Sony Creative updates Acid Music Studio

Thursday June 10, 2010. 11:41 AM, by Francois Déchery

Sony Creative Software announced ACID Music Studio 8, a new version of its leading software application in multitrack, loop and beat matching functionality. ACID Music Studio 8 provides users with a comprehensive toolset for music and mashup creations. There are several new features, including an audio and MIDI mixing console, enhanced remixing tools, and exclusive élastique Pro timestretching tools. ACID Music Studio 8 now comes with over 3000 high quality music loops and includes the Studio Devil British Valve Custom guitar amp, as well as the TruePianos Amber Lite piano plug-in. You can also upload your project to the ACIDplanet.com social networking and music website directly from within the interface.

The new Mixing Console provides an integrated view of all tracks and busses in your project with the appearance of a traditional hardware-based mixer. The look can be customized to provide you with the best view of even the most complex session. The new audio and MIDI Mixing Console has additional routing options, allowing for a more flexible and efficient studio recording environment.

Zplane élastique Pro technology allows users to perform dramatic time stretches and pitch-shifts of Beatmapped tracks while retaining maximum sound quality.

For remixing your favorite songs, ACID Music Studio software has the Beatmapper tool. This feature automatically finds the tempo of a complete song, making it easy to remix songs with different beat structures. New markers in ACID Music Studio 8 allow you to Beatmap songs with varying tempos and time signatures.

Cross-Track Event Drag and Drop: This new feature allows users to easily create mixes by simply cutting, copying, or pasting events across multiple tracks for faster editing.

ACID Music Studio 8 (MSRP U.S. $69.95) is now available in English, Japanese, French, German and Spanish. Upgrade pricing for existing users are available via download from Sony Creative Software's website.