ACID® PRO 4.0 is the latest version of Sonic Foundry's award-winning loop-based music creation tool that allows professionals to produce original, royalty-free music.

ACID PRO 3.0 vs 4.0

ACID PRO 4.0 vs Cakewalk Sonar 2.0

ACID PRO 3.0 vs 4.0

Feature

ACID PRO 3.0
ACID PRO 4.0
Plug-in effects automation
 
X
VSTi support
 
X
ASIO driver support
 
X
Alternate time signatures
 
X
Master, auxiliary and effects bus tracks
 
X
MIDI piano roll editing
 
X
MIDI step recording
 
X
MIDI event list editing
 
X
5.1 surround mixing
 
X
Optimized ACID® playback engine
 
X
Yamaha OPT (Open Plug-In Technology) support
 
X
Loop Cloning: Chop to New in Chopper™
 
X
New audio panning options
 
X
Enhanced time stretching for Beatmapped tracks
 
X
Optimized DLS and VSTi soft synth model
 
X
Multiple media file previewing
 
X
New envelope fade types
 
X
Autosave crash recovery
 
X
Hotkey commands for track muting & soloing
 
X
Windows Media™ Audio and Video Import
 
X
Customizable track properties
 
X
Enhanced video handling
 
X
Number of tracks
Unlimited
Unlimited
Loop content
multi-genre
multi-genre
Maximum bit depth/sample rate
24/192khz
24/192khz
Audio recording
X
X
ASR envelopes
X
X
Publish to ACIDplanet
X
X
MIDI playback
X
X
DLS sample file support
X
X
Tempo and key changes
X
X
Volume and pan envelopes
X
X
MP3 open/save
X
X
Track effects
X
Automatable
Video scoring track
X
X
CD burning/CD extraction
X
X
Beatmapper remixing tool
X
X
Ripple editing / edits across tracks
X
X
Command markers
X
X
DirectX® Plug-In support
X
X
DirectX Plug-Ins
18 DirectX® effects
Over 20 + SF Automated Effects*
Chopper editing tool
X
X
Effect envelopes
X
X
MIDI record/external playback
X
X
Generate MIDI Time Code/MIDI Clock
X
X
Adjustable stretching properties
X
X
Assignable effects / audio buses
X
X
Multiple sound card output
X
X

 

ACID PRO 4.0 vs Sonar 2.0

Feature
ACID PRO 4.0
Cakewalk Sonar 2.0
5.1 surround mixing
X
 
VST instrument support
X
 
ASIO driver support
X
 
DLS sound file support
X
 
CD burning and CD ripping
X
 
Loop Cloning/Chopper™ editing tool
X
 
Beatmapper™ remixing tool
X
 
WMA and WMV import
X
 
Advanced video rendering options
X
 
Metadata command markers
X
 
Autosave crash recovery
X
 
Sonic Foundry DirectX® automatable effects*
X
 
Hotkey commands for track muting/soloing
X
 
Free Loop content to registered users
X
 
Preview multiple loops simultaneously
X
X
DirectX® effects automation
X
X
Yamaha OPT support
X
X
MIDI piano roll editing
X
X
MIDI event list editing
X
X
MIDI recording
X
X
Multiple time signatures
X
X
MOV format import
X
X
Volume and pan envelopes
X
X
Time stretching
X
X
Audio recording
X
X
MIDI resolution (ppqn)
22,576
960
Multiple undo/redo
X
X
24-bit, 96kHz support
X
X
Aux channels
26
16