User manual SONY ACID

[. . . ] After the ACID software is installed and you start it for the first time, the registration wizard appears. This wizard offers easy steps that allow you to register the software online with Sony Pictures Digital Media Software and Services. Alternatively, you may register online at http://www. sony. com/mediasoftware at any time. Registering your product will provide you with access to a variety of technical support options, notification of product updates, and special promotions exclusive to registered ACID users. [. . . ] Choose Nonlooping segments for sustaining material such as synthesizer pads and held notes. The track media is divided into sections that are crossfaded, but no sections are looped. Choose Pitch shift segments to shift the pitch of the track to adjust for increases or decreases in tempo. Using this option, you can eliminate some of the problems that occur with extreme tempo changes just create new sounds from existing loops. For example, if you have slowed the project tempo down and hear echo artifacts, choosing Pitch shift segments can eliminate these artifacts. Choose Fixed segments for material such as drum loops where silence exists between notes. Instead of crossfading the segments, silence is added between beats to reduce warbling or other artifacts. You can adjust stretching properties creatively. For more information, see Overriding compress/expand on page 239. Available only in ACID Pro software. Transient sensitivity Type a value in the box or use the spinner control to adjust the sensitivity for beat detection. Higher settings increase sensitivity and lower settings decrease sensitivity. When you set the control to 100, beat markers ( anchors ( ), stretch markers ( or ), and beat ) are created for every transient. As you decrease the setting, markers are created for only strong transients. Increasing this setting can be advantageous when working with audio that has complex rhythms. Lower settings are more suitable for synthesizer pads and other basic material. Timing tightness Choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify the resolution for beat anchors Available only in ACID Pro software. Stretch spacing Choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify how many stretch markers ( ) will be displayed along the bottom of the waveform display. Audio that contains rapid notes--such as drum rolls--benefits from setting the divisions at a smaller fraction of a beat. Slower-paced material, however, may actually suffer from high resolution. Redetect Beats Click to automatically detect the beats in the current file. Use this button to apply the ACID 5. 0 beat-detection algorithm to existing media. Available only in ACID Pro software. ( ). WORKING WITH TRACKS CHP. 4 133 Stretch markers for loop tracks Stretch markers ( ) correspond to subdivisions of beats in the audio file. [. . . ] 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. GLOSSARY Sample Size Sample Value Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) Shortcut Menu Signal-to-Noise Ratio Tempo Threshold Time Format Track Track List Track View APPENDIX C 250 µ-Law µ-Law (mu-Law) is a companded compression algorithm for voice signals defined by the Geneva Recommendations (G. 711). The G. 711 recommendation defines µ-Law as a method of encoding 16-bit PCM signals into a non-linear 8-bit format. [. . . ]