ACID Music Studio

$69.95        Your Price $49.95 (Edu. Version)

Music Creation Made Easy Create original music by combining the included music loops — over 1,700 of them — 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

Top 5 New Features

DirectX® and VST audio effect support: Increase your mixing options with DirectX effects, including tempo-based effects, and VST audio plug-ins.

VST instrument support: Play back your MIDI tracks through virtual synthesizers, filters, and effects.

ASIO driver support: Low-latency ASIO driver support provides faster results during playback and recording, plus adds support for additional sound cards.

Customizable project media folders: Set default folders and save locations for projects and other types of media to fit your workflow.

Keyboard command loop composition: Use your computer keyboard to insert loops and one-shots in real time as your project plays back.

Your Music Studio If you're serious about making your own music, ACID® Music Studio™ software is the perfect tool for original song creation, live recording, and studio-quality mixing and effects processing. Share your songs any way you want — burn your own CDs, upload to the Web, 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.      Original Songs in 3 Easy Steps  

Pick Your Music

Includes over 1,700 loops in almost every genre Audition loops in real time with your mix

 

Paint it On

Simple brush tool paints music into tracks Unlimited tracks for audio and MIDI

 

Play it Back

Click Play to preview your song Hear pitch and tempo changes in real time

 

Create, Mix, and Share Your Songs

Loop-based music creation is fun and easy to learn. ACID Music Studio software includes more than 1,700 studio-quality loops in almost every music genre to get you started. Just Pick some loops, Paint them into the tracks, and click Play. With ACID Music Studio software you can:

Record and edit music from nearly any instrument or MIDI source

Create royalty-free soundtracks for videos

Make custom mixes and mashups of your favorite songs

Built on Industry-Standard Professional Software

Our award-winning ACID Pro software is the industry standard for professional music creation on the PC. Built on the same technology, ACID Music Studio software provides the power, flexibility, and reliability of ACID Pro software, with a streamlined set of features that make it perfect for home music creation and mixing.    

Easy Live Recording

ACID Music Studio software can capture from any instrument or MIDI source that can be plugged into your computer's sound card. You can also extract audio from your own CDs and add MP3 files to your mix. Automatic key and tempo matching syncs it all up so everything plays back together and sounds great.    

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.    

Learn as You Go with Amazing Tutorials

Sony 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.     More Ways to Share 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.

 

ACID PRO 6

$399.95        Your Price $369.95

Educational Price    $199.95

Music Creation Reformulated

In the world of digital music creation, ACID Pro software has always stood out from the crowd. Its automatic loop time-stretching and tempo-matching technology is second-to-none, and its straightforward pick, paint, and play functionality has helped make ACID Pro software the favorite loop-based music creation tool for millions of users worldwide. Now reformulated to add multitrack recording and full MIDI sequencing to its superior looping functionality, ACID Pro 6 software delivers a new formula for ground-breaking music creation: loops + multitrack + MIDI. Together, these key components add up to a full-featured professional music workstation unlike any other.  

Innovative Loop-Based Music Creation

ACID Pro software has been the leader in loop-based music creation for nearly ten years. Version 6 has all of the core ACID Pro features—automatic pitch and tempo matching, real-time loop previewing, unlimited tracks, and our signature pick, paint, and play interface—and new enhancements such as support for multiple media events per track, and automatic crossfades. ACID Pro 6 software also includes over 1,000 Sony Sound Series loops so you can start creating music right out of the box.   

Multitrack Audio and MIDI Recording

For uncompromising 24-bit, 192kHz sound quality production live or in-studio, ACID Pro 6 software has an expanded set of features for maximum audio performance. Whether you're on stage tracking a combo, or recording MIDI-based studio sequences, ACID Pro 6 software is the optimal platform for reliable multitrack production: on-the-fly punch in/out, unlimited tracks for audio and MIDI, control surface support, powerful plug-in processing, and 5.1 surround mixing.  

Comprehensive MIDI Support

ACID Pro 6 software has unparalleled support for MIDI sequencing, with real-time MIDI processing and precise control over MIDI events. All note and controller data can be recorded and edited on the timeline as easily as audio tracks. Use new track envelopes to automate and modify modulation, expression, or other types of MIDI controller data over time. Other new features let you record multiple tracks of MIDI, apply real-time MIDI quantization, perform filtering and processing, create and edit drum patterns.  

