Exclusive Media Manager Technology
New in version 5, ACID Media Manager tools let you spend less time searching for loops and samples, and more time creating music. Tag, organize, and search your entire collection of loops with the click of a mouse.

Project Metronome
Use the metronome/click track to accurately match recorded tracks to your projects. The metronome is available during both recording and playback.

Customizable Workspace
Map and save commonly used keyboard commands. Dock multiple windows together and create different layout configurations for certain editing tasks. New icon and UI color, tint adjustments, and Windows® XP theme support allows for complete customization of the ACID workspace.

Customizable Project Media Folders
ACID Pro 5 software provides better organization of your project media. Set default folders for saving projects and grooves, and default folders for other types of media in your ACID project.

Enhanced Media Previewing
ACID Pro 5 provides faster previewing of media files within the Media Manager and Explorer windows so you can instantly listen to loops along with your project.

Save Paths in Rendered Media
ACID Pro 5 includes much greater control over where files are saved or created, and allows you to immediately see all the file paths for a given project. When you save the project path in a rendered file, you can easily return to the source ACID project if you want to continue editing.

Media Manager
The ACID® Pro 5 Media Manager technology provides powerful new ways to tag, organize, and search your collection of loops so you can quickly find just the right media for your ACID compositions. The Media Manager feature maintains a database of your media, including file attributes, ACID metadata, and tags that you can assign to classify your media. Install the Media Reference Library to automatically tag existing Sony Sound Series (formerly Loops for ACID) Loops & Samples on your hard drive. Listed below are just some of the things you can do with this exciting new technology.

Build Your Media Library Automatically
The Media Manager can scan your computer drives to automatically add files to your library. Click the Add Files to Media Library button. Specify each folder you want to scan, choose the type of media you want to add and click the Search button. The Media Manager searches the specified folders for media and adds anything it finds to the current library.

Preview and Add Media Directly from the Media Manager
Use the same techniques that you use in the Explorer window to preview files in your library. Select a file in the library, and click the Start Preview button to listen to the file even while your project plays so you can evaluate the media along with your composition. To end preview, click the Stop Preview button. Click the Auto Preview button so that preview starts automatically when you select a file. When you find the file you want, drag it directly from the Media Manager into your project timeline.

Refine Library Entries and Searches
To tailor your library to your exact needs, create custom tags and apply them to the media entries in your libraries. In the Search pane, click a tag that resides at the level at which you want to add the new tag. Click the Add Tag button. Change the name of the new tag to whatever will help you search most effectively. Now apply the tag to your library entries and search on it just as you would any of the default tags.

Create Extremely Targeted Searches with Advanced Search Tools
In the Advanced section of the Search pane, you can customize your searches to be extremely targeted. Click the Add New Search Criteria button. In the Search Criteria Chooser, double-click each criterion on which you want to search. Adjust the parameter controls of the criteria to tailor your search. Select the checkboxes for each criterion that you want to use.

Expand Your Media Search with Reference Libraries
Use the Sony Sound Series: Loops and Samples reference library to search the vast collections of media files available from the Sony Sound Series. From the ACID Pro installation disc, install the Sony Sound Series Library. Choose Options from the Media Library Actions drop-down list, and choose Sony Loops and Samples from the Reference Library drop-down. Click OK and click the Switch to Reference Library button. Select a file in the Search Results pane and click the Buy Now link in the Product Information pane to get more information, preview the file, and buy the associated loop collection.

Recall Your Search History
As you work through different searches in your library, you may want to return to a search you conducted earlier. Rather than trying to remember how to reconstruct a complex search, click the Previous Search button to scroll through your search history. Once you've scrolled back through your history this way, click the Next Search button to scroll through in the opposite direction.

Mixing and Editing
ACID Pro 5 software has the professional-level mixing and editing features you need to get the results you want. Packed with additional features, ACID Pro 5 software removes all limits. Use it for anything; songwriting, production, mixing, remixing, video scoring — anywhere you need original music. Version 5 further establishes ACID software at the forefront of music creation technology.

Nestable Folder Tracks
NEW: New nestable folder tracks on the ACID Pro 5 timeline provide a more efficient way to view your project. Folder tracks increase your efficiency by organizing several tracks into one folder track on the ACID timeline. Track folders let you use cluster editing, drag, pitch shift, cut, copy and paste entire sections of loops, and reclaim precious screen real estate.

Real-Time Event Reverse
NEW: Instantly reverse loops, one-shots, and songs in real-time - no need to export your file to another editing application.

Bus-to-Bus Routing
NEW: New bus-to-bus routing allows the creation of complex sub-mixes.

Downmix Monitoring
NEW: ACID Pro 5 software provides real-time downmix previewing of audio from 5.1 surround to stereo, or from stereo to mono, to ensure that your mix will sound as intended no matter what the destination playback device.

Enhanced Audio Time Stretching
NEW: ACID Pro 5 software includes enhanced beat marker-editing in the track properties. Edit beat anchors and stretch markers to map your loop to a specific beat and preview the results in real time. Apply 19 new user-definable timestretch modes to Beatmapper-synched tracks and choose the resampling method that best fits your ACID media.

Envelope Changes Applied to Multiple Selected Events
NEW: With ACID Pro 5, you can multiselect events and change the envelope levels simultaneously.

