OT: Yamaha buys Steinberg

hugoharris wrote on 12/20/2004, 10:31 PM

This is a double hooray for me - the only thing Vegas does not do is VSTi/VST/MIDI, and as a long time user of Cubase SX...Steinberg is out of the Pinnacle "family".

Whew!

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/aboutus/PR/News.asp?NewsID=3753&Langue_ID=7

By the way, anybody use ACID to do their sound for picture? How is the MIDI/VST implementation?

Kevin.

Comments

DJPadre wrote on 12/21/2004, 2:34 AM

WTF??
they only just bought it.
LOL typical Pinnacle though.. as for Yamaha buying it, that wouldnt surprise me one bit.

hmm..

as for Acid 5, its a kick ass ssytem with VSTi support jsut as solid as cubase.. it also have video implementations, so it wouldnt surprise me if Vegas 6 has some of these options too.. it also has a Recycle like chopping tool (i use my RS7000 for that though) but in al , its a brilliant piece of work i have to admit.. .

JohnnyRoy wrote on 12/21/2004, 7:02 AM

> By the way, anybody use ACID to do their sound for picture? How is the MIDI/VST implementation?

The MIDI/VSTi implementation in ACID is solid yet minimal. You can record, but there is no punch-in/punch-out, pre-roll, etc. It’s fine for recording MIDI loops. If you want to record a longer piece where you may want to go back and fix a measure here or there, you would be better off using Cubase or SONAR or even Tracktion (which you can get for free this month).

Since ACID Pro 5.0 is now a ReWire client, you can easily sync it with other more powerful MIDI sequencers so MIDI support in ACID is not as critical as it once was. I use it a lot so it’s definitely workable. I tend to record my MIDI in small looped sections so ACID works very well for my personal workflow.

~jr