This Acid training module covers 10 of the new functions in Acid Pro 5:

• Grooves
• Media Manager
• Disc-At-Once CD Burning
• Folder Tracks
• Floating Docks
• Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts
• Metronome
• Real Time Keyboard Event Creation
• Customizable Display Colors
• VST Effects
  

This module of our Acid Pro tutorial introduces the three main components of the Acid workspace:

• Track List
• Track View
• Window Docking Area

In this session we discuss what all of the major functions in Acid are and where they are located. How to use these functions will be covered in later tutorials. The project, "Rock Solo", used in this tutorial is adapted from a composition by Eric Bell at Howling Dog Systems.

• Preferences
• Project Properties
• Media Manager
• Explorer Window
• Ripping
• Acidized Files
• Track Properties
• Loop Tracks
• Beatmapped Tracks
• One-Shot Tracks
• MIDI Tracks
  

• Draw, Paint & Erase Tools
• Selecting, Splitting & Joining
• Copy, Cut & Paste
• Ripple Edit
• Markers & Regions

Then we explain the functions available to produce and distribute your compositions:

• Saving
• Rendering
• Publishing to Acid Planet
• Burn Track-At-Once CD
• Burn Disk-At-Once CD

There are two tutorials in our Acid Pro training module which discuss audio projects. In this first tutorial we show how the editing functions of Acid are used in creating an actual project. Several related concepts and tools are also discussed:

• Beatmapper Wizard
• Pitch Shifting
• Time Stretching
• Grooves

The project used for this tutorial, "Synging" is based on a composition by Eric Bell at Howling Dog Systems.

Because of its length, our Acid Pro 5 tutorial on audio mixing is divided into two parts. In this tutorial we start with the recorded audio tracks of the "Also Sprach Zarathustra" fanfare by Richard Strauss and create a final mix. The following concepts and functions are explained:

• Track Envelopes
• Event Envelopes
• Reverb
• EQ
• Compression
• VST Effects
• Assignable FX Chains
• Buses & Submixes
• Panning

There are also two tutorials in our Acid Pro 5 training which discuss MIDI. In this first tutorial we cover the subjects related to setting up MIDI devices:

• Software Synths
• VST Instruments
• Hardware Synths
• Patches
• Channels
• Note & Drum Events
• Controllers

In this Acid Pro tutorial the tools and techniques available for MIDI editing and producing are discussed:

• Piano Roll Editor
• List Editor
• Adding FX
• Rendering

In the Recording tutorial of our Acid Pro 5 training, we discuss both audio and MID recording:

• Audio Record Settings
• MIDI Record Settings
• Multiple Takes
• MIDI Quantize
• Step Recording

Our Acid Pro 5 tutorial on the Chopper starts with the song "Synging" that we created in the Creating Audio Projects tutorial and demonstrates how to create variations by using the Chopper. In this tutorial we explain the basic concepts in the Chopper, namely:

• Create & Insert New Riff
• Chop to New Track
• Quick Fade Edges
• Select in Chopper

Our Acid Pro 5 training on Surround Sound starts with the mix that we created for "Also Sprach Zarathustra" in our Audio Mixing tutorial and creates a 5.1 Surround Sound mix. In this tutorial we cover the concepts related to producing a Surround Sound mix:

• Audio Device Setup
• Master Bus Mode
• Surround Panner
• LFE Channel
• Surround Rendering

Our Acid Pro tutorial on the Media Manager discusses the benefits of using the Media Manager as well as the functions available:

• Tag Tree View
• Palette View
• Media Information Sources
• Setting up a Media Library
• Installing a Reference Library