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Ta b l e o f Introducing ACID Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Co nt e nt s Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Making selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Selecting an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trimming events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Splitting events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tagging media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Creating a tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Working w ith tempo /key/time signa ture chan ge markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Using a tempo curve to change tem po between markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using track effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Using track effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Organizing plug-ins with folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Viewing a plug-in’s fol der assignm ents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjusting bus or assignable ef fects send leve ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7 Change a trac k’s input or output devic e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Specifying where recordings are stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Changing where re corded files are stor ed for new projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Editing MIDI clip properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Editing a MIDI clip w ith the P iano Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Configuring a Mackie Control Universal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Configuring a Frontier TranzPort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rendering surround projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Burning AC-3 f iles to DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using the Mackie Control Universal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Channel sec tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Creating pin g-pong pan effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Adding depth with assignable effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 1 Introducing A CID Sof t ware We l c o m e Congratulations on purchasing a revolutionary soft ware ap plication for Microsoft® Window s®. With A CID® from Sony Creativ e Soft ware Inc., you can create gr eat music by simply picking, painting, and playing .
Toolbar Tabs Information pane Context-sensitive help T o use context-sensitive help in a dialog bo x, click the questi on mark button in the upper -right corner o f the dialog bo x. Help on the W eb Additional ACID information is available on the Sony Crea tive Soft ware Inc.
Divider Timeline Track view Track list Divider Window docking area T oolbar The toolbar allows you to quickl y access the most commonly us ed function s and features in ACID . Opens a new project. Y ou will be prompted to sav e any changes to the current pr oject.
Reverses an undo . Activates the Gr oove Erase tool to er ase grooves or parts of groov es. When used in conjunction with the Ctrl key , the Groove Er ase tool can erase an entire gr oove even t.
Bus assignment/Device selec tion Clicking the Bus Ass ignment button and select ing a letter from the menu allows you to assign the correspondi ng track to the specified output bus. Howev er , the button is only available in projec ts containing multiple busses.
Surround panner In 5.1 surround projects, the surr ound panner allows you to view and edit surr ound panning settings f or a track. Doubl e -click a surround panner to view the Surround P anner window and make fine panning adjustments. Vo l u m e f ad er This dedicated volume fader controls how loud a track is in th e mix.
Tr a n s p o r t bar Marker bar Beat ruler Zoom controls Tim e ru l er (if displayed) Marker bar The marker bar runs the length of your project and contains th e tags for markers and regions positioned along the project’ s tim eline. Beat rule r The beat ruler allows y ou to place events in ref erence to the mu sical time of bars and beats.
Zoom cont rols T o the right of the horizontal scroll bar ar e the time zoom controls . Clicking the Zoom In Time bu tton ( ) incr eases the horizont al magnification of the project. T o decrease the level of magnifica tion, click the Zoo m O ut Time button ( ).
Chopper The Chopper™ isolates audio events so that y ou can dissect them and reinser t them into a project to produce elaborat e slice -n-d ice effects with minimal effor t. Display the Chopper by choosing Chopper from the V iew menu or pressing Alt+ 2.
Plug-In Manager This window allow s you to view and choose effects plug-ins to be added t o a track, bus, or assignable effects chain. Display the Plug-In Manager window by choosing Plug-In Ma nager from the Vi ew menu or by pressing Ctrl+ Alt+1. F or more information, see Organizing Plug-Ins and ReWire Devices on page 131 .
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Notes on audio s ignal flow • This diagram d escribes non-MIDI a udio events. For MIDI ev ents, see MIDI signal flow on page 27 . • In 5.1 surround projec ts, tracks routed to the Surround Master bus send surround pa nning (six-channel) information.
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Notes on MIDI signal flow • Soft synth panning is available only in 5.1 sur round projects. In 5.1 surround projects, soft s ynth controls routed to the Sur round Master bus send surround panning (six- channel) information. Soft s ynth controls rout ed to busses (e.
Chapter 2 Getting Star ted Now that you hav e an understanding of the interf ace and contr ols found in ACID® software, you are r eady to begin learning the techniques needed to pick , paint, and play in ACID projects.
It em De sc rip ti on Cutoff frequency for low-pass filt er Enter a low-pass cuto ff freq uency value for 5.1 surround projects. Audio sent to the LFE channel is limited to frequencies lower than the valu e you enter . Applying a low- pass filter approximat es the bass-management system in a 5.
Previewing a media file 1. Select the media file in the Explo rer window that yo u want to preview . 2. Click the Star t Preview button ( ). The med ia file begins looped pla yback . Y ou can monitor its levels on the preview bus . 3. Click the Stop Preview button ( ) to end playback.
Adding media files from the Explor er window Y ou can use the Explorer window , which operates similarly to the Windows® Explorer , to locate media files for use in projects. Display the Explorer , if needed, by choosing Explorer from the V iew menu, or by pressing Alt+1.
4. Fro m t h e Ac t io n drop -d own list, choose how you want to extract audio: • Choose Read by track and selec t each track you want to extrac t. Each track is ex trac ted to a new track in your projec t. • Choose Read entir e disc to extract the current CD to a single file.
Obtaining CD information 1. Insert a CD in your drive. 2. Click the MusicID button in the in the Extract Audio from CD dialog, or browse t o the CD and click the button in the Explorer window . For more information, see Extr acting media files from CD on page 32 .
MIDI A MIDI clip is automatically created when you open a MID, SMF , or RMI file. Y ou can use MIDI clips to rec ord data fr om and play back through synthesizers and other MIDI-compliant equipment. F or more information, see W orking with MIDI on page 187 .
Pain ting events wit h the P aint tool Unlike the Draw tool, the Paint tool allows you to quickly paint multiple events across several tracks. This can be useful when yo u need to quickly add several seemingly random events to a project.
Erasing sections of events Occasionally you may need to delete only specific sections of an event and leav e the rest of it intact. The easiest method of d elet ing a section of an event is to use the Erase tool . 1. Click the Erase T ool button ( ) or choose Editing T ool from the Edit menu and choose Erase from the submenu .
Positioning the cursor with the Go T o command The Go T o command is used to place the cursor at a specific location in the ACID project. • Press Ctrl+G to position the cursor based on the position displa yed on the beat ruler . Specify a position (in measures.
Select ing multiple events using the Selec t Events to End command Right-click ing an event in the track view and choosing Select Events to End from the shortcut menu selec ts every event on the track after the selected event.
Creating ev ent selections within time select ions Y ou can select specific events within a general time selection. This technique is useful for selecting individual instruments f rom a par ticular section of a song. For example, you may want to copy all percussion events from a song’ s bridge and re-use them in t he coda.
Duplicating tracks T o duplicate a track, right-click it and choos e Duplicate T rack from the shortcut menu. An exact copy of the track is cr eated and its events and adds it below the original track in the project. The words “Copy of ” appear before the name of the duplicate track t o identify it in the track list.
Once you have chosen what you want to adjust, drag the slide r to adjust the level. Y ou can hold Ctrl or Shift to select multiple tracks and move the sliders together as a group. Fu n c ti o n D e s c r ip t i on V olume This dedicated volume slider contr ols how loud a tr ack is in the mix.
Soloing tracks Loc at ed n ex t t o th e Mute button, the Solo button ( ) allows you isolate tracks in a proj e ct during pla yback. When y ou click this button during playback, the corresponding track remains audible and all o ther tracks are muted. Clicking the Solo button a second time returns all tracks to their original levels in th e mix.
Using undo T o undo an edit, click the Undo button ( ) on the toolbar or press Ctrl +Z. Edits are undone in the reverse order they were performed. Tip : Y ou can also undo the most recent edit b y choosing Undo from the Ed it menu.
Playin g the project Y o u have sev eral methods for playing your pr ojects. Using the transpor t bar All buttons required to play your project are located on the tr ansport bar . The transpor t bar should look somew hat familiar to you, as i t contains buttons found on most home CD and ca ssette players.
Bypassing audio effects during playback If you want to hear y our project withou t your applied audio ef fects (track , bus, and assignable effects), you can quickly bypas s these effects during playback. Fr om the Opt io ns menu, choose Bypass All A udio FX .
6. Click Sav e . T he projec t is saved. Tip : Once the project is sav ed, you c an use the Save As command from the Fil e menu to create a copy of the project with a new name or save to a different A CID project file format.
8. When rendering is complete, you can choose one of the following options: • C l i c k Op en to star t the associated media player and play the newly r endered file. • C l i c k Open Fol der to open Windows Explorer and display the location of the newly rendered file .
Creating custom rendering settings The Custom Settings dialog appears when you click Custom in the Save As dialog. Y ou can use th e Custom Settings dialog to creat e custom encoding templates for many of the file formats available in the software. 1.
Rendering in real time Real-time rendering is a playback mode that renders your project to .wa v (or .w64) fo rmat. Real-time rendering allows you to in clude the output from an ex ternal input source such as a hard ware synth or effects processor with your project.
3. Select the appropr iate radio button to specify whether the song to be publ ished is the current ACID song or a different song. • T o publish your current ACID song, choose a str eaming format and bit rate. • T o publish a different song , enter the path to the song or click Brow se to locate the file.
