Long time acid pro user needs new prg.

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ive been using acid 3 for almost 2 years now
and my songs are getting to have more and more tracks in them
with multiples of some
i dont think acid handles this very well

i get continuos slow downs in compositions with more then 30 tracks lets say

is there another prg you all can recomend that is like
acid but utilizes cpu power better?

my specs are
AMD T-bird 1 gig
512 ram
delta 44
audiophile 24/96
3 40 gig HD's
ATI 8500

ps and will making the switch to whatever prg. you all suggest be somewhat harmless?

ive also used before
cubase (VST32) 5 (not SX)
fruityloops
wavelab 3, 4
 
30 tracks of 24/96 is a lot to ask of any program. I'm guessing that many of those tracks are samples or pieces of audio that you're patching together, and ACID uses a whole track for each snipplet (if I understand Acid correctly). If that's the case, a program like Cubase or Sonar can handle this much better because you can have a couple of misc tracks to place the samples in, without using an entire track for each small thing. You'd end up with maybe 16 tracks.

As well, if you're recording at 24/96, you could try recording at 24/44.1 and gain some CPU. If you're not using ACID to process effects, you could even go down to 16 bit if you're careful.
 
I used to use acid and found it gave sounds and songs a really bad sound. it just made everythign sound 2d and bad quality. I switched to logic. Awesome sonud but even the super simple things in acid were super hard to do in logic, some of the things like effects enveloping couldn't really be done the same way in logic. Time stretching can't be done either, its a real pain in the ass getting things to match especailly if you use any samples.
 
ambi said:
I used to use acid and found it gave sounds and songs a really bad sound. it just made everythign sound 2d and bad quality. I switched to logic. Awesome sonud but even the super simple things in acid were super hard to do in logic, some of the things like effects enveloping couldn't really be done the same way in logic. Time stretching can't be done either, its a real pain in the ass getting things to match especailly if you use any samples.
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Another reason for not buying Logic would be that it is now a Mac exclusive product.

Sonar would be my suggestion. I find it extremely easy to work with - moreso than Cubase.
 
yea well it has a steep learning curve and is now mac exclusive. But other than that it's pretty much second to none, but some prefer pro tools. It's a bit easier and has less midi.
 
Why dont you go and download Pro Tools Free from digidesign. You can try it out for a while and then if you like it you can buy it...or not...but at least you can try it.
 
If you like ProTools Free, you'll really like the real thing. The Free version is FULL of bugs ...at least the version I installed about a year ago. While I haven't used the real thing, I'm told it's bug free.
 
Do you find that when you use acid for a few years, you forget how to be a corporate monkey?

















Sorry, just had to....
 
Major Tom said:
SONAR
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To elaborate on this one, Sonar is an excellent DAW with a lot of ACID-like capabilities. It's groove clips work almost exactly like ACID, and you can use all your ACID loops in Sonar.
 
If I am not mistaken, the newest versions of Sonar have the ability to import Acid loops directly. So Sonar would seem to be ideal for you.
 
RWhite said:
If I am not mistaken, the newest versions of Sonar have the ability to import Acid loops directly. So Sonar would seem to be ideal for you.
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All versions of Sonar (going all the way back to 1.0) as well as Home Studio 2002 have this capability.
 
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