Comments on: Review: ACID 5.0 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50 Tips, tricks, technology reviews, previews and musings on the current state of affairs in music and audio software for personal computers. Thu, 17 May 2012 14:59:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: Dj Bizzerk http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-1885 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:14:02 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-1885 I am using acid pro 6 and I just got a mic.I cannot get acid to record my vocals.Can you help me on setting my mic up where it will record? I did a check and my mic is working it will play through the speakers, but will not record in acid.If any one can help it will be much appreciated. I am using acid pro 6 and I just got a mic.I cannot get acid to record my vocals.Can you help me on setting my mic up where it will record? I did a check and my mic is working it will play through the speakers, but will not record in acid.If any one can help it will be much appreciated.

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: Naz-T http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-211 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-211 Brainiac...i've had the same problem with anything recording into ACID appearing a fraction (but a highly noticeable fraction) of a second late. i'm using a grumpy old Audiowerk8 soundcard if its any help. Does anyone else know about this problmem and maybe how to get round it? i'm sick of having to move stuff back into time. Brainiac…i’ve had the same problem with anything recording into ACID appearing a fraction (but a highly noticeable fraction) of a second late. i’m using a grumpy old Audiowerk8 soundcard if its any help.

Does anyone else know about this problmem and maybe how to get round it? i’m sick of having to move stuff back into time.

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: victor http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-210 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-210 Latency, probably originating in your sound card. It seems ACID 5 doesn't migrate your settings from 4 so you have to recalibrate your latency buffer. More information is here: <a href="http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=1&MessageID=335313">http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=1&MessageID=335313</a> Hope this help. If you have ASIO drivers: use them. If you don't have them: get them. If you don't what that is: learn about them. If your soundcard doesn't support them it's probably time for an upgrade. Latency, probably originating in your sound card. It seems ACID 5 doesn’t migrate your settings from 4 so you have to recalibrate your latency buffer. More information is here:

http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=1&MessageID=335313

Hope this help.

If you have ASIO drivers: use them. If you don’t have them: get them. If you don’t what that is: learn about them. If your soundcard doesn’t support them it’s probably time for an upgrade.

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: Braniac http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-209 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-209 Everytime I record vocals in Acid Pro 5, they are off beat and out-of-sync. It isnt me thats the problem, I say everything on time, but when I'm done recording a take, the whole event is automatically moved a half-second or more behind the point where it should be. Then I have to manually match the verse to the beat of the song. What is going on? Everytime I record vocals in Acid Pro 5, they are off beat and out-of-sync. It isnt me thats the problem, I say everything on time, but when I’m done recording a take, the whole event is automatically moved a half-second or more behind the point where it should be. Then I have to manually match the verse to the beat of the song. What is going on?

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: Brian V. http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-208 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-208 Victor, Thank you for taking the time to write this review. I've been thinking about upgrading my Win2k machine to FL 5 and ACID 5 - (because FL 4.5 and ACID 4 have been nightmarish together for me) - but I wasn't sure if I should trust the new release of ACID. (It seemed to me that installing 4 was what broke things in the first place.) After reading the review I feel much more confident about giving it a try, as well as excited about a few of the new features - it's about time they implement something like virtual track folders anyway. :-D Many thanks, Brian Victor,

Thank you for taking the time to write this review. I’ve been thinking about upgrading my Win2k machine to FL 5 and ACID 5 - (because FL 4.5 and ACID 4 have been nightmarish together for me) - but I wasn’t sure if I should trust the new release of ACID. (It seemed to me that installing 4 was what broke things in the first place.) After reading the review I feel much more confident about giving it a try, as well as excited about a few of the new features - it’s about time they implement something like virtual track folders anyway. :-D

