Sony Acid Music Studio 8.0 [Old Version]

by Sony

Product Features

• Record, edit, and mix live vocals, instruments, and MIDI
• Create songs with over 3,000 music loops and produce DJ-style remixes
• Built-in CD burning
• Follow along with Show Me How tutorials and learn as you go
• Share songs on CD, PSP, iPod, iPhone, online, and more

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B003L51CSA
• Item model number: MSAMS8000
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,849 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

ACID Music Studio is the best way to bring your music to life and share it with others. Multitrack audio and MIDI recording, pro-quality editing and effects, and over 3,000 genre-spanning, studio-quality loops to use in remixes, mash-ups, and original music creations. Share songs on CD, PSP and iPod. Includes Show Me How tutorials.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Let your Creativity Flow! July 9, 2010

By Dexter

Your level of creativity is the only limit with this great value program.
I downloaded the FREE trial of this software from Sony Creative Software and mucked around with it for a whole month, to see if it would do the things I wanted. I am using Acid Music Studio 8.0 to create sound effects and soundtracks for my YouTube videos and my multi-media video artwork.
This program would suit the home musician or the musician just starting out with a limited budget who would like a professional program to record and mix their music.I warn anyone who is creative, that this software is Highly Addictive. You can spend many, many hours exploring all the inbuilt synthesizer preset programs and tweek them with an infinity of different settings contained within the Fx Effects chains.
You can also use the 3.5 Gigabytes of loops and samples that come with the "purchased copy" (not available with trial), to construct your own music in just a few clicks.
Please note something once you have downloaded the "loops & samples":
In the explorer view tab of Acid Music Studio, make sure you click the View button and tick all options - especially tick "Show All Files", otherwise you may freak out and think that you can't access the loops and samples.
This is a MIDI file based program, actually a very large part of the program. So if you want to make the most of using Acid Music Studio 8.0, then get a MIDI to USB connection so that you can connect a Synthesizer Keyboard to your computer. If you do this, you gain amazing control of the program and can control the inbuilt synth on your computer.
You will have to be patient in learning how to set things up, if working with connected instruments. There are a lot of little settings that have to be set just right for the sound & MIDI files to communicate in both directions. There is a fairly good Help file which will teach you how to do things, but as they say: Rome wasn't built in one day!
This product really seems to have hit the mark this time with Version 8.0
I use it with Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum HD 10 production suite and it works just fine.
I'm not a musician, just a novice.
Whether you are a novice or a musician, I'm sure you will love this program.
Ridiculous value for money - honestly.
I hope this review can help out a little bit.
Regards Dex.
P.S. I had problems downloading from Sony once, however my Customer Support Request was answered immediately and the problem was resolved in just a few hours.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Replaces Acid Pro 7 for a fraction of the price. August 4, 2010

By Normypie

Amazon Verified Purchase

I have been using the ACID programs for several years. I started with ACID studio 2.0 and then 3.0. The things that were missing on those programs were the "Chopper" (which lets you easily take pieces of music and turn them into loops) and the ability to do work with midi. Those for a long time were the extras you got by buying Acid Pro. Acid Pro was a very expensive program IMO, you could expect to pay $200 to $300 for it. With Acid Music Studio 8 you now get all the major features of Pro including the chopper and midi for much less money. There must be a new Pro version coming soon, and it might have some big new features we have not seen in Acid before, but for my money this new Music Studio does everything the existing Pro version does for much less money.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Took configuration, but works with my M-audio interface- now I am hooked on it! January 28, 2011

By Paula W.

Amazon Verified Purchase

LOve it! I really like it. Sorry audacity, I am not going back to you for my music anymore. I graduated to acid 8! I have done some great things with this, and it is nice that I dont have to spend too too much money on software to get thsi sound. It is tough configuring sometimes. I spent many frustrated hours trying to get my m-audio fast track pro to work with this thing. But, I did it! Finally! NOw, theres no turning back. It is sorta addicting, like another reviewer said. Especially if you have anmy musical know how, which you probably do if you want this software. I like the beat mapping. With some slight tweaking you can actually use metronome count offs and all sorts of great things. I am still new to it, and look forward to getting better with the software. Its great. Worth it to me, especially with a limited budget after other investmenbts (xlr mic, audio interface, ect)
*TIP* LATENCY MAY BE YOUR WORST PROBLEM WITH THIS SPFTWARE- OR ANY SOFTWARE- GET AN AUDIO INTERFACE, AND SET YOUR LATENCY ON IT TO MATCH THE SETTINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. I HAVE MY INTERFACE SET AT 128 AND THE SOFTWARE SET TO MATCH IT AT 128. NO MORE LATENCY!