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Reviews

• auscam Dec 2007-Jan 2008 edition, ACID Music Studio 7 Review
• PC User July 2005
• Video Camera Review, Jan 2006

ACID^® Music Studio™ Software

Music Creation and Mixing Software

It's Time to Start Making YOUR Music

If you're serious about making your own music, ACID Music Studio software is the perfect tool for original song creation, multitrack audio and MIDI recording, and studio-quality mixing, and effects processing. Share your songs any way you want — burn your own CDs, upload to the web, prepare audio for podcasts, or export to your MP3 player. With built-in tutorials to guide you, you'll be composing, mixing, and mastering like a pro in no time.

Your Music Studio

Easy to Use and Learn

Even if you've never written a song or played an instrument, you can use ACID® Music Studio software to create original music, produce DJ-style remixes, add soundtracks to videos, and burn professional-quality CDs.

Powerful Mixing and Effects Processing

Professional mixing tools give you precise control over volume and panning, effects processing, audio routing, and final output. Customize your songs using professional-quality audio effects including EQ, reverb, delay, chorus, flange, phase, distortion, echo, and more. Use VST and DirectX audio effects, and VST instruments. Add pan and volume envelopes, reverse audio, and change the pitch and tempo of your mix in real time.

Record and Edit MIDI

Use ACID Music Studio Software for complete MIDI editing and sequencing. Record and edit MIDI note and controller data on the timeline, and assign to any MIDI instrument. ACID Music Studio software supports VSTi and includes over 1,000 MIDI files and 90 instruments for song creation.

Learn as You Go with Amazing Tutorials

Our exclusive Show Me How tutorials guide you through the entire creative process. Whenever you need help, just click the Show Me How button and choose your tutorial topic. Helpful text dialogue boxes, pointers, and guides will actually show you what to do and where to click.

Share Your Music Anywhere

Create your own CDs in minutes. Disc-at-once CD layout and burning is fully integrated into the software so you can conveniently create your music and produce professional-sounding CDs all within one application. Powerful encoding functionality lets you save your songs to popular streaming formats for uploading to the web, or export them to portable music devices.

What is a loop?

A loop is simply an audio file that repeats itself within your song. For example, a loop can be a drum beat, guitar riff, keyboard part, or vocal sample. With ACID software, you can create complete songs or custom remixes by selecting and arranging different loops. ACID Music Studio software includes more than 3,000 music loops to get you started. If you need more loops, check out our Sony® Sound Series™ collection or download free loops at ACIDplanet.com

Fundamentals

Music Creation Made Easy

Create original music by combining the included music loops or record and edit your own live performances. You can also extract audio from your own CDs and add MP3 files to your mix. Professional mixing tools give you precise control over volume and panning, effects processing, audio routing, and final output.

Unlimited tracks and loops per project Automatic pitch and tempo matching Record vocals or instruments into your song Audition loops in real time with your mix Import your own music from CDs or MP3s Apply effects, reverse audio, and more

Loop-based Song Creation in 3 Easy Steps

Studio Multitrack Recording

Multitrack recording gives you complete freedom and flexibility in how you record your tracks. ACID Music Studio software has unlimited tracks for audio and MIDI, so you can record as many instruments and vocals as you want. Record the entire band all at once with each instrument on a different track. This gives you complete control over volume, panning, and effects on each instrument or vocal for the perfect mix.

Create Video Soundtracks

With ACID Music Studio you can easily create custom soundtracks for your video projects created in Vegas Movie Studio software or other applications. Easily add sound effects, music, or even record your own voiceover track.

Mixing and Editing

Professional Mixing Power

ACID Music Studio software provides a complete set of professional-level tools to give you precise control over volume and panning, effects processing, audio routing, and final output. Create your own music loops with the Chopper™ tool Add pan and volume envelopes for precise control Customize your mix with built-in audio effects Change pitch and tempo, and reverse audio in real time

Unique Tools for Remixing

For remixing your favorite songs, only ACID Music Studio software has the Beatmapper tool. If you remix a complete song, the Beatmapper wizard appears. The Beatmapper tool automatically find the tempo of the song, making it easy to remix.

Studio-Quality Content

ACID Music Studio software includes over 3,000 ACIDized loops in nearly every musical genre. Combine these loops to create original songs. Need more loops? Browse the Sound Series catalog for over 100 loop library CDs to expand your collection of music samples, one-shots, and sound effects.