Many thanks,
Brian

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: victor http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-207 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-207 Yes, sorry for not following up earlier. I rebooted, re-installed FL5 and whatever was going on between ACID Rewired to FL5 seems to have dissipated. I hestitate to post that because I was hoping to recreate (and then diagnose) the problem but the fact is I haven't any issues since the very first attempt I wrote about above. In fact, I've been finishing work on an album and used FL5 slaved to ACID5 for the last song so (at your own risk, of course) feel free to install. (Just beware that if you uinstall it the Rewire engine for 5 is still lurking in your machine.) Personally, I think the stability of ACID5 is worth the upgrade alone. I've also been using the 'burn CD at once' feature for the new album and it has saved me so many steps that sometimes I feel like I'm missing something. There are several pleasant surprises like that in ACID5 so yes, for me, it was worth the upgrade. (Yes, I paid for it even though Sony graciously offered the upgrade for free since I was beta testing.) Hope this helps, vS Yes, sorry for not following up earlier.

I rebooted, re-installed FL5 and whatever was going on between ACID Rewired to FL5 seems to have dissipated.

I hestitate to post that because I was hoping to recreate (and then diagnose) the problem but the fact is I haven’t any issues since the very first attempt I wrote about above.

In fact, I’ve been finishing work on an album and used FL5 slaved to ACID5 for the last song so (at your own risk, of course) feel free to install.

(Just beware that if you uinstall it the Rewire engine for 5 is still lurking in your machine.)

Personally, I think the stability of ACID5 is worth the upgrade alone.

I’ve also been using the ‘burn CD at once’ feature for the new album and it has saved me so many steps that sometimes I feel like I’m missing something. There are several pleasant surprises like that in ACID5 so yes, for me, it was worth the upgrade. (Yes, I paid for it even though Sony graciously offered the upgrade for free since I was beta testing.)

Hope this helps,
vS

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: xavier http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-206 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-206 I'm still cautious bout the upgrade. Is it worth the money. Some have called it 4.5 rather than a full 5. Oh and any word on the FL situation... I downloaded it but haven't installed for fear of it screwing with other apps (seems your issue proves that). Were you able to fix. Thank you for the review. I’m still cautious bout the upgrade. Is it worth the money. Some have called it 4.5 rather than a full 5. Oh and any word on the FL situation… I downloaded it but haven’t installed for fear of it screwing with other apps (seems your issue proves that). Were you able to fix.

Thank you for the review.

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: Peter Forret http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-205 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-205 Great review. I just upgraded to Acid 5.0 too, and my first impressions are mixed. Apart from the media manager, which indeed uses MSDE, I was also asked to install a .Net runtime. Maybe you didn't notice because you already had it, but I installed Acid on a +- fresh Win2000 machine. I also found the Media Manager to have strange quirks every now and then: when I click a category, it cycles between on/off status a couple of times and apparently executes the corresponding SQL every time, which keeps your machine busy for 5-10 seconds if you have a lot of samples. I vaguely remember having the option to let Acid 'guess' the right categories for samples from their folder and file names, when you import them. That might help you in the import of your 12000+ samples. I still have to hook up my keyboard and see how well MIDI support works. The track folders are soooo welcome. I would have liked to see the folder tracks also work as a bus, so that you could add 1 effect chain to the whole folder instead of copy it to each track. The Groove Tool is a neat addition, and I still have to play around with it to grasp its full potential. One other ting, I have tried Ableton too, and I find ACID's time streching way better than Live's. The latter quickly caused noisy artefacts, whereas Acid remains natural and clear (if you don't try 300% speed, of course). Happy composing! Peter Great review. I just upgraded to Acid 5.0 too, and my first impressions are mixed.
Apart from the media manager, which indeed uses MSDE, I was also asked to install a .Net runtime. Maybe you didn’t notice because you already had it, but I installed Acid on a +- fresh Win2000 machine.
I also found the Media Manager to have strange quirks every now and then: when I click a category, it cycles between on/off status a couple of times and apparently executes the corresponding SQL every time, which keeps your machine busy for 5-10 seconds if you have a lot of samples.
I vaguely remember having the option to let Acid ‘guess’ the right categories for samples from their folder and file names, when you import them. That might help you in the import of your 12000+ samples.
I still have to hook up my keyboard and see how well MIDI support works.
The track folders are soooo welcome. I would have liked to see the folder tracks also work as a bus, so that you could add 1 effect chain to the whole folder instead of copy it to each track.
The Groove Tool is a neat addition, and I still have to play around with it to grasp its full potential.
One other ting, I have tried Ableton too, and I find ACID’s time streching way better than Live’s. The latter quickly caused noisy artefacts, whereas Acid remains natural and clear (if you don’t try 300% speed, of course).

