Wavetables for Sampler (Bitwig Studio)

The format Sampler (Bitwig Studio) imports

Bitwig's Sampler auto-detects packed wavetable WAVs via metadata: a clm chunk sets Cycles play mode and the root key that determines wavetable size; uhWT chunks are also read (Bitwig 4.0.2+). Files without wavetable metadata load as regular samples.

What Hyperwave exports

Every Hyperwave export is one packed wavetable WAV. Check these facts against the Sampler (Bitwig Studio) format above — where the two disagree, the fix is almost always the frame size or a conversion step, not the sound design.

Sample format

32-bit float by default (values between -1 and +1); 16-bit WAV is a direct export option for targets that load integer banks.

Channels

1 (mono). Every frame is one single-cycle waveform.

Header sample rate

48,000 Hz by default. This is a label in the file header — for wavetable import it doesn't stretch or resample your frames. One exception: VCV Rack's Wavetable VCO reads the sample-rate field as the frame length when it's a power of two, and sample players that fall back to one-shot mode use it for pitch.

Frame layout

Frames are packed end-to-end in one data chunk, in wavetable order; the export filename records the shape as name-{samples}x{frames}.wav.

Resolution

The live table runs from 8 to 8,192 samples per frame and 8 to 1,024 frames (defaults 2,048 × 256).

Metadata

No extra metadata chunks are written — targets that read frame size from metadata have to infer it from the file itself.

Load a Hyperwave table into Sampler (Bitwig Studio)

1. Export from Hyperwave as a packed mono WAV (2,048 samples per frame recommended).
2. Drag the WAV into Bitwig and choose Sampler.
3. If it loads as a plain sample, switch the play mode to Cycles and set the Root key so the cycle length matches the exported frame size — the root key determines the wavetable size, and there is no wave count control.

Read the full import guide

Common issues

• Hyperwave writes no metadata chunks yet, so Bitwig loads the file as a sample — switch Sampler's play mode to Cycles and set the Root key so the cycle length matches the exported frame size; in Cycles mode the root key determines the wavetable size (there is no wave-size or wave-count control).