Sony ACID Music Studio 8 2011 Release

ACID™ Music Studio is the best way to bring your music to life and share it with others. You don't have to be an experienced musician or producer—the included 3,000 loops and free Sound Series loop library download will have you making great music in minutes. Our tutorials will show you how to record your own vocals and instruments and add sparkle using the same effects found in professional studios. When you're finished mixing your tracks, burn CDs and make MP3s for the Web and all your favorite portable players. ACID Music Studio transforms your PC into the ultimate home recording studio.

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
Studio Multitrack recording: ACID Music Studio gives you the freedom to record and produce your own original music. Record track by track or capture the entire band at once with each instrument on a different track. This gives you total control over volume, panning, and effects processing on each instrument or vocal track for the perfect mix.

Audio and MIDI Mixing Console: The Mixing Console provides an integrated view of all tracks and busses in your project with the appearance of a traditional hardware-based mixer. The look can be customized to provide you with the best view of even the most complex sessions. The new audio and MIDI Mixing Console has additional routing options, allowing for a more flexible and efficient studio recording environment. ACID Music Studio 8 also supports up to four audio busses and four assignable effects chains.

New! Free Loop Library: ACID Music Studio now includes a code redeemable for one free Sony Sound Series loop library. Choose from among dozens of titles in a wide variety of genres, enter the code, and download a fresh loop library title!

Enhanced remixing tools: For remixing your favorite songs, only ACID Music Studio software has the Beatmapper tool. This tool automatically finds the tempo of a complete song, making it easy to remix. New markers in ACID Music Studio 8 allow you to Beatmap songs with varying tempos and time signatures.

Tempo curves: Easily create gradual transitions in tempo over the duration of an ACID Music Studio project. Transition types include Linear, Fast, Slow, Smooth, Sharp, and Hold. Tempo curves are an efficient way to create dramatic or subtle tempo changes in your project.

Powerful MIDI production: Use 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.

Studio-quality audio effects: Apply sophisticated signal and effects processes including élastique 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.

Zplane élastique timestretching: With élastique Pro technology, you can perform dramatic time stretches and pitch-shifts of Beatmapped tracks while retaining maximum sound quality.
Exclusive guitar and piano software bundle: 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.
Over 3,000 music loops included: ACID Music Studio includes 3,000 Sony Sound Series loops in a wide variety of genres so that you can get started making music right away. Pick the loops you like, paint them into ACID Music Studio, and get great results fast—even if you're a newcomer to the world of computer music.

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.

AAC and FLAC format support: Powerful encoding functionality lets you save your songs in a wide variety of formats, including MP3, WMA, WMV, AAC, FLAC, and more. Encode audio for Web streaming and all your favorite portable players.

ACID Music Studio 8 Features

General
• New! Free downloadable Sony Sound Series loop library title
• Microsoft® Windows® 7 certified
• Floating & docking windows
• 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

Mixing and Editing

• Audio and MIDI Mixing Console
• 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

• Zplane élastique audio timestretching and pitch shifting
• Switches including Normalize, Invert Phase, and Lock
• Custom labels for ASIO™ devices and ports
• Enhanced plug-in management
• Optimized plug-in scanning with Plug-in Manager
• 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

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

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