ACID Product Family Comparison| FEATURE | ACID Xpress 7 | ACID Music Studio 7 | ACID Pro 7 |
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| General |
| External control surface channel tracking* |  | |  |
| Custom labels for ASIO™ devices and ports* | | | |
| Interactive tutorials* | | | |
| Dual/multi-core processor support | | | |
| Support for external control surfaces | | | |
| Dynamic playback optimization | | | |
| Number of tracks | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Maximum bit depth/sample rate | 16/48kHz | 16/48kHz | 24/192kHz |
| Media Manager™ technology | | | |
| Customizable loop searches and tagging | | | |
| Video scoring track | | | |
| Live audio recording | | | |
| Customizable keyboard mapping | | | |
| "Get Media" option | | | |
| Time and tempo markers | | | |
| Metronome for playback and record | | | |
| Macromedia Flash™ .swf format import | | | |
| Windows® Vista compliant | | | |
| ACIDplanet.com news and profile toolbar | | | |
| Mixing and Editing |
| Audio and MIDI mixing console* | | | |
| Audio, MIDI, and Bus Track Meters* | | | |
| Input busses* | | | |
| Real-time rendering* | | | |
| Tempo curves* | | | |
| Cross-track event drag and drop* | | | |
| Enhanced Beatmapping for tracks with tempo changes* | | | |
| Enhanced timestretch and pitch shifting with élastique Pro* | | | |
| Metronome countoff* | | | |
| Normalize, Invert Phase, and Lock* | | | |
| Multiple media events per track with automatic crossfades | | | |
| On-the-fly punch-in recording | | | |
| Record input monitoring | | | |
| ACID project sections | | | |
| Envelope automation recording | | | |
| Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline | | | |
| Groove Mapping™ quantization with Groove Cloning™ | | | |
| Nestable folder tracks | | | |
| 5.1 surround mixing | | | |
| Beatmapper remixing tool | | | |
| Recognition of Beatmapped files | | | |
| Real-time event reverse | | | |
| Volume and pan envelopes | | | |
| Tempo and key changes | | | |
| Bus-to-bus routing | | | |
| Chopper loop editing tool | | | |
| Alternate time signature support | | | |
| Effects & MIDI |
| MIDI track freeze* | | | |
| Enhanced plug-in management* | | | |
| Optimized plug-in scanning via the Plug-in Manager* | | | |
| Inline MIDI editing | | | |
| MIDI track envelopes and keyframes | | | |
| MIDI input filtering and processing | | | |
| Post-record MIDI filtering and processing | | | |
| MIDI file import/export | | | |
| Program Map Editor | | | |
| Drum grid editing mode | | | |
| Custom drum grid editor key maps | | | |
| MIDI recording/event list editing | MIDI record only | | |
| VSTi support | | | |
| VSTi parameter automation | | | |
| VST effect support | | | |
| VST automation and tempo sync | | | |
| Multiport VSTi soft synth support | | | |
| DLS sample file support | | | |
| Rewire mixer and device support | | | |
| Track effects | | Yes/includes ExpressFX | |
| DirectX® plug-in support | | | Yes/includes XFX 1,2,3 |
| DirectX plug-in effects automation | | | |
| Tempo-based DirectX effects | | | |
| Audio Plug-In Manager | | | |
| ASIO™ driver support | | | |
| Generate MIDI Time Code and MIDI clock | | | |
| Master bus track | | | |
| CD and Export |
| FLAC, AAC, AC-3 Studio, and MPEG-2, format support* | | | |
| Gracenote® CD album identification | | | |
| CD extraction | | | |
| TAO/Disc-at-Once CD burning | | | |
| Publish to ACIDplanet.com | | | |
| WAV, WAV64 support | Open only | | |
| MP3 support | 128 kbps max | | |
| Windows Media™ audio support | 128 kbps max | | |
| Windows Media™ video support | 512 kbps max | | |
| ATRAC™ format support | Open only | | |
| QuickTime support | | | |
| MPEG encoding support (with optional plug-in) | | | |
