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Acid Pro User Reviews
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"Haven't got it mastered yet."
Version: Acid Pro 7.0e
Pros
No real pros that I can tell so far.
Cons
Terrible user interface with pale pastel colors. Very difficult to setup and navigate.
Summary
I had to buy a new PC for totally unrelated reasons, re-installed the demo and have since been unable to get my midi keyboard to make a sound. I tried ASIO, Direct Sound, Wave-RT and other mechanisms without success. This is certainly not plug-and-play.
Updated on Apr 5, 2012
I still cannot stand looking at that ugly GUI with pale pastel's and fonts. I have been using other similar software that is much more intuitive and pretty for as good (or better) a price. If I ever get this working I will write a proper review. -
"My Reviews"
Version: Acid Pro 7.0e
Pros
It's good and the first time from Sony
Cons
It's not free software. I must buy when I don't have dollars
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"Easy to use, nice interface, but terrible reliability."
Version: Acid Pro 7.0e
Pros
First of all, this is a great DAW in theory. Good midi editing, nice, clean accessible and learnable interface. Great set of default plugins, and support for all of my vst/vsti plugins. Looping and beatmapping features are nice.
Cons
Reliability! This program has put me through hell too many times. I want to move to Ableton!
Summary
I have lost several big projects to this program. It becomes highly unstable when your projects get large (>15 plugins, >6-7 vsts). I've had just some strange unexplainable things happen. Here are a few examples:
-Opening project file immediately crashes Acid. No way to salvage anything
-Will output no sound, only clicks, the rest of my system's sound is significantly distorted while Acid remains open
-Sound buffering will go haywire causing any recordings to be completely erratic in speed/rhythm and/or making playing along impossible. Usually requires rebuilding of the project file.
-Using the 'Duplicate Track' completely freezes the program, requiring a restart about 1 out of 5 times
-Playback is either so distorted and slow or causing crashes that the only thing to do is export all my tracks as midi files and repatch them in a new project file
-Sometimes the program will freeze, yet playback will still be going on and I'll still get response from the vsti's hooked up to my midi keyboard. This signals, to me, that the programming is so bad it can't deal with non fatal errors
-Acid, after it crashes, locks up my midi keyboard until system restart. If Acid crashes, it will usually report the following until restart: USB device in use, MIDI keyboard unavailable.
My computer has a quadcore 2.4 ghz with 4 gb of ram and a HD sound card. I run some pretty intensive applications/games and I rarely see instability like I do with Acid Pro. I never feel safe using it. If you are just starting out and have the luxury of choosing some other DAW.....I suggest you do. -
"ok i am having a problem here"
Version: Acid Pro 7.0e
Pros
im sure its a good program but
Cons
ok, why when i try and download this, it says invalid file name???????
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"dollar for dollar the best"
Version: Acid Pro 7.0e
Pros
sounds great, its easy to use, tons of support, a industry standard.
Cons
none none none
Summary
this is one of the best production programs out there. i used it on this Rhianna remix http://soundcloud.com/supadjmq/please-dont-stop-da-music-rihanna-remix-mannys-dance-mix
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