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| FEATURE | ACID Xpress | ACID Music Studio 7 | ACID Pro 7 |
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| General | |||
| External control surface channel tracking* |  |
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| Custom labels for ASIO™ devices and ports* | |
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| Interactive tutorials* | |
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| Dual/multi-core processor support | |
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| Support for external control surfaces | |
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| Dynamic playback optimization | |
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| Number of tracks | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Maximum bit depth/sample rate | 16/48kHz | 16/48kHz | 24/192kHz |
| Media Manager™ technology | |
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| Customizable loop searches and tagging | |
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| Video scoring track | |
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| Live audio recording | |
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| Customizable keyboard mapping | |
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| "Get Media" option | |
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| Time and tempo markers | |
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| Metronome for playback and record | |
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| Macromedia Flash™ .swf format import | |
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| Windows® Vista compliant | |
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| ACIDplanet.com news and profile toolbar | |
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| Mixing and Editing | |||
| Audio and MIDI mixing console* | |
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| Audio, MIDI, and Bus Track Meters* | |
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| Input busses* | |
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| Real-time rendering* | |
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| Tempo curves* | |
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| Cross-track event drag and drop* | |
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| Enhanced Beatmapping for tracks with tempo changes* | |
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| Enhanced timestretch and pitch shifting with élastique Pro* | |
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| Metronome countoff* | |
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| Normalize, Invert Phase, and Lock* | |
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| Multiple media events per track with automatic crossfades | |
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| On-the-fly punch-in recording | |
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| Record input monitoring | |
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| ACID project sections | |
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| Envelope automation recording | |
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| Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline | |
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| Groove Mapping™ quantization with Groove Cloning™ | |
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| Nestable folder tracks | |
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| 5.1 surround mixing | |
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| Beatmapper remixing tool | |
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| Recognition of Beatmapped files | |
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| Real-time event reverse | |
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| Volume and pan envelopes | |
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| Tempo and key changes | |
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| Bus-to-bus routing | |
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| Chopper loop editing tool | |
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| Alternate time signature support | |
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| Effects & MIDI | |||
| MIDI track freeze* | |
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| Enhanced plug-in management* | |
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| Optimized plug-in scanning via the Plug-in Manager* | |
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| Inline MIDI editing | |
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| MIDI track envelopes and keyframes | |
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| MIDI input filtering and processing | |
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| Post-record MIDI filtering and processing | |
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| MIDI file import/export | |
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| Program Map Editor | |
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| Drum grid editing mode | |
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| Custom drum grid editor key maps | |
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| MIDI recording/event list editing | MIDI record only | |
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| VSTi support | |
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| VSTi parameter automation | |
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| VST effect support | |
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| VST automation and tempo sync | |
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| Multiport VSTi soft synth support | |
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| DLS sample file support | |
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| Rewire mixer and device support | |
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| Track effects | |
Yes/includes ExpressFX | |
| DirectX® plug-in support | |
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Yes/includes XFX 1,2,3 |
| DirectX plug-in effects automation | |
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| Tempo-based DirectX effects | |
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| Audio Plug-In Manager | |
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| ASIO™ driver support | |
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| Generate MIDI Time Code and MIDI clock | |
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| Master bus track | |
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| CD and Export | |||
| FLAC, AAC, AC-3 Studio, and MPEG-2, format support* | |
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| Gracenote® CD album identification | |
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| CD extraction | |
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| TAO/Disc-at-Once CD burning | |
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| Publish to ACIDplanet.com | |
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| WAV, WAV64 support | Open only | |
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| MP3 support | 128 kbps max | |
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| Windows Media™ audio support | 128 kbps max | |
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| Windows Media™ video support | 512 kbps max | |
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| ATRAC™ format support | Open only | |
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| QuickTime support | |
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| MPEG encoding support (with optional plug-in) | |
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