Who uses Sony Acid Pro ?

Zacchino · 13th April 2006

I was a bit curious. Who uses this software ??? (or "why do I always feel like I'm the only one using it in the music business ?!!!").

What does the pro audio community think about it, and what does the hip hop producers think about it ?

tekn0 · 13th April 2006

I used it for a long time and got great results with it, importing everything as 1 shots.
Editing was a pretty quick and stright forward which is kinda why i liked it so much. I have since moved into a different sequencer enviroment(PT TDM), but i still from time to time use it when i need quick editing for a demo reel or somthing like that.

Maddstone · 13th April 2006

I must admit, I think its one of the tightest progs out there for doing the whole thing.I think what some ppl do is that they would do the whole track on there, or more so the musical aspects and then send it to something like PT or Cubase and focus on the vox recordings, mixing and mastering.But some ppl do it all in Acid pro and I dont there's anything wrong with that.I luv the way u can sample in it.Its so kwik and easy.

I think Danger Mouse is another user of it.He's a pioneer of the lo-fi.

perun · 13th April 2006

I often mix in Nuendo... really like it! But if we're talking about arranging, ACID PRO 2.0 is on the TOP!!! I use it from '98 or '99... can't remember, really. It rocks... fast, reliable, crash-proof, easy... everything. Buy it for 20 bucks and you'll see. It's better than new versions. It is very stabile... Offcourse, 2.0 version is not Midi supported, they did it fully later, but I'm using it for sample trimming, Wav drums arranging and effects.

Regards...

dtheone · 14th April 2006

I have used it since version 1.0; Moved up to 6.0 but i'm not as impressed as I thought i'd be. I want a vertical strip type mixing window; like cubase, nuendo, logic have.

I'm not using it as much as i used to since reason 2.5 and Rex 2.

If they give me a similar look and feel to cubase, nuendo; I'd make it my main DAW with reason re-wired to it.

It could use a facelift as well. Still looks and feels like acid 1.0

Northern Light · 14th April 2006

I usually use pro tools for everything from top to bottom. some of the editing is more tedious in pro toos as well as the file browsing. but it does it all for me.
Recently ive put acid on my home computer which has an Mbox and is ok. but im using acid tons now. its soo easy to use as a sampler. the grid works pretty well for drum note placement. sometimes i end up sliding a note or two late on the sixteenth, without the grid, to give it some swing.
but for editing loops its wicked. you can have the original song in a window below so you can quickly chop out segments from that window and drop em into the edit window.
The beat mapper feature works well and if set can pop up each time you import a sample. it pops up on the screen where you can choose not to use it if you dont want , so its easy to decline if you just want a one shot.
when slicing samples it will put a fade on the lead and trail edge of samples. which is a neccissary and tedious thing to do in pro tools. that alone is a monstorous time saver.
The program will run on a lower class of computers as well so its perfect for makin up the loops and doing the aranging, mixing and tracking of vocals/additional instruments at another location(which someone already mentioned, and is what i do.)
It also seems to be easy to come out with a quiet track. Just watch where your signal is on the master fader display, and stay around -6db to -4db. that will give you some room when in the mix later in the process.
not trying to advertise but check out www.myspace.com/northernlightauthorized I made all those beats with acid.
The trap i fall into with acid is that ,with the amount of file sharing software out there, its easy to have a million mp3's on hand to sample from. acid will import mp3's so i do it all the time. its great really because i can explore the net to learn about wide varietys of different sounds and styles. but on the other end of the burning candle is that im sure my mp3's are never going to match up to someone whos sampling wax with a top quality turtable, DI's, and superb D/A converters.

I guess its perfect for people who want to make music using samples and dont use hardware. i guess you could slide it in nicely in place of an mpc or somthing. but best results will be tracking the loops out using another method, hardware or software

Zacchino · 14th April 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by dtheone

I want a vertical strip type mixing window; like cubase, nuendo, logic have.

I requested that one, such a shame they didn't make it. Hopefully for ver.7 someday.

Well I guess you guys use Acid just like I do. I don't use loop anymore, except for for some percussions, but very rarely.

Northern light, I really dig your flow, very suttle, great voice man, keep on the good job ! The beats are tight too... Really feels like acid / mpc like way as you said

Anyway, I can't make my rythm without this software, so I stick with it, but from now on I'll be doing all my midi on Cubase, cuz it's still too buggy with Acid 6.0 unfortunately (Gigastudio issues, some strange behaviours when recording midi or audio looped, bugs when editing) because its workflow is a mass killer !!!

I hope Acid 7.0 will have punch in and out, metronome count in, freeze, and more to catch up the other DAWs. It's quite there for sure, and if it gets more recognition, maybe that it will be taken more seriously.

jx23 · 14th April 2006

I just use Acid for the beat mapper to make remixes

perun · 14th April 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zacchino

I requested that one, such a shame they didn't make it. Hopefully for ver.7 in 12 years

r lol

Well I guess you guys use Acid just like I do. I don't use loop anymore, except for for some percussions, but very rarely.

