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Currently Playing: I Didn’t Know Bitwig 6.1 Could Do This With External Editors

In this video I show a Bitwig Studio workflow I recently discovered by accident: editing audio files directly in an external audio editor and having Bitwig update the files almost instantly after saving. I’m using Ocenaudio here, but the idea should work with other external audio editors too. This makes it much easier to trim, normalize, fade, or process samples that are already inside your Bitwig project without constantly bouncing and re-importing files. I also show why you need to be careful with samples from your main sample library, why “Collect and Save” is important, and a few quirks around renaming audio files, audio clips, Sampler, and Convolution in Bitwig 6.1. Let me know in the comments if you already knew about this workflow, or if you have a better way of doing external sample editing in Bitwig. Ocen Editor: https://polarity.me/go.php?c=ocenaudio 00:00 Intro - I found a Bitwig workflow by accident 00:27 Recording a quick sound in Bitwig 01:06 Dragging the recording into Sampler 01:19 The annoying normal edit/bounce/re-import workflow 01:54 Opening the sample in an external audio editor 02:45 Editing, normalizing, fading, and saving the file 03:01 Bitwig updates the audio file automatically 03:41 Why this is a powerful workflow 04:14 Important warning about editing sample-library files 05:27 Using Collect and Save to protect original samples 06:20 Editing the copied project sample instead 07:18 Why you should avoid changing original library files 08:02 Keeping multiple project files open in Ocenaudio 08:36 Bitwig 6.1 drag-to-Convolution behavior 10:20 External editing with Convolution samples 11:33 Feature request: “Edit in external editor” 13:02 Renaming samples and audio files in Bitwig 14:05 Audio clips vs. actual audio events 15:16 Finding and renaming files inside bigger projects 16:40 Thoughts on future Sampler tutorials 17:42 Final thoughts on Bitwig 6.1 and Sampler 18:11 Outro Video transcribed, summarized and Q&A on my Blog (no ads): https://polarity.me/posts/polarity-music/2026-06-22-bitwig-studio-external-audio-editor-workflow-for-sampler/ -- 💕 Support me on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3PgbxZz 💰 donate via Paypal: https://bit.ly/3cae9t8 🎧 my Music: https://polarity.bandcamp.com/ 💾 my Tools: https://polarity.me/posts/articles/2024-08-04-polarity-tools/ 💻 my Gear: https://kit.co/polarity/polarity-music-kit 👉 Discord: https://discord.gg/eWwFBww 👉 Website: https://polarity.me -- 🛒 Buy/Upgrade Bitwig Studio & Support me https://bit.ly/3yQEyDU 🛒 VST/AU Plugin Deals https://bit.ly/3zcvo66