When thinking about Bitwig Studio's two distinct sequencers, it helps to consider the following concepts:

The takeaway is that you can act like Bitwig Studio has just one sequencer, by using only the Arranger Timeline (to create a completely composed song, for example) or only the Clip Launcher (to take elements you have made and freely improvise a structure). You could also keep most tracks playing what you programmed in the Arranger, and occasionally shift some tracks to the Launcher for the sake of improvisation.

Once the two sequencers make sense to you, there is no "right way" to use them. Only options.

To trigger a Launcher clip: click the play button in its top left corner.

If the transport was stopped, triggering a clip immediately activates the transport. (Otherwise, no clip could play.)

Once a clip is triggered, a black box appears around the play button to mark this as an active clip. A clip remains active until either a different clip on that track is triggered, the track's (or the Global) Stop All Clips button is triggered, or the track's (or the Global) Switch Playback to Arranger button is pressed. When the transport is activated, all active clips resume playing.

In the image above, you may also notice a vertical line going thru the active clip. Each active clip has its own clip playhead that indicates the play position within the clip while the transport is active.

To trigger a scene: click the play button in its top left corner.

This will trigger all clips that exist within the scene and Stop All Clips for tracks that contain no clip for the scene.

	Note
	If the Record on scene launch setting is enabled, empty slots on record-enabled tracks will also begin recording (see Clip Launcher Layout).

To stop all clips on a track: click either the track's Stop All Clips button or a stop button within an empty slot.

This stops Arranger clips as well since the Launcher is given control of the track. Each Stop All Clips button will take effect at the default launch quantize interval.

To stop all clips: click the Global Stop All Clips button.

While this will stop all clips after the default launch quantize interval, the transport remains active.

To return control of a track to the Arranger: click the track's Switch Playback to Arranger button.

This will take effect immediately, regardless of the default launch quantize setting.

To return control of all tracks to the Arranger: click the Global Switch Playback to Arranger button.

This will take effect immediately, regardless of the default launch quantize setting.

Just as you can insert time signature changes in the Arranger Timeline (see Time Signature Changes), you can also trigger time signature changes from the Clip Launcher. This method of automation can be achieved by placing a Launcher clip with a set Signature parameter (see Signature Section) on the master track. Whenever a clip like this is triggered, the transport's time signature will be overridden.