A straightforward interface easy-to-use tools and loop-based composition with professional power and quality are the hallmarks of Sony ACID Pro. With the addition of multitrack audio and MIDI recording ACID Pro 6 has become the ideal environment for composing recording mixing and production. It brings its renowned ease of use to these traditional DAW functions making it easy for ACID users to transition to audio and MIDI recording and for musicians frustrated by recording software to finally make music on their computer easily.



Audio multitrack recording
Designed to record multitrack audio live or in the studio ACID Pro 6 lets you arm multiple tracks with flexible input routing record selected events choose from multiple takes and punch in and out easily. Pro 6 supports ReWire and VST plug-ins and comes with 20 DirectX effects. You can also use VST synths with support for multiple output ports and individual mute solo effects and volume controls for each synth bus. It also supports 5.1 surround mixing external control surfaces and project sections that let you rearrange MIDI and audio segments across multiple tracks.

MIDI sequencing
ACID Pro 6 lets you record and edit MIDI note and controller data on a timeline with piano roll or grid views. You can enter notes through an external MIDI controller or with ACID's onscreen keyboard then audition before committing. You can edit MIDI events directly in the timeline quantize data in events edit velocity value change duration or transpose MIDI data. It's also easy to create and edit drum maps for hardware or software-based MIDI synths and drum machines.

Sony ACID Pro 6 Multitrack Recording Software Specifications:

• System Requirements;
• Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP4) or XP
• 1 GHz processor (1.2 GHz if using video)
• 150MB hard-disk space for program installation
• 600 MB hard-disk space for optional Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples reference library installation
• 2.2 GB hard-disk space for installation of Native Instruments Kompakt Sony ACID Pro edition
• 256 MB RAM 512 MB recommended
• Windows-compatible sound card
• DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
• Supported CD-Recordable drive (for CD burning only)
• DirectX 9.0c or later (included on DVD-ROM)
• Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0
• Internet connection (for Gracenote MusicID)
• Internet Explorer 5.1 or later (included on DVD-ROM)
  
  Please Note: Some features may require product registration.

Sony ACID Pro 6 Multitrack Recording Software Features:

• Unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI recording
• Unlimited media clips per track
• Over 1000 music loops
• 24-bit/192kHz audio support
• MIDI control surface support (Mackie Control Universal native)
• ACID project sections
• Realtime pitch and tempo matching
• ASIO driver support
• Alternate time signatures
• Live audio recording
• Dual-monitor support
• Unlimited undo/redo history
• CD audio extraction and DAO burning
  
  
  
  Mixing and Editing:
• Record input monitoring
• On-the-fly punch in and out
• Automatic crossfades
• Beatmapper remixing tool
• 5.1 surround mixing
• Video scoring track
• Envelope automation recording
• Bus-to-bus routing
• Ripple editing across multiple tracks
• Volume and pan envelopes
• Tempo time signature and key change markers
• Volume and pan envelopes
  
  
  
  MIDI and Effects:
• Inline MIDI editing
• MIDI track envelopes and keyframes
• Drum grid editing
• Drum key maps
• Piano roll editing and snap-to-scale filtering
• Filtering and processing
• File export
• Event list editing and step recording
• Patch map editor
• Generate and trigger from MIDI Time Code
• Direct links to audio/MIDI editors
• ReWire support
• Groove Mapping quantization tools
• Multiport VSTi soft synth support
• Tempo-based DirectX effects
• Audio plug-in manager
• Over 20 realtime DirectX audio effects
• 32 assignable effect chains
• 26 effect buses
• Effects bus tracks

Sony ACID Pro 6 was designed to let you compose music with creativity and freedom. Order today!