The digital audio workstation in ACID Pro allows users to perform multitrack recording, 5.1 surround sound mixing and MIDI sequencing. ACID Pro is also one of the best programs at creating loop-based tracks, being the first program to introduce loop-based music production.
The latest version has tweaked the ACID Pro program to make it a little faster and improved the mixing environment to make it easier to work. Version 7 also includes some new features, like tempo curves, MIDI track freeze, input busses, better beatmapping and some more import and export options.
Standout Features
Industry-leading loop based music production
Support for FLAC, AAC, AC-3 Studio and MPEG 2 files
Comprehensive MIDI support.
You would expect a lot of features in a professional music mixing product, and ACID Pro certainly has enough to keep you busy. The features are layered throughout the program, with a nice visual interface that allows you to see all the tracks you’re mixing and the changes you’ve made to them.
ACID Pro has long been known for its loop-based music production, and version 7 carries on the tradition with automatic pitch and tempo matching, unlimited tracks and real-time loop previewing. The program is capable of producing 24-bit, 192 kHz sound from live or studio performances, along with a wide variety of standard loops and other media files available.
In fact, one of the major advantages of using Sony’s professional digital audio workstation is access to the Get Media download center. Get Media is a library of sounds and music that you can use in your audio mixing. The tracks in the Get Media center are all royalty-free loops, and they are all only available to registered ACID Pro users.
There are several new features that have been added in version 7, including tempo curves, MIDI track freeze, input busses and better beatmapping. The MIDI track freeze is particularly useful if you have tracks in a multitrack project that you want to isolate. The MIDI freeze turns the track into a WAV file and plays it back like any other file. The new MIDI mixing console also makes a lot of tasks easier.
Specifications:
System Requirements
Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP2 or later) or Windows Vista™
1.8 GHz processor (2.0 or faster recommended)
1 GB RAM (2.0 GB or more recommended)
150 MB hard-disk space for program installation (8 GB of hard-disk space for installation of all optional components)
Windows-compatible sound card (ASIO driver support recommended)
DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (included on DVD for use with optional Media Manager component)
Internet connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service)
Features
Fundamentals
New! External control surface channel tracking
New! Custom labels for ASIO™ devices and ports
New! Interactive tutorials
External control surface support including the Mackie® Control and Frontier Design Tranzport™
Dynamic playback optimization maximizes audio performance
Dual/multi-core processor support
ATRAC3™, ATRAC3plus™, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless™ support
Unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI
Real-time pitch and tempo matching
Over 3,000 music loops in multiple genres
Alternate time signature support
24-bit, 192 kHz audio support
ASIO driver support
Master, auxiliary, soft synth, and effects bus tracks
Multiple file format support
Live audio recording
Media Manager technology
Customizable UI and keyboard mapping
Flash™ (.swf) file format import
Autosave crash recovery
Dual/external monitor support
Metronome for playback and record
Unlimited undo/redo history
Get Media option to download media from the Web
Mixing and Editing
New! Audio and MIDI mixing console
New! Audio, MIDI, and Bus Track meters
New! Input busses
New! Real-time rendering
New! Tempo curves
New! Cross-track event drag and drop
New! Enhanced Beatmapping for tracks with tempo changes
New! Enhanced timestretch and pitch-shifting with élastique Pro
New! Metronome count-off
New! Switches including Normalize, Invert Phase, and Lock
Multitrack recording for audio and MIDI
Unlimited media clips per track
On-the-fly punch-in recording
Record input monitoring
Clip Pool management
ACID Project sections
Envelope automation recording
Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline
Film-style panning mode for 5.1 surround projects
Nestable folder tracks
Real-time event reverse
Bus-to-bus routing
Downmix monitoring
Drop one-shots in real time
Customizable project media folders
Envelope changes applied to multiple selected events
5.1 surround mixing
Beatmapper remixing tool
Chopper editing tool with loop cloning
Hotkey commands for track muting and soloing
Video scoring track (AVI, MOV, WMV)
Ripple editing across multiple tracks
Attack, Sustain, and Release (ASR) envelopes
Tempo, time signature, and key change markers
Metadata command markers
Real-time placement of markers during playback
Volume and pan envelopes
Tempo and key mapping
MIDI and Effects
New! MIDI track freeze
New! Enhanced plug-in management
New! Optimized plug-in scanning with Plug-in Manager
Inline MIDI editing
MIDI track envelopes and keyframes
Drum grid editing mode with drum key maps
MIDI filtering and processing
VSTi parameter automation
Program Map Editor
MIDI file export
MIDI piano roll snap-to-scale filtering
MIDI event list editing and step recording
ReWire support (mixer and device)
VST effects support with automation and tempo sync
Tempo-based DirectX® effects
Groove quantization tools
Audio Plug-in Manager
Bypass all effects command
Generate and trigger from MIDI Time Code (MTC)
Direct links to audio/MIDI editors
DLS 1 & 2 soft synth support
DirectX plug-in support
Plug-in effect automation
Over 20 real-time DirectX audio effects
32 assignable effect chains
26 effect busses
Effects bus tracks
Automated DirectX Effects
Track EQ
Resonance Filter
Flange/Wah/Phase
Tempo Based DirectX Effects
Simple Delay
Flange / Wah / Phase
Amplitude Modulation
Chorus
DirectX Effects
Compression
Pitch Shift
Chorus
Delay / Echo
Noise Gate
Multiband Dynamics
Graphic Dynamics
Parametric EQ
Paragraphic EQ
Graphic EQ
Amplitude Modulation
Flange / Wah-Wah / Phase
Smooth / Enhance
Gapper / Snipper
Vibrato
Distortion
Export and CD Burning
New! Native FLAC, AAC, AC-3 Studio, and MPEG-2, format support
Gracenote® CD album identification
Integrated disc-at-once CD burning
CD audio extraction
Export: WAV, MP3, WMA, WMV, RM, WAV, AIF, PCA, and AC3
One-click music publishing to ACIDplanet.com
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