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Subject:ACID PRO 4.0 - More New Features Posted by: SonicRJH Date:8/1/2002 1:08:37 PM Here are some of the additional new features in ACID PRO 4.0: - Enhanced time stretching for Beatmapped tracks - Hotkey commands for track Muting and Soloing - New envelope fade types - Autosave crash recovery - Optimized DLS and VSTi soft synth model - New audio panning models - Customizable default track properties - Optimized ACID playback engine - Advanced video rendering options - Video frame rate resampling and deinterlacing - Multiple pixel aspect ratio support for videos - Windows Media™ Audio and Video import ACID PRO 4.0 is also featured in the new Sonic Foundry catalog. The catalog is available on the Sonic Foundry website in PDF form here: http://www.sonicfoundry.com/registration/full_catalog.pdf Thanks,
Subject:RE: ACID PRO 4.0 - More New Features Reply by: Mus Date:8/1/2002 1:19:20 PM Hmm, presumably the optimized audio engine will help long one shots as well as loops? Looking forward to the beta for sure and hope pricing is keen too! M
Subject:RE: ACID PRO 4.0 - More New Features Reply by: David_Kuznicki Date:8/1/2002 3:36:35 PM - Optimized DLS and VSTi soft synth model What does that mean, exactly? I'm assuming that you're not including a soft synth, are you? David.
Subject:RE: ACID PRO 4.0 - More New Features Reply by: SonicRJH Date:8/1/2002 3:56:41 PM With ACID PRO 4.0 you can now route any track to a new soft synth bus. Each bus controls its own sound set, rather than being tied to individual tracks.
Subject:Questions, of course Reply by: Jacose Date:8/1/2002 5:07:06 PM I would like some more info (or a link) on these features... the catalog is taking forever and a half to load... - Enhanced time stretching for Beatmapped tracks - Optimized ACID playback engine
Subject:RE: Questions, of course Reply by: Maruuk Date:8/1/2002 9:28:01 PM I'm with you, jacose, is this the long-lost upgrade of the Acid audio engine to at least the level of the $39 Cakewalk Home Studio 2002 engine which allows unlimited multitracking to co-exist hand-in-hand with loops? Or is it some super-subtle efficiency booster which gives the CPU a tiny break over the previous cycle load? Inquiring minds need to know!
Subject:Another companies release list. Reply by: Jacose Date:8/2/2002 12:15:01 AM very true Maruuk... I really think sonic foundry is a great company, but it would be really sad to see them drag along, and not really get anything NEW acomplished.... Im sure we wont be dissapointed with the 4.0 release... But I would hope to be overjoyed with it, not simply satisfied... I dont mean to keep plugging imageline, But with every new release (e.g=3.1 to 3.2) of fruityloops, it equals the features in one Number release of a sonic foundry product (also keep in mind here that Sonic foundry has like 10 apps and Imageline only has one that it supports now) Check this out: this is a release list for every release of Fruityloops (www.fruityloops.com) 3.0 (25/01/01) New layout. Piano roll. Event track now per pattern. New FX tracks (now 16 inserts + 2 sends) Centered views for some controllers in event editor. Optimized song positioning. Typing keyboard to MIDI option. Added metronome. Updated to new DrumSynth renderer. Added custom controls for DrumSynth presets. Channel mute switch & FX track # are now automated. MIDI controllers can now control several channels at once. Fixed syncing problem. New MIDI output plugin & much better MIDI support. New plugin system (effects & generators). New plugins: 3x Osc, BeepMap (image synth), Fruity PanOMatic, Fruity NoteBook, MIDI out, etc. Slight optimization in TS404. Added MIDI kb to mute/solo mapping. Peak meter now shows clipping. Knobs should work better under Win2k. Added new filter types. New, better pattern randomizer. Fixed ugliness with system fonts set to large. Added 'smart disable' feature in effects. Added antialiasing to TS404 (rendering only). Much more... 3.01 (06/02/2001) Arpeggiator for each channel. Exporting to MIDI file now works. Plucked! & 3xOsc plugins now support custom shapes. New user-made MIDI out presets. Introducing .FSC FruityLoops score (piano roll) presets. Small bugfix in mixer & pattern playing. Effect version of Fruity wrapper plugin now properly listed. Minor bugfix in channel's edit menu. Bugfix in closing piano roll. Minor bugfix in MIDI out plugin. Various bugfixes in wav renderer (can now render a playlist selection properly). Improved dropping of audio tracks into the playlist. Improved auto channel naming. Minimized mode in piano roll. MIDI files now appear in the browser (to be dropped onto piano rolls) as well. Pattern (visual) length now saved in projects. Various other improvements. 3.1.0 (boxed version, 11/09/02) Project (automation) browser. Now supporting DXi plugins! Piano roll data can now be copied from the step sequencer. Added 'Init with current position' in event editor. Added right click on snap selector for stock note lengths. Fixed Jedi mode :) disappearing mouse cursor problem. Wrapped VST plugins now save their state into chunks (useful for the BS-1). Bugfix in Fruity Mute 2. Harmless bug when closing 2 event editors at once fixed. Removed background wallpaper centering. Favorites now available to channels as well. MIDI input now handles start / stop / continue messages. Added (dirty) workaround for taskbar covering problem. Cyrix problem finally fixed! Minor bugfixes. Added project uploading feature. New user-made MIDI out presets. Turned auto snap into auto smoothing in event editor. 