KVR Audio

fhinspectit · Post by **fhinspectit** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:46 pm

anyone try acid6? I'm debating on the next daw to compliment fls6 together with. currently using fls with aa2.0 and sx3. I know cubase should be dropping a new one someday. acid looks pretty impressive on the sony site. I probally should demo it, I just wanted to know if this now moves acid into the ranks of pro tools and cubase.

nlamartina · Post by **nlamartina** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:08 pm

What are you looking for in a host? The version 6 upgrade is very significant, but why don't you tell us more about your needs? Otherwise this will turn into a circle jerk real quick.

Edit: And yeah, try the demo. It'll give you YOUR impression of the software, rather than someone else's, although that's still important.

fhinspectit · Post by **fhinspectit** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:20 pm

I love fls and do most of my creating in it. I mainly want something with better audio recording capabilities, along the lines of cubase. I mainly do hip hop and loops play an important role in the process. I also am looking for a daw that I can do most of my arranging,editing and mastering in one app. I know adobe audition 2 allows most of this but I want to be able to play vst's through whatever new host I purchase. also price is a factor, I do not want to spend over 400$ on my next purchase. I am debating on pt m-powered with the vst to rtas adaptor price approx. 350$ for both but limited on tracks, and effects bundled with package. or spend 400$ for unlimited tracks nice package of effects and ni kantact for acid.I just want to make sure I don't spend for a daw and 6 months from now be purchasing pt.

jmbriley · Post by **jmbriley** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:08 pm

Do you make loops in FL and then want to arrange in another sequencer or do you make the whole beat in FL and then export eact track into the other sequencer already arranged?

lunik · Post by **lunik** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:40 pm

What about reaper. I'd take a serious look at that.

mayan · Post by **mayan** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:50 pm

Acid 5 gave me fits - I hated to use it. Acid 6 has -so far- been remarkably stable and a pleasure to open. Go figger.

MattmaN · Post by **MattmaN** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:15 pm

Yep look at Reaper.
It's free,and better suited for multitracking than Acid.
Plus it's got midi now,albeit still in development.

Dunbar · Post by **Dunbar** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:16 pm

I've been Demoing Acid Pro 6 and i must say i'm mightily impressed. I tried version 3 years ago and loved it's looping and time stretching capabilities (and the work-flow); but it's lack of midi was a show stopper.

Version 6 covers everything that was once lacking on the midi front and the audio manipulation remains unsurpassed. I've set it up so the bottom window (clip properties) can be used as a step sequencer, very much like FL Studio, while having a conventional looking seqencer window; where I can see the track lanes with midi and audio data in full view (unlike in FL, with it's weird pattern block thingies).

My only problem is with the mixer. It seems to break-up my workflow a bit; it doesn't have the same intuitive feel as the rest of the app. It's only a minor grumble and i guess i'll get used to it.

As soon as i get some spare cash i'm going to buy it.

Reverend Rhythm · Post by **Reverend Rhythm** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:15 pm

PT is the standard, and if you're going to work in commercial facilities you probably need to look at it seriously.

Acid is primarily looping software. The daw and midi functions work within that looping paradigm. So the concept is different than PT.

baggio · Post by **baggio** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:20 pm

Anybody know if there are plans to implement a freeze function?

randygo · Post by **randygo** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:15 am

Reverend Rhythm wrote: Acid is primarily looping software. The daw and midi functions work within that looping paradigm.

This is no longer true with Acid Pro 6.0.

Cheers,

Randy

Cabinfever · Post by **Cabinfever** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:29 am

Reverend Rhythm wrote:PT is the standard, and if you're going to work in commercial facilities you probably need to look at it seriously.

Acid is primarily looping software. The daw and midi functions work within that looping paradigm. So the concept is different than PT.

Do you use Acid, or are you just repeating something you heard in 1998 ? And please, spare us the equally cliched PT dogma.

Reverend Rhythm · Post by **Reverend Rhythm** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:54 pm

I'm a loyal acid user since acid 3. In fact it's the only recording software I use. I have never had the need to use PT except in a commercial facility.

I didn't mean to confuse the situation. I was trying to be helpful. Software has a basic premise or paradigm, and, at least to me, Acid's is based around it's ability to stretch and pitch-shift loops. You don't have to use that feature, but it's a strong point of the software. I may wrong in that assessment, and even if I am, I'm not putting acid down or cheering PT.

Igor 4000 · Post by **Igor 4000** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:06 pm

Reverend Rhythm wrote:I'm a loyal acid user since acid 3. In fact it's the only recording software I use. I have never had the need to use PT except in a commercial facility.

I didn't mean to confuse the situation. I was trying to be helpful. Software has a basic premise or paradigm, and, at least to me, Acid's is based around it's ability to stretch and pitch-shift loops. You don't have to use that feature, but it's a strong point of the software. I may wrong in that assessment, and even if I am, I'm not putting acid down or cheering PT.

You don't have to be defensive about telling the truth...your assessment was spot on. Acid may have changed over the years but its ''bread and butter'' remains its exceptional timestretching and loop painting. And why people still in denial about PT being an industry standard I'll never figure out.

Reverend Rhythm · Post by **Reverend Rhythm** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:34 pm

What alarmed me was the implication that I was a PT fan. Now that hurt!

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