Drop One-Shots in Real-Time
NEW: Insert loops and one-shots as you project plays back. You can also create your own loops in the Chopper and add them to the timeline in real-time during playback via keyboard commands for live mixing.

5.1 Surround Mixing
ACID Pro 5 software makes it easy to set up and mix 5.1 channel surround project files for audio and DV productions. Use the Surround Panner dialog to easily set channel positions. Surround mixing is fully automatable along the timeline by setting keyframes for each move.

Beatmapper Remixing Tool
Use the Beatmapper™ tool to add tempo information to song-length files, including MP3s, to remix and combine music loops and create original mixes. Add beats, overlay samples, and give your songs an exciting new edge.

Chopper Loop Editing Tool
The Chopper™ editing tool creates amazing drum fills, stutters, and DJ-style effects. You can also use the Chopper to "clone" loops, create chopped events, tweak separate parts of your loops, and even mix slices of multiple loops to create your own customized samples. All chopped events will play in sync with your ACID projects. You can also use keyboard commands to drop events from the Chopper onto the ACID timeline in real-time.

Video Scoring Track
Compose an original soundtrack for your video right inside the ACID software workspace. Just import your clip, set your markers, and watch your soundtrack's tempo lock to the visual cues of your choice. Drop one-shot sounds on your hit points, work independently with your video file's associated audio media, and render the finished project out in a wide variety of formats.

Effects and MIDI
Though incredibly easy to use, ACID Pro software takes no shortcuts when it comes to providing sophisticated features advanced users require. Version 5 provides enhanced MIDI functionality, expanded support for ReWire and VST effects, and our exclusive Groove Mapping™ quantization technology. These and other features put ACID Pro once again it in a class by itself.

Groove Mapping Quantization
NEW: Groove Mapping™ quantization tools breathe new life into your loop collection. ACID Pro 5 software includes over 50 grooves (Hard Swing, Shuffle, etc.) you can apply to your loops and MIDI files to change the rhythmic feel, or create your own custom grooves. Adjust the timing of a track, or quantize and map multiple tracks or loops to a common groove. Use the Groove Cloning tool to extract the groove from one file to apply to others. You can even share the grooves you create with other ACID Pro 5 users

ReWire Mixer and Device Support
NEW: ACID Pro software works as both a ReWire mixer/host and a device/instrument. Use ACID software as part of your synchronized workflow with compatible applications such as Sonar®, Nuendo®, Cubase® SX, Live®, or Pro Tools® software.

VST Effects Support
NEW: ACID Pro 5 software natively supports VST effects, including automation of effects parameters, opening up your palette of available sounds.

MIDI Editing Enhancements
NEW: ACID Pro 5 Piano Roll allows you to choose a key or scale, snap-to note values, and easily paint chords, arpeggios, or other custom templates, preventing off -scale notes for more efficient music creation.

Plug-in Manager
The Plug-In Manager lets you quickly add effects from the window to a track, bus, assignable effects chain, or soft synth bus. You can also easily rename and organize plug-ins.

Bypass All Effects
Bypass all audio effects (track, bus, and assignable effects) during playback so you can quickly compare your project with or without effects applied.

Groove Mapping
ACID Pro 5 software features our new Groove Mapping and Groove Cloning quantization technology. With these tools, you can significantly expand your loop collection by morphing existing loops into fresh, new sounds. Let's take a look at what Groove Mapping and Groove Cloning can do for you.

Bonus Software

Over 1,000 Royalty-Free Loops
ACID Pro 5 software comes with over 1,000 loops specially selected from our extensive Sony® Sound Series™ Loops & Samples collection. This huge assortment of professionally recorded samples will have you creating your own original music in minutes. Genres include dance, hip-hop, techno, industrial, pop, rock, jazz, ambient, orchestral and more.

Get additional loops at any time from our ever-expanding collection of loop libraries. The Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples collection is the world's foremost resource for royalty-free music samples and effects content. These studio-quality samples, attractively packaged on CD-ROM, are available in nearly every music style and genre imaginable. Our incredible breadth of content is just one reason why our loops are prized by music enthusiasts and professional music producers at every level of ability - including top names in the entertainment industry.

Native Instruments XPRESS KEYBOARDS VSTi Soft Synth Bundle
Expand your palette of sounds with the XPRESS KEYBOARDS VSTi soft synth bundle from Native Instruments. These synths include three software music instruments that combine an outstanding sound with incredible ease-of-use. The bundle includes the XPRESS versions of the B4, PRO-53, and FM7, making it the perfect option for instrumentalists who see themselves first and foremost as musicians and who want to get straight to making music. This bundle is valued at $119 and is included free with ACID Pro 5 software.

Import, Export & CD Burning
With ACID Pro 5 software you can open a wide variety of file types, including WAV, Windows Media, and MP3. Export completed songs as WAV, MP3, Sony Net MD format, and more - or upload your music to ACIDplanet.com, the world's top site for independent music.

CD Burning
New in ACID Pro 5 software is built-in disc-at-once CD burning so you can burn audio CDs of custom remixes or produce DJ mixes with Beatmapper-synched tracks. ACID Pro 5 also features track-at-once CD burning.

Publish to ACIDplanet.com
ACID Pro software features one-click publishing* to ACIDplanet.com — the world's top Internet site for online sharing of music and videos. Give and receive feedback on music from other professionals. Join the ACIDplanet ProZone™ service and get additional member benefits including your own discography and merchandise pages.