3. Choose a setting from the Act io n d rop- down list: • C h o o s e Burn audio to begin recording audio to your CD when you click Star t . Y ou must close the disc before it can be played in an audio CD player . • C h o o s e T est, then burn audio to test whether your files can be wr itten to the CD without encountering buffer underruns.
Disc-at-once (DAO ) CD burning The DA O burning process in volves arranging your media on the time line, adding pauses between tracks as necessar y , ins ert ing tra ck markers, and burning your CD . Add in g p au se s Each CD track in your project should have a two-second pause fo llowing it.
7. Select t he Render temporary image before burning check box if y ou want to rend er your CD project to a tempor ar y file before recording . Prerendering can prevent buff er underruns if you have a complex project that cannot be rendered and burned in real time.
Chapter 3 Editing Ev ents In this chapter , you’ll learn about basic event editing techni ques such as cutting, copying, pasting , trimming, splitting, and joining events. Y ou’ll also learn how t o use ripple editing to expand the possibilities of time line editing.
Using the Paste c ommand 1. Place the cursor at the desired position on the timeline. 2. Paste the clipboar d contents using an y of the following methods: • C l i c k t h e Pas te button ( ) on the toolbar . • C h o o s e Pa s t e from the Edit menu.
Cutting ev ents Cutting an event, a time selection, or a n event within a time selec tion removes the audio data from the track view and places i t on the clipboard. Once data is placed on the clipboard, it can be past ed back into the project an unlimited number of times.
Splitting events Splitting is a quick way to creat e independently functioning even ts from a single one. Y ou might consider splitting an event if you wa nt to adjust a small par t of the track . For example, y ou may want to apply pitch shift to a guitar track for a few measures and th en return the track to its original setting.
Splitting one even t Selecting a single event prior to splitting prevents ot her events from being split at the cursor’ s position. Events befor e splitting Events after splitting Cursor position an.
Splitting events withi n a time selection When selecting events within a time selection, only the select ed events in the time range split at the in and out points.
Changing fade types Y ou can change a crossfade to use one of many combinatio ns of fast, slow , linear , smooth, and sharp fade cur ves. 1. Right-click the overlapping area to display a shortcut menu. 2. Choose Fa d e O u t Ty pe from the shortcut menu and choose a fade curve from the submenu to set the curve for the first event’ s fade out.
Cutting time and event selections in ripple editing mode Events and portions of events within the time selection are repr oduced and placed on the clipboard. Also , the time information is placed on the clipboard. Existing events occurring later than the time selec tion move forward by the length of the time selecti on.
P asting events in ripple editing mode Once information is copied to the clipboard, y ou may choose a variety of ways to paste the clipboard items into tracks. Fo r m o re information, see P asting events on page 55 . The f ollowing procedures explain pastin g inf ormation in ripple editing mode.
Original loop event Slipping the event tw o measures to the right Slip-trimming the event two measures to th e right Sliding the eve nt two measures to th e right Shifting the contents of (slipping) events Hold Alt while dragging an event. The slip curso r appears ( ) .
Ite m De scr ipt io n Quick fade ed ges to preven t clicks When you add an off set to an event so that it does not end on a loop point, you can introduce an audible click at the edges of the event. Select the Quick fade edges t o prevent clicks ch eck bo x, and a quick fade -in or fade -out is per formed on the event edges .
Setting an event’ s volume env elope Y ou can control an event’ s overall volume by setting an en velope at the desired decibel (dB) level. 1. Place the mouse pointer at the top of the event. The envelope cursor ( ) ap pears. 2. Drag the volume line to the desired level.
Inserting a section 1. Create a time select ion that includes t he por tion of the timeline th at you want to use as a sec tion. 2. Fr om the Insert menu, choose Sec tion (or press Shift+S). A section label is added above the marker bar . 3. T y pe a name to identify the section and press Enter .
Copying a sec tion Copying sections lets you copy all events within a sectio n in a single operation. F or more information, see Rip ple editing on page 61 . 1. Hold Ctrl and drag a section header , or multiple section headers, to a new position on the timeline.
Chapter 4 Using the Media Manager This chapter cov ers the management and tagging of your media files in A CID using the Media Manager feature. Creating a new media library Y ou can create multiple media libraries as necessary to orga nize your media.
Adding media files to a libr ar y Befor e you can search or organiz e your media files, y ou’ll need to add them to a med ia library. When the Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples™ reference libr.
9. Click the Search button to start adding files to the library. 10. Click the Close button when y ou ’ re finishe d. A tag is automatically added to the tag tree when you search. The tag name will include the date and time of the search, and al l files that wer e added or updated in the libr ar y are marked with this tag .
Applying a tag to a media file Y ou tag media by dragging a tag from the tag tree to a media fi le in the Search Results pane (or by dragging a media file to a tag) when the Add T ag Mode button ( ) is s elected. 1. Select media files t o tag in the Sear ch Results pan e: • T o select a single file, click the file.
). Deletin g a tag from a li brar y Deleting the selected ta g(s) affects the c urrent library only . 1. In the Search pane, select the tag( s) to be remo ved: • T o select a single tag, click the tag. —or — • T o select multiple consecutive tags, click the first ta g , hold the Shif t key , and then click the last tag.
Assigning palette buttons 1. Perform either of the following actions to display the T ag Chooser dialog: • Click an empt y palette button. —or — • Click an existing button and choose Choose T ag from the shortcut menu. 2. Select the tag you want to assign to the button.
Backing up your media libraries Media Manager so ft ware automatically saves your library as you make chan ges, so you don’t need to tell the applicat ion explicit ly to save your library as you're work ing. However , you can create a backup of the current librar y as a restore point or as a template to create new libraries.
Searching using a keywor d 1. Select t he Quick text search check box in the Search pane and type a keyword (or key words) in the edit bo x. Tip : Y ou can separate search terms using quotation marks and other operators. If quotes or w ildcard char acters are not ap plied, an * is automatically adde d before an d after each sear ch term.
Searching usin g tags In the Search pane, select the check box for each tag you want to find . The Media Library searches your media files and displays the results in the Sear ch Results pane on the right side of the window.
b. Double -click a n item in the Search Criteria Chooser or drag it to the Advanced section of the Search pane. Tip s: If an item in the Search Results pane displays a button, yo u c an click it to find related media.
Adding media to y our project After you ’ve added media to your library , tagged it, and searched for specific files or related media, you ’ve probably found ju st the right piece of media for y our current project.
Customizing the M edia Manager window Much of what you see in the Media Manager window can be customized t o suit your prefer ences. Automatically hiding the Search pane Click the push pin button ( ) .
4. Select th e Ty p e box and c hoose Te x t or Inte ger from the drop- down list to indicate whether you’ll store text or numeric data in the column. 5. If you wa nt to remove a custom column, s elect an entr y in the lis t and click t he Delete Selec ted Columns button ( ).
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Chapter 5 W orking in the T rack V iew This chapter introduces you to several AC ID® features tha t increase your productivity , such as markers, regions, and snapping options. Y ou’ll also learn about the diff erent wa ys to change a project’ s tempo, key , and time signature.
Naming markers Y ou can name markers in your project. Y ou may want to name mark ers based on parts of the project. F or example, yo u may want to identify choruses, r efrains, bridges, or instrume nt solos as refer ence points along the timeline. 1. Place the mouse pointer on the marker to be named.
Placing time markers Time markers are plac ed at the cursor position. Y ou ma y place a time marker in one of the following ways: • F r o m t h e Insert menu, choose Time Marker . • Press H. Y ou may use this method to place a t ime marker while the project is playing back.
3. Complete the Command Properties dialog: • F r o m t h e Te m p l a t e drop-down list, choose a custom template. F or more information, see S aving command properti es as a custom template on page 86 . • F r o m t h e Command drop-down list, choose the type of command.
Defining streaming media commands In a streaming media file, command markers can be used to display headlines, sho w captions, link to W eb sites, or an y other fun cti on you d ef ine. Several command types are included tha t you may add to a str eaming media file.
Placing and moving regions Regions are placed at the start and end points of a loop region (time selec tion). Y ou may place a region in one of the follow in g ways: • F r o m t h e Insert menu, choose Region . • Right-clic k the marker bar , choose Markers/ Regions from the shortcut menu, and choose Insert R egio n from the submenu.
Using snapping Snapping helps you to align events in your project with other it ems. Event edges are preset to snap to the pr oject ’ s grid lines as you drag an event along the track.
Changing tempo , time signature, and k ey Y ou can set a tempo, time signature, and key f or your ACID project. Y ou can also make adjustments during playback . Y ou can add specific tempo , time signature, and key changes with in a project using tempo/key/time signature change markers.
Changing project time signature Click the Project Time Signature control and select a time signature from the menu to adjust a project ’ s time signature. Select Other from the menu t o enter a custom time sig nature . Changing project key Click the Projec t Key control and selec t a key from the menu to adjust a project’ s key.
5. Select t he T ime Signature Change c heck box and make your Bea ts per meas ure and Bea t valu e selection s to change the time signature at the marker position. The time ruler divisions and grid spacing will be updated accordingly . Note: Time signature changes must occur on the first beat of a measure.
Changing a clip’ s key Y ou can change the key of a clip on a track without affecting the project ’ s key . Fo r creative w ays to use track key changes , see Detuning paired tracks on page 297 . 1. Right-click the track and choos e Prope r tie s from the shor tcut menu.
