Sony Acid 7 Manual

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CHP. 2WHAT’S NEW?
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What’s New?
This chapter is intended for experienced ACID users. It simply addresses the question on everyone’s mind: 
“What’s new in this version of ACID?”
Mixing
Plug-in effects automation
In ACID 4.0, you can automate the parameters of plug-ins, provided that the plug-ins support automation. 
Effect automation relies on track envelopes, a tool you may already be familiar with from creating volume, 
pan, bus send, or assignable effect send envelopes. 
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ASIO driver support
In addition to supporting Microsoft Mapper, Windows Classic Wave, and WDM drivers, ACID 4.0 now 
supports ASIO™ drivers. With its more direct data delivery to the sound card, the ASIO driver model 
provides professional users with faster audible responses. You can choose which driver model ACID uses on 
the 
Audio tab in the Preferences dialog. For more information, see Using the Audio tab on page 181.
Loop Cloning in the Chopper
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MIDI event list editing
ACID 4.0 includes a list editor OPT plug-in that gives you direct access to all MIDI data for a track. You can 
use the list editor to add, edit, quantize, and delete MIDI events or to step record new MIDI material. For 
more information, see Using the list editor on page 140.
VSTi support
You can route MIDI tracks in an ACID 4.0 project to a VST® instrument (VSTi) using the new soft synth 
controls in the Mixer window. For more information, see Using soft...

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Video
Windows Media Audio and Video import
You can now add Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Video (WMV) files to an ACID 
project. 
Enhanced video handling
ACID 4.0 provides two new options for rendering projects containing video: Stretch video to fill output frame 
(do not letterbox) 
and Fast video resizing. For more information, see Rendering projects on page 54.
In addition, the Video window now provides an option to display square pixels to compensate for any spatial...

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CHP. 3GETTING STARTED
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Getting Started
Now that you have an understanding of ACID’s interface and controls, you are ready to begin learning the 
techniques needed to pick, paint, and play ACID projects. In this chapter you will learn the skills that will 
allow you to create music in ACID, from locating media files to writing the finished project to CD. 
Starting projects
Double-clicking the ACID icon on the desktop starts ACID. You can immediately begin building your 
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Using the Audio tab
This tab allows you to set different characteristics the project uses to handle the audio.
Opening existing projects
1.From the File menu, choose Open. The Open dialog appears.
2.Choose a drive and folder from the Look in drop-down list.
3.Select a file in the browse window or type a name in the File name box. Detailed information about the 
selected file appears at the bottom of the dialog box.
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Getting media files
Now that you’ve created a new project or opened an existing project, the next step is to add media to the 
project. You can use the Explorer window to locate, preview and add media to your project. You can also 
extract audio from a CD or download media from the Web.
Previewing media from the Explorer window
The Explorer window allows you to preview files in looped playback at the current project tempo before 
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Adding media to the project
You must add media files to a project before you can paint, arrange, and process them. When you add a file to 
a project, ACID creates a new track to accommodate it. ACID adds new tracks at the current volume of the 
Preview fader in the Mixer window, unless you have set a default track volume level. For more information, 
see Setting default track properties on page 178.
There are several methods of adding media files to a project.
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Adding media files from outside the application
You can also add a media file to a project by dragging it from Windows Explorer to the track view.
Adding multiple media files simultaneously
To add multiple media files to the project,  +click (or  +click) to select the files and drag them to the 
track view or the track list. 
Extracting media files from CD 
ACID allows you to extract 44,100 Hz, 16-bit, stereo data from CDs. ACID adds extracted CD tracks to new 
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You can also double-click a CDA file in the Explorer window (or drag it to the track view) to extract a CD 
track without opening the Extract Audio from CD dialog.
Note: When adding media from multiple CDs, you may 
need to press   to refresh the Explorer window to view the 
new CD’s contents.
Downloading media files from the Web 
The Get Media from the Web command allows you to view and download various audio and video files 
available on the Internet.
1.From the File menu,...