It's more-or-less the same program (made by ex-Ableton devs), just well designed for 2023.
With that said, Ableton has the advantage of being more mature. What I mean by that, is that the stock plugins are generally better, and it has a bigger use-base, which I would argue is important if you're starting out.
If on the other hand you're a medium/advanced user, then Bitwig is a much better choice.
I've switched from Ableton to Bitwig and man, you don't realise how behind Ableton is until you try Bitwig.
I think it's a case of death by a thousand cuts with Ableton. For example, Ableton does not have customisable shortcuts! Which is a huge workflow blocker.
Arguably, a lot of the issues are UX related, as opposed to feature related. But UX is a core part of the product and subsequent usability of the product.
Meh, I disagree. I’ve owned Bitwig for about a year now and there are some frustrations with it I didn’t have with Ableton. Nothing is perfect, neither is ahead of the other. If I wasn’t on Linux I would go back to Ableton, to be honest.
Bitwig has the synthesizer thing and effects thing down pat, but it’s audio editing is frustrating to say the least. I want to turn of this track comping nonsense but I can’t, I hate track comping and have used DAWs since they were invented so…
You can turn off track comping, you need to turn off the overdub button (that big plus sign in the top left).
What parts of the audio editing is weak to you? In my opinion, it's one of the strongest things it offers. I assume you're trying to edit the audio in the arranger, instead of in the clip view. What makes it so strong, is that you can chop it up in the clip view, and your audio in the arranger remains one contiguous piece of audio.
It sounds like you're either trying to use the software like Ableton and you're getting frustrated that it's not Ableton, or you don't understand how Bitwig works.
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