Sony’s ACID Music Studio is a good starting point for new music producers. With its competitive price and built-in tutorials guiding you through every process , it’s easily a great stepping stone for producers of all stripes. In comparison to other audio production software programs, it is fairly bare-bones, and though it’s a program that is almost designed to be grown out of, it can be upgraded to Sony’s ACID Pro.
Sony’s ACID Music Studio is simple, yet still offers many of the tools and features included in more advanced audio production programs like Ableton, Reason, KORE and others. Software Includes 3,000 loops and endless user resources.
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ACID Music Studio 8.0 system requirements
- Microsoft® Windows® XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista® (Service Pack 2), or Windows 7
- 1 GHz processor
- 1 GB RAM
- 200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
- Windows-compatible sound card
- DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
- Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
- Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later
- Internet Connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service)
You must provide your registration information to Sony Creative Software Inc., a US company, in order to activate the software. Product requires online registration within 30 days.
ACID Music Stuio 8.0 Features
General
- New! Free Sony Sound Series loop library title
- Microsoft® Windows® 7 certified
- Floating & docking windows
- Enhanced Show Me How tutorials
- Includes over 3,000 ACIDized music loops
- Multicore processor support
- Intuitive pick, paint, and play interface
- Unlimited tracks for audio and MIDI
- Video scoring track
- Automatic pitch and tempo matching
- Alternate time signature support
- Real-time loop preview
- Support for multiple file formats in the same project/track
MIDI
- Includes 90 DLS instruments and 26 DLS-based projects
- MIDI editing and sequencing
- Inline MIDI editing with drum grid
- MIDI step recording
- MIDI track envelopes and keyframes
- MIDI import and export
- MIDI input filters for tracks
Mixing and Editing
- Audio and MIDI Mixing Console
- Four audio busses and assignable effects chains
- Audio, MIDI, and bus track meters
- Metronome countoff
- Sub Bus and FX Send support
- Cross-track event drag and drop
- Tempo curves
- Enhanced Beatmapping for tracks with tempo changes
- Multitrack audio and MIDI recording
- Multiple events per track with automatic crossfades
- Studio-quality effects including EQ, reverb, delay, and more
- Chopper™ editing tool and loop cloning
- Beatmapper™ remix tool
- Track-level volume, panning, and effects editing
- Master bus track for project-wide volume and pan fades
- Real-time audio effects preview during playback
- Event reverse
- CD audio extraction
- Metronome
Audio Control
- Zplane élastique audio timestretching and pitch shifting
- Switches including Normalize, Invert Phase, and Lock
- Custom labels for ASIO™ devices and ports
- Enhanced plug-in management
- Optimized plug-in scanning with Plug-in Manager
- Includes Studio Devil™ British Valve Custom (BVC) and TruePianos™ Amber Lite software
- 16-bit, 48 kHz audio support
- DirectX audio plug-in support
- Tempo-based DirectX effects
- VST instrument support
- VST audio effect support
- ASIO™ driver support
Export and Sharing
- AAC and FLAC format support
- ACIDPlanet.com profile link
- Gracenote® MusicID™ CD album recognition
- Disc-at-once (DAO) CD burning
- Track-at-once (TAO) CD burning
- Unlimited MP3 export
- One-click publishing to ACIDplanet.com
Supported Formats
Import: AAC, AIFF, AVI, BMP, FLAC, GIF, JPG, MIDI, MP3, OGG, PCA, QuickTime®, SFA, TGA, TIF, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV
Export: AAC, AIFF, AVI, FLAC, MP3, OGG, PCA, QuickTime®, RealAudio™, RealVideo™, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV
ACID Music Studio 8.0 system requirements
- Microsoft® Windows® XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista® (Service Pack 2), or Windows 7
- 1 GHz processor
- 200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
- 1 GB RAM
- Windows-compatible sound card
- DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
- Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
- Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later
- Internet Connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service)
You must provide your registration information to Sony Creative Software Inc., a US company, in order to activate the software. Product requires online registration within 30 days.