R-KONTROL1.7.1 - App Store

R-KONTROL is the hands-on remote for Bitwig Studio. Mix, launch clips, ride faders, tweak remote controls, and shape grooves from your iPad or iPhone. Wireless, immediate, and built for the way you actually work.
R-KONTROL puts the parts of Bitwig you actually touch right under your fingers, anywhere in your studio. No MIDI workarounds, no controller learning curves. Install the free R-KONTROL Connector extension in Bitwig, open the app, and you're connected.

WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL
Transport: Play, stop, record, loop, punch in/out, scrub the timeline, toggle the metronome, manage automation, jump between cue markers.
Mixer: Volume, pan, sends and crossfader on every track. Mute, solo, arm. Stereo VU metering. Main and effect tracks share one unified bank, always visible. No bank switching.
Clip Launcher: Launch and stop clips, fire scenes, retrigger all playing clips with a single button. Tap a selected clip launcher track again to reveal pan, volume, mute, solo and arm, with no detour through the mixer.
Remote Controls: Eight touch-friendly faders per page for the selected device or track. Two-value parameters toggle on tap. Page through parameter pages and the device chain without leaving the view.
Groove: Shuffle and Accent with Amount, Phase and Rate, right where you need them.
Scenes & Cue Markers: Trigger scenes, jump between markers, page forward and back.
Devices: Browse and select devices in the current track's chain. See what's selected at a glance.

HOW IT CONNECTS
R-KONTROL talks to Bitwig over your local Wi-Fi network using OSC. Install the free R-KONTROL Connector extension in Bitwig, launch the app, and it finds your machine automatically. A shared secret keeps the connection yours.

UNDER THE HOOD
GPU-accelerated VU metering and animation. Native SwiftUI. Built for landscape use on iPad and iPhone, with a dark interface that gets out of the way.

REQUIREMENTS
. Bitwig Studio (with the free R-KONTROL Connector extension installed)
. iPad or iPhone on the same local network as your Bitwig machine

Version History This update brings two fixes:

The master track A/B fader now correctly reflects the current state when switched via the A/B buttons.
Track levels are no longer hidden after swiping left while already on the first page of the track bank. 1.7.1 Jun 2 Faster & smoother
VU meters and modulated values now render on the GPU, with big CPU savings across the board.

Stereo VU meters
VU metering is now stereo.

Unified track view
Main and effect tracks now share a single bank and stay visible together. No more switching between track banks.

Smarter connection
Clear "wrong secret" feedback instead of mystery timeouts, a minimum-version check for the Bitwig extension, and rock-solid discovery that recovers after failed attempts.

Reworked clip launcher
Tighter transposed layout, better proportions, correct play/stop icons. On a selected clip launcher track, another tap brings up pan, volume, mute, solo and arm. No need to switch to mixer view.

New "Retrigger playing clips" action
A transport-bar button to retrigger all currently playing clip launcher clips.

Smarter Remote Controls
Parameters with only two values now toggle on tap, no menu.

More mixer control
New page-navigation buttons for the track bank and scene page selectors.

Polish everywhere
Cleaner panel switcher, smoother track header popovers, better small-screen layout, readable Bitwig panel buttons, fixed master track icon and A/B crossfader, and dozens of small layout and stability fixes.

Under the hood
Huge performance improvements, modernized OSC stack. The foundation is now faster, leaner, and ready for what's coming next. 1.7.0 May 26 Improved connection stability.

Shoutout to everyone who emailed about the issue – you made this fix possible! 1.6.2 09/24/2025 New app icon 1.6.1 09/16/2025 R-KONTROL 1.6 – What’s New

Track & Scene Bank Navigation
• New scene bank selector in the top-right corner
• Swipe across the track header to switch track bank pages

Redesigned Remote Controls
• Updated layout for Track and Device Remotes
• Both remotes can now be shown or hidden
• Parameters now display discrete values as buttons with context menus

CueMarkers Improvements
• The currently playing cue marker is now highlighted in the list
• Long-tap a cue marker to access a new context menu with options:
– Zoom Arranger to the cue marker length
– Loop to create a loop from the cue marker
– Delete to remove the cue marker

Remote Controls
• Track and Device Remotes have a new, clearer layout
• Both can now be shown or hidden individually
• Parameters now show discrete values (clearly defined options) as buttons with context menus

Visual Indicators for Interactions
• Two dots (••) indicate a double tap opens a popover
• Three vertical dots (⋮) indicate a long press opens a context menu

