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Subject:NEW IDEAS FOR ACID? Posted by: RICH8CH Date:6/18/2000 7:32:00 AM I as a music composer and ACID Pro user, have discovered perhaps the one big flaw, I think, in the ACID program. That is this: You can only write stuff in 4/4 (or at least have a doctorate in math to figure out where your measures fall) on ACID and that is very limiting. On a Global scale, not all music is in 4/4 music can vary to 10/4, 7/4, 6/8, 11/8, and so on. Perhaps in the United States, England and other pop music saturated countries 4/4 is a staple time signature. But other cultures: Africa, Siam, New Jersey (just kidding), Viet Nam and so on dont think about time the same way we do. I too, as a composer, also may not want to write in 4/4! So I think that Sonic Foundry ought to rethink thier product a bit and come out with pull down menus that change the time signature, (snap grid perhaps) much like the tempo change pull down changes the tempo. I really think that at least for me, it would make ACID a whole lot greater a product than it is, and a whole lot more compatable with sequencing, drum machines and other non 4/4 capable devices. Thank you all- Rich Holler Owner Tranzoidal Productions (www.ravemp3.com)
Subject:Re: NEW IDEAS FOR ACID? Reply by: pwppch Date:6/18/2000 7:03:00 PM This has been requested many times. It is being considered for a future version. Peter Richard Holler wrote: >>I as a music composer and ACID Pro user, have discovered >>perhaps the one big flaw, I think, in the ACID program. >>That is this: You can only write stuff in 4/4 (or at least >>have a doctorate in math to figure out where your measures >>fall) on ACID and that is very limiting. On a Global >>scale, not all music is in 4/4 music can vary to 10/4, 7/4, >>6/8, 11/8, and so on. Perhaps in the United States, England >>and other pop music saturated countries 4/4 is a staple >>time signature. But other cultures: Africa, Siam, New >>Jersey (just kidding), Viet Nam and so on dont think about >>time the same way we do. >>I too, as a composer, also may not want to write in 4/4! >>So I think that Sonic Foundry ought to rethink thier >>product a bit and come out with pull down menus that change >>the time signature, (snap grid perhaps) much like the tempo >>change pull down changes the tempo. I really think that at >>least for me, it would make ACID a whole lot greater a >>product than it is, and a whole lot more compatable with >>sequencing, drum machines and other non 4/4 capable >>devices. Thank you all- Rich Holler Owner Tranzoidal >>Productions (www.ravemp3.com)
Subject:Re: NEW IDEAS FOR ACID? Reply by: dwoodaman Date:6/19/2000 6:30:00 PM One more thing: when you have lots of tracks, even though the screen is set as small as it can get, you cannot use the lasso to select all the tracks. This makes moving sections a real drag. There should be a way to select all tracks within a given range, like from marker - to - marker. Dana Peter Haller wrote: >>This has been requested many times. It is being considered for a >>future version. >> >>Peter >> >> >>Richard Holler wrote: >>>>I as a music composer and ACID Pro user, have discovered >>>>perhaps the one big flaw, I think, in the ACID program. >>>>That is this: You can only write stuff in 4/4 (or at least >>>>have a doctorate in math to figure out where your measures >>>>fall) on ACID and that is very limiting. On a Global >>>>scale, not all music is in 4/4 music can vary to 10/4, 7/4, >>>>6/8, 11/8, and so on. Perhaps in the United States, England >>>>and other pop music saturated countries 4/4 is a staple >>>>time signature. But other cultures: Africa, Siam, New >>>>Jersey (just kidding), Viet Nam and so on dont think about >>>>time the same way we do. >>>>I too, as a composer, also may not want to write in 4/4! >>>>So I think that Sonic Foundry ought to rethink thier >>>>product a bit and come out with pull down menus that change >>>>the time signature, (snap grid perhaps) much like the tempo >>>>change pull down changes the tempo. I really think that at >>>>least for me, it would make ACID a whole lot greater a >>>>product than it is, and a whole lot more compatable with >>>>sequencing, drum machines and other non 4/4 capable >>>>devices. Thank you all- Rich Holler Owner Tranzoidal >>>>Productions (www.ravemp3.com)

Subject:NEW IDEAS FOR ACID?