Northern light, I really dig your flow, very suttle, great voice man, keep on the good job ! The beats are tight too... Really feels like acid / mpc like way as you said

Anyway, I can't make my rythm without this software, so I stick with it, but from now on I'll be doing all my midi on Cubase, cuz it's still too buggy with Acid 6.0 unfortunately (Gigastudio issues, some strange behaviours when recording midi or audio looped, bugs when editing) because its workflow is a mass killer !!!

I hope Acid 7.0 will have punch in and out, metronome count in, freeze, and more to catch up the other DAWs. It's quite there for sure, and if it gets more recognition, maybe that it will be taken more seriously.

If you haven't tried earlier versions... My favorite is 2.0, try it... it's less confusing, volume and pan options are minimal, easy to edit, the grid is clear, too... I hate 5.0, 6.0... probably will hate 7.0 too.

But if you're using it as full DAW as you said, that's another story... but I'm sure there is a bunch of 200 times better progs for it!

Regards...

dtheone · 14th April 2006

I never quite used acid for looping; I did alot of intense multi track edits (recreating patterns for drum breaks, pans, efx etc....)

http://www.4ament.com/Media/davetheo...zeditbreak.wmv

I had a bit more fun mutilating System of a downs hypnotize with Acid and Sound Forge.

http://www.4ament.com/DamixxCd/hypnotizetheone.mp3

It's tedious work so I don't do it as much anymore.

I was really looking forward to Acid turning into a full DAW. It's not there yet, but i'll stick around till it does.

profplume · 27th May 2011

this is an old topic but I wanted to jump in on this because I hope by now we are past the "battle of the daw's" that used to go on back when Pro-Tools was king and Acid (and Fruity loops) were looked at as kid's stuff.

I have used Acid since I first started in computers. I tried Cakewalk and ProTools but came right back. It did lack a bit in the multi-track ing/mixing department, but since 6 it is a fully functional set up.....as is just about anything. I only use it for personal stuff so I still haven't unlocked its full potential. I still discover new things about the program from time to time; it's like every session gets even simpler.

And this is true about nearly everything out there. I have several FREE plug-ins that are great, unlike hardware, where there is a pretty clear divide between professional equipment and "demo tape" stuff. Sure some programs were put together more carefully, with more complex algorithms, more stable, with more capabilities, but as far as sound, everything out there would have been off the charts ten years ago. (btw, Acid 7 is NOT available in 64 bit which is something many spoiled people point to. Sound forge is and I'm sure 8 will be but again, so what......)

Professional sound depends on your "other stuff" like converters, preamp, speakers, mic.....etc

In fact the majority of plug-ins these days are geared toward degrading the sound. lol That's pretty funny. lol

So, anyway I think we can agree that ANY of these daw's will suffice for ANY genre. Asking people opinion is worthless because they're only telling you what THEY prefer. Who cares? That's like going on a forum and asking what flavor kool-aid you should buy at the store tonight.

It's a beautiful time for people like us!! Soak it up! lol

jrides · 28th May 2011

Acid was my main DAW for years. I have mixed whole albums with it. Acid 2. I left around Acid 4.

Acid 2 is the truth. Changed the game.

Sampire · 28th May 2011

I never used acid to mix, but to record and chop loops it's all I used for like 10 years, up until just recently moving into Reaper.......

love Acid.

actually, it's still what I use when in Windows

the rest of the time I'm in OSX though in Reaper

Acid is so easy to pick up, simple, pleasing workflow

13th April 2006	#1
Zacchino Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Paris, FRANCE / L.A, USA Posts: 683 Thread Starter	Who uses Sony Acid Pro ? I was a bit curious. Who uses this software ??? (or "why do I always feel like I'm the only one using it in the music business ?!!!"). What does the pro audio community think about it, and what does the hip hop producers think about it ?

13th April 2006	#4
perun Gear addict Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Belgrade, Serbia Posts: 390	I often mix in Nuendo... really like it! But if we're talking about arranging, ACID PRO 2.0 is on the TOP!!! I use it from '98 or '99... can't remember, really. It rocks... fast, reliable, crash-proof, easy... everything. Buy it for 20 bucks and you'll see. It's better than new versions. It is very stabile... Offcourse, 2.0 version is not Midi supported, they did it fully later, but I'm using it for sample trimming, Wav drums arranging and effects. Regards... __________________ Atelje Trag Group, Belgrade www.ateljetrag.com Emmett Brown Technologies, Hollywood www.emmett-brown.com

