Why I buy this one ?
- Powerful new Media Manager technology offers a more efficient way to manage your ACID project media through the innovative 'search and tag' tools allow you to quickly identify loops found on your hard-drive or even within the entire Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples collection - by genre, instrumentation, BPM, or other user-defined and customizable attributes
- Reverse audio events during playback in real-time. Set up and mix 5.1 channel surround project files for audio and DVD productions. The Beatmapper tool adds tempo information to song-length files including MP3s, so you can remix and combine music loops with existing songs. The Chopper tool creates amazing drum fills, stutters, and DJ-style effects.
- Apply over 20 DirectX audio effects, including the new tempo-based effects such as Flange, Amplitude Modulation, and Simple Delay that automatically adjust to project-based tempo changes or create resonant sweeps, dramatic fades, EQ changes, and add effects using automation envelopes.
- Groove Mapping and Groove Cloning can significantly expand your loop collection by morphing existing loops into fresh, new sounds. Beat-match loops and vocal tracks nondestructively in real-time. Quantize disparate loops to a common groove, create new grooves from scratch, apply any number of the supplied grooves, and even extract grooves from existing loops and apply them to other samples.
- Included with ACID Pro 5 software are more than 1,000 loops from the Sony Sound Series - Loops & Samples collection, plus the Native Instrument Xpress Keyboards VSTi soft synth bundle.

What our customer's say!

"The only problem for me...but it's a big one..", is that this program seems to put a lot more of a strain on system resources than previous versions. I have an older computer, and the Sonic Foundry version all very extremely fast. This one, as with other Sony software I use...is soooo slllllooooooooowwwwwwwww. So if your hardware is an issue you'll want to upgrade before getting this software.

"Perfect tool for music creation", I am a big fan of Sonic Foundry/Sony music and audio software products, and I like how they continue to out do themselves with every release. Same goes with this new little thing: ACID Pro 5.

This software is utterly perfect for both loop-based music creation, and original performance recording. Not only does it incorporate its high power features with your musical ability, it also comes with a large loop library.

If you want to do some home recording. Pick this up. NOW!!!

"I have had no problems with Acid Pro 5", I downloaded Acid Pro 5 trial software to test before I purchase. I am using Full Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 2. Even with this trial software, I have had no problems at all that is stated above by SIR.

I am a computer programmer and database administrator by trade. When I installed the trial software, I did notice that Acid is using the desktop version of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 as a database media manager to manage and track files.

In looking at the error listed by SIR, I would say that either the MS SQL desktop application was not installed, or didn't get installed correctly, resulting in the error listed.

For the record, I now have MS SQL 2000 Desktop, MS SQL Server 2000 Developer SP3, and MS SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 currently installed on my computer. If any environment would cause SQL errors with Acid Pro 5 not running correctly, it would be mine.

I have created songs, saved them, and even burned CD's without errors. I plan to purchase Acid in the near future. Hope this was helpful.