Sony Announces Upgrade To Acid Pro – Version 7 Available In November
Sony Creative Software has announced Acid Pro 7, the latest upgrade to their digital audio workstation. The new version will be available in November and offers multitrack recording, 5.1 surround sound mixing, MIDI sequencing and loop-based music production.
Now Microsoft Vista compatible, Acid Pro 7 software enables a faster and more flexible creative environment by providing precise control over the music creation process through enhancements such as a new mixing environment, MIDI track freeze, tempo curves, improved Beatmapping, and additional import/export options.
Acid Pro 7 software advances the application’s DAW functionality with new features that make the music production process flow even smoother by leveraging the Transparent Technology that Sony is so well known for in all of its professional music applications. The software provides extensive digital audio production tools that support many different production workflows in one complete application. In addition, Acid Pro 7 software now includes interactive tutorials to help new users get started quickly.
Features:
» Audio and MIDI mixing console
The new audio and MIDI mixing console offers additional routing options, providing a much more efficient in-studio recording environment. The mixing console offers an integrated look at all tracks and busses in an Acid project with the appearance of a traditional hardware-based mixer, yet can be customized to provide users with the best view of even the most complex session.
» MIDI Track Freeze
With Acid Pro 7 software users can freeze MIDI tracks that use multiple soft synths and render them as a .wav file which can then be streamed and played back as audio files. MIDI Track Freeze provides faster results and greater CPU efficiency during a mixing session when using multiple soft synths.
» Real-time rendering
Real-time rendering allows users to incorporate live input from external sources such as an instrument, microphone or MIDI controller device. Users can route audio to external hardware, and effects processors.
» Input busses
With input busses, users have greater control over routing input signals, including the ability to record from external devices with effects, mix external audio sources with projects, use external effects processors with tracks and busses and perform real-time input monitoring.
» Enhanced Timestretch & Pitch Shifting with Zplane Elastique Pro
Mixes created with Acid Pro 7 software sound better than ever using new elastique timestretching from Zplane. The processing technology provides Acid Pro 7 software with new algorithms that provide nearly artifact-free time stretching and pitch shifting. Beatmapped tracks can be time stretched and pitch shifted even more dramatically while retaining maximum sound quality.
» Enhanced Beatmapping
The enhanced Beatmapping in Acid Pro 7 software allows users to Beatmap songs with varying tempos and time signatures, providing more flexibility when composing songs and performing remixes.
» Tempo Curves
Users can create dramatic or subtle tempo changes in their Acid Pro projects using new tempo curves that provide a more efficient way to linearly adjust your music’s pacing.
» FLAC, AAC, AC-3 Studio, and MPEG-2 format support
Users can import and export additional file formats with Acid Pro 7 software, allowing for more options with streaming media and hardware devices including the Apple iPod.
Acid Pro 7 software comes with a software bundle valued at $500, which includes the Garritan Aria for Acid Pro player and custom sample library developed in conjunction with Plogue Art et Technologie Inc., the Acid Pro Effects Rack powered by iZotope, Submersible Music KitCore and Native Instruments Guitar Combos. Acid Pro 7 software also includes over 3,000 music loops and 1,000 MIDI files. Additionally, Acid Pro 7 enables users to upload songs to the Acid planet.com online music community directly from the Acid Pro interface. For even more music creation content, Sony Creative Software offers the industry’s most extensive content collection of over 130 high-quality loop libraries optimized to work with the Acid product line.
Sony’s Acid Pro 7 digital audio workstation will be available in early November and cost $399.95. More information on Sony Acid Pro 7.
