Ableton Forum

Hello,
it would be nice, if Ableton features Layered MIDI editing, where you can see the other midi tracks as shadows in the background and where you can edit multiple tracks at once! also the audio as shadow in the background. It is nice for composers who work with chords and make voicings!

This actually a very cool feature on fl studio, it's called ghost channels. Not sure how it would look on Ableton tho.

Something like this?

Also clip based layered editing and the possibility to decide which MIDI tracks I want so see or which I want to see AND edit!

alb13:

What is that? Concept design?

Funmichi wrote:Stuff like this and many more, which Ableton cant do, will be available within Bitwig! I will buy it, because Ableton hasnt all these possibilities.
Things like Modulating everything with everything in a fast manner

You can do this in Ableton, and if you couple it with the options afforded by Max for Live, it's almost an overkill of modulation possibilities.

plugin crash protection

I'm not sure what this is?

Arranger Clip Launger

This is a nifty feature, but I personally have no issues with toggling windows. And, now that you can float the windows separately, you can basically set this up by resizing the windows. Also, investing in a separate monitor for dual-monitor production in the studio is great. When playing live, I don't go into the arrange window anyway.

Hybrid Tracks

Maybe I just don't get it, but what is the purpose of this?

32&64 Bit VST support

But no AU support?! Nearly 100% of the plugins I use have updated to 64 bit by this point anyway, but no AU support is a huge deal for me.

working via LAN

would be cool, but it hasn't been implemented yet. I can sync my projects with multiple computers with midi clock after a little setup.

also, https://www.ableton.com/en/articles/syn ... r-network/

and all inside a full modular system like Reaktor!

This is another feature they're promising to include in the future, so at this point the greatness of it is all speculation. Meanwhile, Ableton has Max for Live.

The coolest unique feature Bitwig has as far as I can see is the ability to pitch bend individual notes. I'm not going to buy a new DAW just for that one feature, but it would be great if Ableton would bring that feature in. Competition is good because it keeps developers on top of matching the features, like how Logic has finally gotten Flex mode and Midi FX (which they basically lifted directly from Ableton).

Bitwig is a lot of promise that "eventually this will be great!" features, but at the moment you can't even create track groups? Is there a feature like the audio effect rack chains? Is there anything like ClyphX scripting functions at this point? There's not even a plan to implement rewire support!

Sorry for the derailing, but I don't get why people are so thrilled about Bitwig.

WOW!!!

I looked back after a while and Im really impressed about the many people who also like the functio of layered midi editing!!

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