Chapter 5. The Clip Launcher
We have spent the last couple chapters working within the Arranger Timeline. And while the Arranger is absolutely crucial to music creation in Bitwig Studio, it is only half of the story. The Clip Launcher Panel — also called the Launcher — is the logical Arranger's artistic brother. While the Arranger is an excellent way to lay out the fixed \"story\" of a song, the Launcher allows you to freely improvise with your clips. More on that soon. We will start by getting an overview of the Clip Launcher Panel and its constituent elements. Next we will revisit some of the same concepts we saw with Arranger clips as they apply to Launcher clips. We will then investigate how Launcher clips relate to the transport and Arranger clips and see how Launcher clips are triggered. Finally, we will record Launcher clips and learn to capture the Clip Launcher's output on the Arranger Timeline. Bitwig Studio is just one DAW, but it is the two sequencers within that provide limitless musical possibilities.