Impressive Audio Effects

Apply professional-quality audio effects and processes including EQ, reverb, delay, chorus, flange, phase, distortion, and echo. New in version 6, ACID Music Studio now includes DirectX and VST audio effects support, as well as support for VST instruments so you can playback your MIDI tracks through virtual synthesizers, filters, and effects.

Add Your Own Music to the Mix

Get additional music for your projects from your own files. ACID Music Studio software can import audio from CD, .mp3, and .wav files for remixing.

MIDI

Complete MIDI Environment

ACID Music Studio software is has everything you need for MIDI recording, editing,and sequencing. In addition, ACID Music Studio software includes over 1,000 MIDI files and 90 DLS instruments that you can use to create original songs and remixes.

Inline MIDI Editing

Increase your music productivity and flexibility with easy-to-see inline note editing. Inline editing makes MIDI data easier to edit and gives you quicker access to notes. Use envelopes and keyframes for precise control over MIDI data. The drum grid allows you to easily edit MIDI notes for soft synths that have drum maps defined.

MIDI Track Envelopes

MIDI changes can be made across a project using track envelopes. Track envelopes are an easy, visual way to adjust volume, panning, controller parameters, or program changes dynamically over the duration of a track. With new freehand envelope drawing, you can draw envelopes on the timeline using the drawing tool, and further edit the envelope points if necessary.

MIDI Processing and Filtering

ACID Music Studio software includes MIDI processes and filters such as quantize, velocity, and duration for setting MIDI note parameters. With these processes you can apply destructive editing to MIDI events on the timeline, quantize data in events, edit velocity values, change the duration of an event, or transpose MIDI data.

Show Me How Tutorials

Amazing Tutorials

Show Me How tutorials go beyond the booklets and basic tutorials that other solutions provide. These extraordinary helpers are built right into the software—just click Show Me How to access simple, interactive help on over 20 topics. Show Me How tutorials help you spend less time learning and more time creating!

1. Click on the Show Me How button

2. Choose your tutorial topic

3. Follow the pointers and guides

4. Click Next to move on to the next step

CD Burning and Export

Integrated CD Layout and Burning

ACID Music Studio software makes it easy to create your own CDs in minutes. CD layout and burning is fully integrated into the software so you can conveniently create your music and produce professional-sounding CDs all within one application.

Easy Audio Encoding

Powerful encoding functionality lets you save your songs to popular streaming formats for uploading to the Web, or export them to portable MP3 devices, Sony® Net MD™ players, and more.

Publish Your Songs to the Web

Want to get heard? ACIDplanet.com is the premier Internet site for musicians and content developers. Join ACIDplanet.com to upload and share compositions, remix songs from major-label artists, and collaborate with other members on a wide range of music and video projects.

Features

Fundamentals

• New! Includes over 3,000 ACIDized music loops
• New! 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

Mixing and Editing

• New! Multitrack audio and MIDI recording
• New! 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

MIDI

• New! Includes over 1,000 MIDI files for song creation
• New! Includes 90 DLS instruments and 25 DLS-based projects
• New! MIDI editing and sequencing
• New! Inline MIDI editing with drum grid
• New! MIDI step recording
• New! MIDI track envelopes and keyframes
• New! MIDI import and export
• New! MIDI input filters for tracks

Audio Control

• 16-bit, 48kHz audio support
• DirectX audio plug-in support
• Tempo-based DirectX effects
• VST instrument support
• VST audio effect support
• ASIO driver support

Export and Sharing

• New! ATRAC editing and encoding
• New! Gracenote® MusicID™ CD album recognition
• Integrated disc-at-once (DAO) CD burning
• Unlimited MP3 export
• Export to Sony® Net MD™ players
• One-click publishing to ACIDplanet.com*

Supported Formats

Opens: AIFF, AVI, BMP, GIF, JPG, MIDI, MP3, OGG, PCA, SFA, SWF, TGA, TIF, W64, WAV, WMA

Saves: AIFF, ATRAC3, AVI, MP3, OGG, QuickTime, RealAudio™, RealVideo™, W64, WAV, WMA

*One-click publishing requires an internet connection from your PC to the web.

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System Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® XP or Windows Vista™
• 800 MHz processor (1 GHz if using video)
• 200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
• 256 MB RAM
• Windows-compatible sound card
• DVD-ROM drive (for installation)
• Supported CD-Recordable drive (for CD burning)
• Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later (included on application disc)