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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You must provide your registration information to Sony Creative Software Inc., a US company, in order to activate the software. Product requires online registration within 30 days.

Supported File Formats:
Opens: AAC, AIFF, AVI, BMP, FLAC, GIF, JPG, MIDI, MP3, OGG, PCA, QuickTime, SFA, TGA, TIF, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV.
Saves: AAC, AIFF, AVI, FLAC, MP3, OGG, PCA, QuickTime, RealAudio™, RealVideo™, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV.

Product Packaging: Retail Box