Sony ACID Music Studio 7

 

ACID Music Studio is the ideal tool for original song creation, multitrack audio and MIDI recording, and studio-quality mixing, and effects processing, with built-in tutorials to guide you, through composing, mixing, and mastering.

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.

Features:

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

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.

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
• Customise 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Minimum System Requirements

Windows
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)

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Pricing (exclusive of VAT)

Part number	Description	Price in £ Sterling (Ex. VAT)
SNAC005	Sony ACID Music Studio 7 - Box	£30.64
SNAC8467	Sony ACID Music Studio (ESD)	£24.03
SNAC004 *	Sony ACID Music Studio 7 - License (5+) Product Note: (close) Minimum 5 users. Price per user	£25.04