FEATURE | ACID Pro 6 | ACID Pro 7 |
Audio and MIDI mixing console | | |
Audio, MIDI, and Bus Track Meters | | |
Input busses | | |
Real-time rendering | | |
MIDI track freeze | | |
Enhanced timestretch and pitch shifting with élastique Pro | | |
Enhanced Beatmappeing for tracks with tempo changes | | |
Tempo curves | | |
Metronome countoff | | |
Cross-track event drag and drop | | |
Switches including Normalize, Invert Phase, and Lock | | |
External control surface channel tracking | | |
Custom labels for ASIO™ devices and ports | | |
Enhanced plug-in management | | |
Optimized plug-in scanning via the Plug-in Manager | | |
Interactive Tutorials | | |
FLAC, AAC, AC-3 Studio, and MPEG-2, format support | | |
Includes over 3,000 loops in multiple genres | | |
Multitrack audio and MIDI recording | | |
Multiple media events per track with automatic crossfades | | |
On-the-fly punch-in recording | | |
Project sections | | |
Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline | | |
Envelope automation recording | | |
Record input monitoring | | |
5.1 surround film-style panning | | |
Inline MIDI editing | | |
MIDI recording and playback | | |
MIDI piano roll and list editing | | |
MIDI track envelopes and keyframes | | |
Drum grid editing mode with drum key maps | | |
MIDI filtering and processing | | |
VSTi soft synth support and parameter automation | | |
MIDI file export | | |
Support for control surfaces including Mackie Control and Frontier Design TranzPort™ | | |
Dual/Multi-core processor support | | |
Dynamic playback optimization | | |
ATRAC3™, ATRAC3plus™, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless™ format support | | |
Gracenote® MusicID CD album identification | | |
Number of tracks | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Maximum bit depth/sample rate | 24/192khz | 24/192khz |
Project wide tempo and key changes | | |
ASIO driver support | | |
Alternate time signature support | | |
Master, auxiliary and effects bus tracks | | |
DLS sample file support | | |
5.1 surround mixing | | |
Includes over 20 DirectX® effects | | |
Tempo based DirectX effects | | |
Plug-in effect automation | | |
Volume and pan envelopes | | |
MP3 open/save | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Groove Mapping™ quantization with Groove Cloning™ | | |
Media Manager™ technology | | |
Nestable folder tracks | | |
VST effect support with automation and tempo sync | | |
Multiport VSTi soft synth support | | |
Rewire mixer and device support | | |
Real-time event reverse | | |
Metronome for playback and record | | |
Customizable keyboard mapping | | |
Bus-to-bus routing | | |
Downmix monitoring | | |
Beatmapper™ remixing tool | | |
Chopper™ editing tool | | |
Ripple editing / edits across tracks | | |
Flash (.swf) format import | | |
Video scoring track | | |
Disc-at-once CD burning/CD extraction | | |
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