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ACID Pro 6 vs. ACID Pro 7

FEATURE
ACID Pro 6ACID Pro 7
Audio and MIDI mixing console
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Audio, MIDI, and Bus Track Meters
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Input busses
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Real-time rendering
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MIDI track freeze
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Enhanced timestretch and pitch shifting with élastique Pro
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Enhanced Beatmapping for tracks with tempo changes
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Tempo curves
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Metronome countoff
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Cross-track event drag and drop
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Switches including Normalize, Invert Phase, Mute, and Lock
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External control surface channel tracking
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Custom labels for ASIO™ devices and ports
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Enhanced plug-in management
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Optimized plug-in scanning via the Plug-in Manager
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Interactive Tutorials
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FLAC, AAC, AC-3 Studio, and MPEG-2, format support
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Includes over 3,000 loops in multiple genres
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Multitrack audio and MIDI recording
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Multiple media events per track with automatic crossfades
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On-the-fly punch-in recording
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Project sections
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Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline
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Envelope automation recording
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Record input monitoring
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5.1 surround film-style panning
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Inline MIDI editing
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MIDI recording and playback
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MIDI piano roll and list editing
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MIDI track envelopes and keyframes
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Drum grid editing mode with drum key maps
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MIDI filtering and processing
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VSTi soft synth support and parameter automation
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MIDI file export
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Support for control surfaces including Mackie Control and Frontier Design TranzPort™
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Dual/Multi-core processor support
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Dynamic playback optimization
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ATRAC3™, ATRAC3plus™, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless™ format support
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Gracenote® MusicID CD album identification
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Number of tracks
Unlimited
Unlimited
Maximum bit depth/sample rate
24/192khz
24/192khz
Project wide tempo and key changes
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ASIO driver support
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Alternate time signature support
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Master, auxiliary and effects bus tracks
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DLS sample file support
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5.1 surround mixing
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Includes over 20 DirectX® effects
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Tempo based DirectX effects
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Plug-in effect automation
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Volume and pan envelopes
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MP3 open/save
Unlimited
Unlimited
Groove Mapping™ quantization with Groove Cloning™
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Media Manager™ technology
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Nestable folder tracks
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VST effect support with automation and tempo sync
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Multiport VSTi soft synth support
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Rewire mixer and device support
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Real-time event reverse
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Metronome for playback and record
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Customizable keyboard mapping
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Bus-to-bus routing
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Downmix monitoring
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Beatmapper™ remixing tool
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Chopper™ editing tool
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Ripple editing / edits across tracks
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Flash (.swf) format import
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Video scoring track
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Disc-at-once CD burning/CD extraction
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Publish to ACIDplanet.com
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ACID Pro 6 vs. ACID Pro 7
 
 
 
 

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Product News

A. Dorian of Houston Music Reviews puts ACID Pro 7 software to the test. Go » All Reviews »
 
An update to ACID Pro software is now available. Go »
 
Heath McKnight writes a very positive review of ACID Pro 7 software. He states, “This is a powerful DAW that every musician, sound engineer, etc., needs in his or her toolbox.” Go » All Reviews »
 
Blast magazine editor-in-chief John Guilfoil has plenty to say about ACID Pro 7 software and calls its feature set “just plain delicious if you’re a musician.” Go » All Reviews »
 
Curt Yengst of Radio World magazine tests ACID Pro 7 software in a radio production environment. Go » All Reviews »
 
Radio Production magazine’s Steve Cunningham hadn’t looked at ACID Pro since 2002. Find out why he’s so psyched about version 7. Go » All Reviews »
 
"ACID Pro 7 is one of the most powerful pro-level DAW (digital audio workstation) packages on the market." Go » All Reviews »
 
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