It's easy to create songs instantly from prerecorded audio samples called loops. ACID Music Studio software includes more than 1,000 studio-quality loops to get you started. Just pick some loops, paint them into the tracks, and click Play. To record your own tracks, just plug a microphone or instrument into your computer and click Record to add live vocals, guitar, keyboard, or other sounds to your creation. ACID Music Studio software automatically matches the tempo and musical elements so everything plays back together and sounds great. Customize your project using studio-quality effects such as EQ, reverb, delay, and more. If you want to make your own music or remixes, add soundtracks to videos, or burn your own songs to CD, ACID Music Studio software is all you need.
Easy record and import
ACID Music Studio 8 makes recording a breeze. Just plug your microphone or instrument into your computer's sound card and click Record. Capture one track at a time or the whole band at once with each instrument on a different track.
Add studio-quality effects
Spice up your music using effects such as EQ, reverb, delay, chorus, and distortion. Change the pitch and tempo of your mix in real time. ACID Music Studio 8 includes Studio Devil™ British Valve Custom guitar amp and TruePianos™ Amber Lite piano plug-in – a set of powerful studio-quality software packages.
Create new music with MIDI
Perform complete MIDI editing, recording, and sequencing. Manipulate MIDI data directly on the ACID Music Studio timeline with a piano roll or a drum grid interface. Apply VST instruments to your MIDI files for a wide variety of sound options.
ACID Music Stuio 8.0 Features:
General
New! Microsoft® Windows® 7 certified
New! Floating & docking windows
New! Enhanced Show Me How tutorials
Includes over 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
MIDI
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
New! Audio and MIDI Mixing Console
New! Four audio busses and assignable effects chains
New! Audio, MIDI, and bus track meters
New! Metronome countoff
New! Sub Bus and FX Send support
New! Cross-track event drag and drop
New! Tempo curves
New! 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
New! Zplane élastique audio timestretching and pitch shifting
New! Switches including Normalize, Invert Phase, and Lock
New! Custom labels for ASIO™ devices and ports
New! Enhanced plug-in management
New! Optimized plug-in scanning with Plug-in Manager
New! 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
New! AAC and FLAC format support
New! 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
Supported Formats
Import: AAC, AIFF, AVI, BMP, FLAC, GIF, JPG, MIDI, MP3, OGG, PCA, QuickTime®, SFA, TGA, TIF, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV
Export: AAC, AIFF, AVI, FLAC, MP3, OGG, PCA, QuickTime®, RealAudio™, RealVideo™, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV
ACID Music Studio 8.0 system requirements
Microsoft® Windows® XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista® (Service Pack 2), or Windows 7
1 GHz processor
200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
1 GB RAM
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)