TouchOSC Performer for Bitwig (aka TOP)

A TouchOSC performer providing mixing, channel strip & clip launching functionality. Designed & tested with Bitwig, probably works with Reaper.

Background

This is a personal project that I’m making available to Bitwig & TouchOSC communities. It started when I was thinking about having a DAW-connected hardware mixer with motorised faders so that what I saw was what I got, but was put off by the size and cost.

It’s been designed / grown around principles of minimalism & simplicity: How few controls do I require to meet my needs, and what is the simplest or easiest way of achieving that? The config / code gets refactored as I find more elegant ways of doing this. Thanks to Hexlar for helping me find better ways!

It’s for use on tablets or other compatible touch screen devices with a similar, or larger, screen size. I’ve tried to make all interactive design elements easy enough to hit with a finger tip, my reference device for this is my 10.4” 1800x1000 pixel Samsung S6 Lite.

Setup

TOP for BW4 is for use with Bitwig v4.4.x only, and is not being developed or maintained further. TOP for BW5 is for use with Bitwig v5.0.x only.

You will need to have:

Bitwig with an appropriate version of the DrivenByMoss extension installed and setup to talk with TouchOSC
TouchOSC setup to talk to your PC and / or tablet or device
Follow the respective manufacturer's instructions for these products

DrivenByMoss OSC Config in Bitwig needs the following:

Value resolution = Low (128)
Bank Page Size = 8
Behaviour on Stop = Return to Zero
VU Meters = On
All other setting as per your own needs

Features & Basic Use

Tracks & Clips follow your colour choices from Bitwig in all views

Transport Bar (always visible)

Select from your projects already loaded in Bitwig
Record (on armed tracks / clips)
Stop (returns to position zero)
Play (plays from last paused position, press again to pause at current position)
Position & Time counter displays
Current project’s Audio Engine activation status and toggle
Save the current project
Undo change
Redo change
Bitwig->TOP state synchronisation

Navigator (always visible)

Enter / Exit a Group track (If the currently selected track is a group, currently only first level group works)
FX / Tracks toggle (switches between standard tracks and FX tracks)
Last / Next bank of 8 tracks (selects a bank of tracks)
Last / Next track (scroll the visible tracks backwards / forwards by one track)
Last / Next bank of 8 scenes (selects a bank of scenes)
Last / Next scene (scroll the visible scenes backwards / forwards by one scene)
Create a new scene from the currently playing clips

Mixer

Master (always visible) and up to 8 additional visible tracks, each with; name, type, pan, volume, basic vu / activity meter, mute, solo, record arm
Track select by clicking on it’s name (selected track will flash briefly and then have corner outlines)

Channel

For the selected track

Mixer (elements as above)
FX Send levels (for first 8 effect tracks)
Remotes for each of the track’s devices, each with; value dial, value display, name of remote
Quick navigation to select other tracks in the current bank whilst in this view
Navigation for devices and their remote pages

Launcher

Layout is per Bitwig’s Arrange view, with Scenes in columns and Tracks in rows.
Playing clips are highlighted, queuing clips are shown with a border
Scene play (clicking on a scene’s name will play / queue all the clips in that scene)
Track stop (clicking on a track’s name will queue a stop for that track’s playing clip)
Clip Launch (clicking on a clip will play / queue that clip according to Bitwig's Laun Quantisation & Mode settings)
*New: * Clip Release (clicking a playing clip will execute the Release action (if any) you have selected in Bitwig

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license

License

MartinBeech/TouchOSC-for-Bitwig

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