3.1.1 (3/05/01) Bugfix in song relocation. Small bugfix in project browser. Small bugfix in 'Go to next empty pattern'. Added Fruity LSD & Fruity Spectroman plugins (reg. only). Added log decay switch to envelopes. Changed sliders a bit. Updated Fruity plug SDK. 3.3.0 (15/10/01) Added ASIO output. Added Fruity Slicer, Fruity Granulizer, Fruity Big Clock, Fruity dB meter Added Buzz machines wrapper (generator & effect) plugins. Multiple MIDI devices can now be controlled at once. Introducing internal controllers. New Fruity stereo enhancer plugin. New Fruity delay 2 plugin. Added 2 FX send tracks & up to 8 plugins per track. Better plugin lister, now verifies & sorts plugins. New, rather accurate, global (multichannel) MIDI file import. Added portamento to all channels. Added velocity & kb tracking to all channels. Fruity wrapper can now read .FXB files. Added portamento's in step sequencer & per-channel gating. Added levels adjustment per channel, for easier automation & preamp. Added pitch per note in the piano roll. Effect plugins can now be named. Changed knobs popup menu (added 'Copy value' & 'Paste value') Got rid of the 'filenames with spaces' problem. Improved sample view in channel settings. Bugfix in plugins custom shapes. Fixed minor bug in FX sends. Remote control mapping now updated when modules change. Remote control mapping now saved in FLP's. Bugfix in channel FX track # automation. Bugfix in channel settings repaint (very rare & harmless bug). Fixed thing in levels ramping (rendering with 'tiny slices' is now perfect). Added a wallpaper (Title.jpg). Minor bugfix in mixer. Removed Export->Click marked samples option (hello alt+s freaks). Fixed rare bug in mixer. Fruity plugins own data can now be collected & included in zipped loops. Small bugfix in plugin preset selector. Added a couple of new 3xOsc presets. Fixed some disappearing cursor problems. Fixed bug in sampler channels envelopes & MIDI remote control. Note properties box now also works on selected notes in piano roll. Added features to the 3xOsc. Added automatable gate time in channels (FUNC tab, mainly for the SS). Little bugfix in volume envelope attack. In pattern mode, the whole pattern is now rendered, not just the first bar. Remote control mapping now listed in the project browser. New, better set of fonts. New bugfixed Fruity Scratcher, WASP, SimSynth & Fruity phaser plugins. Fruity Spectroman can now display in stereo. 3.4.0 (19/12/01) Added fat mode to channels (echo delay tab). New input to output mapping formula in remote control linking. Added Fruity formula (internal) controller plugin. New Export->Project bones (exports all channel & effect presets + scores, to merge projects easier). Introducing channel filtering for easier reading of the step sequencer. Introducing layer channels, to control several channels at once. Fixed the freezing on some systems with the MIDI output enabled. Added activity meter to channels. New Fruity chorus plugin. New Fruity DX10 & SoundFont player plugins. Can now move patterns (or blocks of patterns) up/down (see playlist menu). New 'save new version' option. Note properties editing in the piano roll now works only for selected notes, if any. View all channels (ghost) mode in piano roll. Added vertical zoom in event editor. Added tempo fine tuning (song settings). Relooked testing kb, now with visual feedback & layer key zones. Removed 'shuffled' option in channel's echo delay. Added 'Play to end' option to Fruity slicer plugin. Arpeggiator time to max = holding. Added 'add root note to key' feature (useful for Fruity slicer & Fruity soundfont player). Fixed patch not restored by the MIDI out. Fixed last MIDI device not working for MIDI output sync. Samples with loop points stored in wrong order are now loaded properly. Little startup things are now set to better default values. Removed raster visual effect in event editor. Removed random association, replaced by the channel layering, better but uncompatible. Channel aftertouch now mapped to #253 in MIDI input mapping (key aftertouch=#254, pitch bend=#255). 3.5.4 (19/06/02) Can now copy, paste, save & restore automation. FruityLoops now available as a VSTi plugin. Multi ASIO output added. New advanced quantization in piano roll. New advanced pattern-based chopper in piano roll. Improved channel envelopes (tension). Added batch export of FX tracks into separate wave files. New Fruity fast dist plugin (same dist as for the TS404). New Fruity soft clipper plugin. Improved Fruity slicer plugin (added 'fill gaps' option & slice reversing). Improved global beat slicing (layering). Improved Fruity wrapper plugins. Added recording precount. Support for speech synthesis (.speech files). Added sample start to Fruity granulizer plugin. New step edit mode. Much improved (but not compatible) TS404. Fruity wrappers now support DXi2 plugins. New kick synthesizer plugin. Improved (but slower) sinc interpolation (thx to arguru). Improved hermite interpolation (now 6 points) (thx to Yehar). Right click metronome for another tick sound. Right click wait for input to allow it