Sony Acid Music Studio 8 2011

Music creation, remixing & sharing made easy.
ACID Music Studio is the perfect tool for loop-based music creation, audio recording, MIDI production, effects processing, and studio-quality mixing. Create, then share your music— burn CDs, upload to the Web, or export as MP3 for listening on your favorite portable players. With built-in tutorials to guide you, you’ll be composing, editing, and mixing like a pro in no time—even if you’re a newcomer to the world of computer music.

Music Creation Made Easy.
• Easily record live instruments and vocals.
• Make great-sounding music instantly by simply painting loops across the screen.
• Show Me How tutorials provide step-by-step help.

Create Original Music with Loops.
• Loops are samples of performances, edited to repeat seamlessly in your composition.
• Includes more than 3,000 ACIDized® studio-quality loops.
• New! ACID Music Studio now includes one free downloadable Sony Sound Series loop library—a $99 value (USD).

Studio Multitrack Recording.
• Your computer’s audio input leads directly to ACID Music Studio—just plug in your microphone or instrument and click Record.
• Unlimited audio and MIDI track capability.
• Simultaneous audio recording on multiple tracks.

Record and Edit MIDI.
• Includes powerful MIDI editing and sequencing tools.
• Supports VST instruments.
• ACID Music Studio includes 90 exclusive virtual instruments.

Add Studio-Quality Effects.
• Add effects including EQ, reverb, delay, chorus, and distortion.
• Change the pitch and tempo of your music in real time.
• Includes Studio Devil™ British Valve Custom guitar amp and TruePianos™ Amber Lite piano plug-ins.

Share Your Creations.
• Save music to popular formats.
• Create your own music CDs in minutes.
• Publish music to popular Web sites including YouTube™ and ACIDplanet®.com.

• Microsoft® Windows® XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista® (Service Pack 2), or Windows 7
• 1 GHz processor
• 200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
• 1 GB RAM
• Windows-compatible sound card
• DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
• Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
• Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later
• Internet Connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service)

• Record, edit, and mix music—no previous experience required.
• Includes more than 3,000 Sony Sound Series music loops in a wide variety of genres.
• Burn your music to CD and generate files for the Web and your favorite portable players.