Fit t i n g to t i m e The Fit to Time command all ows you to ad just the proj ec t ’ s ov e rall length to a specified amount of time . Note: The maximum and minim um length is limited t o reduce the possi bility of creating audible ar tifacts through the compression/ expansion process.
Chapter 6 Using the Chopper The C hop per ™ fe ature in AC ID® all ows yo u to q uic k ly c reate sl ice - an d- di ce ef fec ts. Fo r creative ways to use the Chopper , see Slicing and dicing in the Cho pper on page 302 . W orking in the Chop per window Selecting an event loads its clip in the Chopper .
Using Chopper toolbar and k eyboard commands In addition to the transpor t bar , the Chopper contains a toolbar that is designed to make creating selections quick and easy . T he following table briefly describes the toolbar bu ttons and the associated keyboard commands.
Placing files in the Chopper T o place a file in the Chopper , do any of the following: • Select a track in the track list. • Selec t an event. • Right- click an event and choos e Select in Chopper from the shortcut menu.
Inser ting increments In addition to creating selections, the Chopper feature allows you to configur e the sections of silence between selec tions pain ted on a track. When you click the Link Arrow to Selection button ( ), the increment arrow length is incremen ted with the selection length.
Creating incr ements of a specific musical length The increment shortcut menu, like the selection shor tcut menu, allows y ou to create increments that co rrespond to the specified musical length. 1. V erify that the Link Arrow to Sele ct ion button ( ) is toggled off and the in crement arrow is display ed in black.
Saving Chopper selections as ne w files Y ou can quickly create a new loop by making a selec tion in the Chopper and saving the selec tion as a new file. The file is adde d to your project as a new track . 1. Make a selection in the Chopper. 2. Right-clic k the selection and choose Chop to New Tr ack or Chop to New Clip from the shor tcut menu.
Chapter 7 W orking with T racks This chapter covers advanced track f eatures including using clips, track effect chains, track envelopes, groove mapping™, and stereo panning modes. Y ou’ll also learn more about track types, track proper ties, track folders, and rendering tracks to new files.
Setting the a ctive clip an d creatin g events It is simple to set active clip s and create even ts with ACID . 1. Click the Paint Clip Selec tor button in the track header . A menu is displayed to list the track ’ s current clips. 2. Choose a clip from the menu .
If you copy events from tracks 1 and 3 . . . .. . and paste them into track 2, the event from track 1 is added to track 2, and a new clip is created for th e new event.
Pitch shifting audio clips Y ou can use the Clip P roperties window t o pitch- shift all events on the track associated with a specific clip . F or more information, see Adjusting pitch shift on page 117 . Using the Clip Po ol to manage clips Y ou can use the Clip P ool to organize each track's media.
Command Edit in Audio Editor Description Opens the clip's media in yo ur selected audio editor . After you have e dited and saved the file, A CID automatically detects the updated file and updates the events in the pr oject.
Usin g bus tracks Fro m t h e View menu, choose Show Bus T racks to toggle the d isplay of bus tracks a t the bottom of the track view . A bus track exists for each bus, input bus, assignable effects chain, and soft synth in your project. Y ou can use bus tracks to automate volume, panning, and effect pa rameters using envelopes.
Monitoring bus track output levels During playback, a responsive meter is displayed in the bus track header to monito r the bus’ s output. Horizontal meters Vertical meters (Right-click and choose Use Vertical Meters from the shortcut menu) When clipping is detected, the peak meter displays a r ed Clip indicator .
Using track eff ects ACID allo ws you t o use DirectX® and VST plug-ins at the track le vel . T rack-level plug-ins proc ess everything on the selec ted tr ack. Y ou can create plug -in chains, adjust the order of plug-ins on a chain, bypass plug-ins, remove plug -ins, and save frequently u sed chains as presets.
3. Select the plug-ins that you want t o add. Ther e are three ways to add a plug-in to the chain: • Double -c lick the plug-in. • Drag the plug-in to the chai n area.
Bypassing effect automation F or plug-in chains that include effect automation using envelopes, you can bypass aut omation by clicking the Bypass FX Automation button ( ) on the Audio Plug-In window . This does not remove an y effect automation envelopes from the tr ack, but rather temporarily bypasses processing of the effect automation .
Y ou can also use the Sends control region in the Mixing Console window to configure bus sends. F or more information, see Using audio and MIDI track channel strips on page 155 . Tip s: • FX sends ar e post-volume by default. T o change to pre-volume, right-clic k the fader handle and choose Pre Volum e from the shortcut menu.
Adjusting a bus send level 1. Click the label on the multipurpose slider and choose the desired bus from the menu. The label changes to reflect the name of t he bus. Tip : If you can ’ t see the multipurpose slider, dr ag the bottom edge of the track header to increase its height.
Choosing stereo pan types When you pan a track using the pan slider or a pan envelope , you can choose among several pan types to determine how the track is panned. Note: When applying stereo pan types, a monaural track is interpr et ed as a stereo track with the same data in both channels.
Click the Play button ( ) to v erify the measure ’ s length. If the region is positioned correctly , click Next . O ther wise, drag the ends of the loop region to the appropriate locations and click Next . • Select the M etronome check box if you want to play a click track at the detected tempo .
Configuring track pr oper ties Fro m t h e View menu, choose T rack Properties to display the T rack Properties window . The contents of the T rack Properties window reflect the cur rently selected audio or MI DI track .
Notes: • If you adjust a clip's properties and do not click the Save button ( ) , the new proper ties are saved in y our ACID proje ct only (the media file is not modified).
Changing clip type Choose a setting from the ACI D t y p e drop- down list to change the way the clip is handled. T rack T ype Description Loo p Whe n Loop is selected , the clip is transposed to the project key and stretches to fit the project tempo.
5. Enter a value in the F ormant Shift (semitones ) box (or use the spinner control) to adjust the fo rmants of all events that use the same clip. F or mant shifting can be used to deepen the tone of a vocal per formance without changing the pitch.
After you have edited a clip ’ s proper ties, click the Save button ( ) to embed ACID inf ormation in the file. Notes: • T o save to a different file, click the Save File As button ( ).
It em De sc rip ti on Timin g tig htn ess Choose a setting from the drop -down list to specify the resolution f or beat anchors () . F or example, if you want ed to quantize beat anchors to sixteenth notes, choose Sixteenth Notes from the drop-down list.
Beat anchors and markers for loop clips Beat anchors ( ) correspond t o musical beats on the ruler at the t op of the wavef orm display. Beat markers ( ) correspond to poin ts in time on the ruler at the bottom of the waveform display . Each beat marker corresponds to a combination beat/stretch marker ( ) o n the timeline.
The following table describes the settings on the Stretch tab for Bea tmapped clips . It em De sc rip ti on Initial root note Choose a note from the drop- down list to set the first root note for tracks that you want to conform to the project key. If you do not want a track transposed to the projec t key , choose Don’t transpose .
Adding a clip to the Groove Pool Click the Add to Groove P o ol button ( ) located on the Stretch tab of the Clip Properties window to make th e selected clip ava ilable in the Groove P ool so you can apply its timing to other tracks. Groove cloning can extrac t grooves from loop tracks only.
A groove r efers to the rhythmic pattern of a piece of music. Groo ve maps in ACID expand on the software’ s abilit y to match the rh ythm and timing of files nondestructively and in real time: • Breathe new life into y our collection of loops and M IDI file s by creatively applying grooves to change the rhythmic feel.
Setting a default groove fo r new tracks If you have a groove that you’ d like to use to set the overall feel of a projec t, you can set it as a def ault for your project. 1. Fro m t h e View menu, choose Groove P o ol to display the Groove Pool window if it isn’t already visible.
Removing a groov e from your project 1. Select a groove in the Gr oove P ool window . 2. Click the Rem ove Se le c ted Gr oove s f rom Pro jec t button ( ).
Exporting a groove Groov es are stored with yo ur ACID project. Exporting a groo ve allows y ou to sav e a groove in a file t hat you can use in other p rojec t s o r share with other ACID users. 1. Select a groove in the Groove P ool window. 2. Click the Export S elected Grooves button ( ).
4. Add or r emove markers as needed: • If you want to add a mar ker , press M or double - click the beat ruler . A beat anchor and groove marker are added to the nearest division on the beat ruler . • If you want to delete a marker , right-c lick it and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.
Removing tr acks from a f older track T o remove a tr ack from the folder track, expand the folder tr ack and drag the track to another location in the track list. Muting a f older track T o mute all tracks in a folder track, click the Mute button ( ) on the folder track’ s header .
3. Complete the Render to New T rack di alog: • F r o m t h e Save in drop- down list, choose the location where you want to save the new media file. • Enter a name for the track in the Fil e n a me box. • F r o m t h e Save as t ype drop- down list, choose a file format.
Chapter 8 Organizing Plug-Ins and ReW ire Devices Y ou can use the Plug-In Manager to organize your D irectX an d VST plug-ins ( VST effects and instruments) and ReW ire devices. Fro m t h e Vi ew menu, choose Plug-In Manager to toggle the d isplay of the Plug-In Manager window .
