SONY ACID® XMC™ software lets you experience full-on music creation with no extra technical stuff to slow you down. It's everything you need to record, mix, edit, burn, and share your own music, fast. Mix and mash the included loops, or layer them with your favorite songs for a one-of-a-kind remix. Automatic key and tempo matching keeps it all in sync so you come out sounding like a pro.

ACID XMC software is perfect for:

Creating songs and remixes

Recording instruments, vocals, and more

Burning your mixes to CD

Exporting music to MP3

Sharing music online at ACIDplanet.com

Original Songs in 3 Easy Steps

Pick Your Music

Includes over 600 hip-hop, rock, and pop loops

Audition loops in real time with your mix

Paint it On

Simple brush tool paints music into tracks

Use as many tracks and loops as you want

 Play it Back

Click Play to preview your song

Hear pitch and tempo changes in real time

Make Mixes, Mashups, and MP3s

Unlimited tracks for audio let you use as many loops as you want. ACID XMC software includes over 600 professionally recorded rock, pop, and hip-hop loops to get you started.

 Easy Live Recording

Add your own music to your mix by plugging an instrument or microphone into your PC to capture live vocals, guitars, keyboards, and more. Play along with your song!

 Rip and Burn Your Own CDs  Extract audio from your own CDs for immediate mixing, or burn your own disc-at-once CDs in minutes. Convert songs to MP3 format for export to your portable music player. ACID XMC makes it easy to share your music with others.

 Learn as You Go with Amazing Tutorials

Sony Show Me How tutorials go beyond the booklets and basic tutorials that other solutions provide. These extraordinary helpers are built right into the software — just click Show Me How to access simple, interactive help on over 20 topics. See how they work by watching our video demo of Show Me How tutorials.

 Enter the world of ACIDplanet.com

ACIDplanet.com is the Internet's premier site for sharing original music and video. It's free to join, and with ACID XMC software it's easier than ever to upload your own music to share with over 100,000 ACIDplanet® citizens. You can also listen to music created by others, and check out the most popular videos. Enter contests where you remix music by major artists and score your own music videos. At ACIDplanet.com, it's all about the music, the video, the artists, and the community, all the time. It's your record label and stage, your studio and theater, all in one.

ACID XMC Key Features

Fundamentals

Over 600 rock, pop, and hip-hop loops

Easy recording of vocals and instruments

Show Me How interactive tutorials

Unlimited tracks and loops per project

Intuitive pick, paint, and play interface

Automatic pitch and tempo matching

Metronome for playback and record

Mixing and Editing

Support for alternate time signatures

Beatmapper™ remixing tool

Tempo and key changes

MIDI playback

DLS sample file support

Export and Sharing

Disc-at-once CD burning

CD audio extraction

MP3 open/save

Export to Sony Net MD devices

Windows Media® 9 support

QuickTime® support

One-click publishing to ACIDplanet.com*

Supported Formats

Import: AIFF, MP3, OGG, PCA, MIDI, SFA, W64, WAV, Windows Media® 9

Export: AIFF, ATRAC3, MP3, OGG, PCA, RealAudio™, W64, WAV, QuickTime®, Windows Media 9

ACID Family Comparison

FEATURE ACID® Xpress  ACID XMC ACID Music Studio™ 6 ACID Pro 6

General

Dual/multi-core processor support*       

Support for external control surfaces*        

Enhanced paint tools*       

Dynamic playback optimization*        

Number of tracks 10 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited

Maximum bit depth/sample rate 16/48kHz 16/48kHz 16/48kHz 24/192kHz

Interactive "Show Me How" tutorials     

Media Manager™ technology        

Customizable loop searches and tagging       

Video scoring track      

Live audio recording    

Customizable keyboard mapping       

Customizable UI, Windows XP theme support      

"Get Media" option    

Time markers      

Tempo markers    

Metronome for playback and record      

Macromedia Flash™ .swf format import      

Mixing and Editing

Multitrack Audio and MIDI recording*       

Multiple media events per track with automatic crossfades*       

On-the-fly punch-in recording*       

Record input monitoring*       

Track record meters*       

ACID project sections*       

Envelope automation recording*        

Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline*       

Groove Mapping™ quantization with Groove Cloning™        

Nestable folder tracks       

5.1 surround mixing        

Film-style panning mode for 5.1 surround projects*       

Beatmapper remixing tool     

Real-time event reverse     

Volume and pan envelopes      

Tempo and key changes    

Ripple editing / edits across tracks      

Bus-to-bus routing       

Drop one-shots in real-time via keyboard commands      

Track bouncing      

Chopper loop editing tool      

Adjustable stretching properties       

Alternate time signature support     

Effects & MIDI

Inline MIDI editing*       

MIDI track envelopes and keyframes*       

MIDI filtering and processing*       

MIDI file export*       

Program Map Editor*       

Drum grid editing mode with drum key maps*       

MIDI playback    

MIDI piano roll editing w/snap-to-scale and note filtering      

MIDI recording/event list editing      

VSTi support      

VSTi parameter automation*       

VST effect support with automation and tempo sync     Yes/no automation 

Multiport VSTi soft synth support       

DLS sample file support     

Rewire mixer/device support       

Track effects     Yes/includes ExpressFX 

DirectX® Plug-In support      Yes/includes XFX 1,2,3

DirectX plug-in effects automation       

Tempo-based DirectX effects      

Audio Plug-In Manager       

Bypass all effects command       

ASIO™ driver support      

Generate MIDI Time Code and MIDI clock       

Master bus track      

CD and Export

Gracenote® CD album identification*       

CD extraction     

TAO/Disc-at-Once CD burning     

Edit source project       

Publish to ACIDplanet.com     

Export to Sony NetMD™ handheld devices      

MP3 open/save 20 free encodes   

Windows Media™ support Saves to WMA 48 kbps   

ATRAC™ format support*       

QuickTime support     

MPEG encoding support (with optional plug-in)      

New Feature in ACID Pro 6

System Requirements

   Microsoft® Windows® 2000, XP Home, or XP Professional

   800 MHz processor

   200 MB hard-disk space for program installation

   256 MB RAM

    Windows-compatible sound card

   CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD only)

   Supported CD-Recordable drive (for CD burning only)

    Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later (included on CD-ROM)

   Internet Explorer 5.1 or later (included on CD-ROM)

 Please Note: Some features may require product registration.