User manual SONIC FOUNDRY ACID PRO 4

[. . . ] After you install ACID and start it for the first time, the registration wizard appears. This wizard offers easy steps that enable you to register ACID online with Sonic Foundry. Alternately, you may register ACID online at www. sonicfoundry. com at any time. Registering your product provides you with exclusive access to a variety of technical support options, notification of product updates, and special promotions exclusive to ACID registered users. [. . . ] · From the Template drop-down list, choose an audio format from the template list, or click Custom to create custom rendering settings. Note: If you want to downmix a 5. 1 surround project, choose a stereo rendering format. · Select the Render loop region only check box if you want to render only the loop region to the new mixed down track. Clear the check box to render the full length of the project. CHP. The time selection or project is mixed down to a new track and a copy of the file is saved in the folder specified. As the tracks are being mixed down, a status bar appears in the lower-left corner of the ACID window. Tip: You may cancel the rendering process by clicking the Cancel button ( ) on the status bar. Cancel button After ACID mixes down the new track, it appears at the bottom of the track view. If you mixed down the entire project, you may delete or mute the other tracks from the project, as they are all contained on the new track. 5. Use the Draw ( ) tool to paint the waveform on the new track. Exporting loops From the File menu, choose Export Loops to create new loops using the original loop media files in your ACID project. A new loop file is created for every tempo change in the project, which can result in multiple loop files being created from a single loop media file. 1. From the File menu, choose Export Loops. From the Save in drop-down list, choose the drive or folder to which the new files will be saved. From the Save as type drop-down list, choose the file format. From the Template drop-down list, choose an audio format, or click Custom to create custom rendering settings. 5. A progress dialog appears for each track as it is rendered to a file. ACID includes tempo information in the file name of each loop file created (e. g. , bass 120. 000 BPM. 7 111 CHAPTER Using the Mixer 8 In the Mixer window, you'll manage the project's busses, assignable effects, and soft synth controls. In this chapter, you'll learn how to add each of these controls to the mixer and route individual tracks to them. You'll also learn about working with the mixer controls, including adjusting levels, muting, soloing, and adding effects. This chapter also describes how to automate mixer controls by viewing them in the track view and adding envelopes. Using busses Think of busses as virtual pathways where signals from multiple tracks or effects can be mixed. You can add as many as 26 busses to the Mixer window, which provides you with a great deal of flexibility and mixing power. Busses are the last stage of the ACID signal flow and as such can be used to output audio signals to specific hardware. For more information, see Routing busses to system hardware on page 112. Adding busses to the project Add a bus to a project by clicking the Insert Bus button ( the Insert menu. Adding multiple busses 1. Display the Project Properties dialog using one of the following methods: ) in the Mixer window or by choosing Bus from · Choose Properties from the File menu. [. . . ] The track list contains the master controls for each track. From here you can adjust the mix, select playback devices, and reorder tracks. The majority of the track view is made up of the space where you draw events on each track. µ-Law (mu-Law) is a companded compression algorithm for voice signals defined by the Geneva Recommendations (G. 711). [. . . ]