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Sony ACID Pro 6 (No Longer Available)Item ID: ACIDLoop-based Music Production Software for PC with Multi-track Recording, Mixing, and Editing 
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We are working with our friends at From Our Research Team:ACID Pro 6 Is a Complete DAW in One Application!Sony has massively upgraded ACID Pro 6! Sony has beefed up this iconic loop creation application to full DAW status. The new ACID Pro 6 adds professional multi-track recording, editing, and mixing capabilities with VST and ReWire support. In addition, ACID Pro 6 now features comprehensive MIDI support, with inline MIDI editing, a Drum Grid mode to make building drum patterns quick and easy, and track envelopes for modifying any MIDI controller data.Sony ACID Pro 6 at a Glance:
The One and Only ACID Of course, ACID Pro 6 still offers powerful loop creation and manipulation tools, with unlimited audio and MIDI tracks, real-time pitch and tempo matching, and a ton of additional tools. Included with the software are more than 1,000 Sony "Sound Series" loops, plus the Kompakt sample player and a custom sound library. A Solid Foundation ACID software is built on rock-solid technology to provide you with an excellent foundation for loop-based music creation. ACID Pro 6 software also features a complete set of tools called Fundamentals - the features you need to produce truly professional results. For example, ACID Pro 6 software has unlimited tracks for audio and MIDI events, real-time pitch and tempo matching, and impressive new Media Manager technology. Media Manager tools let you search, tag, and catalog your loops with incredibly accuracy and efficiency. Get Organized Powerful new Media Manager technology offers a more efficient way to manage your ACID Pro 6 project media. Innovative "search and tag" tools allow you to quickly identify loops found on your hard-drive or even within the entire Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples collection - by genre, instrumentation, BPM, or other user-defined and customizable attributes. Superior Mixing and Editing New nestable folder tracks enhance project organization and simplify editing. Reverse audio events during playback in real-time. Set up and mix 5.1 channel surround project files for audio and DVD productions. The Beatmapper tool adds tempo information to song-length files including MP3s, so you can remix and combine music loops with existing songs. The Chopper tool creates amazing drum fills, stutters, and DJ-style effects. Cutting-Edge Audio Effects Apply over 20 DirectX audio effects, including the new tempo-based effects such as Flange, Amplitude Modulation, and Simple Delay that automatically adjust to project-based tempo changes. You can also create resonant sweeps, dramatic fades, EQ changes, and add effects using automation envelopes. ACID Pro 6 software also natively supports VST effects, expanding the palette of sounds available for music creation. Apply automation and tempo-sync VST effects. Use VST soft synths with multiple busses. Your Quantization Station ACID Pro 6 software includes powerful and patent-pending groove quantization technology. Groove Mapping and Groove Cloning can significantly expand your loop collection by morphing existing loops into fresh, new sounds. Beat-match loops and vocal tracks nondestructively in real-time. Quantize disparate loops to a common groove, create new grooves from scratch, apply any number of the supplied grooves, and even extract grooves from existing loops and apply them to other samples. Sony ACID Pro 6 Features:
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ReviewsExcellent All-In-One
by Colin from Boston, MA
I have been searching for the next big DAW interface that would allow me to do MORE than just record tracks and sequence them. That I have been able to do for years.August 27, 2007 Music Background: Recording Engineer (Semi-Pro), Musician I wanted the abilit... read more [+]y to record with LIVE soft FX, looping & sample technology AND be able to do it easily so I can focus more on my songwriting and less on my interface meddling. For someone like myself who records each track seperately in a non-group atmosphere, this is excellent. High quality stuff from Sony. close [-] Perfect
by Brian from IL
Acid Pro is everything I need in a DAW. I would suggest purchasing the seminar series along with it. It will save you a ton of time learning to use it to it's full potential.