only when recording. MIDI activity LED now blinks yellow if the MIDI message wasn't handled (assigned to nothing). Master sync now sends MIDI continue message instead of MIDI start. Time in seconds now displayed by the playlist in the hint bar. Project bones now includes automation as well. Fine time offset knob now automatable (can now do shuffle using internal controllers). Peak meters optionally in dB format (see general settings). Tiny bugfix in envelope processing. MIDI out plugin now supports channel aftertouch (& also redesigned visually). Removed unuseful auto maximize & stop at bottom options. MIDI remote control window redesigned a little. Added quick preset randomizing & hybridize mode for plugins. Slightly improved pattern humanizer. Fruity soundfont player now searches for the first valid patch after a soundfont is loaded. Added 'explore' menu item to browser. Added 'Select linked channels' option & FX track renaming (effects window). Bugfix in soundfont player & improved HQ rendering. Bugfix in echo delay combined with the time shift. Bugfixes in Fruity reeverb (now works fine at any mixing rate). Small bugfix in channel muting. Small bugfix in layer channels. Small bugfix in Fruity slicer (sample rate conversion). Small bugfix in step seq vol knob's gauge. Color=$BBGGRR now recognized in browser info files. Fixed two bad memory leaks. Bugfix in DrumSynth patch loader. Improved step sequencer. Mouse wheel now scrolls step seq keyboard edit. 3.5.5 (4/07/02) Bugfixed DrumSynth Live. Time hint in step sequencer. Added support for Peavey StudioMix controller (knobs, sliders, switches & jog). Added support for StudioMix switches. Added support for 'endless' hardware controllers (Doepfer Pocket Dial). Setup now warns about logging as administrator. Various other bugfixes. Formula presets in MIDI remote control box. 3.x (date : who knows?) Less bugs (there are much less already). Playlist viewed as piano roll. Individually random-sized patterns. More internal controller plugins (envelopes). Bugfixed SimSynth. please excuse the long post and NO I am not trying to advertise for imageline if you want to view the source its here: http://www.e-officedirect.com/Fruityloops/documents/186.html keeep in mind this is ALL within the release number 3~~!!!! admiteddly, there are a lot of little bugfixes, but really, you wouldnt even recignize the program from 3.4 to 3.55, less from 3.0 tp 3.55, heck, version 1.0 only had MIDI!!!! I bolded the ones I feel were important the reason I posted this extremely long list is to show the people here a software company that has made me extremely happy with there product, and the continual advances they have made. Granted, S.F. has more products to deal with, and also a number of other services they perform. SO far, Sonic foundry has been right up there with imageline in my opinion, except for the lack of interconnectivity. Even tho they add fewer features There products are ROCK solid,(not that fruityloops is too bad in this respect, but s.f. is more solid) no question as to whether its gonna start up today... Cubase and cakewalk?? cant say the same thing there! I just hope that S.F. comes as far with ACID as imageline has with fruityloops. (yet stil keeps the program simple) Really, Acid is already becoming a viable replacement for fruity, except for its lack of interconnectivity.... or multitrack support... I have faith in S.F. that this will improve. P.S. again sorry for the long list.. if a mod wants to delete it, fine, just leave the link.
Subject:RE: Another companies release list. Reply by: zendar Date:8/2/2002 8:42:00 AM what no rewire in fruity????? what no rewire in fruity????? what no rewire in fruity????? what no rewire in fruity????? what no rewire in fruity????? etc....
Subject:RE: Another companies release list. Reply by: waynegee Date:8/2/2002 9:04:32 AM no multitrack, either.
Subject:RE: Another companies release list. Reply by: Jacose Date:8/2/2002 11:17:58 AM no need for rewire... Its vsti in any program youd need it in... and rewire is coming up anyway lol
Subject:RE: Another companies release list. Reply by: Jacose Date:8/2/2002 11:20:35 AM this wasnt to show Fruitys superiority, Just Showing how much a good company updates its product, and how much attention it has paid to the end user. It doesnt need multitrack either, cause it syncs up (perfectly with co-rendering) with any Dxi or Vsti host. (in other words every multitracker out there EXCEPT vegas and cool edit 2, which is a great audio editor, but a joke if you need MIDI..) samplitude, N-track, Cubase 5.1, Cubase SX, Logic 5.13, Sonar... And, actually you can do multitracking in Fruity, I just wouldnt recommend it, as it is very messy.
Subject:RE: Another companies release list. Reply by: longb Date:8/2/2002 11:26:46 AM So, is Acid Pro 5 going to have multitrack audio recording?
Subject:RE: Another companies release list. Reply by: Jacose Date:8/2/2002 11:31:39 AM I hope so, But Im sure the number 4 release will be really awesome, and there are workaround to multitracking in ACID, esp. if you have a decent PC.
Subject:RE: Another companies release list. Reply by: Maruuk Date:8/2/2002 4:13:41 PM No wonder Fruity is King in Europe. They love it over there! All the top DJ's and beatboppers are all over it.

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