An informative presentation by Joshua Raucci

What is ACID Xpress?“When it was introduced in 1998, ACID® software was

hailed as a breakthrough loop-based music production tool. Today, ACID software is prized for its power and functionality, and remains the industry standard for professional music creation on the PC.”

Free software from Sony, the people that make Sound Forge, demonstrating some of the capabilities of their other not-free software, ACID Pro and ACID Music Studio

Easier to use than Cubase (works with beats and measures instead of seconds and minutes)

More user friendly than Fruity LoopsWorks on both PC and Mac, unlike Garageband

What is ACID Xpress good for?RemixesMash-upsContests

You’re a Music Composition Major?How does this relate?Not for lessons, but for funGood for people who don’t know a lot about

musicGood way to teach meter, tempo, keys,

musical symmetry

It’s free, so does that mean it’s really limited?Yes. mp3Limited to 48 kbpsVery few effects10 tracksNo midi

What sort of things can be done with this program?Loops v. Single ShotChanges Loop tempo and gives previewEdit audio (Easily zoom in and out)Easily fade in and out and change volumeSpeed up/Slow down audio according to pitch8packs and free loops from

sonycreativesoftware.com

Well, let’s see it.