Subject:Sony phasing out Acid Pro?

Posted by: Kyoto

Date:8/6/2003 5:24:52 PM

Upon reading the FAQ under the Sony Pictures Digital Aquires....on SF's home page
http://www.sonicfoundry.com/news/sony.asp#1432
Question #5 - "Does Screenblast Acid replace Acid Music"
From the answer it sounds like Acid Pro will be phased out in the future.
Is that true?

Subject:RE: Sony phasing out Acid Pro?

Reply by: billybk

Date:8/6/2003 6:14:58 PM

I read it to mean that ACID Music will be replaced by Screenblast and that the lessor ACID Latin & ACID Techno type apps would be phased out. But, the flagship app ACID Pro will live on. So basically you will be left with Screenblast ACID for the beginner to intermediate and ACID Pro for the advanced user.

Billy Buck

Subject:RE: Sony phasing out Acid Pro?

Reply by: metrazol

Date:8/7/2003 1:40:38 PM

That's exactly how I read it. Most of the "XPress/Studio/Lite/Demo" versions of SF software are going to be replaced with Screenblast branded tools, and that includes all "lite-ish" verions of ACID, including Techno, Music, DJ, etc. Software like Siren will also be Screenblast-ed. Acid Pro, Sound Forge (Full), Vegas (Full), and so on will probably get a "Sony Screenblast's Sonic Foundry-" prepended to their names, but will remain the same. That means the same functionality and development team, and probably the same price. Though we can always hope that Sony's ungodly might will free up the resources for some great dev. advances in the next few versions, as well as a lower price, but don't hold your breath.

Subject:RE: Sony phasing out Acid Pro?

Reply by: mmzz

Date:8/11/2003 3:45:46 PM

i third that.

Subject:RE: Sony phasing out Acid Pro?

Reply by: MyST

Date:8/11/2003 3:48:35 PM

fourth it

M

Subject:RE: Sony phasing out Acid Pro?

Reply by: zendar

Date:8/12/2003 6:05:28 AM

a fifth of beat-hoping

Subject:RE: Sony phasing out Acid Pro?

Reply by: Zacchino

Date:8/13/2003 7:50:27 PM

a sith hoping too ^^

Yo, the big deal is to see if Sony have the will to take Acid Pro to the Professionnal Standard level (like Pro Tools), by develloping HARDWARE dedicated for Acid Pro...

Let's dream about it