February 26, 2007 Music Background: The easiest DAW on earth!!
by Yasser Saeed from Yemen
The 1st DAW I tried was Sonic Foundry's Vegas, in its first version, maybe about 10 years ago if I remember correctly. I used it for few weeks, and it was OK back then. I became interested in 3D grap... read more [+]hics & video production, and got so busy exploring that world, so I almost never touched any audio software since then, expect for Sound Forge for simple 1 track recording, editing, and mastering.December 31, 2006 Music Background: Hobbyist but good recording engineer ... In the last 3 years, I become again very interested in the audio recording field, so I studied audio engineering using Pro Tools as the only DAW. I found Pro Tools to be very powerful, but difficult to use as well. I even purchased Digi 002 during my study to aid me mastering Pro Tools at home. During that time, I tried many popular DAW's such as Cubease, Sonar, Samplitude, etc, and I disliked all. Also,I tried Acid 4 Pro and it was nice for loop music creation only, it was not a DAW. In the last 3 months, I started testing almost all popular DAW's with their latest versions, but I was not convinced with any of them, so I kept using Pro Tools. When Sony transformed Acid Pro into REAL DAW in version 6, it was like a magic to me. Acid Pro 6 is a very powerful DAW indeed, and yes, it has its pros and cons like any other DAW on earth. But what makes it stand out of the crowd is its very easy learning curve, and standard, but logical user interface. Acutely, I produced a great song in that same day I started learning its features !! Yes .. it is this easy. In fact, I am selling my Digi 002, and switching to Acid 6 Pro as my ONLY DAW for my personal work at my home studio. close [-] Nothing else quite like it
by The Ken Myers Project from Cleveland, Ohio USA
This is THE only product I would give a five star rating for. Acid is the choice for many producers and film score writers the world over (no,I don't mean the drug). The program is just like the energ... read more [+]izer bunny, it just keeps goin and goin, and never seems to get bogged down by too much happening at one time like some other programs. I highly recommend this for all your audio looping needs. close [-]
October 12, 2006 Music Background: recording artist, electronic musician composer Keep it simple with Acid Pro
by Daniel Devine from Indianapolis, IN
I have used Acid Pro 6 for quite some time now, I love the interface, simple. Not a whole lot of icons clogging up you channel strip, menus are straight forward and catagorized nicely. That is probabl... read more [+]y Acid's strongest feature, its simple easy to use GUI. One gripe on the GUI is the absence of a mixer window that displays all the channels, it has one that can be docked/un-docked, but it only displays VST instrument channels, and busses. Kind of odd to me. I absolutely love the media manager/file explorer window, its nice to be able to quickly find loops/one shots that you use in multiple projects (like a producer's tag).September 16, 2008 Music Background: Rap/HIp-Hop Producer, Recording/Mixing Engineer The included effects package is actually a big let down. Some effects, compressor, track EQ, and simple delay are nice to use exspecially when you have high track counts and need a compressor and EQ on nearly every channel. They are extremely easy on your CPU. However, the reverbs, flange/wah-wah, parametric EQ, wave hammer ("mastering" limiter) and pitch shift are pretty low quality, but those are easily replaced if you get something like Waves Native Power Pack. One thing I really love is the easy integration with Sound Forge. I use Sound Forge 8 along with Acid Pro, its nice for being able to make small edits in Sound Forge's wav editor. But the down side of that is, man DAW's have already integrated wav editing right inside of the DAWs track, something Acid Pro doesnt do. MIDI editing is another strong feature in ACID Pro, you can edit MIDI right in the track window, or have a seperate window for editing. Acid's groove templates are excellent too. All in all, after using Acid Pro for about 3 years, I dont think I would buy the update (if they ever make one). I've used cubase and I definitely like the mixing window's workflow, and now that I have moved away from sequencing on a computer, I dont even use Acid Pro for MIDI editing anymore, and now Ableton has about the best sequencer for MIDI on a PC. Honestly though, its all preference if you're running a home/project studio, so you should definitely find what works best for you. If you do love Acid's GUI and simplicity then I would recomend getting the 'light' version of Acid (I think its called Acid Music Studio) take the extra money and buy some sort of effects package. close [-] 
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