Viewing plug-ins When you open the Plug-In Manager window , an Explorer view is displayed with separate folders for your plug-ins . Folder Description Audio FX Displays all your Di rectX and VST audio pl ug-ins. Y ou can drag plug-ins to tracks or Mixing Consol e channel strips to add effects to your project.
The toolbar at the top of the window helps you naviga t e the Plug-In Manager window and adjust its display. Item Name Description Address Bar Displays the current f older . Y ou can choose a folder from this drop- down list or click a folder in the tree view to navigate the Plug-In Manager.
Viewing a plug-in ’ s folder assignments Y ou can see a plug-in’ s folder assignments by right-click ing the plug-in and choosing Fo ld e r A s s i g n m e nt s from the shortcut menu.
Renaming a plug-in If you want to change a plug-in’ s name, ri ght-click the pl ug-in in the Plug-In M anager window an d choose Rename from the shor tcut menu. Y ou ca n then type a new name in the edit box. T o reset a plug-in’ s defaul t name, right-click the plu g-in and choose Reset Default Name from the shortcut menu.
Using soft synths When viewing soft synth s in the Soft S ynth s folders , the following ic ons are used to represent your plug-ins: Icon Description Represents a soft synth. Represents a locked VST i plug-in. When yo u us e a VS Ti plu g-i n in your proje c t, ACID wil l lo ck it fo r th e rema ind er o f your AC ID se ssi on.
Chapter 9 Usi n g Auto m at i o n . Automation allows y ou to control audio and video levels, pa nning, and effect parameter automation over time. Y ou can create fades , apply stereo panning , and vary effect paramete rs throughout your project. Automation is represented on the ACID® timeline as an en velope or set of keyframes.
Adjusting mute automation settings 1. Select t he A utomation Settings button . The Mute button is displayed as . 2. Click the Mute button to change the track's mute au tomation state at the cursor po sition.
Bus automation Y ou can use bus automation envelopes to var y the level of a track sent to a bus. Adding bus enve lopes A bus envelope controls the level of a track sent to a particular bus. Bef ore yo u can add a bus en velope , you must add bu sses t o the project.
Adjusting assignable effects automatio n levels 1. Select t he A utomation Settings button . The fader handle is displayed as a in automation mode. 2. Click the label on the multipurpose slider and choose an assigna ble effects chain from the menu. 3.
Envelopes display on the track fo r parameters that you selected in the FX Automation Chooser . T o control which eff ect parameter envelope displa ys on the track, click the arrow adjacent to the T rack FX button ( ) and choos e an env elope fr om the men u.
Adjusting MIDI controller automation settings T rack-level MIDI input filters—available on the I nput Filters tab in the T rack Properties window—allow you to control exactly w hich MIDI messages you want to record or ex clude. F or more information, see Setting up MIDI message input filters on page 205 .
Drawing en velope points T o create an en velope quickly, y ou can draw freehand en velope cur ves in the timeline. 1. With the Dra w , Envelope , or Time Selection tool active, ho ver over an en velope. 2. Hold Shift, and then click and drag over the env elope .
Flipping en velopes Y ou can flip an en velope to in vert the envelope around its center . 1. Right-clic k an envelope. A shor tcut menu appears. 2. Fr om the shortcut menu, choose Fl ip All P oints .
6. Click the Go to Start button ( ) if you want the envelope to appear exac tly as it was in the original trac k , or click to position the cursor where you want the envelope to start.
Removing volume , pan, bus, or assignable effect envelopes 1. Select the track(s) from which you want to remove the en velope(s). 2. Fro m t h e Inser t menu, choose Envelopes . A submenu appears showing a check mark next to the envelopes being used. 3.
Automation rec ording modes Automation recording allows you to edit envelope and keyframe sett ings by using the controls in the ACID interface. When combin ed with a control surface, you can create fades and adjust control pa rameters wit h a level of contr ol that on ly a tangible control can provide.
Editing sections of your recor ded settings in T ouch mode In T ou ch recording mode, envelope poi nts or ke yframes are create d onl y while a control is being adjusted. When you stop adjusti ng the cont rol, au toma ti on re co rdi ng s top s an d t he e xi s ting envelope points/keyframes are unaff ected.
Setting the automation recording mode for a track 1. Select th e Automation Se ttings button in th e track header . 2. Click the Automation Settings button and choose a command from the menu to choose the automation mode . Mode T rack Icon Descrip tion Off Automate d parameters are ignored during playback.
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Chapter 10 Using the Mixing C onsole The Mixing Console provides an integ rated view of all tr acks and busses in your project using the appea rance of a traditional hardware-based mixer . Y ou can use the M ixing Cons ole to mix your project in much the same way y ou work with a hardware-based mixer .
It em De sc rip ti on Show Channels Cho ose a command to configure which channel strips are display ed in the Mixing Console window . • Show All Channels: Displays all ch annel strips in the Mixing Console. • Audi o Tracks : Shows or hides aud io track channel strips.
The Channel L ist pane The Channel List pane is displayed on the left side of the Mixing Console window . T o show or hide the window , click the down arrow next to the Properties and Layout button and choose Show Channel List from the menu (or right- click the Mixing Console window and choose Show Channel List from the shortcut menu).
Channel strips T racks, busses, soft synths, and assignable effects cha ins are displayed as channel strips in the Mixing Console. When a control surfa ce is enabled, an indicator is displayed in the Mixing Console to indicate which channels are under externa l control.
Insert FX Control Region Sends Control Region I/O Control Region Peak Meters Control Regio n Faders Control Region Channel Label Ite m Insert FX Contr ol Region Sends C ontr ol Region I/O Control Regi.
Changing a track’ s name T o rename an audio or MIDI track, double -cl ick the track label at the bottom of the channel strip and t ype a new name in the bo x (or press F2 to rename the selected track). T he channel strip in the M ixing Console and the track header are upda ted when you press Enter .
When an effect is bypassed, its button is displayed in red text. • Choose Remove <Plug-In Name> to remove a plug-in from the track effects chain.
Change a track’ s input or output device When the I/O control reg ion is visible, each track (audio and MIDI ) displays contr ols you can use to set the track's input devi ce (for reco rdi ng ) a nd ou tpu t d ev ice. T o show or hide the I/O control region, click the I/O button in the View pane.
Muting or soloing a track When the Faders con trol region is visibl e, each track displays Mute and Solo buttons. T o show or hide the F aders control region, click the Fa d er s button in th e View pan e.
T o show or h ide the Faders control region, click the Faders button in the V iew pane. Arming tracks for recording Select t he Arm for Rec ord buttons on the track s where you want to record. Armi ng a track en ables it for recording. When a track is armed, the track meter displays the track’ s level.
T o show or hide the F aders control region, click the Fa d e r s button in the V iew pane . Adjusting panning When the Aut omation Settings button is not selected, you can d rag the Pan slider to con.
Using ou tput busses Y ou can use busses to group and mix tracks . The most common uses of busses ar e for routing tracks and effects outputs to specif ic hardware outputs or simply to use a bus as a master control for a set of tracks .
Routing busses Y o u can create u p to 26 (plus the Mast er) virtual busses that you ca n route to hardware attached to your computer or to other b usses.
Using bus track headers 1. Add busses to your pr oject. For more information, see Adding a bus on page 16 2 . 2. If bus tracks aren’t already visible, choose Show Bus T racks from the Vie w menu.
Changing a bus’ s name T o rename a bus, double-click th e label at the bottom of the channel strip and type a new name in the box (or press F2 to renam e the selected bus).
Adding a plug-in Click the button and then choose a new plug-in from the menu to add a new pl ug-in to the effects chain. Editing effects settings Click an effec t’ s button to di splay the Audio Plug -I n window, where you can adjust the plug-in ’ s settings.
Muting or soloing a bus When the F aders control region is visible, each bus displays Mute and Solo buttons. T o show or hide the F aders control region, click the Fa d e r s button in the V iew pane . Muting a bus When the Aut omation Settings button is not selected, you can click the Mut e button to prev ent a bus from being played in the mix.
Changing pre/post routing The Pre/P ost-F ader Send button in the Sends control region and the Pre/P ost F ader Inser t FX button in the Fa ders control reg ion work together to determine the signal flo w for your busses.
Deleting a bus Right-click a n input bus channel strip and choose Delete from the shortcut menu, or select an input bus chann el strip in the Mixing Console window and press the Delete key . Using input bus chann el strips A separate channel strip is displayed for each input bus in your project.
Editing effects settings Click an effect's button to dis play the Audio Plug-In window , where you can adjust the plug-in's settings. When yo u ri gh t- cli ck a n ef fect 's b ut ton, .
T o show or hide the Meters control r egion, click the Meters button in the View pane. Note: If the Meters control region is not visible, peak meters ar e displayed in the F aders control region. Right-click the meter and choose a setting from the shor tc ut menu to change the reso lution and display options.
Adjusting panning When the Auto mation Settings button is not selected, you can drag the P an slider to control the position of the bus in the ster eo field: dragging to the left will place the bus in the left spea ker more than the right, and drag ging to the right will place th e bus in the right speake r .
4. Add an input bus to your project. This input bus will receive the signal from your effects processor . For more information, see Adding a bus on page 168 . 5. Configure y our input bus to take its input from the ef fects processor and send its output to y our main mix: a.
