Melbourne Instruments and Bitwig have announced that the Roto-Control’s deep integration with Bitwig Studio is now available with the release of a firmware 2.0 update. This is the second DAW integration for Roto-Control, allowing Bitwig Studio users to take full advantage of this innovative controller’s features.
Roto-Control firmware 2.0 introduces key enhancements to the Bitwig Studio integration:
- Roto-Setup now includes Linux support.
- Group track support in MIX mode.
- Remote Page navigation in PLUGIN mode.
- Ability to send MIDI notes and program changes in MIDI mode.
- Refined transport control.
Roto-Control, launched in January 2025, follows Melbourne Instrument’s motorized synths NINA and DELIA. Powerful, compact, and portable, Roto-Control features three main modes of operation: MIX, PLUGIN and MIDI with Motion Recorder. Bitwig Studio users can streamline their creative workflow and quickly develop ideas with responsive physical control through Roto-Control’s MIX and PLUGIN Modes.
In MIX Mode, the colors and track names in your Bitwig Studio project will instantly appear on Roto-Control’s displays, and those names and colors will update automatically when connected to an active Bitwig session. That means there’s no need to save or edit labels in the device.
In PLUGIN Mode, plugin parameters and labels are taken directly from Bitwig Studio with one touch, one time. That means Roto-Control only needs to learn plugin parameters once — and you can select parameters to map directly from a third-party plugin’s GUI. Since all learned parameters are stored locally on Roto-Control, it will remember the mappings the next time you open Bitwig Studio — even if you’re in a different project file. And all remote controls in Bitwig Studio get mapped to Roto-Control automatically, including step parameters.
Roto-Control firmware 2.0 and the corresponding documentation can be downloaded from the Melbourne Instruments website. Bitwig Studio 5.3.8 or later is required.
More information: Bitwig / Roto-Control
