ACID Pro 6 [OLD VERSION]

by Sony

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EXS456
• Item model number: SAC6000
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 17, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,649 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

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.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Program July 14, 2007

By Happy User

I looked at the Acid program several years ago and dismissed it because it was previously designed for loops only, and it wasn't as intuitive as I needed at that time.

A month ago, I worked through an Acid tutorial from Computer Music Magazine using the Acid Express program that is given free of charge from Sony on their website. Within a half an hour, I KNEW this program was a WINNER and I ordered it immediately.

I'm much more skilled at sequencing now than I was when I first looked at it. I couldn't believe how easy, useful, fast and fun it was to use. Now that Sony has taken some excellent steps toward making it a competitive DAW, I've switched from my linear DAW to Sony Acid Pro 6 for programming and sound design. The workflow in the program beats every single linear DAW by the sheer nature of it's design, and I've tried or used all of the major ones at one time or another.

This is an excellent program for general sequencing. Everything constructed in it can be exported to more complex software for finishing. The beauty of it is how quickly songs can be constructed compared to most DAWS, and how easy it is to learn to use. I've wasted more time editing to perfection in my other DAW, when the same functions take a split second in Acid.

It's a fine program and I highly recommend it. I'm looking forward to version 7 as I write this. This is NOT a full feature program that you can or should use to finish a commercial project. But it will take you to that moment of export faster and with less quirks and flaws than any linear DAW available today.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars So far so good. December 21, 2006

By Polypterus

I've had this program for about a day now so take this review with a grain of salt. When I first got it I had some problems figuring out what's what. It seems you have to drag and drop the loop Library from the DVD to your hard disk. It doesn't get installed when you do the installation. I ended up calling support and they did a pretty good job straighten me out although they did admit the documentation was lacking in this area. Once I got the program running I was in shock! I had never used any loop based music creation software before. I have only used cubase and had not even used it that much. However compared to cubase this program is a lot easier to get started on. I was literately making music in 5 minutes. Ok it's somewhat cheating because you are just putting together samples but still It's very encouraging because it's so easy. I haven't tried the midi or recording part yet so I'll have to comeback and update this when I do. It's just a breath of fresh air to be able to do something so fast like this. Any idiot can make something that sounds reasonably good.

First Edit: Ok it's been a couple more days. I've converted my old Cubase midi projects to Acid pro. It was pretty easy; just had to write them out as midi in Cubase and read them back in in ACID pro. ACID pro seems to work OK with my old set of VST instruments. The midi editor is easy to use, just draw the notes in. It has a piano keyboard on the left if you want to hear them first.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Even with Vista this Rocks! October 12, 2008

By HawaiianEye

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First off, I use Vista on a NASA style computer.
The Media Manager and "What's This?" Help program, doesn't operate using Vista.
But let me tell you, Acid Pro 6 is everything you need. Combined with Acid Pro Power! (the official guide), and the manual that's supplied with the Acid program, there's no need for Help files. Granted, the Media Manager is missed, but you can create folders with windows explorer to sort your loop and save catagories. In other words, Media Manager doesn't even have anything to do with the artistic use of Acid Pro and the creative process. In NO WAY does it hinder any of the Acid programs powerful abilities!
As a Home "recordist", I used to need to hook up a drum machine, keyboard, and many other tedius processes involving cables, living room "real estate" and clutter, just to separately record background tracks into my Roland digital recording console. Then into my computer to burn the CD. Now everything is in the computer! And this is one program you can play around with for hours, non-destructive 24 bit editing! Fooling around with different beats and modes, in seconds! EASY!
Later after creating balanced background tracks, vocals and solo instrumentals can be recorded as easily as the ol' multitrack tape recorders! With as many "Takes" as it takes! Even mixing the best sections of each performance to perfection. Again in only seconds! No re-routing this and that. As easy as painting the music on the computer screen.
I've been able to do all of this by just playing around and experimenting. That's how easy it is. Of course I've used multitrack tape recorders long ago, but the program just makes sense without alot of learning curve. Now, I got the Acid Pro 6 Power Book! What the future holds.....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Do Acid Pro 6.0 November 22, 2007

By R. READ

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I am very happy with Acid Pro 6.0

Midi Soft GM sounds and VST sampler work well with ASIO drivers.

Recording audio tracks and adding FX is easy

ACID looping of samples are an industry standard

Exports (Renders) to multiple formats

Cons: Media Manager's runs on an MS SQL engine that has problems with VISTA 32 at this time.

Solution: I just did not install the Media Manager or SQL

In All, I moved from Cakewalk-Sonar to Acid Pro 6 and have not looked back. I purchased a DVD Tutorial for ACID Pro 6, and was very familiar with Sound Forge, so the change from Sonar to Acid Pro was easy. I find that ACID Pro 6 has really helped me to be creative compared to the later versions of Cakewalk-Sonar which added a lot of features that started to get in the way of my production. I am not trying to beat up on Sonar for my possible writers block, but it is not happening with Acid Pro 6. I would have given Acid Pro 6 five stars if it had better Vista 32 support at this time.