ACID files w/o ACID?

[1-2-Many]

At a local monthly Cubase meeting, one of the topics showed how SX can import ACID files and lock them to tempo - Looked nifty so I thought I'd try some at home

I've never used loops, so I'm not at all familiar with ACID, but for some odd reason I always thought ACIDized files had their own file extension like .ACD - But No, they just show up as .WAV files. This seems confusing - how do you tell them apart?

I didn't think to ask it at the time, but is there a way to tell if a .wav file is acidized without going through the trouble of browsing it within SX or ACID? Any way to view its info in Windows Explorer's browser. I've clicked on properties of a known ACID file but no ACID status or tempo info shows up, as it does in the SX browser. I've Dled some of the demo loops off Sony's site along with Acid Xpress and I want to add tempo and beat info to the filenames. (BTW:Are there other places to get free ACID files?)

Also is there a way to ACIDize a sample without using full blown ACID? Will Acid Xpress acidize? Will other programs ACIDize a loop? I'm really not all that hot to learn ACID...just want to use the loops in SX...Should I be getting hot over Acid?

I'm sure this might all sound rather rudimentary to the loop initiated, but loops are a new thing to me, so at least give me some credit for trying to learn something new.

[gambaytheunspoken]

You can create your own acidized loops with a demo version of FL studio. After you've created a loop you're happy with, go to export and you have the option of acidizing it. As for discerning whether a loop is acidized or not, I don't know of any program that does that particular function, although Acid does gather information from particular wave loops and tells you its bpm.
Ciao

[ResonantOrder]

I don't know about SX3, but Sonar handles ACID files, but calls them groove clips.

I've always saved my clips in a different place than my raw .wav, and I don't think I've ever seen a way to tell if the clip has been Acidized or not.

I just import the audio, double-click the clip to open the loop construction view, and set the parameters that I want the audio to conform to. I usually save the clip, with its acidized information, outside of the actual save file. If you import an acidized clip, it shows up as an acidized clip.

It's one of the reasons I stayed with Sonar. I can do the exact same thing with midi clips.

[sgx]

Project5 can load and export Acidized wavs. Nifty

[mahtazz]

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http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/Produc ... sp?PID=971

[digitalmessiah]

acidized files doesn't have .acd file extention. a song created in acid program has an .acd extention, much like a song created in reason has an .rns extension. you can tell an acidized wav file when you load it in sound forge and view its properties.

you can acidize a wav file using project 5, sonar, sound forge, etc.

other site where you can d/l acid loops is peace and love productions site.

cheers!

[Norbert]

Maybe, I said MAYBE this program will at least be somwhat helpful to you. (Windows)

http://www.sonicspot.com/acidblotter/acidblotter.html

It's free, but kinda old. (might not work in WinXP)

I could have sworn there used to be a program that would let you simply view the Properties of ACID files. Maybe is was a utility included with an old version of ACID. Wish I could remember...