Superior Mixing and Editing

Nondestructive editing, unlimited tracks, and real-time pitch and tempo matching—ACID Pro 6 software has all of the essentials. ACID Pro 6 software includes our patent-pending Groove Mapping and Groove Cloning quantization tools, real-time event reverse, freehand envelope drawing, and support for alternate time signatures. Our unique Beatmapper tool makes remixing easy, and the Chopper tool helps you create impressive drum fills, stutters, and DJ-style effects.

Professional Effects and Soft Synth Support

Expand your sound palette with native support for VST instruments, as well as VST and DirectX audio plug-ins. ACID Pro 6 software includes the Native Instruments KOMPAKT Sony ACID Pro edition and over 20 DirectX effects. Create resonant sweeps, dramatic fades, EQ changes and add effects with parameter automation. Integrate ACID Pro 6 software with your existing studio: full ReWire host and device support, ASIO, and control surface automation for devices such as the Mackie Control and Frontier Design TranzPort.  

Exclusive Quantization Tools

Transform loops and MIDI tracks into fresh, new sounds with our exclusive Groove Mapping and Groove Cloning quantization tools. Change the groove of a track, apply different grooves to the same track, extract a groove from one file and apply it to another, or even create custom grooves.  

Professional Workflow Features

The Media Manager is a powerful way to tag, organize, and search your collection of content. Use new project sections to quickly audition different arrangements of a project. Maximize efficiency with folder tracks and cluster editing. Use the convenient Clip Pool to easily choose and arrange the events you want to use in your compositions. Place multiple media clips on one track—automatic crossfades tie everything together. Deliver projects in nearly any format without leaving the ACID Pro 6 environment: integrated DAO CD burning, AC3, AIF, ATRAC, AVI, MOV, MP3, MPEG-1 & MPEG-2*, OGG, PCA, RM, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV.

Included with ACID Pro 6

ACID Pro 6 software includes a custom edition of Native Instruments KOMPAKT. This full-featured VSTi sample playback engine comes bundled with over 120 instruments—a US $200 retail value!

 

WINDOWS

 

Microsoft^® Windows^® 2000, XP Home, or XP Professional

 

1 GHz / 1.2 GHz processor if using video

 

150 MB hard-disk space for program installation/
600 MB hard disk space for Sony Sound Series Loops and Samples reference library installation/ 2.2 GB hard disk space for installation of Native Instruments Kompakt Sony ACID Pro edition

 

ACID Seminar Series Training DVD

$99.95    Your Price    $89.95

This comprehensive DVD set provides you with the best and most qualified hands-on experience available for learning ACID Pro software. Authored by the same people who wrote the software, this unique system provides you not only with a guided and interactive tour of ACID Pro software, but also with all of the content you'll need to get the most out of the experience.     Contents

Discs 1 & 2 — Seminar DVDs contain four interactive, tutorial-style class sessions. Disc 3 — Content CD contains all of the media you'll need to follow along with the classes.

Class #1: Loop-based music creation basics Designed for the new and novice user, this class covers everything you need to know to get up and running fast. It focuses on the traditional strength of ACID Pro software: loop-based music creation. The techniques you'll learn here form the base for each of the other classes in this package.

Class #2: Basics of MIDI in ACID This class thoroughly introduces the basic concepts of the new in-line MIDI sequencing and editing model in ACID Pro software. Though it starts with a few basic MIDI concepts that not all users will need, this class quickly moves into the ACID Pro approach to MIDI sequencing. Users of any level of expertise with either MIDI or ACID Pro software who want to get serious about incorporating MIDI into their ACID projects will benefit from this class.

Class #3: Multitrack audio in ACID Learn how to take full advantage of the new multitrack audio features that make ACID Pro software a true digital audio workstation. No matter what you think you know about ACID Pro software now, this class will have you working more effectively and more efficiently.

Class #4: Advanced MIDI For the hard-core MIDI user, this class dives deep into the features that make ACID Pro software a complete MIDI sequencer. You'll learn to use MIDI processes and filters, take full advantage of your MIDI hardware, configure patch and drum maps, and much, much more.