Spot or Sony - Acid Loops

RexA wrote on 12/29/2003, 5:08 AM

Spot,

Earlier this month you posted this in another thread:
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For 200.00, you can get 5 ACID disks on sale til the end of the year. This is a great savings. Click the Products tab up top, go to the ACID page.
P.S. Check out the Spanish Guitar library!! WOW! One of my faves. Also, I like Ilona, a vocal library.
<<

It's not the end of the month yet, but I'll be danged if I can find any mention of the '5 for 200' pricing anywhere on the Sony site. Is there a secret place I am missing?

Also, does any one have suggestions for loops with stuff like
60s-style rock
70s funk
Mississippi or Chicago blues

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Spot|DSE wrote on 12/29/2003, 6:33 AM

It may have been a mailer I received, not sure.....
http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/loop_libraries/default.asp?keycode=7777-4701 is where all the acid libe's are shown.
Whiskey, Cigarettees, and Gumbo is a great blues libe!! As far as 60's style rock, there are several.
For great guitar stuff, check out www.guitarwavs.com

Randy Brown wrote on 12/29/2003, 8:12 AM

Lots of funk, rock and blues on this $49 CD: http://store.yahoo.com/smartloops/elguit.html
I have and like the whole collection.These are the only loops I own though so maybe there's better deals out there.
Randy

MyST wrote on 12/29/2003, 2:33 PM

The 5 for $200 deal is still shown on the Acid Planet site (bottom of the page), but if you clic on it, it takes you to a redirecting page.

http://www.acidplanet.com/

Maybe if you contact customer service...

Also, not much more expensive is the deal offered if you buy 4 or more ($42 each) listed on the loops for Acid page on this site.
http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/shopping/category.asp?id=5

HTH

M

busterkeaton wrote on 12/29/2003, 3:01 PM

I just added five loop pack to my shopping cart and yes, the price was $200.

The cart was automatically set up with the key code 6364-9999 filled it.

So everyone will get this deal.

RexA wrote on 12/29/2003, 9:46 PM

Thanks for the feedback, everyone.

Placed my order to Sony. Seems odd that they don't display their pricing a little more clearly upfront.

The other leads were good too. The samples of guitarwavs products sound good. I was ready to order until I found they want payment by PayPal. I sent them an email to see if they do business any other way. We'll see.

Randy Brown wrote on 1/7/2004, 8:05 PM

I just received my 5 CDs today and was planning on using them in Sonar but checked out the Xpress version of Acid that came with one of the CDs. So far I'm very impressed with how intuitive it is and thinking about upgrading and chunking Sonar. I clicked on the upgrade to Acid Music link but it leads me to Screenblast for only 60 or 70 dollars...is this Acid Music with a new Sony name? Any opinions on what I should upgrade to. Spot I know you're a Sonar user from way back, what do you still use Sonar for that Acid won't?
TIA guys,
Randy

Spot|DSE wrote on 1/7/2004, 9:07 PM

I need a lot more midi capability than ACID has, but for quick and clean comps, I use ACID a lot. SONAR is to midi what Vegas is to video. I mean, ACID doesn't do a lot of things I need. And the midi implementation could be much, much better, same with printed scores, midiFX, recording tools.....there are a lot of things SONAR does better. But it's mostly based around MIDI. If you don't do much midi, then ACID is the better app.

MyST wrote on 1/8/2004, 2:44 AM

I think if you're used to Sonar, you'll quickly get tired of Screenblast's limited capabilities. It's a great product for the money, but if you're used to more complete software, you might not find it complete.
Check out the Acid Pro specifications...midi, rewire, VSTi, surround mixing, FXs, many different fade in/out types, etc.
You might not think you need FXs, but once you discover them...
Like I said, Screenblast is ALOT of bang for the buck. However, if you're used to Sonar, Vegas, and that caliber of software, I think you'd be happier with Pro.
Also, I don't know if Screenblast's Get Media is the same as Pro's each month. I have Pro, and yesterday I downloaded Feb's loops... about 140Megs worth!
That being said, Pro 5.0 should be out in the next couple of months. Maybe I'd wait. You could get 4.0 to get into the upgrade path (if Sony still does this) or you could wait to see what the introductory price will be.
USUALLY, upgrade from Pro version to new Pro version is $99. But maybe that'll change now that Sony's at the helm.
Midi capabilities should improve in 5.0, it's evolved from 3.0, so I think they'll keep improving it.
One thing is for sure...Pro is a GREAT app!

M

Randy Brown wrote on 1/8/2004, 6:57 AM

Thanks guys, I do use Giga Studio through Sonar so I reckon I'll use that set-up. I just thought if Acid will do everything Sonar will, then I'd use Giga in Acid (I'm not too impressed with Sonar's score printing anyway). I think I'll wait for pro 5...but I'll definitely be using the loops in Acid...it's so cool, how even Acid Xpress, will set up a track for you when you drag a loop into the timeline; and changing a pitch is so much quicker too (than Sonar).
Thanks again guys,
Randy

netkoala wrote on 1/8/2004, 8:22 AM

Lamers question here.

Whats the difference between ADID and forge.

For VV the forge assists in sound editing.
Yet ACID loops seem to the the sound libraries you buy.

Is Forge to assist in editing and ACID in mixing ?

If wanting sound tracks , do you do a search for ACID loops on the net or are there two libraries out there ?

MyST wrote on 1/9/2004, 8:36 PM

Acid is a music creation tool. Loops are the building blocks used in Acid.
Well placed loops in Acid's "timeline" will give you a good backgound song for your video project.

So, since you use Vegas for video editing, here is the ideal use of each.

Vegas is for editing video segments into complete projects.
Sound Forge is for editing audio, fine tuning if you will (mastering).
Acid is for music creation using loops.

You can find loops on this site under PRODUCTS-LOOPS FOR ACID.
You can find Acid here also under PRODUCTS-ACID.

If you were to use Vegas for audio, the scenario would be like this...

You'd record your band on separate tracks in Vegas. Drums would have their tracks, guitars would have theirs, keyboards and vocals would have theirs...you get the picture.
After everything is recorded, you would edit the various tracks to get the exact sound you're looking for. Adding effects, increasing/decreasing volume of certain tracks, mixing, etc.
Once everything sounded like you intended it to, you would then move to Sound Forge for the final editing.

Think of Acid as Vegas and the loops as the band.
Once you've placed all your loops where you want them, you can then add effects, increase/decrease loops' volumes, do your mixing, etc.
Again, once everything sounds like you intended, you'd render that to a stereo track which would then be imported into Sound Forge for mastering.
Sound Forge can also be used to edit loops before you use them in Acid.

So, ideally, you'd have all three plus several loop libraries.

If you haven't tried Acid, you can get your feet wet by downloading Acid Express. Express is a very basic version of Acid without the FX capabilities and limited tracks, but you'll get a feel of what it's capable of.
Also, if you check out the various loop libraries, you'll see that there are samples for most if not all of them. You can download those and play around with them. Also, www.acidplanet.com has weekly "8-Packs" that are free to download. These are small projects created using Acid and Acid loops.

This is a very broad explanation, but I hope it helped clear things up for you.

M