Sony Acid Music Studio 7

Music Creation and Mixing Software



If you're serious about making your own music, ACID Music Studio 7.0 software is the perfect tool for original song creation, multitrack audio and MIDI recording, and studio-quality mixing, and effects processing. Share your songs any way you want - burn your own CDs, upload to the web, prepare audio for podcasts, or export to your MP3 player. With built-in tutorials to guide you, you'll be composing, mixing, and mastering like a pro in no time.

It's time to start making your music

• Record, edit, and mix multiple tracks of audio and MIDI
• Unique interactive tutorials so you can learn while you work
• Includes over 3,000 ACIDized music loops and 1,000 MIDI files
• Share songs any way you want including CD and MP3

Perfect for DJs and remix artists, home recording studios and musicians, video and multimedia producers, podcast and streaming media creators, eduator, trainers, and presenters.

ACID Music Studio 7.0 makes it easy to create, mix, and share your songs!




Loop-based Song Creation in 3 Easy Steps:

  Pick Your Music

• Includes over 3,000 loops in almost every genre
• Audition loops in real time with your mix

  Paint it On

• Simple brush tool paints music into tracks
• Unlimited tracks for audio and MIDI

  Play it Back

• Click Play to preview your song
• Hear pitch and tempo changes in real time

Create original music by combining the included music loops or record and edit your own live performances. You can also extract audio from your own CDs and add MP3 files to your mix. Professional mixing tools give you precise control over volume and panning, effects processing, audio routing, and final output.

• Unlimited tracks and loops per project
• Automatic pitch and tempo matching
• Record vocals or instruments into your song
• Audition loops in real time with your mix
• Import your own music from CDs or MP3s
• Apply effects, reverse audio, and more

Studio Multitrack Recording Multitrack recording gives you complete freedom and flexibility in how you record your tracks. ACID Music Studio software has unlimited tracks for audio and MIDI, so you can record as many instruments and vocals as you want. Record the entire band all at once with each instrument on a different track. This gives you complete control over volume, panning, and effects on each instrument or vocal for the perfect mix.  

Create Video Soundtracks
With ACID Music Studio you can easily create custom soundtracks for your video projects created in Vegas Movie Studio software or other applications. Easily add sound effects, music, or even record your own voiceover track.

Fundamentals

• New! Includes over 3,000 ACIDized music loops
• New! 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

Mixing and Editing

• New! Multitrack audio and MIDI recording
• New! 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

MIDI

• New! Includes over 1,000 MIDI files for song creation
• New! Includes 90 DLS instruments and 25 DLS-based projects
• New! MIDI editing and sequencing
• New! Inline MIDI editing with drum grid
• New! MIDI step recording
• New! MIDI track envelopes and keyframes
• New! MIDI import and export
• New! MIDI input filters for tracks

Audio Control

• 16-bit, 48kHz audio support
• DirectX audio plug-in support
• Tempo-based DirectX effects
• VST instrument support
• VST audio effect support
• ASIO driver support

Export and Sharing

• New! ATRAC editing and encoding
• New! Gracenote MusicID CD album recognition
• Integrated disc-at-once (DAO) CD burning
• Unlimited MP3 export
• Export to Sony Net MD players
• One-click publishing to ACIDplanet.com*

* One-click publishing requires an internet connection from your PC to the Web

• Windows XP, Vista
• 800 MHz processor (1 GHz if using video)
• 200 MB Hard Disk space for program installation
• 256 MB of RAM
• Windows-compatible Sound Card
• DVD-ROM drive (for installation)
• Supported CD-Recordable drive (for CD burning)
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or later (included on application disc)
• One-click publishing requires an internet connection from your PC to the Web

Supported Formats

• Opens: AIFF, AVI, BMP, GIF, JPG, MIDI, MP3, OGG, PCA, SFA, SWF, TGA, TIF, W64, WAV, WMA
• Saves: AIFF, ATRAC3, AVI, MP3, OGG, QuickTime, RealAudio, RealVideo, W64, WAV, WMA