Version 3.0 is a significant update.While general-purpose and loop-oriented software continues to converge, Sonar has always straddled both camps. This upgrade has enough new features and functions to both pique the interest of existing users and to entice those who may have taken a pass based on any perceived weaknesses in past versions. Acid Pro is a powerful, easy-to-use and incredibly addictive editor that has now evolved to version 3.0. It’s kind of a religious thing.īut Acid Pro is that good, and it was well worth it. You have no idea how difficult it was for me to do that.
Don’t bother.) So when Acid Pro version 3.0 became available, I finally bit the bullet, got on the Internet, and ordered myself a PC.
(Actually there is one program – BitHeadz’ Phraser for the Mac, but after a year on the market it’s still an immature product. See, there’s no Mac version of Acid, and there is no other program for the Mac that comes close to doing what Acid does. Now for a diehard Macintosh user like me, Acid Pro is the only logical reason to own a PC. By combining loops, switching to alternative versions, and adding on-board studio effects, you can create a credible-sounding bed of any length. You drag the loops onto tracks in a timeline, where they automatically snap into musical sync and can play together. These can be as simple as a bass or drum pattern, can include melodic or harmony parts, or may even be pieces of a hot solo. One way to get almost original music at stock music prices is to do it yourself with Sonic Foundry’s Acid.įor those not familiar with the program, Acid is based on buyout CD-ROMs of loops, which are short snippets of music designed to repeat endlessly. We need an original music bed, and we need it to be cheap. There are days when our stock music library just doesn’t cut it, and the GM is too tight to spring for new music or update the library we bought in 1996.
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