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ACID Xpress 7 point 0

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ACID Xpress is a free, 10-track version of ACID software for music recording, editing and mixing. It's easy to use, even if you've never tried loop-based music creation before. Just pick some loops, paint them into a track and play them back. Any loops you choose work together because ACID Xpress matches the tempo and pitch automatically. 

 

This the description from Sony's website acidplanet.com. Sony makes a lot of stuff. TVs, the famous Playstation, phones. They also are one of the leaders in media creation software. You can use their software to create music, edit video, author Blu-rays, create CD for production pressing and more. One of their most famous music creation software is Acid Pro. It is s program that uses loops to create music. That program has many many features and it's only limited by your imagination. It also cost $300. Acid Xpress is a free version of Acid Pro and shares some of the same features.

 

What is does:

Allows you to use ten tracks to create a song of limitedless length. 

Use already created loops which are available all over the net. Free ones vary in quality. The paid ones sound the best. 

You can use Midi tracks for the loops.

You can record audio directly into the program on to a separate track. 

Export song as an mp3, wma or wmv file. 

You can also upload this song to Sony's social media site (acidplanet.com) for other people to hear. This requires you to create an account but that is also free.

 

What it doesn't do:

You only have ten tracks to create your song so it won't sound all that original as you will be using loops.

Only export to the files types listed above. 

You will be asked to purchase to the pro version every time you open and close the program.

 

I think this program is for people who think they want to get into loop based music creation but aren't sure enough to pay $300 right off the bat. It has just enough features so you aren't frustrated with what it can't do. It's pretty basic compared to the pro version so when you are read to upgrade, you already know the interface. I would recommended this program to  any student or beginner who wants to have a try at making music.

 

to start using the loops you have to navigate to their location using the panel at the bottom of the screen.

Once you have your tracks open you have to drag and drop them to the space above.

The panel on the left is the properties of that loop. You can raise or lower the volume, pan to one side of the stereo mix and varies other options. 

The panel on the right is for your trace length. Each loop is set for a certain length before it starts to loop again. You paint the loop as long as you would like it to be. You can skip space in between to the loop to change the sound, paint all the loops to be the same length, create whatever you like the sound of.

When your song is finished, you have two options. Upload directly to the Acidplanet.com website or render as. This allows you to save in one of the file formats listed above.

Give your track a name and save it. 

That's it. Now you know how to be like P Diddy and Dr. Dre.

Here's the track I made while writing this review/howto.

 

Untitled.mp3

 

Comments (1)

Armando Tello said

at 2:39 pm on Mar 30, 2013

This review is extremely helpful. It was well written and incorporated supplemental media to help understand the program.
I needed to find a good sound editing software for my macbook and this program was more advanced than most on the list. As noted I enjoyed your use of images in the tutorial because it made navigating the new screen much easier. The example .mp3 gave me a scope on how powerful the program could be and how effective the tool is, and with the example given It made me choose this program to use. Bravo my friend.

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