Sonic Foundry ACID Pro 3.0 (Windows)

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New version of the breakthrough loop composition tool.

ACID Pro 3.0 is an award-winning loop-based music creation tool that allows you to produce original, royalty-free music. Use ACID to create songs, remix tracks, develop music beds, score videos, and develop music for Web sites and Flash animations. This revolutionary tool is intuitive and easy to use. Work with hundreds of loops in multiple genres. Use unlimited tracks of audio. Import complete songs, even MP3s. And when you're done, publish your music to ACIDplanet.com SM. It even has built-in support for MIDI, video scoring, and can save to a number of audio and video file formats, including WAV, WMA, RM, AVI, and MP3.

If you liked ACID PRO 2.0, you won't want to miss this incredible upgrade. If you've never tried ACID before, there's no other product like it. ACID PRO 3.0.

New Features:

Beatmapper remixing tool

Video scoring track

Chopper editing tool

Powerful new effects model

32 effects per track

32 effect chains / 26 busses

Sample rates up to 192khz

12 New DirectX Audio Plug-Ins from XFX2 and XFX3

MIDI Record and Playback

MIDI File Support

DLS Sound File Support

CD Ripping / CD Extraction

Master, track and assignable audio effects

Attack, Sustain, and Release (ASR) envelopes

Track envelopes lock to events

Vegas(TM) Audio LE Multitrack Editing software

Sound Forge(TM) XP Studio 5.0

"Get Media" Option

ACID News Page

New User Interface Enhancements

New Import Formats:
MP3 (MP3)
Perfect Clarity Audio (PCA)
Video for Windows (AVI)
Quicktime read more (MOV)
OGG Vorbis (OGG)

New Export Formats:
Quicktime (MOV)
Windows Video (AVI)
RealVideo 8 (RM)
RealAudio 8 (RM)
OGG Vorbis (OGG)
Perfect Clarity Audio (PCA)

ACID PRO also includes 60 Days of FREE Technical Support with product registration

Acid Pro Features:

Create music using an efficient pick, paint, and play style interface

Use unlimited tracks of audio

Work with more than 600 music loops (genres include: Dance, Hip-Hop, Techno, Industrial, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Ambient, Orchestral, and more)

Use an unlimited number of loops with automatic tempo and pitch matching

Audition loops with your project before adding them

Import entire MP3 files and songs

Record music or vocals directly into a project

Control the volume, pan and effects on each track

Change the pitch or tempo of an entire project in real-time

Create custom remixes of your favorite songs using the Beatmapper

Produce amazing drum fills, stutters, and DJ-style effects with the Chopper

Create the ultimate music bed for video scoring

Synchronize audio and video files

Restore projects to any previous state using unlimited undo / redo history

Drop markers in real-time

Edit multiple tracks at once with ripple editing

Make tempo and key changes over time

Insert volume and pan envelopes

Mix several tracks into a new one (track bouncing)

Use 18 real-time DirectX audio plug-ins from XFX 1, XFX 2 and XFX 3

Process effects in any order
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