Name:
Sony Acid XMC 6 SAXMC6000
Item#:
J6080308
Price/ea:
$39.95
Make Your Own Rules
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.
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