However, the wait for a new version of Acid Pro has gone on. and on - and while Acid has stood still, the competition has not.
Almost all the major sequencers now have built-in tools for time-stretching and/or pitch-shifting loops, and applications such as Ableton Live, Glaresoft's Phatmatik Pro and NI's Intakt all provide sophisticated loop-manipulation tools. So now that Acid Pro 5 is here at last, what does it have to differentiate it from its competitors and imitators? All the original functionality is, of course, retained, and the basics of the user interface remain the same. Sony's first update does, however, include an extensive list of new features, and three 'headlines' dominate this list: Groove Mapping, the Media Manager and improved Rewire support. Has it been worth the two-year wait? First TripĪs mentioned above, Acid 's basic function - as an environment for arranging loops with real-time pitch-shifting and time-stretching - remains very much the same.
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