Drag and drop audio from the arrange page into the browser with the option to save as wav. file.
What problem(s) would this feature resolve?
This would allow you to save your files into a folder in your browser as wav files. Currently it’s only possible to drag and drop as clips or scenes making saving your own samples a bit of a long process having to go to the current project bounces and then moving them to the folder you have set up for your own sounds.
How does this feature fit in Bitwig as a product?
This would fit in because of Bitwig’s awesome sound design capabilities therefore being able to save what you create to a personal folder should be easier.
Is there already an alternative way to achieve this on Bitwig?
Currently you have to go to current project, bounces and then move the file to your personal sample folder or drag any audio clip from editor page to a folder on desktop but unfortunately all involve having to work outside of Bitwig.
Could it be implemented using Bitwig components or APIs, without Bitwig team’s support?
No.
Could it be provided by a VST or something else reasonably integrated with Bitwig?
Yes this is an option or just to have the project folder open but it’s a little long winded that way when for example making sample collections it would be nice to just drag the audio into the browser and have the option to save as wav same as you can when saving clips or scenes but save as wav should be included as an option to make this whole process quicker.
Not sure how to edit the original post but other daws I have used which allow you to do this are ableton and studio 1… Its a very minor thing as there is also the option to drag any audio clip from the editor view to your desktop or folder on your desktop but unfortunately not to the browser within bitwig which means having to come out of bitwig everytime you want to save an audio file as a wav. This can be a problem when making very large sound collections and libraries which involves repeating the action of saving audio many times and having to exit bitwig everytime is a bit annoying when the option to just drag into the bitwig browser where you have your folders set up would for that specific work, make life easier.
See the “Edit” button at the end of the post (only the icon if you are on mobile browser). Anyway, I have done the changes. This request is ready. Thank you!
Would love to see an easier flow for creating sample collections as well. In Ableton, you can just click and drag the audio file directly into your sample folder.
@Etude how do you go about making sample collections in Bitwig? I see if you left-click a file in the Project Panel → Files tab, it reveals a “Show in Finder” option. From there, just open it in Finder and then drag it to your samples folder outside of Bitwig?
The best way I have found to do this is to open an audio file in the editor mode, so double click on the audio clip inside arrange page and at the bottom it opens it up in editor mode, from there you can simply drag and drop the file into a folder on your desktop or computer… I still would love to be able to drag directly into the bitwig browser though and hope they allow us to do this 1 day.
