acidized wav confusion

[wrench45us]

i confuse so easily

so wav files are simply Microsft format audio file
acidized wav files are wav files that include the audio informtion plus 'beat' information

presumably this allows vsts to pitch shift and time stretch and such

that much i thought i understood,
but then some vsti's don't seem to need this additional beatmapping to manage some of these tasks

I think Fruity Slicer manages to slice nonacidized wav files, but something like Cyclone needs acidized wav files to slice

Since picking up Komplete I've spent a lot of time learning how Intakt works. I picked up the Acid Lite ScreenBlaster Acid to be able to beatmap wav samples and resave them, but as I've learned more I don't think that was necessary at all.
It seems Intakt can do all it needs to do without acidized wav files -- even though beatmapped can 'help' with things like downbeat and measure finding -- the same things can be done with timestretching in sync mode and some very careful and start and end point editing.
the biggest thing i've learned is save all that work by saving the 'instrument' -- have i mentioned i learn slowly and confuse easily

so obviously somethings going on with some vsts that others can't do that involves some internal beatmapping-like behavior, but may not 'output' acidized wav.

so am i close to the mark here?

[tony tony chopper]

I think Fruity Slicer manages to slice nonacidized wav files, but something like Cyclone needs acidized wav files to slice

it doesn't require the acidized format because.. it does slice by itself. ACIDized, just like REX and ZGR's, is a way to store slices info, after you've sliced (auto and/or manually). If something absolutely requires wavs to be ACIDized, it's because it can't autoslice by itself, so needs slicing information.