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solid steeple Sep 3, 2025, 7:30 PM

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anyone else had this kinda thing pop up in beta1?

brisk bay Sep 3, 2025, 7:36 PM

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yes. my workaround is to set up a new project with the same bpm/swing/key settings and copy the channels across... unfortunately it currently handles copying the groups very poorly though so you might need to do it per-group.

don't forget to copy your fx channels over at the same time

solid steeple Sep 3, 2025, 7:39 PM

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ok just wanted to make sure its a known thing, was just one track so I saved the clip with devices instead

meager harbor Sep 3, 2025, 10:06 PM

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I've reported this got a reply that Bw knows and they're on it.

swift maple Sep 11, 2025, 5:26 PM

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I got the same. FWIW, when I saved the chain's devices as presets and recreated the track with those presets it saved OK.

elder socket Oct 10, 2025, 10:25 AM

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Yeah still got this in beta 4!

carmine path Oct 14, 2025, 5:15 AM

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I have had a different issue where i couldnt save but with no error - multiple times, in all cases new project, recording audio from a mic and processing it in interesting ways in realtime

meager harbor Oct 14, 2025, 5:26 AM

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carmine path I have had a different issue where i couldnt save but with no error - multiple t...

These kinds of bugs are hard to reproduce and it's not possible to send them an example project bc it won't get saved. But still I hope you let them know. Have you noticed any patterns? Certain devices involved etc?

carmine path Oct 14, 2025, 6:10 AM

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I managed to copy all the tracks from a project that wouldn't save to a new project and save, which worked

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i can go open it later this week when i have time and try to reproduce

what i was doing was putting a microphone outside and having it pick up the swell hitting the shore, and processing that on several tracks - nothing too crazy, eqinf, a bit of delay,

hitting record and letting it run while playing with it - lead to unsavable project, -no errors, just wouldnt even show me the file dialog

carmine path Oct 15, 2025, 9:31 AM

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this time at least i got an error

meager harbor Oct 15, 2025, 11:29 AM

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carmine path this time at least i got an error

Time for an email

opal fern Oct 23, 2025, 8:45 PM

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meager harbor These kinds of bugs are hard to reproduce and it's not possible to send them an ...

Oh yes I am getting that too, seems to be reaktor devices for me? Hard to say for sure

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Ive just been bouncing things to audio and deleting tracks until i can save it. Not ideal

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Shall we fly to Berlin and storm the castle?

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I am down

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Yep this time it was reaktor, had two channels of reaktor running, saved the clips (good tip ty), deleted one and it saved

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Could just drop the clip back in after saving, not too terrible

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Seems like it saves as normal after doing this also. We fixed it pepehandshake

dire oar Nov 6, 2025, 7:39 AM

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Just ran into this with Beta 5

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It was an existing project, I know exactly what I changed. I'll try to reproduce it now

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Yeah, reproducible for me:
I have a filter+ with an automation on a group track in a saved project. When I change the filter type, the automation is lost. I add a new automation for the “new” filter type cutoff and then I can't save anymore.
Trying a minimal project setup now

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…Can't reproduce with a minimal project setup 🙁

meager harbor Nov 6, 2025, 8:39 PM

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This is a hideous bug indeed

dire oar Nov 7, 2025, 10:19 PM

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Still happening with B6, I just asked [email protected] if I should send over my project where I can reproduce it

dire oar Nov 10, 2025, 4:23 PM

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Jogi asked for the project and I sent it over, fingers crossed!

rugged kindle Nov 11, 2025, 2:48 AM

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I got a similar error a few days back.

dire oar Dec 5, 2025, 1:26 PM

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Not fixed in Beta7 for me

dire oar Dec 10, 2025, 5:14 PM

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My test project for this has changed behavior but it is not fixed in Beta8.

dire oar Dec 18, 2025, 11:07 AM

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Still happening in Beta 11 🙁

plucky sandal Jan 11, 2026, 2:54 PM

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I'm not seeing that, but in Beta 11 the software hangs on my current project if I try to use 'Save as...'. Anyone else with this issue?

plucky sandal Jan 11, 2026, 3:48 PM

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Actually I was able to use 'Save as...' after a computer restart, so looks like it was probably not a Bitwig issue.

mental condor Jan 12, 2026, 5:37 PM

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plucky sandal I'm not seeing that, but in Beta 11 the software hangs on my current project if ...

I’ve been getting this too throughout all betas and I’ve emailed support about it but I’m not sure if they have enough info to fix it

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how did you restart without losing progress on the project?

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For me the project gets to a certain state where any kind of saving or bouncing doesn’t work and you can’t load the audio engine in other open projects either. The only way to get around it without losing progress that I’ve found is to copy all of the tracks to a new project, save it, and then force quit bitwig.

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When I first emailed support in mid december they said they weren’t aware of it somehow

dire oar Jan 13, 2026, 7:03 PM

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Still happening in Beta 12.
I'm thinking it might also be fixed for new projects, so that the project never gets to a state where this problem can be triggered. But with my existing project, I can still reproduce it with the same steps as always (change filter type on group track with filter automation; only in this specific project, I couldn't create a more minimal case)

plucky sandal Jan 15, 2026, 12:06 PM

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mental condor how did you restart without losing progress on the project?

I wasn't able to save my progress before restarting, unfortunately. Luckily I hadn't changed much, I was trying to 'save as' before making some big changes.

dire oar Feb 27, 2026, 9:15 PM

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I can't quite believe it, but this has finally been fixed with beta 16 for me. I tried every new beta with my demo project and b16 now can save 🙌

eager helm Mar 2, 2026, 5:31 AM

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I’m seeing this post very late but I also had this bug about 2 weeks back and was able to fix it myself.. but hopefully 16 fixes this automatically for everyone else?

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