Acid Pro 4.0 Released
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August 22, 2002
Sonic Foundry announced the release
of ACID PRO 4.0, Sonic Foundry's professional loop-based
music creation tool that allows users to create original, royalty-free music. This
newest release includes sought-after professional features designed to help
music and multi-media professionals produce high-quality musical
arrangements-using pre-recorded sound clips called loops-for use in production,
commercial recording, streaming media creation and corporate audio-video
presentations.
The software can
incorporate an unlimited number of loops of almost any genre, and has been
used in a variety of music recordings, television specials and films. Two of the
more recent broadcasts include the ABC miniseries of Stephen King's "Rose
Red" and HBO's "Path of War," both of which were scored by film
composer and musician Gary Chang.
"ACID is the most evocative product that I have owned in the past 10 years,
and I used the software so much on my last film project that I bought a powerful
new PC that will become my dedicated ACID PRO 4.0 computer," said Chang,
who has more than 70 feature and television projects to his credit. "ACID
provides for me a method of easily constructing electronic environments that
originally may have taken days to create. I take the original elements apart and
apply the ACID metadata properties to them so I can easily transpose,
manipulate and modify the pieces for the score.. ACID has become an integral
part of my creative process, and I can't wait to get my hands on ACID PRO 4.0
to see where that will take me. I am particularly excited about the 5.1 aspects of
the new version as it is something that I will utilize full time."
"As we developed ACID PRO 4.0, we were constantly mindful of the type of
features the professional would want," said Sonic Foundry's Brad Reinke, senior
vice president and general manager of software. "This release represents a
number of significant enhancements that will deliver endless possibilities to those
sophisticated users."
ACID PRO can be used to create songs, remix tracks, develop music beds,
produce 5.1 surround audio mixes, score videos, and develop music for Web
sites and Flash animations. It also has built-in support for MIDI, video scoring,
and can save to a number of audio and video file formats, including WAV,
WMA, WMV, RM, AVI, MOV and MP3. The new professional features of
ACID PRO 4.0 include:
- VSTi support
- ASIO driver support
- Effects automation
- 5.1 surround mixing
- Alternate time signatures
- MIDI piano roll and event list editing
- MIDI step recording
- Loop Cloning
- Yamaha OPT support
Availability and Pricing
ACID PRO 4.0 is available starting Aug. 19, 2002. The MSRP is $499.95, but
it is offered direct from Sonic Foundry for $349.97 as a download, $399.96 for
boxed product or from select software retailers worldwide. Registered users of
ACID PRO 3.0 can upgrade direct from Sonic Foundry for only $149.95.
For more information, visit their web site at www.sonicfoundry.com. |