Happy composing!

Peter

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: beatmixed http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-212 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-212 <strong>Review of Acid 5.0</strong> Victor @ Virtual Turntable has published a very informative review of Acid Pro 5.0. Review of Acid 5.0

Victor @ Virtual Turntable has published a very informative review of Acid Pro 5.0.

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: victor http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-204 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-204 I the *interaction* between ACID and other ReWire apps to be unusable. MIDI I never liked in ACID. Sorry. Plugins always worked great and now with VST/VSTi support it's superb. A WARNING: I just installed the brand new FL Studio 5 and it broke ReWire between ACID and FL. I'll have more over the weekend about that because I suspect it will take some registry hacking to re-stabalize. I the *interaction* between ACID and other ReWire apps to be unusable.

MIDI I never liked in ACID. Sorry.

Plugins always worked great and now with VST/VSTi support it’s superb.

A WARNING: I just installed the brand new FL Studio 5 and it broke ReWire between ACID and FL. I’ll have more over the weekend about that because I suspect it will take some registry hacking to re-stabalize.

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: craig http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-203 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-203 did you find the latest version of Acid 4 to be unstable when using midi/plugins/rewire stuff? early on it was bad, but I never got a chance to really test the updates. did you find the latest version of Acid 4 to be unstable when using midi/plugins/rewire stuff?

early on it was bad, but I never got a chance to really test the updates.

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: Hector http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-202 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-202 Yes, you can make you own templates, I just don't remember ever wanting to *reuse* one -- it's kind of like the Chopper view, it's a great feature but I'd already gotten used to slicing in the main window. If a loop needed adjustment I would just slice it, slide over the piece and then render just that part as a loop. Voila: a 'groove'. Regarding memory usage Windows does a pretty good job at "paging" out memory you don't use but still -- a waste is a waste. And no, I killed sql server and the next time I started up ACID it did me the 'favor' of restarting it. But the 'special loop library' -- screw that. (Again, unless I'm missing something.) Yes, you can make you own templates, I just don’t remember ever wanting to *reuse* one — it’s kind of like the Chopper view, it’s a great feature but I’d already gotten used to slicing in the main window. If a loop needed adjustment I would just slice it, slide over the piece and then render just that part as a loop. Voila: a ‘groove’.

Regarding memory usage Windows does a pretty good job at “paging” out memory you don’t use but still — a waste is a waste. And no, I killed sql server and the next time I started up ACID it did me the ‘favor’ of restarting it. But the ’special loop library’ — screw that. (Again, unless I’m missing something.)

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: HeuristicsInc http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-201 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-201 Victor, sorry, not Vincent, brain fart which I noticed the second I hit the post button, and my "Esc" was too slow. Oops. -bill Victor, sorry, not Vincent, brain fart which I noticed the second I hit the post button, and my “Esc” was too slow. Oops.
-bill

]]> Comment on Review: ACID 5.0 by: HeuristicsInc http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-200 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/review-acid-50#comment-200 Hey Vincent, thanks for the review. Some "features" here sound really annoying. Can you turn off the Media Manager, i.e. not have all that extraneous junk running? Or even installed? Also, can you make your own groove templates? Some of these features sound great, but what's with this feature bloat, putting in something I'm unlikely to use but that takes up scads of disk and memory space... yuk! -bill Hey Vincent, thanks for the review.
Some “features” here sound really annoying.
Can you turn off the Media Manager, i.e. not have all that extraneous junk running? Or even installed?
Also, can you make your own groove templates?
Some of these features sound great, but what’s with this feature bloat, putting in something I’m unlikely to use but that takes up scads of disk and memory space… yuk!
-bill

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