Use the Note MOD device with the KEY modulator to modulate the Pitch setting of your instrument. That’s because these 3 instruments have a Pitch setting that can be modulated. The Note MOD device can be set up to allow you to play in microtonal equal temperaments with the Sampler, FM-4 and Polysynth instruments. That information can then be used to modulate other parameters within Bitwig’s instruments or effects. You can use the Note MOD device to grab note information from any instrument track. The MIDI spec doesn’t support per-note pitch bend, so this technique only works for the Bitwig internal instruments that share Bitwig’s own unique data structure. Remember that per-note pitch bend does not work for VST instruments. Bitwig supports per-note pitch bend for its built-in instruments! This really lowers the barrier of entry for a basic level of microtonality.īut if you want to go deep, using a microtonal scale as your tonal framework, then things start to get fiddly because you’ll be using those pitch bends on almost every single note. Bitwig essentially locks you into standard Western tuning (12-tone equal temperament) as a tonal framework, and you can specify your deviation from that tuning on a per-note basis. If you’re the kind of musician who wants to compose standard Western tuned music with the occasional microtonal melodic intonation, then the pitch bend method is an easy way to go. In this article I’ll discuss some possibilities and limitations for microtonal music in Bitwig Studio. If you’re making music with Bitwig Studio, did you know it is also capable of playing microtonal music? It’s not difficult to set up – in fact Bitwig is already a shade above Ableton Live in terms of microtonal scale support. You can still read the rest of this article below to get a sense of life in the before time. UPDATE August 6th 2020 – this post is now out-of-date because Bitwig have released the Micro-Pitch device.
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