, though, it seems; will inquire.)
Hybrid tracks that mix audio and MIDI data freely.
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Cross-platform DAW (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)
Intuitive non-linear sequencing for the studio and beyond
Full multi-core and multi-processor support
VST 2.4 support with built-in 32/64-bit bridging and plug-in crash protection
Proprietary time-stretching technology
Multi-display support for up to 3 displays
Tabbed document interface for multiple projects open at once with drag-and-drop between them
Over 50 included devices, including conventional Instruments (Polysynth, FM-4, Organ,
Sampler and analog-style Drum Modules) and FX (Delays, Equalizers, Compressors), as well as Container devices (to build parallel instrument or effect chains), Note FX, and Modulator devices (additional controllers like LFOs and step sequencers for modulating any other device).
Unified Modulation System: Use Macro Controls, Note Expressions, LFOs, and Envelope
Followers to modulate any device parameter, including nested internal devices and even VST plug-ins
Advanced layered editing
Note and Audio expressions, including per-note Micro-Pitch Control
Dynamic Object Inspector: Select multiple notes or events and edit them together with the interactive parameter histogram, easily adding variations as you go
Automatic sample slicing to both Sampler or Drum Machine
Multiple audio events per clip: Automatically cut up samples and rearrange them on the fly in the Detail Editor
Dedicated Device Panel Mappings with color-coded knobs and buttons for an overview at a glance
Support for various MIDI controllers out of the box
Sound Content: Over one thousand presets and sounds, 3 GB of factory content:
Drum Machines (808, 909… Percussion), Acoustic Drums, multi-sampled instruments like Wurlitzer, Rhodes, Vibraphone, Marimba, Acoustic and Electric Bass, Sampled Drum and Instrument loops, Various Sound FX, and additional partner content
Open Controller API: Create and customize functionality for virtually any MIDI controller, including scripting access to nearly every feature of BITWIG STUDIO
Automation delay compensation, so your latency inducing vst's will stay in time when automated.
Об этом кажется в ближайшем топике Ableton обсуждают сейчас - компенсации в нем нет а в BitWig есть.
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В общем очевидные плюсы находим сами каждые для себя. Если в целом то Bitwig более user friendly для погружения в процесс написания своих идей. А с учетом того что разрабы прислушиваются и сидят на форумах то думаю супорт будет хорошим и у этой DAW больше будующее!
Забавно что можно будет открывать несколько проектов одновременно и перемещать между ними контент.