KVR Audio

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:55 am

Hello,

I used to use Acid Pro for sequencing mp3 tracks to make my own DJ mixes. I am now on Mac, and Acid Pro isn't available for Mac. Any suggestions for a cheap (or free) equivalent I could use?

Thanks in advance.

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:45 pm

Nothing then? I’ve tried a few demos today but nothing else seems to have the beat mapping function and the same focus on loops

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:52 pm

Some people view Reaper as a good replacement for Acid, others disagree. AFAIK, that's really the closest that you are going to get to Acid on a mac. Bonus, it's cross platform so that you won't run into this issue again.

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:16 pm

Thanks I’ll check it out

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:19 pm

Some discussion:

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=78212

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-c ... d-pro.html

BTW: I own Acid, Reaper, and Cubase, and although I like Cubase for many things, an Acid replacement it's not!

pottering · Post by **pottering** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:37 pm

"Beatmapping" is fitting a loop (and transients) to a different BPM/grid right?

Tracktion T6 has that (as "Time Warp") and it is free.

https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/tracktion-6

Full-featured free DAW with all the expected features, multi-platform, Z–Plane Elastique Pro and ARA support.

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:42 pm

I will have a look at that one too, thanks

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:55 pm

Weren't Garageband and Appleloops originally developed by the same person who developed Acid?

inkwarp · Post by **inkwarp** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:02 am

as noted above, garageband is a clone of acid pro.

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:16 am

Thanks for the replies! GarageBand looks worth a try given it’s already installed. The one thing that I cannot replicate is calculating bpm when loading an audio file. Acid launched a beat mapper automatically. Does that function exist in other hosts?

sinkmusic · Post by **sinkmusic** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:49 am

Reaper maybe (quite a great replacement for Acid, but maybe not so good on beatmapping), or the free version of Live (Live Lite/whatever) ?

inkwarp · Post by **inkwarp** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:11 pm

i don't use garageband myself, but in acid the beatmapper option exists mainly for trying to sync with long tracks. i am sure you can do that in garageband - there are loads of videos on youtube about it.
if timestretching in real time is the thing, ableton would be the top of the line for that sort of thing but it is expensive. garageband is free, no?

mcbpete · Post by **mcbpete** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:30 pm

Another recommendation for Reaper from me - Used to use Sony Vegas as my main NLE which was essentially Acid Pro with video layers added. Then when I then found out about Reaper in the v0.x days I gave it a shot and barely had to learn anything to find my way around, everything seemed to work exactly how I'd learned with Vegas (including many of the keyboard shortcuts)

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 2:58 pm

I used acid to analyse the bpm of a mp3 then set the project tempo accordingly. Then you can add the next mp3 and it will sync to the correct tempo so you can align the beats and create a dj style mix. Now of course that’s not real djing, but it means you can make a perfect ‘studio’ dj mix free from any errors. That’s all I want to do now I’m on a Mac!

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:22 pm

Having watched a few yt videos, I can see ableton live’s warp function will do pretty much what I need. Does the live intro version have warp? It’s not clear on abletons website.

Acid Pro Alternative For Mac..?