Melbourne Instruments and Bitwig have announced that Roto-Control’s deep integration with Bitwig Studio is now available, with the release of Firmware 2.0.
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. The motorized controller 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 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.
Availability:
Roto-Control Firmware 2.0 is available now. Bitwig Studio integration requires version 5.3.8 or later.
This is becoming one of these truly amazing tools that blur the boundary between physical hardware and virtual instruments. Well done!
Awesome news. Ordered today. <3
16 knobs and 16 buttons, 2 rows of each would be epic.
that might see the light of day, although the form factor would be quite large. Less convenient than the current version with 8 encoders and buttons.
The RotoControl’s plugin mode is good for effect plugins, not for synths. 8-16 parameters, maybe even 24 or 36 for less relevant parameters. But to control a synth with two or more envelopes there are other controllers (not many) like the old BCR2000.
My guess is that after the success of the RotoControl, Melbourne Instruments might release a RotoControl 32.