27th May 2011	#11
profplume Gear maniac Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Bronx, NY Posts: 276	this is an old topic but I wanted to jump in on this because I hope by now we are past the "battle of the daw's" that used to go on back when Pro-Tools was king and Acid (and Fruity loops) were looked at as kid's stuff. I have used Acid since I first started in computers. I tried Cakewalk and ProTools but came right back. It did lack a bit in the multi-track ing/mixing department, but since 6 it is a fully functional set up.....as is just about anything. I only use it for personal stuff so I still haven't unlocked its full potential. I still discover new things about the program from time to time; it's like every session gets even simpler. And this is true about nearly everything out there. I have several FREE plug-ins that are great, unlike hardware, where there is a pretty clear divide between professional equipment and "demo tape" stuff. Sure some programs were put together more carefully, with more complex algorithms, more stable, with more capabilities, but as far as sound, everything out there would have been off the charts ten years ago. (btw, Acid 7 is NOT available in 64 bit which is something many spoiled people point to. Sound forge is and I'm sure 8 will be but again, so what......) Professional sound depends on your "other stuff" like converters, preamp, speakers, mic.....etc In fact the majority of plug-ins these days are geared toward degrading the sound. lol That's pretty funny. lol So, anyway I think we can agree that ANY of these daw's will suffice for ANY genre. Asking people opinion is worthless because they're only telling you what THEY prefer. Who cares? That's like going on a forum and asking what flavor kool-aid you should buy at the store tonight. It's a beautiful time for people like us!! Soak it up! lol __________________ Digitally spoiled.

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13th April 2006	#2
tekn0 Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 525	I used it for a long time and got great results with it, importing everything as 1 shots. Editing was a pretty quick and stright forward which is kinda why i liked it so much. I have since moved into a different sequencer enviroment(PT TDM), but i still from time to time use it when i need quick editing for a demo reel or somthing like that.

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Maddstone Gear maniac Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 274	I must admit, I think its one of the tightest progs out there for doing the whole thing.I think what some ppl do is that they would do the whole track on there, or more so the musical aspects and then send it to something like PT or Cubase and focus on the vox recordings, mixing and mastering.But some ppl do it all in Acid pro and I dont there's anything wrong with that.I luv the way u can sample in it.Its so kwik and easy. I think Danger Mouse is another user of it.He's a pioneer of the lo-fi.

14th April 2006	#5
dtheone Gear nut Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Brooklyn New York Posts: 135	I have used it since version 1.0; Moved up to 6.0 but i'm not as impressed as I thought i'd be. I want a vertical strip type mixing window; like cubase, nuendo, logic have. I'm not using it as much as i used to since reason 2.5 and Rex 2. If they give me a similar look and feel to cubase, nuendo; I'd make it my main DAW with reason re-wired to it. It could use a facelift as well. Still looks and feels like acid 1.0

14th April 2006	#6
Northern Light Gear interested Joined: Feb 2006 Location: British Columbia Posts: 6	I usually use pro tools for everything from top to bottom. some of the editing is more tedious in pro toos as well as the file browsing. but it does it all for me. Recently ive put acid on my home computer which has an Mbox and is ok. but im using acid tons now. its soo easy to use as a sampler. the grid works pretty well for drum note placement. sometimes i end up sliding a note or two late on the sixteenth, without the grid, to give it some swing. but for editing loops its wicked. you can have the original song in a window below so you can quickly chop out segments from that window and drop em into the edit window. The beat mapper feature works well and if set can pop up each time you import a sample. it pops up on the screen where you can choose not to use it if you dont want , so its easy to decline if you just want a one shot. when slicing samples it will put a fade on the lead and trail edge of samples. which is a neccissary and tedious thing to do in pro tools. that alone is a monstorous time saver. The program will run on a lower class of computers as well so its perfect for makin up the loops and doing the aranging, mixing and tracking of vocals/additional instruments at another location(which someone already mentioned, and is what i do.) It also seems to be easy to come out with a quiet track. Just watch where your signal is on the master fader display, and stay around -6db to -4db. that will give you some room when in the mix later in the process. not trying to advertise but check out www.myspace.com/northernlightauthorized I made all those beats with acid. The trap i fall into with acid is that ,with the amount of file sharing software out there, its easy to have a million mp3's on hand to sample from. acid will import mp3's so i do it all the time. its great really because i can explore the net to learn about wide varietys of different sounds and styles. but on the other end of the burning candle is that im sure my mp3's are never going to match up to someone whos sampling wax with a top quality turtable, DI's, and superb D/A converters. I guess its perfect for people who want to make music using samples and dont use hardware. i guess you could slide it in nicely in place of an mpc or somthing. but best results will be tracking the loops out using another method, hardware or software

14th April 2006	#8
jx23 Gear interested Joined: Apr 2006 Location: England, Essex Posts: 27	I just use Acid for the beat mapper to make remixes

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jrides Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 1,126	Acid was my main DAW for years. I have mixed whole albums with it. Acid 2. I left around Acid 4. Acid 2 is the truth. Changed the game.

28th May 2011	#13
Sampire Gear addict Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 454	I never used acid to mix, but to record and chop loops it's all I used for like 10 years, up until just recently moving into Reaper....... love Acid. actually, it's still what I use when in Windows the rest of the time I'm in OSX though in Reaper Acid is so easy to pick up, simple, pleasing workflow