Any advantages of Vegas over Acid Pro?

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I've been a Acid Pro user for a few years, and I've seen alot of you guys rave about Vegas. So, besides video editing, are there any features in Vegas that would rate it about Acid Pro?

I'm looking to do your basic multitracking of a metal band, maybe do some electronic/midi stuff, and overall mixing.
 
Being able to record multiple tracks at a time is a pretty good thing.

I like and use Acid Pro as well, but you can only record one track at a time.

Vegas doesn't do MIDI, unfortunately. Too bad there's not a hybrid Acid/Vegas program.
 
I think it really depends on what your doing if its live multitrack audio, then vegas all the way, if its beats midi and sampling with only a little live stuff then vegas is the way to go, I have both those programs and sound forge and I think together they are a great suite.
 
Thanks for the info.

I'm getting a Firepod here in the next month or so, and have been looking at which direction to go. I didn't want to give up Acid just cause I love the sleek interface and have more experience with the Sonic Foundry plug-in's and what not. But sounds like with the Firepod, I should pick up Vegas.
 
Vegas is from Sonic Foundry (originally) and still comes with the SF plugins (although most suck ayse)
 
Yea, I'm aware they are from the same company (now owned by Sony). And while the plugins aren't great, they get the job done. With any plugin, you just need to know what it's limitations are. I find myself using the SF plugins for any hi/low pass filters, light compression with Wave Hammer, and even Acoustic Mirror on some tracks.
 
MadAudio said:
Being able to record multiple tracks at a time is a pretty good thing.

I like and use Acid Pro as well, but you can only record one track at a time.

Vegas doesn't do MIDI, unfortunately. Too bad there's not a hybrid Acid/Vegas program.
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My Vegas 5.0 has MIDI features.

What version do you have?
 
I have Vegas 6 and there are a few vst plug ins that I have. Where might I be able to find some "better" plug ins to use in VEGAS? And would I just download them and save them in the VEGAS folder for plug ins? (like what was mentioned about Cool Edit Pro)
 
I'm curious because I am about to purchase the Tascam US-428 Control Surface; and they say it can be sued to control many features in Vegas. Makes sense, since Vegas is similar in funtion to Acid, a standard music production program.
 
so, with vegas you can record multiple tracks at once, considering you have a sound card with mulitple I/O?? acid pro you can't, which i'm well aware of.
 
little guy said:
so, with vegas you can record multiple tracks at once
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Yes, you can - just arm a track and set it's input to whatever's available.
 
well damn, i just bought an ESI Juli@ soundcard which has left/right track I/O and midi/spdif I/O. maybe at some point when the loot rolls in i'll pick up VEGAS and a multi-track sound card with like 10 or 12 I/O's. but that won't be for a while. til then it's one track at a time. luckily i don't have any live drums.
 
Vegas is the easiest multi-tracker I've used. Set up a stereo bus for each of your tracks and you can have live VU meters on every track at the bottom of the main screen, no mixer window is ever required.

If I could afford version 6 for the VST instruments support, it'd probably be my perfect package.
 
noisedude said:
If I could afford version 6 for the VST instruments support, it'd probably be my perfect package.
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MIDI would be nice...as would VSTi/DXi support.
 
I've been using Acid for years now and have been in love with ease-of-use! I don't do lots of soft synths, sample libraries or anything like that, Pretty much have only been doing some tiny loop based with tracked band recordings (industrial-rock). I love the mixing & bus controls, top-notch for when mixing a metal project.

About a week ago, I got the Firepod and switched over to Vegas. I've been able to do pretty much all my tracking in there, and then I just save the tracks and move over to Acid. There I do all my midi tracks, effects, edits and just general downmixing.

I do agree that they should add those features Acid has that Vegas doesn't. It would be the only application I'd use.
 
hopefully acid will soon encorporate multi-track recording... that would be sweet
 
little guy said:
hopefully acid will soon encorporate multi-track recording... that would be sweet
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I still want a Acid/Vegas hybrid. Maybe they could call it Fear and Loathing!
 
MadAudio said:
I still want a Acid/Vegas hybrid. Maybe they could call it Fear and Loathing!
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Cute ;)
But I agree, they should just take all the audio features of Vegas, and add that to Acid. I don't do anything outside audio production, so it would be my dream app. Makes me wonder why they haven't done it already? Acid would gain alot more following IMO.
 
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