Easy Live Recording
Record vocals, guitars, keyboards, and other instruments with ACID Music Studio software. It's easy - simply plug your microphone or instrument into your PC sound card and click Record to capture audio and MIDI.

Powerful Mixing
3,000 ACIDized music loops, 1,000 MIDI files, built-in effects, and other tools. You can also import your own songs and MP3 files for beat-matching and mixing.

Share Anywhere
Burn your own music CDs, save the songs you create to popular formats for uploading to websites such as ACIDplanet.com, prepare audio for podcasts, or convert songs to MP3 format for playback on your portable music player.

Easy to Use and Learn
Even if you've never written a song or played an instrument, you can use ACID® Music Studio software to create original music, produce DJ-style remixes, add soundtracks to videos, and burn professional-quality CDs. Fundamentals


Powerful Mixing and Effects Processing
Professional mixing tools give you precise control over volume and panning, effects processing, audio routing, and final output. Customize your songs using professional-quality audio effects including EQ, reverb, delay, chorus, flange, phase, distortion, echo, and more. Use VST and DirectX audio effects, and VST instruments. Add pan and volume envelopes, reverse audio, and change the pitch and tempo of your mix in real time. Mixing and Editing


Record and Edit MIDI
Use ACID Music Studio Software for complete MIDI editing and sequencing. Record and edit MIDI note and controller data on the timeline, and assign to any MIDI instrument. ACID Music Studio software supports VSTi and includes over 1,000 MIDI files and 90 instruments for song creation. MIDI


Learn as You Go with Amazing Tutorials
Our exclusive Show Me How tutorials guide you through the entire creative process. Whenever you need help, just click the Show Me How button and choose your tutorial topic. Helpful text dialogue boxes, pointers, and guides will actually show you what to do and where to click. Show Me How tutorials


Share Your Music Anywhere
Create your own CDs in minutes. Disc-at-once CD layout and burning is fully integrated into the software so you can conveniently create your music and produce professional-sounding CDs all within one application. Powerful encoding functionality lets you save your songs to popular streaming formats for uploading to the web, or export them to portable music devices. CD Burning and Export

ACID Music Studio Features
Fundamentals
New! Includes over 3,000 ACIDized music loops
New! Multicore processor support
Intuitive pick, paint, and play interface
Unlimited tracks for audio and MIDI
Video scoring track
Automatic pitch and tempo matching
Alternate time signature support
Real-time loop preview
Support for multiple file formats in the same project
Mixing and Editing
New! Multitrack audio and MIDI recording
New! Multiple events per track with automatic crossfades
Studio-quality effects including EQ, reverb, delay, and more
Chopper editing tool and loop cloning
Beatmapper remix tool
Track-level volume, panning, and effects editing
Master bus track for project-wide volume and pan fades
Real-time audio effects preview during playback
Event reverse
CD audio extraction
Metronome
MIDI
New! Includes over 1,000 MIDI files for song creation
New! Includes 90 DLS instruments and 25 DLS-based projects
New! MIDI editing and sequencing
New! Inline MIDI editing with drum grid
New! MIDI step recording
New! MIDI track envelopes and keyframes
New! MIDI import and export
New! MIDI input filters for tracks
Audio Control
16-bit, 48kHz audio support
DirectX audio plug-in support
Tempo-based DirectX effects
VST instrument support
VST audio effect support
ASIO driver support
Export and Sharing
New! ATRAC editing and encoding
New! Gracenote® MusicID™ CD album recognition
Integrated disc-at-once (DAO) CD burning
Unlimited MP3 export
Export to Sony® Net MD™ players
One-click publishing to ACIDplanet.com*
*One-click publishing requires an internet connection from your PC to the web.

Supported Formats
Opens: AIFF, AVI, BMP, GIF, JPG, MIDI, MP3, OGG, PCA, SFA, SWF, TGA, TIF, W64, WAV, WMA
Saves: AIFF, ATRAC3, AVI, MP3, OGG, QuickTime, RealAudio™, RealVideo™, W64, WAV, WMA

System Requirements
Microsoft® Windows® XP or Windows Vista™
800 MHz processor (1 GHz if using video)
200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
256 MB RAM
Windows-compatible sound card
DVD-ROM drive (for installation)
Supported CD-Recordable drive (for CD burning)
Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later (included on application disc)
You must provide your registration information to Sony Creative Software Inc., a US company, in order to activate the software. Product requires online registration within 30 days.