Acid vs Vegas

brnijeff wrote on 6/10/2001, 2:22 PM
Hello,
Please give me any insight you can on choosing Vegas or Acid (or both). I've been using VideoFactory at work and find it very easy to use... looks like both Acid and Vegas have similar formats.

At home, I've been a Cakewalk user and have always found it irritatingly complex for what I want to do... I didn't even look at the manual for VideoFactory!

I took a look at Sonar because it allows you to do all the Acid time stretching within one recording environment. Looks like way overkill for me, though.

I want to construct loops and record my own audio on top of it. It looks like I can do that in Acid. It looks like using Vegas requires you to first come up with a drum loop in Acid and export it into Vegas... thus I have to go back and forth if I ever want to change some characteristic of the loop in a section.

What can Vegas do that Acid cannot? Can Acid be used as a complete recording environment?

jeff

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nlamartina wrote on 6/10/2001, 6:37 PM
Jeff,

Tough question. ACID and Vegas are both very similar, but there a few small differences that might help you make your decision...

ACID
- Designed specifically for loop-based audio creation
- Allows you to audition audio and record simultaneously
- Powerful stretching tools
- Can include MIDI (Pro 3 version)
- Cannot record more than two channels at a time

VEGAS
- Can work with loops, but is not geared toward their use. More difficult.
- Allows you to audition audio and record simultaneously
- Powerful stretching tools
- No MIDI files can be used
- Capable of multitrack recording

That's a basic comparision. I have both tools, but I use ACID far more than Vegas. In my mind, it's only advantage is the ability to multi-track (now that ACID Pro 3 has gotten so many Vegas-like features). If in doubt, don't hesitate to download both demos. And take your time too. I'm sure there will be lots more advice from other users coming your way soon.

Best wishes,
Nick LaMartina
Avene wrote on 6/11/2001, 4:59 AM
Both have their strengths and weaknesses. I own both also, but if I were to choose just one, it would be Vegas. Say if I were putting together a drum part from a loop. I'd open the loop in Vegas's trimmer, highlight the drum sounds I wanted, and then drag them onto the timeline. It's so simple. Load in some instrumental parts like bass or guitar and drags notes onto the timeline in the same way. It's a lot easier than Acid's chopper. If you want any notes to fit a particual time segment, just hold control and drag the end. This will stretch the part. It's simple. Plus, with being able to stretch parts in this way, you can get some amazing sounds happening. Then there's velocity also which can change the pitch.. or maybe I'm thinking of something else.

I mainly bought Acid 3.0 for the beatmapper, and being able to throw together a few different parts I've recorded and change the overall key. And because I could get it for only $99 until June 15 :)
brnijeff wrote on 6/11/2001, 1:37 PM
Where can you get it for $99 until June 15?