Using input busses with hardware -b ased synthesizers If you'd like to use your vint age synth with your ACID project, this topic will show you how to use input bus ses to send a MIDI track to a hardware synth esizer . 1. Connect the MIDI O ut por t on your MIDI inter face to the MIDI In por t on your synthesizer.
Monitoring an external s ource with out mixing it with your projec t Y ou may not want ever y signal that go es through the Mix ing Console to be mixed with your project. For example, you could set up a cue (talkback ) microphone to communicate between the control r oom and recording booth.
Changing an assignable eff ect chain’ s name T o rename an assignable effects chain, double -c lick the label at the bottom of the channel strip and typ e a new name in the box (or press F2 to rename the selected assignable effects chain). The channel str ip in the Mixing Console is updated when you press En ter .
Adjusting assignable effects input levels When the Sends control region is visible, each assignable effects chain disp lays controls you can use to adjust and monitor the input volume of the effects chain. T o show or hide the Sends control region, click the Se nds button in the View pane.
Adjusting panning When the Auto mation Settings button is not selected, you can drag the Pa n slider to control the position of the bus in the stereo field: dragging to the left will place the bus in the left spea ker more than the right, and dragging to the ri ght will place th e bus in the right speake r .
Chapter 11 Recor ding Au dio ACID® software can recor d audio into multiple mono or ster eo audio tracks while simultan eously playing back existing audio and video tracks. Y ou are limited only by the performa nce of your computer syst em and audio hardware.
Setup with digital mul titrack This setup includes a digital multitrack re cor der with an opti onal MIDI synchronization component. Usually you would have a mix er , a microphone, etc. c onnected to these components. Y our particula r setup will var y depending on your equipment.
The metronome sounds ar e created by the general MIDI sound set, and the vo lume of the metronome is determined using the P review fader in the Mixing Console.
Recording Y ou may record into an empty tra ck, a time selec tion, an event, or a combination of time and event selection. The recording is added to the timeline as new clip and is saved to a media file on y our hard drive. By default, the Microsoft Sound Map per is used to record audio .
Record ing into a time selection By making a time selection, you sp ecify where along the timeli ne to record . The time selection also determines how long th e software records . Any selected events that occur within the time selection are split and the recorded data is placed i nto the time selection.
Usin g pre -roll The previous technique allow s you to define the playback region with a time selec tion and sets the punch-in and punch- out point s in the record ing to the event boundaries. When you click the Record button, playback begins a t the beginning of the time selec tion.
5. Select th e Arm for R ecord buttons ( ) on the track where y ou want to record . Arming a track enables it for recording . When a track is armed, the track meter displays the track's leve l. I f input monitoring is n ot on, the meter displays the level of your input source.
Monitoring audio levels While you ’ re recording, a r esponsive meter is pro vided in the track header to monitor the incoming signal level of the selected record ing device. It is important that you record with the highest signal possible witho ut clipping.
Chapter 12 W orking with MIDI ACID® soft ware allows you to record MIDI t racks and edit MI DI in your projects. The software provides two plug-ins: the piano roll editor and the list editor . Y ou can also render proj ec ts with M IDI tracks, play MIDI from an external devi ce, and synchroniz e to MIDI timecode (M T C).
2. Add to P roject with Ev ents — Adds the file to the current A CID project at the cursor position, adds tracks to the track list, and creates events f o r the MIDI note data on each tr ack. Envelopes are added to the tracks to r epresent MIDI contr oller data.
Editin g frozen tracks After you freeze a MIDI track, you can adjust track volume and panning only . T rim and automation controls are available in the track header and Mix ing Console. These controls behave as they do on an audio track. For more information, see Adjusting the mix on pa ge 41 .
Set ting up a MI DI co ntrol ler for reco rdin g into a tra ck 1. Select the MIDI track you want to record into , or press Ct rl+Alt+Q to add a new, blank MIDI track to your project. 2. Choose a MIDI in put port by clicking the MIDI Input button on the track header .
6. Click the Record button on the transpor t bar to star t recording. MIDI messages from y our contr oller are reco rded as you play them. • Notes are added to an ev ent in the timeline. • MIDI contr oller adjustments (such as pitch wheel and modulation wheel movements) are r ecorded as track env elopes.
7. Use the MID I Step Re cord dialog to s et option s for recorded MID I notes. a. Click the Step size button and choos e interval bet ween the beginnings of notes. Select t he Tu p l e t check box to set irregular inter vals. For example, t o set a triplet inter val in 4/4 time, selec t the Tu p l e t check box and choose 3 in time of 4 .
9. Click the Record button on the transpor t bar to st ar t recording. MIDI messages from your contr oller are rec orded as you pla y them. • Notes are added to an ev ent in the timeline. • MIDI contr oller adjustments (such as pitch wheel and modulation wheel movements) are r ecorded as track env elopes.
When you edit a MIDI event, all ev ents that use the same clip will be updated. For more information, see Using clips with tr acks on page 101 . Tip s: • Hold Ctrl+Shift while double- clicking a MIDI event to enter inline edi ting mode.
Scroll v ertically Perform any of the f ollowing actio ns to scroll vertically within a track : • Use the scroll buttons at the lef t edge of t he track to scroll up or down: Piano roll Drum grid • W i t h t h e D r a w or Selection tool, hover over the timeline and hold Ctrl while rolling the mouse wheel for ward or back.
Selecting g roups of note s Drag with the Selec tion tool to draw selection boxes around the notes y ou want to include. The Selection tool can draw three types of selection boxes: Fr ee selec tion The default behavior of the tool . Clic k to select individual notes (hold Shift or Ctrl to select multiple notes).
4. Inside an event, drag in the r ow for the pitch you w ant to create to creat e a new note, or click an existing note with the Eras e tool to remove it. If you draw or pai nt notes beyond the event ed ge, the event is automa tically ex tended. Hold Shif t while dragging to override horizo ntal snapping (p ress Shift a fter you click).
Editing note velocity Note velocity is represented in the timeline by velocity stems. T o show or hide velocity stems in inline MIDI editing mode, cho ose Show Inline MIDI Editing from the View menu, and then choose Show Note-On Velocities or Show Note - Off Velocities from the submenu.
Quantizing MIDI even ts 1. Fr om the Edit menu, choose MIDI Proc esses and Filters . The MIDI Pr ocesses and Filters dialog is displayed. 2. Select the Quantize tab.
Editing velocity 1. Fr om the Edit menu, choose MIDI P rocesse s and Filt ers . The MIDI P rocesses and Filters dialog is displayed . 2. Select the Velocity tab. 3. Select a check box to indicate whether you want to edit note-on or note - off velocities: It em De sc rip ti on Change Start V elocity Select this check box to edit note- on velocities.
5. Select the tracks or events you want to edit: • Select a track to edit all events on the track. Hold Ctrl or Shift while click ing a track header to select multiple tracks. • If you want to edit multiple events on mu ltiple tracks, hold Ctrl or Shift while clicking the events to select them, and th en select the tracks.
Editing MIDI track pr oper ties Fr om the View menu, choose T rack Properties to display the T rack Properties window. T he contents of the T rack Properties window reflect the currently selected track . F or MIDI tracks, yo u can use the Output Settings tab to adjust MIDI controllers , voices, and drum maps.
4. Double- click the Def box and type a ne w value to change the defa ult settin g for a controller . This valu e is used when you reset envelope points . 5. Click the down arrow in the Cu r ve Typ e box to set the defaul t fade cur ve for each controller's automation envelope.
If the track does not contain pr ogram change keyfr ames, the select ed patch is used to play the entire track. If the track cont a ins keyframes, the selected patch is assigned to th e keyf rame that occurs before the current cursor position.
Configuring MIDI input filters Y ou can use the Input Filters tab set up MIDI message, velocity , or quantize filters. Setting up MIDI me ssage input fi lters Use the Input Filters tab to choose which notes or other MIDI me ssages y ou want to rec ord or ex clude from MIDI rec ordings.
Setting up MIDI velocity input filters Use the Input Filt ers tab to modify or limit note- on and note -o ff velocity from a track's MIDI input device during rec ording. 1. Select the track where you want to apply the filter . 2. In the T rack Properties dialog, click the Input Filters tab.
Setting up MIDI quantize input filters Use the Input Filters tab to force not es from a track's in put port to align with musical beats during recording. 1. Select the track where yo u want to apply the filt er . 2. In the T rack Properties dialog, click the Input Filters tab .
Using the clip pool Y ou can use the Clip P ool to organize each track’ s medi a and enable loop ed or one -shot drawing for MID events . 1. Select a trac k. 2. Fro m t h e View menu, choose Tr ack Properties . The T rack Properties dialog is displayed.
Addi n g a mu te enve l op e 1. Select a MID I track. 2. Fr om the Insert menu, choose Envelopes , or right-click in the track list and choose Inser t/Remov e Env elope from the shortcut menu. 3. Fr om the submenu, choose Mute . A check mark is d isplayed next to the c omman d, and an env elope is added to the timeline.
5. Drag a slider to edit automation settings a t the cursor position. The track header contr ols behave diff erently depe nding on the track's automation r ecording mode: • When the track automation mode is s et to Off , the controls adjust the lev el of the entire tr ack.
