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A complete home recording studio

ACID Music Studio is the perfect tool for loop-based music creation, audio recording, MIDI production, effects processing, and studio-quality mixing. Create music, then share it — burn CDs, upload to the Web, or export as MP3 for listening on your favorite portable players. With built-in tutorials to guide you, you'll be composing, editing, and mixing like a pro in no time — even if you're a newcomer to the world of computer music.

Easy record and import

Your computer's audio input leads directly to ACID Music Studio — simply plug in your microphone or instrument and click Record. Import songs and MP3s for remixing, and use the Beatmapper tool to create remixes and dynamic DJ sets.
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Studio-quality audio effects

Apply sophisticated signal and effects processes including élastique timestretching, EQ, reverb, delay, chorus, flanging, phase shift, and distortion. ACID Music Studio features VST audio effects support, as well as support for VST instruments, so you can play your MIDI tracks back through virtual instruments, filters, and effects.
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Create new music with MIDI

Use powerful MIDI editing and sequencing tools. Record MIDI data from your favorite hardware controllers, or compose directly on the ACID Music Studio piano roll and drum grid interfaces. ACID Music Studio supports VSTi and includes 90 instruments for song creation.
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ACID Music Studio Midi Editing

Song creation in 3 easy steps

Pick the loops for your loop-based music creation

Pick your music

Explore 3000 loops and 90 virtual instruments.
Download your free Sony Sound Series loop library.

Paint loops anywhere on the unlimited track, multi-track music creation interface

Paint it on

Paint streams of music in the arrange window.
Create as many audio and MIDI tracks as you need.

Play your music through your sound card or external devices

Play it back

Click Play to hear your song.
Alter pitch and tempo in real time.

New! Free Sony Sound Series loop library title

ACID Music studio now contains a download code for one free Sony Sound Series loop library title* — a $99 value. Choose from a wide variety of genres and start making music your way, right away.



Free loops for ACID, Free samples

Learn as you go with easy tutorials

Built in tutorials teach you to use the software as you work.

Our exclusive Show Me How tutorials guide you through the entire creative process. Whenever you need help, just click the Show Me How button and choose your tutorial topic. Helpful text dialog boxes, pointers, and guides will show you what to do and where to click.

Share your creations

Burn music CDs, save your songs to popular formats including MP3, upload songs to Web sites including ACIDplanet.com®, and export songs to all your favorite portable players.
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Microsoft® Windows® 7 compatible

Windows 7 CompatibleACID Music Studio 8 software is fully compatible with the Microsoft Windows 7 platform.

Includes unlimited tech support via email. Click here to visit support pages.

ACID Music Studio 8.0 system requirements

  • Microsoft® Windows® XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista® (Service Pack 2), or Windows 7
  • 1 GHz processor
  • 200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
  • 1 GB RAM
  • Windows-compatible sound card
  • DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
  • Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
  • Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later
  • Internet Connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service)

You must provide your registration information to Sony Creative Software Inc., a US company, in order to activate the software. Product requires online registration within 30 days.





OverviewACID Music Studio 8.0 news and reviews

Create amazing drum tracks in ACID

Explore multiple techniques to create organic, realistic drum tracks in your recordings. In this webinar we look at building drum parts with loops and using the EZdrummer multi layer drum sampler to craft convincing MIDI drum patterns. Go »

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