Posted by: RICH8CH

Date:6/18/2000 7:32:00 AM

I as a music composer and ACID Pro user, have discovered
perhaps the one big flaw, I think, in the ACID program.
That is this: You can only write stuff in 4/4 (or at least
have a doctorate in math to figure out where your measures
fall) on ACID and that is very limiting. On a Global
scale, not all music is in 4/4 music can vary to 10/4, 7/4,
6/8, 11/8, and so on. Perhaps in the United States, England
and other pop music saturated countries 4/4 is a staple
time signature. But other cultures: Africa, Siam, New
Jersey (just kidding), Viet Nam and so on dont think about
time the same way we do.
I too, as a composer, also may not want to write in 4/4!
So I think that Sonic Foundry ought to rethink thier
product a bit and come out with pull down menus that change
the time signature, (snap grid perhaps) much like the tempo
change pull down changes the tempo. I really think that at
least for me, it would make ACID a whole lot greater a
product than it is, and a whole lot more compatable with
sequencing, drum machines and other non 4/4 capable
devices. Thank you all- Rich Holler Owner Tranzoidal
Productions (www.ravemp3.com)

Subject:Re: NEW IDEAS FOR ACID?

Reply by: pwppch

Date:6/18/2000 7:03:00 PM

This has been requested many times. It is being considered for a
future version.

Peter

Richard Holler wrote:
>>I as a music composer and ACID Pro user, have discovered
>>perhaps the one big flaw, I think, in the ACID program.
>>That is this: You can only write stuff in 4/4 (or at least
>>have a doctorate in math to figure out where your measures
>>fall) on ACID and that is very limiting. On a Global
>>scale, not all music is in 4/4 music can vary to 10/4, 7/4,
>>6/8, 11/8, and so on. Perhaps in the United States, England
>>and other pop music saturated countries 4/4 is a staple
>>time signature. But other cultures: Africa, Siam, New
>>Jersey (just kidding), Viet Nam and so on dont think about
>>time the same way we do.
>>I too, as a composer, also may not want to write in 4/4!
>>So I think that Sonic Foundry ought to rethink thier
>>product a bit and come out with pull down menus that change
>>the time signature, (snap grid perhaps) much like the tempo
>>change pull down changes the tempo. I really think that at
>>least for me, it would make ACID a whole lot greater a
>>product than it is, and a whole lot more compatable with
>>sequencing, drum machines and other non 4/4 capable
>>devices. Thank you all- Rich Holler Owner Tranzoidal
>>Productions (www.ravemp3.com)

Subject:Re: NEW IDEAS FOR ACID?

Reply by: dwoodaman

Date:6/19/2000 6:30:00 PM

One more thing: when you have lots of tracks, even though the screen
is set as small as it can get, you cannot use the lasso to select all
the tracks. This makes moving sections a real drag. There should be a
way to select all tracks within a given range, like from marker - to -
marker.
Dana

Peter Haller wrote:
>>This has been requested many times. It is being considered for a
>>future version.
>>
>>Peter
>>
>>
>>Richard Holler wrote:
>>>>I as a music composer and ACID Pro user, have discovered
>>>>perhaps the one big flaw, I think, in the ACID program.
>>>>That is this: You can only write stuff in 4/4 (or at least
>>>>have a doctorate in math to figure out where your measures
>>>>fall) on ACID and that is very limiting. On a Global
>>>>scale, not all music is in 4/4 music can vary to 10/4, 7/4,
>>>>6/8, 11/8, and so on. Perhaps in the United States, England
>>>>and other pop music saturated countries 4/4 is a staple
>>>>time signature. But other cultures: Africa, Siam, New
>>>>Jersey (just kidding), Viet Nam and so on dont think about
>>>>time the same way we do.
>>>>I too, as a composer, also may not want to write in 4/4!
>>>>So I think that Sonic Foundry ought to rethink thier
>>>>product a bit and come out with pull down menus that change
>>>>the time signature, (snap grid perhaps) much like the tempo
>>>>change pull down changes the tempo. I really think that at
>>>>least for me, it would make ACID a whole lot greater a
>>>>product than it is, and a whole lot more compatable with
>>>>sequencing, drum machines and other non 4/4 capable
>>>>devices. Thank you all- Rich Holler Owner Tranzoidal
>>>>Productions (www.ravemp3.com)