Add a S ysex keyframe 1. Right-click the track header , choose Inser t/R emove Env elope , and then choose Inser t Sysex from the submenu. 2. Using the Draw or Env elope tool, double -click in the track 's keyfr ame ro w to add a keyfra me. 3. T o edit a keyframe, double-click it to di splay the System Exclusive Editor dialog .
. Editing parameter automation envelopes Y ou can edit mute automation settings by ad din g an envelope t o the bus track or by using the controls in the Soft Synth Pr opert ies window . F or more information, see Soft Synth Properties on page 23 . 1.
Using the pian o roll editor The piano roll editor is an OPT plug-in that you can use to crea te and edit note even ts within the Clip Properties window for a MID I clip. The top pane of the piano roll editor displays note information like a sequencer or a roll from a pla yer piano.
Adding note even ts Y ou can add note even ts using the Draw tool ( ) or the P aint tool ( ) in the same way you do in the main A CID window . Tip : As you dr ag to create new events, the ev ent edge snaps to the di visions on the beat ruler .
Changing velocity data 1. In the lower-left corner of the Piano Roll Editor tab, click the drop- down arrow and choose Ve l o c i t y from the menu. 2. In the area at the bottom of the Piano Roll Editor tab, dr ag the top of a velocity bar up or down to change the velocity value.
Using cut, copy , and paste After you select no te events, you can click the Cut ( ) o r Copy ( ) buttons to cut or copy the events. Y ou can then position the cursor in a new location and click the Pas t e button ( ) to paste the even ts. Note events ar e always pasted a t the same pitch as the original note event.
Toolbar Events Transport bar Loop boxes Previ ew ing MID I Y ou can preview individual even ts or the MIDI file as a whole within the list editor . Tip : T o control volume during playback in the list editor , drag the Preview fade r in the Mixing Console window .
. Setting a loop region When the Loop Pl ayb ac k button is selected, you can set a por tion of the edit list to play repeatedly. The beginning, end, and length of the loop region are displayed in the L oop boxes in the low er-right corner of the List Editor tab.
Event paramet ers The table below describes the editable event paramet ers for diff erent event types. Event type Editable parameter Description After T ouch Star t Time Time (in measures.beats .ticks) where you want the eve nt to begin. Channel MIDI channel (1-16) where you want to send the even t.
MIDI notes and fr equencies The f ollowing table sh ows the mu sical pitch and fr equency associated with each MIDI note. A5 is 440 Hz, and middle C is C5 at 261.63 Hz. These values can diff er , of ten by one octave, from values used by other manufact urers .
Creati ng events In addition to editing existing events, y ou can also create new events . 1. Click the Insert Event button ( ). The Inser t MIDI Event dialog appears. 2. Choose an event type from the Ev ent type drop- down list. 3. Enter a start time in the Star t time box.
Routing tracks to MIDI devices or soft synths Each MIDI track can be played through any external MIDI port or any DLS, VSTi, or ReW ire 2.0 soft synth bus control in the Mixi ng Cons ol e wi ndow. For more information, see Adding tr ac k, assignable FX, bus, and soft synth channels on page 155 .
3. Click the MIDI tab. 4. Select a device in the Make these devi ces available for MIDI input pane. 5. T o enable MIDI thru for the selected input, right-click the entry in the MIDI Thru column and choose a MIDI thru device from the shortcut menu.
Creating pr ogram maps 1. Fr om the T ools menu, choose Program Map Edi tor to display the Program Map Editor dialog. 2. Click the New button to create a new program map. Y ou'll be prompted to choose a file name and location where you want to save the new map .
8. Double- click the Prog , MSB , and LSB values to edit them and type the values that c orrespond to the appropriate program. Please refer to y our device or its documentation to determine the correct values for each pr ogram. Notes: • Within A CID , MIDI values r ange from 0-127.
4. If you want to associat e the drum map with a MIDI device , double- click the Device box and type the name of a MIDI device . When you associate a drum map with a MIDI device, the drum maps will be.
Generating MTC with an offset In some cases, you may want to start sending timecode with an offset (e.g., 01 :00:00:00) to allo w time for multiple devic es to synchronize. Y ou can create an offset on the A CID time ruler to accomplish this . For more information, see Using the ruler offset on page 249 .
Generating MIDI clock MIDI clock diff ers from MT C in that it contains tempo as well as positional information. MIDI cl ock is essentially measured in ticks from the beginning of the project.
5. T y pe a value in the Resolu tion box to set the resolution of file . The default is 960, but y ou can specify any value between 24 and 960. Important: Not all MIDI devices ca n read arbitrary resolutions. 6. Click the Save butt on. Configuring a Mackie Con trol Univ ersal The Mackie Control Universal is fully suppor ted by ACID .
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Chapter 13 W orking with V ideo By adding a video track to your ACID® project, you can use t he software as a scoring t ool. Video is always added to the top track in the track list. Depend i ng on your h ori zonta l zoom le vel, each frame displayed in the video track may represen t multiple frames from the source video .
Editing video events Y ou have several video editing options to help you score your video. Moving video even ts Drag the event t o a new location alon g the video track. T rimming video events Drag either end of the video event. T he video event stays in place , but the beginning or end of the video moves.
Shortcut menu Toolbar buttons Background Status bar Cop ying a fr ame to the clipboar d The Copy F rame toolbar button in the V ideo Preview windo w allows yo u to copy the current frame to the Windows® clipboard. Using toolbar buttons The toolbar allows you to acc ess two commonly used functions of the Video Pr eview window .
Previewing on ex ternal monitors Y ou can use your system ’ s external monitor for previewing video playback. Y ou must have an OHCI IEEE-1394 adapter and a device to conv er t the DV signal to video, such as a DV camcorder , deck, or media co nverter .
Chapter 14 W orking with 5.1 Surround Y ou can create 5 .1- channel mixes to wrap a listener in your remixes or prepar e audio for cinema, DVD-Video , DVD-Audio, or DT S 5.1 Music projects. Note: ACID plays , mixes, and r enders uncompressed 5.1-ch annel audio.
Setting up surr ound hardware Before y ou create surround pr ojects, you should set up your sy stem to provide 5.1 surround pla yback . T o play a 5.1 surround pr o ject, you must hav e an appropriate.
Track list in 5.1 surround mode Mi xing Console in 5.1 surround mode Surround panner Surround panners Track routed to LFE Track routed to Bus MIDI track routed to soft synth Front L/R Rear L/R Center LFE Routing to hardware in the Mixing Console Y ou must route the surround aud io to the correct ou tput in the M ixing Console.
T o change a track or M ixing Console control back to surround panning, right- click the LFE indicator and choose Surround Pan from the shortcut menu. Note: Before rendering your surr ound project, check your surr ound authoring application ’ s documentation to determine its required audio format with respect to th e LFE channel.
P anning audio Y ou can pan audio in a 5.1 surround project in t wo ways: • Pan tracks individually using the Surround P anner window . • Route tracks to mixer contr ols (busses, assignable effect chain s, or soft synths) and pan the mixer controls using the Surroun d Panner windo w .
Double-click t o display the Surround Panner window 4. Adjust the panning settings. F or more information, see Using the Su rround Panner window on page 240 . 5. Close the Surround Panner windo w . Tip : Y ou can also use the surround panner on the mix er control to pan your track.
3. Click the center speaker icon to include the c enter channel and drag the Cen te r fad er to a pp ly a gai n to t he ce nter c han nel. Applying a gain to the center channel ma y make dialogue more present in the mix. Note: When automating panning using keyframes, yo u c annot automate the gain applied using the Cen te r fader.
• T h e Fi lm mode allows you to pan between pairs of adjacent speakers in 5.1 surround projects using a constant power model. This mode is optimized for theater-style speaker placement. In stereo projects, Film mode functions identically to Constant P ower .
3. Double -click the sur round panner to display the Surround P anner window . 4. Adjust the panning settings. F or more information, see Using the Surround Panner window on page 240 . Note: Y ou cannot aut omate muting/including channels. 5. Close the Surround P anner window .
Changing keyframe inte rpolation cur ves T o control how the pan is interpolated between keyframes, right- click a keyframe and choose an interpolation cur ve type from th e shortcut menu. Keyframe interpolation curves control how the pan oc curs over time .
Hiding keyframes 1. Select the track for which you want to hide keyframes. 2. Fro m t h e View menu, choose Show Env elopes , and choose Surround P an Keyframes from the submenu. Deleting keyframes Right-click a keyfr ame and choose Delete from the shor tcut menu.
7. If the selec ted file type suppor ts it, you can select the Save project markers w ith media file check box to include markers, regions, and time markers in the rendered media file. If the info rmation cannot be saved t o your media file, an .sfl file will be create d (using the same base name as your media file).
Appe ndix A C ustomizing A CID S of tware Y ou can customize the software to suit your pr oject needs and working preferences . Y ou may change these settings a t any time. If you use the same settings for all of your projects, you may set the ACID® application to use your settings as defaults.
Close window Expand/restore window Drag handle Tabs Note: When the last window in the docking area is closed or remo v ed, the docking area minimizes automatically . When the docking area is minimized, dr agging a dockable window ov er the bottom of the ACID wind ow c auses the docking area to open again.
