There are definitely plenty of cases where a cv input makes sense (and calibrated cv outputs) especially with the convenience of a desktop unit. The big knob is a nice bonus, entering values is not comparable.
Some of us have been using audio interface cv outs since the days of motu volta, back when es was still a young guy. So don’t try to impress us by talking about old standard.

Nonsense. The Big dials functionality is exactly the same as a cheap midi controller. You still have to go to the herculean effort of moving your mouse so why not break new ground and click to enter the value? Also bitwigs ‘modulation sysem’ is irrelevant, DC coupled outputs are ancient and standard and the inputs and largely pointless. How often are you going to find yourself using the Grid and think ‘oh what this needs is another LFO or fixed voltage?’ the answer is never as they are unlimited and that’s pretty much all anyone who uses modular seriously uses the grid for anyway as its audio abilities are frankly far below the standards considered acceptable in Eurorack or 4u. Again ithr interfaceooks fine but this ‘game changer’ stuff is just rubbish

Bitwig has its own modular environment called The Grid. I stopped using VCV Rack once they introduced that.

This is a game changer in Linux, try finding a more stable and highly flexible audio interface like this for bitwig with the same integration, plus its same price class.

You forgot about the DC coupled inputs. which is very rare in the pro audio world. I can’t even think of a single non-eurorack professional audio interface that has DC coupled inputs. I had to research and Orion Studio Synergy Core is the only other one I found.

And no, the big knob function is unique, It changes the value under your mouse and requires zero mapping unlike a midi controller. You could come close by using Microsoft Surface Dial with Elephant.

And Silent Way is rudimentary compared to Bitwig’s modulation system.

The knob uses white and orange colors to differentiate its modes but I think these colors are generally color blind friendly.

Many plugins can generate dc output

Clearly the big knob doesn’t act like a simple midi controller, it’s much easier to use since there’s no need for mapping. It’s a very clever idea.
There are many audio interfaces with dc coupled outputs but none of them are calibrated except for a few es modules so this is the first non eurorack audio interface with calibrated outputs, and dc coupled inputs!

It’s compatible with any daw, most functions remain the same, except for the scrolling.
There’s no need for a usb host connection, you can connect any usb midi controller directly to your computer. It’s not a standalone device so there’s also no need for usb-to-midi or cv conversion.

No doubt it looks OK if your just starting out but a game changer it most certainly is not. The Big Knob has the functionality of a midi controller and DC coupled outputs are as mentioned below extremely common and old news in modular. Silent Way is ubiquitous and over a decade old in Euro, the practice being common for far longer. Nothing new herr

It does so much more, just check out the feature overview video. Big game changer to be able to hover over any parameter in the Bitwig DAW and use the big knob to control it. Also, it’s DC coupled so great for CV.

Yes!

it doesn’t. looks like complaining for the sake of it

Since all buttons and indicators are labeled, how does color blindness affect usability here?