Groove Popover
• Double-tapping a knob resets it to its default value

Track Level Meters & Group Tracks
• Improved rendering performance of level meters
• New icons show whether a group track is expanded or collapsed

Fader & Knob Behavior
• Smoother movement with no stutters while dragging
• Double-tap on a volume fader to reset to default

ClipLauncher Enhancements
• Improved visual feedback on tap
• New two-finger tap gesture to select for editing
• State icons are now always accurate

UI Enhancements & Bug Fixes
• Improved connection auto-discovery
• Send bank page selector is now a dropdown
• “Leave Group” button has a new icon 1.6 08/05/2025 New Features:

- Auto discovery (aka zeroconf or Bonjour) for app and Bitwig extension
- Addition of more Clip Launcher actions
- New restore automation control button
-Inclusion of all groove-related actions and observers
* Double tap on groove button to access [Shuffle] and [Accent] knobs in a popover
* Double tap on "Amount" knobs enables entering values via keyboard
- Panel views for hiding/showing several views like mixer, remote controls, etc., on one screen (iPad only)
- Show/hide info panel with new [i] toggle button
- Ability to reset peak levels in Bitwig from R-KONTROL
- Display of AB crossfade in R-KONTROL
- Option to hide/show Bitwig info panel from R-KONTROL
- Configuration to not show inactive tracks in R-KONTROL, controllable from controller settings and on-the-fly from R-KONTROL app with the new [x] toggle button
- Display of muted VU meters when another track is solo

Enhancements:

- Font color of clip launchers adjusted to dark/bright in relation to its background
- Improved fit of Cue Markers into the mixer
- Added functionality to jump to next or previous cue marker
- Ability to delete cue markers by long tap on cue marker
- Unsubscribe from track-related and cursor-related objects when not needed for better performance
- Faster response time for track selection
- Enhanced VU Level meters
- BPM selector now presented as a picker wheel (and as simple popover on iPhone not fullscreen)
- BPM selector, panel selector, and FX mode selector now presented as simple popovers instead of full-screen sheets (on iPad and iPhone) 1.5 02/13/2024 Important
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=> You will need an updated R-KONTROL connector extension for Biitwig - get it from the website: https://www.r-kontrol.com/#download (version 1.4.8)

What's new?
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CursorDevice/RemoteControls: show modulated values
CursorDevice/RemoteControls: show slots and devices within slots
CursorDevice/RemoveControls: Enable/disable devices
CursorDevice/RemoteControls: Open/hide device windows
Mixer: open CursorDevice/RemoteControls button added to every track
ClipLauncher: added tiny level meters
ClipLauncher: includes Master track
ClipLauncher: open CursorDevice/RemoteControls button added to every track
ClipLauncher: double tap on a clip selects it
ClipLauncher: utilise full available screen space to have bigger clips and play/record buttons
ClipLauncher: context menu for scenes and clips via long tap shows [Duplicate, Duplicate Content, Quantize, Delete]
Faders: indicate when touched (switches fader knob color)
(on iPad) Cue-Marker-List: display in R-KONTROL is now enabled via double tap on the cue marker list icon
GUI fixes and enhancements (especially clip launcher and track devices views )

R-Kontrol Connector Extension:
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The extension can now detect, if it can be updated from the website (configurable in the controller config in Bitwig) - a notification popup will be shown in Bitwig on Bitwig launch or controller restart
Documentation is now not only available on the website but also included in the extension 1.4 06/12/2023 IMPORTANT!
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An updated Bitwig controller extension is required to use the new R-KONTROL version. It is available from the website: https://www.r-kontrol.com/#download (v.1.3.28)

What's new
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* Added level meters
* Improved track faders and send faders
* Improved pan knob
* Improved remote control page parameter faders
* Remote control page parameters now inherit the track color
* No more endless scrolling in the mixer/clip-launcher - added a slider for easier navigation
* Added track type switch for switching between Main and FX tracks
* Master track is now always visible
* Added "Create CueMarker Button" for adding new cue-markers at the current playhead position
* Cue-marker list on iPad is now floating above the mixer on the right side when enabled, allowing more tracks to be shown on the screen
* Moved enable/disable audio engine/redo/undo buttons to their own context menu, accessible via long tap on the ellipse button (next to the save button on top) to prevent accidentally switching off the audio engine
* Overhauled settings layout
* Significant reduction in CPU usage to save battery life
* Added button to detect IP address in controller configuration in Bitwig
* Updated configuration available on the website 1.3 12/12/2022 1.0 10/20/2022