{"id":1765956,"date":"2022-09-15T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1765956"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:42:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:42:57","slug":"bitwig-software-activation-instructions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/bitwig-software-activation-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitwig Software Activation Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"Getting-started\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Getting started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this guide, we will show you how to activate, download, and install Bitwig. Follow the sections below to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><a href=\"#Register-the-serial-number\"><strong>Register the serial number<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Install-and-activate-Bitwig\"><strong>Install and activate Bitwig<\/strong><\/a><ul><li><strong><a href=\"#Offline-activation\">Offline activation<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Register-the-serial-number\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Register the serial number<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffe46e\"><strong>IMPORTANT:&nbsp;<\/strong>If you&#8217;re activating Bitwig on an offline computer, Bitwig must first be installed. You&#8217;ll need access to an online computer and have a USB thumb drive too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step in the activation process is to redeem the serial number you received from your Sweetwater Sales Engineer. To redeem Bitwig, you first need to create an account with them. Follow these steps to redeem the activation code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Log into your Bitwig account. If you don&#8217;t have an account yet, you can create one here.<\/li><li>On your account page, enter the&nbsp;<em>Serial Number&nbsp;<\/em>your Sweetwater Sales Engineer sent, then click&nbsp;<strong>Register<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1f0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitwig.com\/account-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/11\/Bitwig-activation-window.png\" alt=\"Bitwig activation window\" class=\"wp-image-1765957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/11\/Bitwig-activation-window.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/11\/Bitwig-activation-window-300x148.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Click the image to activate your software<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">  <a href=\"#Getting-started\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button flat s blue\">Return to top<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Install-and-activate-Bitwig\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Install and activate Bitwig<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the software is activated, you can then download and install Bitwig.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Go to your account homepage, then click the download file for your OS.<\/li><li>Navigate to your&nbsp;<em>Downloads&nbsp;<\/em>folder, then launch the installer.<ul><li><strong>PC<\/strong>: Double-click the .<em>exe<\/em>&nbsp;file and follow the on-screen instructions.<\/li><li><strong>Mac<\/strong>: Double-click the .<em>dmg<\/em>&nbsp;file. In the window that appears, double-click the .<em>pkg<\/em>&nbsp;file and follow the on-screen instructions.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Launch Bitwig. The first time you launch your software, you&#8217;ll be asked to enter your Bitwig user account information to activate your computer permanently. This only has to be done once.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"Offline-activation\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader darkBlueHeader alignLeft underline customh3 swheader\">Offline activation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While activating your Bitwig software is the preferred method for activating your software, you can activate it without an internet connection. Connect a USB thumb drive to your computer and follow these steps to activate your plug-in offline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Launch Bitwig, then click&nbsp;<strong>Offline&nbsp;<\/strong>located underneath the&nbsp;<strong>LOG IN&nbsp;<\/strong>button.<\/li><li>Click&nbsp;<strong>Save Activation Request<\/strong>, then transfer that file to your USB thumb drive.<\/li><li>Go to a computer with an internet connection, connect the thumb drive, and then log into your Bitwig account.<\/li><li>Scroll down and click&nbsp;<strong>Offline activation<\/strong>, click&nbsp;<strong>Choose File<\/strong>&nbsp;to load the file from your USB thumb drive, then click&nbsp;<strong>Download<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Transfer the activation file you downloaded to the thumb drive and go back to your offline computer.<\/li><li>Launch Bitwig, click&nbsp;<strong>Offline<\/strong>, then click&nbsp;<strong>Load Activation file<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Locate the activation file on your USB thumb drive, then click&nbsp;<strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/11\/Bitwig-account-login-window.png\" alt=\"Bitwig account login window\" class=\"wp-image-1765958\" width=\"518\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/11\/Bitwig-account-login-window.png 691w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/11\/Bitwig-account-login-window-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Enter your Bitwig account information to complete the activation process.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">   <a href=\"#Getting-started\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button flat s blue\">Return to top<\/a>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1778457,"template":"","categories":[429786],"tags":[53813,231280,280350,255708,59876,131759],"storecat":[],"itemids":[246574,246577],"manufacturers":[66314],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the Bitwig Software Activation Instructions page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/bitwig-software-activation-instructions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bitwig Software Activation Instructions - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this guide, we will show you how to activate, download, and install Bitwig. 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