Changing the time ruler fo rmat Y ou may specify a time format for the ACID time ruler to display . The ruler , located below the track view, displays real time i n sev eral formats. Y ou may change the ruler format in one of the f ollowing ways: • F r o m t h e View menu, choose Time Ru l er , and choose the desired format from the submenu.
The grid can use the following formats: Ruler Mar ks 16th Notes Measures 16th Note T riplets Half Notes 32 Notes Quar te r Notes 32nd No te T ripl ets Quar te r Note Triplets 64th No tes 8th Notes 64th Note T r iplets 8th Note T riplets Setting the grid type Y ou may change the grid type at any time and apply it to your pr oject.
2. On the Current toolbar button s pane, select the button that you w ant to move and click Move Up or Move Do wn . 3. Click Close to save the toolbar cha nges and close th e dialog. Adding butt ons to the toolbar A series of buttons are included that you may add to the toolba r .
Using the time display The time display abov e the track list reflec ts the cursor ’ s posit ion on the timeline. Changing cursor position Y ou can edit the cursor position using time as it is displ.
3. Select the check boxes f or properties you wish to set. Clear the check boxes for the pr oper ties you wish to lea ve as they are. Tip : Select th e Restore original defaults check box to return to th e original track proper ties.
Using the Ge neral tab Ite m De sc rip tio n Automatically open last project on Select this check box if you want to reopen the project that was open the last time the startup software was closed. When you clear this check box, the software star ts with a blank project.
Ite m Des cri pt ion Save media-usage relationships in When this check bo x is selected, the Media Manager™ will save inf ormation about active media librar y media usage so you can per form searches for media relationships.
Ite m Des cri pt ion Include project n ame when S elec t this chec k box if you wan t to use the p roject nam e to identify recorded naming recorded media clips. For example , if this check box is selected and you’ re work ing with My Remix.acd, recorded files will be named My Remix Track X Recording X .
Using the A udio Device tab Ite m Des cri pt ion Audio device type Choo se a driver type from the drop- down list: • Microsoft Sound Map per : The default setting.
Automatically detect and offset for Select the check box to aut omatically compensate for offset between the time you hard ware reco rdin g lat enc y in it iate reco rdi ng a nd whe n you r s oun d c ard s ta r ts re cord in g. Advanced Click this button to open the Advanced Au dio Configuration dialog.
Customizing ASIO P or t Naming When you use an ASIO sound card, default name s are displayed in A CID for each of the device’ s por ts. If you have a simple setup , the default names probably work well enough f or you.
Usin g t he M ID I ta b Note: If you have a MIDI controlle r that includes buttons and knobs th at you map to external control func tions, you can use the devic e as an external control device and as .
Usin g t he Vid eo tab Ite m Des cri pt ion Device Choose a DV output device from the dr op -d own list. This is the interface to which your video device is connected. Details D isplays information abou t the device selected in the External monitor device drop- down list.
Usin g t he Syn c t ab Setting sync preferenc es Generate MIDI Timecode settings Output device Choose a MIDI device from the dr op-down list. MIDI timecode is sent to this device. The MTC slave should al so be set to this device. This device will not be available for MIDI pla yback.
MT C Input Send Star t instead of Continue when beginning playback Select this check box if you want a Start command rather than a Contin ue command to be sent when Genera te M IDI Clo ck is activated. When the check bo x is cleared, a Conti nu e command is sent, as this type of command allows the chasing device to star t from a specific tim e.
Using the F olders tab Ite m Des cri pt ion Default project folder This b ox displays the path t o the folder that will be used fo r creating new projects. Click t he Browse button to choose a diff erent f older. Use a single default f older for Select this radio button if you want to save all project media in a single folder.
Using the Ex tern al Control & Automation tab Use the Extern al Control & Automation tab to set up and customize control su r faces. F rom the Opt ion s menu, choose Preferenc es to display the Prefer ences dialog. Click the Exter nal Control & Automation tab.
Saving a keyboard mapping Click the Save as butt on and type a name to save your curr ent keyboard shortcuts to an .ini file in the C:Documents and Settings[user n ame]Local Setti ngsApplication Data SonyACID Pro7.0 fol der ( C:Users[user na me]AppDataLocalS onyACID Pro7.
App en dix B Using C ontrol Sur faces with A CID A control sur face is a hardware device that uses knobs, fade rs, and buttons to control user int er face elements that are normally controlled with a mouse. Using a control surface lends a tac tile feel to your editing sessions.
Configuri ng ACID to use your c ontrol surface Use the MIDI tab in the Pr eferences dialog t o select the device to which your control surface is connected. F or more information, see Using the MID I tab on page 260 . 1. Fr om the Options menu, choose Prefer ences to display the Pref erences dialog.
Setting up a Mackie Control Universal The Mackie Con trol is fu lly supported by A CID® software and lend s a tactile element to your editing sessions. There ar e many ov erla ys available that you can use to label the Mackie Control butt ons and controls with their mapped functio ns in ACID .
Configuring the software to use the Mackie Control Universal 1. Fr om the Options menu, choose Prefer ences to display the Pref erences dialog. 2. Enable your MIDI input and output por ts: a.
4. Choose the channels you want to c ontrol with the Mackie Control Univ ersal: a. Fro m t h e Device Type drop-d own list, choose Mackie C ontrol . b. Fro m t h e Channel Mapp ing drop-down list, cho ose the channels you want to adjust with the Mack ie Control Universal.
3. Double- click your Mackie Control in the Acti ve control devi ces list to d isplay the Configure Mack ie Control dialog. 4. T o add or change a function do the following: a. Select an item in the User defined surface control mappings list. b. Select an item in the Av ailable host functions list.
Using the Mackie Control Univ ersal The follo wing sections descr ibe the default control mappin g fo r the Mack ie Control Universal when used with ACID .
Ite m Des cri pt ion 7 Fader A djusts the track or bus level (unless the Flip button is selected). When the Autom at ion button is selected, the fader adjusts the automation envelope if the track is in Automation Write (T ouch) or Automation Write (Latch) mode.
Ite m Des cri pt ion 5 I nserts Press to adjust eff ects settings. Press the button once t o display PL in the Mac kie Control Assignm ent dis play. The Mac kie Control LCD displ ays the effects that are assig ned to each track or bus .
F ader Banks buttons The F ader Banks buttons control the behavior of the channel sec tion controls. 1 2 3 Ite m Des cri pt ion 1 Ba nk Press the left or right arrow button to scroll the channels 8 units at a time. For example , if tracks 1-8 are currently displayed, pr essing the right arrow will change to tracks 9-16.
Markers buttons The Markers buttons control additional track and channel settings. Ite m Des cri pt ion 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1M a r k e r 1 / 9 Press t o place the cursor at marker 1, or hold Shift and press to place the cur sor at marker 9.
Win d ow s bu t t o ns The Windows buttons c ontrol the display of various ACID windows. 1 2 3 Ite m Des cri pt ion 1 M ixer P ress to show the Mixing Console window . If t he window is not docked, pressing the button show s/hides the window . 2V i d e o Press to sho w the Video Pre view window .
Modifiers buttons The Modifiers buttons extend the functionalit y of other buttons on the Mack ie Control. 1 2 3 4 Ite m Des cri pt ion 1S h i f t H o l d t h e Shif t button while pressing a button labeled with inverse text to perform the shift function .
Project buttons The Pr ojec t buttons per form various project-level commands. 1 2 3 4 Ite m Des cri pt ion 1 Save Press to sa ve your project. 2 Undo/Redo Press to re verse edit operat ions. Hold Shift while pressing the button to reverse an un do operation.
Ite m Des cri pt ion 7R T Z / Press to move the cursor to the beginning of the project. End Hold the Shif t button while pressing the RTZ/E nd button to move the cursor to the end of the project. T ranspor t buttons The T ranspor t buttons allow you to navigat e the timeline and preview your project.
Arrow buttons The arrow buttons allow y ou to navigate the timeline and preview your project. 1 2 Ite m Des cri pt ion 1L e f t / R i g h t • Press the left or right arrow button to move left or right 1/32 note. • Hold Ctrl while pressing the left or right arrow button to go to the beginning or end of the project.
Jog dial The jog dial allows y ou to navigate the timeline and trim events . Navigating the timeline When playback is paused and the Scrub button is not selected, the jog di al per forms the following functions: • T urn the dial clock wise or counterclockwise to navigate the timeline by 1/32 note.
Control Function Shift Function Out Set loop end. Punch T oggle metronome. T oggle MIDI merge recording when displaying volume or panning for a MIDI track. • Press T rack or T rack to selec t a MIDI track. • Press Shift + Loop until volume or pa nning information is display ed on the Tr a n z Po r t .
Editing a tra ck's inp ut device 1. Press T rack or T rack to selec t the track you want to adjust. 2. Press Shift+L oop until the T ranzPort displays the track's input devic e. 3. Hold Shift whi le rotating the jog wheel to scroll through the av ailable inputs .
Loading a c ontrol mapping file 1. Fr om the Options menu, choose Prefer ences to display the Pref erences dialog. 2. Select the Ex ternal Control & A utomation tab in the Pref erences dialog. 3. Double- click the Gene ric Control entr y in the Active cont rol dev ices list to display the Configure Generic Contr ol dialog.
b. Select T oggle Automation Mode from the Host C ommand list. c. V erify that the Learn check box is still selected, and then press the button or key you want to use to switch your control surface in and out of automation mode . Y ou'll notice that the Channel , MIDI Message , and MIDI Data columns are updated.
