Acid Pro

fixation · Post by **fixation** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:30 pm

hi got the demo of Sony Acid Pro, and when i load up albino when i press the keyboard( ie. typing keyboard-zxcvv) no sound comes out, when i use the piano roll it does so its not audio setup problems...

anyway, does acid require a midi keyboard or is there a way i can use my normal keyboard for inputing midi...

sorry for nooby question just in FL u dont need it

daft cunt · Post by **daft cunt** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:34 pm

As Misk would say...

http://www.renoise.com

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:40 pm

my advice is to uninstall Sony Acid

but if you arent going to head that advice...

create a midi track and assign the output to the VST instrument

make sure your input on the track is the same input and midi channel that your controller is sending info on

"ARM" the track by pushing the button that enables the track to receive data on

if this doesn't help...

you can always push the F1 key, which on ANY windows program is the help feature

fixation · Post by **fixation** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:44 pm

haha daft...

ive tried so many different softwares its unture, i really cant find the one to suit me! its so frustraing, acid pro looks good for mixes tho?

suggest me a cheap/free as possible program coz ive used loads and liked them all equally:P

daft cunt · Post by **daft cunt** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:54 pm

The only free sequencer I can think is Buzz Tracker, which is a modular tracker, or one of its clones: Buzzé, Psycle, ...

Otherwise Renoise's probably the cheapest and the one that really works for me.

Then comes Fruity, Live or Reason.

If you aren't comfortable with any of these, it's most likely you'll have a hard time with Cubase or Logic.

Lots of thread about the pros & cons of all of them.

EDIT: sorry, you're asking for a software for mixing only? If so, Live must be the way to go.

fixation · Post by **fixation** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:57 pm

yeh, dont really wna crack so might go with buzz/ pyscle again...

then after exams may get renoise, might get addcited and then fail if not

damn hate being student:P

cant u get renoise demo, then get the venexgo recorder n recored to wave anyway?

daft cunt · Post by **daft cunt** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:00 pm

You can demo Renoise. Can't remember the limitations.

fixation · Post by **fixation** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:03 pm

right thanks dafft, got demo will be fiddling for a while, demo=no asio or rendering to wav, so pretty full

will buy it after exams, when i have moneys

daft cunt · Post by **daft cunt** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:06 pm

Smart move

EDIT: time to update your sig mate

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:12 pm

Acid's a great program IMHO - especially good for getting down quick & dutty arrangements. But yeah, dunno how much you're gonna get done with just the demo version.

I've had issues with Albino in other platforms as well though. It's a pretty crazy plugin code-wise, can hog resources like a mofo. However, it sounds so good I'm willing to overlook that.

fixation · Post by **fixation** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:16 pm

Daft tnuc wrote:Smart move

EDIT: time to update your sig mate

on it:P

thanks for the help mate appreciated, just needed someone to point in hte right direction

critical sound system · Post by **critical sound system** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:36 pm

i love acid!

__________ · Post by **__________** » Wed May 14, 2008 10:08 pm

critical sound system wrote:i love acid!

that explains all the fucked up posts about britney spears then

critical sound system · Post by **critical sound system** » Wed May 14, 2008 10:11 pm

dont criticise i love her

misk · Post by **misk** » Thu May 15, 2008 3:55 pm

Fixation wrote:
Daft tnuc wrote:Smart move

EDIT: time to update your sig mate
on it:P

thanks for the help mate appreciated, just needed someone to point in hte right direction

nice sig!

fixation · Post by **fixation** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:09 pm

renoise is soooooo nice, so easy to 'go with the flow' if u know what i mean, defo the prog for me!

dubdisciple · Post by **dubdisciple** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:02 am

i think Acid is a pretty good program. A lot less complicated then sequencers in the Logic/Cubase class. Very weak with midi, but capable for small midi tasks like bass lines. have you tried Reaper yet? It's not technically free, but you also can use it infinitely without cracking. If you are using it for non-commercial work, it is only $49 and worth far more.

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:24 pm

The thing I like about Acid most could probably also be said of Live and a few other programs, but boils down to this: a lot of producers using some super all-in-one program like ProTools or Cubase get lost along the way because the separate steps in making a tune get all muddled together and they start making tunes based around an effects preset or chain, or something like that - but for me personally what works best is:

1) coming up with an idea, whether it's a loop, found sound, melody, beat, whatever - then sketch it out a little bit, come up with some variations, etc.;

2) do my arrangement only [in Acid Pro] and try my hardest not to get sidetracked with any effects beyond using a little reverb or delay in spots as a reference for what I plan on doing in the next steps;

3) once the arrangement is rock solid, I do my pre-mix (still no FX, just basic cleanup & minor EQ);

3) final mixdown, where all the effects and processing and major EQing all happen.

So while I don't do much of #1 and none of #3 or 4 with Acid, for that step #2 - it's perfect for me.

Granted, my reservations about using FX and DSP in general in Acid is a holdover from earlier pre-Sony versions of Acid which had some serious issues with their sound engine... and version 6 has a great sound engine. However, I still think that approaching the process in this order has done nothing but good for my tunes... and I hear tunes all the time where you can totally tell that the guy got completely distracted by an automated filter or a dynamic response effect or something, and that takes over the song. If I wanted to listen to some fool ride the resonance filter for 8 minutes with no other changes or dynamics I'd listen to some bad trance, you know?

batfink · Post by **batfink** » Sun May 18, 2008 12:38 pm

used Acid for years. It's shit. Buggy, awkward and desperately aggravating in so many ways. Great for sample collage, and quickly sketching ideas, but given the total lack of support/updates from Sony, its a dangerous choice for a beginner.

But, it is what i know. If i could go back, i'd be using Cubase. Proper sequencer.

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:05 am

Batfink wrote:used Acid for years. It's shit. Buggy, awkward and desperately aggravating in so many ways. Great for sample collage, and quickly sketching ideas, but given the total lack of support/updates from Sony, its a dangerous choice for a beginner.

But, it is what i know. If i could go back, i'd be using Cubase. Proper sequencer.

agreed

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