Provided by Sam Ash
ACID® PRO 4.0 is the latest version of Sonic Foundry's award-winning loop-based music creation tool that allows professionals to produce original, royalty-free music. Use ACID to create songs, remix tracks, produce 5.1 surround audio mixes, develop music beds, score videos and create music for web sites and Flash™ animations. While this revolutionary tool is intuitive and easy to use, its powerful enough for professional production. Work with a huge assortment of loops in multiple genres. ACID lets users compose using unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI, import and Beatmap complete songs. ACID PRO saves to a variety of formats such as WAV, WMA, RM, AVI, and MP3. Platform: Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, or XP
Powerful features
Use as many loops and MIDI tracks as you like with unlimited tracks. Apply VSTi soft synths, create amazing 5.1 surround mixes, and perform video scoring.
Amazing audio effects
Create resonant sweeps, dramatic fades, EQ changes, and effects by utilizing new automation parameters and envelope control. ACID 4.0 includes new Sonic Foundry automated effects such as Resonant Filters, Track EQ, and Flange/Wah Wah/Phase. ACID PRO also includes over 20 DirectX® audio Plug-Ins such as Amplitude Modulation, Chorus, Delay, Distortion, Flange, Noise Gate, Reverb and more.
Enhanced MIDI functionality
ACID 4.0 allows you to display and edit MIDI files in a piano roll format, just like a sequencer. The new MIDI piano roll editor allows you to draw new notes, and makes it easier to graphically edit MIDI parameters. Record MIDI tracks into your ACID project using external MIDI devices, or add events using MIDI step recording. MIDI tracks time stretch perfectly to any tempo, and can be rendered with effects just like audio tracks!
Includes hundreds of music loops
ACID PRO includes a content CD containing more than 400 multi-genre music loops and dozens of projects from Sonic Foundry's Loops for ACID® collection. Genres include: Dance, Hip-Hop, Techno, Industrial, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Ambient, Orchestral and more. Plus, get 5.1 surround projects and alternate time signature loops.
What you can do with ACID PRO?
General Features
- Create professional, royalty-free music
- Intuitive pick, paint, and play style interface
- Arrange and edit audio loops
- Hundreds of multi-genre loops
- Use unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI
- Record MIDI, music, or vocals directly into a project
- Perform 5.1 surround mixing
- Use an unlimited number of loops with automatic tempo and pitch matching
- Preview loops in real-time along with your project before adding them
- Import 16-bit or 24-bit audio files
- Import MP3s, videos, and complete songs
- Create mixes in alternate time signatures
- Import Windows Media™ Audio and Video files
- Open multiple file formats in the same project
- Use ASIO driver supported sound devices
Editing Features - Control the volume, pan and effects on each track or through envelope changes
- Create custom remixes of your favorite songs using the Beatmapper™
- Use master, auxiliary, and effects bus tracks
- Produce amazing drum fills, stutters, and DJ-style effects with the Chopper™
- Perform Loop Cloning with the Chopper™
- Create the ultimate music bed for video scoring
- Synchronize audio and video files at the frame level
- Restore projects to any previous state using unlimited undo / redo history
- Drop markers in real-time along the timeline
- Edit multiple tracks at once with ripple editing
- Perform tempo and key mapping
- Make tempo and key changes over time
- Insert volume and pan envelopes
- Mix several tracks into a new one (track bouncing)
Effects Processing - Apply over 20 real-time DirectX® audio effects
- Create resonant sweeps, dramatic fades, and EQ changes using automation parameters and envelope control
- Audition effects in real-time and tweak the results during playback
- Apply effects on tracks, busses, or as assignable effects chains
CD Features - Rip audio tracks from CDs directly into ACID for immediate remixing
- Burn audio projects to CD with track-at-once CD burning
MIDI - Perform MIDI recording, editing, and playback
- Use unlimited tracks of MIDI
- Use VST instruments and DLS soft synths
- Quickly view, filter, and edit MIDI events using ACID PRO's new MIDI list editor
- Add events to your project without having to use an external MIDI controller using step recording
- Use the piano roll to draw and arrange MIDI notes and graphically edit MIDI parameters
- Record MIDI tracks directly into ACID using a MIDI controller
- Combine MIDI tracks with audio tracks
- Generate MIDI Time Code and synchronize with external devices
- Play MIDI files using external or internal MIDI sound sources
- Time stretch MIDI tracks
Other Features - Publish your music to the online community at ACIDPlanet.com
- Save to a number of audio file formats, including WAV, WMA, RM, and MP3
- Encode video, insert metadata command markers, launch web sites, display captions, and embed URL flips into your audio and video streams.
- Incorporate any DirectX® Plug-In, whether from Sonic Foundry or a third party vendor