The Behringer BCF2000 c ontrol surface Knobs Push bu tto ns Fa d e rs LC D display Encoder groups buttons Editing buttons Pres et buttons Assignabl e buttons Note: The following instructions describe using the Behringer BCF2000 only as an em ulated Mackie Co ntrol Universal device .
2. Open and run the BCF2000 V ersion 1.10 firmware .zip file . 3. Open and run the firmware update utility .zip file. 4. T ur n off the Behringer BCF2000 and turn it back on after a few seconds. The L CD display should quickly flash 1.10 to indicate t hat the firmware has successfully installed.
a. Select th e MIDI tab in the Pref erences dialog. b. In the Make these devices available for MIDI track playback box, select the BCF2000 check box. c. In the Make these devices available for MIDI input box, select the BCF2000 check box. d. Click Apply .
e. Fro m t h e MIDI input and MIDI output drop -down lists, choo se BCF2000 . BCF2000 shou ld be selec ted under MIDI input and MIDI output. 5. Click OK in the Configure Mackie Control dialog to close it. 6. Click OK in the Pref erences dialog to apply your changes and close the dialog.
Using the Behring er BCF2000 with A CID The follo wing sections describe the default control ma pping for the Behringer BCF2000 when used with A CID . Encoder Groups buttons The Encoder Groups buttons.
Push bu tto ns Items Description Push buttons (top ro w) T urns mute on or off for each track. Upshift +push button (top row) T urns the solo on or off for each track . Push button (bottom row) Selec ts the track. Upshift +push bu tton (bottom row) Arms the track for recording.
Fa d e r s The faders control the following in y our project: • The track volume level. • The automation en velope on the track (when in automation mode). Preset butt ons The Pr eset buttons allo w you to mov e left or right through the BCFview virtual display to expose all the tracks in y our project .
4. T o add a volume , pan, or mute env elope, do the following: a. T o add a volume en velope (purple), move the track fader . b. T o add a pan envelope (r ed), twist the track k nob. c. T o add a mute env elope (green), pres s the top row button of the track.
Fa d e r a u t o m a t i o n Another question that comes up often is, “ Why aren ’ t the faders following the envelopes?” There ar e two quick answers to this q uestion. 1. The Behringer BCF2000 is not in automati on mode. T o enable automation press Downshift + Edit .
App en dix C A CID Tips and T ricks The follo wing sections contain some time -saving tips and creative suggestions for building ACID® projects. Adding long media files quickly Y ou can paint an entire CD track or MIDI file on an ACID track with a single click.
Duplicating with offset Another way to add interesting dynamics to a project is to duplicate tracks and add an offset to one of the p air . This trick wo rks well with most instrument loops and allows you to create different levels of effect. For example: • Configuring a slight offset between duplicat e tracks creat es a natural chorus effect.
Playing double time/half time Y ou can also produce interesting effects by misinforming A CID regarding the number of beats in a file. C onfiguring a file with half its actual number of beats results in double-time playback. This is an easy way to ad d speed metal drum tracks to y our project.
One of the simplest, but most effective exam ples of this is the build up . When musici ans play live, there is a tendency to incr ease dyn ami cs a s a s ong ente rs a ch oru s or ref rai n.
4. Select th e Bypass check box and click OK . An envelope for the Byp ass parameter of the effect appears on the track. 5. Add multiple poin ts to the envelope.
Slicing and dicing in the Chopper Y ou can use the Chopper™ to add creative slic e -and- dice effects to your ACID project. Chopping new loops for alternat e time signat ures The C ho ppe r m ake s it ea sy to cl one a ne w l oop fro m a s ong or sam ple.
Creating dru m fills 1. Place a file in the Chopper . 2. Create an eigh th-note (or other length) selection of a drum tr ack in the Chopper . 3. Click the Inser t Sele ctio n button ( ).
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Appen dix D Shor tcut commands Keybo ard co mma nd re ference The ACID keyboard commands are shortcut s that you can use while work ing on your project. Important: Some keyboard commands listed belo w are associated wi th features that are not available in all v ersions of ACID .
Magnification and view commands Description Show Explorer window Show C hopp er wi ndow Show Mixing Console window Show Video/V ideo Preview Alt+4 window Show Media Manager wi ndow Alt+5 Show T rack P.
Cursor placement, loop regi on and time selection commands Description Keys D escription Keys Go to beginning of acti ve loop Home Cen ter in view region or viewable area (if no selection) Go to end .
Event editing c ommands Description Keys Descr iption Keys Paint the en tire media length for all Ctrl+click in timeli ne Join sele cted events J media except video (only when Paint tool is selected) .
Playback commands Description Start/stop playback Stop playback T oggle looped playback Play from start Keys Spacebar Esc Q Shift+Spacebar or Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar when the timeline or track view has fo.
T rack list commands Description Keys D escription Keys Mute selected tracks Z Render to new track Ctrl+ M Solo selected tracks X Show/hide bus tr acks B Record Ctrl+R Inser t folder track Ctrl+Alt+F .
App endix E Glossar y The glossar y contains terms and their definitions that you may c ome across in the manual. This glossary not only includes terms associated with ACID® software, but also includes relevant industr y terms.
Beats Per Minute (BPM) Bit Bit Depth Buffer Bus Byte Clipboard Clipping Cod ec Comp re ssi on R ati o (audio) Comp re ssi on R ati o (file size) Comp ut e r I D Crossfade DC Offset The tempo of a piece of music can be written as a number of beats in one minute.
Decibel (dB) A unit used to repr esent a ratio between two numbers using a logarithmic sc ale. F or example, when comparing the numbers 14 and 7, y ou could say 14 is two times gr eater than the number 7; or you c ould say 14 is 6 dB greater than the number 7.
Frequency Spectru m Groov e Her tz (Hz) In-place plug-in Insert Increment Insertion Point Loop Marker MIDI Channel Media C ontr ol Int erface (MCI) Media F ile MIDI Clock MIDI P or t MIDI Tim ecode (MT C) Multiple-Bit-Rate Encoding The frequency spectrum of a signal ref ers to its range of frequencie s.
Musical Instru ment Devic e Interface (MIDI) A standard language of control messages that provides for communication between any MIDI-compliant devices.
Resample Sample Sample Rate Sample Size Sample V alue Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) Shor tcu t Menu Signal-to-Noise Ra tio Society of Motion Picture a nd T elevision Engineers (SMPTE) Soft S ynt h Streaming The act of recalculating samples i n a sound file at a different rate than the file was originally recorded.
Te m p o Te m p o i s t h e r h y t h m i c r a t e o f a m u s i c a l c o mposition, usually sp ecified in beats per minute (BPM). Thre sh ol d A threshold determines the level at which th e signal processor begins acting on the signal. During normalization, levels above this thr eshold are attenuated (cut).
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Ind ex Numerics 5.1 Surround Plug-In P a ck, 235, 245, 246 5.1 Surround, See Surround A AC- 3 En co de r, 235, 245, 246 Add channels panning model, 113, 241 Addi ng Events, 35 Media to pr ojects, 31 M.
Writing media, 51 Changing, 158 Changing a section’ s color , 67 Changing an event’ s clip, 103 Changing the track color , 40 Channel st rip adding/editing tr ack effects, 156 adjusting bus/assign.
Deleting points, 143 Drawing points, 143 Envelope tool , 144 Event, 65 Fli p p in g, 144 Thinning points, 143 Tr a c k , 112–146 T rack envelopes, 142–145 V olume (track), 142 Equipment setup f or.
Playing MIDI fr om, 222 Routing MIDI tra cks to, 222 Routing surround to , 237 Routing video to , 234 Setting up for surround, 236 Help, 15, 16 Hiding/ showing T oolbar , 250 Tr a c k e n v e l o p e .
Reloading, 122 Panic button, 222 Replacing, 122 Pat c h ma p s , 223 Resolving offline, 79 P i ano roll editor , 213 Saving track properties to, 123 Playback devices, 222 Sear ching , 75 Playing from .
Channel strips , 155 FX Send (Assig nable Effects) channel strips, 175 Input bus channel strips, 169 inverting track’ s phase, 159 monitoring bus levels, 166 monitoring output levels, 177 muting or .
Pro je c t s Adding media, 31 Key , 91 Opening, 30 Playing, 45 Properties, 29 Publishing to the Internet, 50 Rendering, 47 Saving, 46 Star ting, 29 Te m p o , 90 Time s ign at ure, 91 Properties Clip,.
Sho r tcu t ke ys, 305 Signal flow Audi o, 25–26 MIDI, 27–28 Sliding Events, 64 Video ev ents, 232 Slipping Events, 64 Video ev ents, 232 Slip-trimming Events, 64 Video ev ents, 232 Snapping, 89 I.
Duplicating, 41 Effects , 108–110 Env elopes, 112–146 Fo l d e r, 35, 128 Managing clips, 11 6 MIDI, 35, 188 Monitoring out put levels , 43 Muting, 42 Panning , 41, 112–146, 239 Pitch shifting a.
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