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ACID Music Studio 8.0 - 2011

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Overview

Inexpensive, easy-to-use loop-based music creation software.

Sony ACID Music Studio 8.0 is the perfect tool for loop-based music creation, audio recording, MIDI production, effects processing, and studio-quality mixing. Create music, then share it. Burn CDs, upload to the Web, or export as MP3 for listening on your favorite portable players. With built-in tutorials to guide you, you'll be composing, editing, and mixing like a pro in no time, even if you're a newcomer to the world of computer music.

Your computer's audio input leads directly to ACID Music Studio. Simply plug in your microphone or instrument and click Record. Import songs and MP3s for remixing, and use the Beatmapper tool to create remixes and dynamic DJ sets.

With Apply sophisticated signal and effects processes including lastique timestretching, EQ, reverb, delay, chorus, flanging, phase shift, and distortion. ACID Music Studio features VST audio effects support, as well as support for VST instruments, so you can play your MIDI tracks back through virtual instruments, filters, and effects.

You can also use Sony ACID Music Studio 8.0's powerful MIDI editing and sequencing tools. Record MIDI data from your favorite hardware controllers, or compose directly on the ACID Music Studio piano roll and drum grid interfaces. ACID Music Studio supports VSTi and includes 90 instruments for song creation.

Features

  • Enhanced tutorials
  • More than 3,000 ACIDized music loops
  • 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/track
  • Includes 90 DLS instruments and 26 DLS-based projects
  • MIDI editing and sequencing
  • Inline MIDI editing with drum grid
  • MIDI step recording
  • MIDI track envelopes and keyframes
  • MIDI import and export
  • MIDI input filters for tracks
  • Mixing and Editing
  • Audio and MIDI Mixing Console
  • Four audio busses and assignable effects chains
  • Audio, MIDI, and bus track meters
  • Metronome countoff
  • Sub Bus and FX Send support
  • Cross-track event drag and drop
  • Tempo curves
  • Enhanced Beatmapping for tracks with tempo changes
  • Multitrack audio and MIDI recording
  • 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
  • Audio Control
  • Timestretching and pitch shifting
  • Includes Studio Devil British Valve Custom (BVC) and TruePianos Amber Lite software
  • 16-bit, 48 kHz audio support
  • DirectX audio plug-in support
  • Tempo-based DirectX effects
  • VST instrument support
  • VST audio effect support
  • ASIO driver support
  • Export and Sharing
  • AAC and FLAC format support
  • ACIDPlanet.com profile link
  • Gracenote MusicID CD album recognition
  • Disc-at-once (DAO) CD burning
  • Track-at-once (TAO) CD burning
  • Unlimited MP3 export
  • One-click publishing to ACIDplanet.com

Order today and you'll be making beats tomorrow, well, maybe next week depending on the post office.

Specs

ACID Music Studio 8.0 - 2011 Specifications:

  • Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista (Service Pack 2), or Windows 7
  • 1 GHz processor
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
  • Windows-compatible sound card
  • DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
  • Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
  • Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or later
  • Internet Connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service)
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