Stream Bitwig Studio to your iPhone

Try it on the Master track

1. 01

   Install the VST3

   Run the free MixOutpost installer and make sure the VST3 is selected. It installs for all users in the standard VST3 location, which Bitwig scans by default. Restart Bitwig if MixOutpost doesn't appear in the browser.

2. 02

   Add it at the end of the Master track

   Open the Master track's device chain and drop MixOutpost at the end of the chain, after your limiter and meters, so the phone hears exactly what your monitors do.

3. 03

   Start Sharing and pair

   Open the plugin window, press Start Sharing, and scan the QR code with the MixOutpost app or the iPhone Camera. One pairing covers every instance and the Mac app.

4. 04

   Play and tap Listen

   Start playback. If it plays on the phone, you've confirmed the VST3 in Bitwig. We'd like to hear about it.

Tips for Bitwig users

• Modulated masters: Bitwig makes it easy to modulate devices on the Master. Since MixOutpost is last, the phone hears the modulated result, which is a good way to judge how a filter sweep or sidechain pump translates to small speakers.
• FX tracks as sources: put a second instance on an FX track to hear just the return. It shows as its own source, and Compare flips between it and the full mix, with click-free switching and a volume per source for matching levels.
• Plugin hosting mode: Bitwig can run plugins in separate processes. MixOutpost is built to keep sharing from a separate plugin process (verified in Logic), and paired phones reconnect by address if discovery isn't available there. Whether that holds in Bitwig is one of the things we want to confirm.
• Renders are safe: the plugin passes audio through unchanged and skips offline renders.

What to tell us

• Bitwig version, your Mac (Apple Silicon or Intel) and the plugin hosting mode you use.
• Whether MixOutpost loads and its window opens.
• Whether the phone finds the Mac and plays audio after Start Sharing, and whether the connection info says bit-exact.

Sample rate and quality

MixOutpost streams at 48 kHz. Run the project at 48 kHz and the phone receives a bit-exact copy of the Master track; at 44.1, 88.2 or 96 kHz it's converted to 48 kHz with high-quality sample-rate conversion. The plugin itself passes audio through unchanged, so Bitwig's output is identical with or without it. Only paired phones can listen, and the stream is encrypted with TLS 1.3.

What you can check from the phone

Once Bitwig is on your iPhone, the phone gives you mono and side-only listening, loudness with integrated LUFS and true peak against targets like Spotify, a diagnostic EQ, and bit-exact recording to the phone. Electronic music with a lot of sub and wide stereo benefits most from the mono and small-speaker checks.