Bypassing audio effects during playback
If you want to hear your project without your applied audio effects (track, bus, and assignable effects), you can quickly bypass these effects during playback. From the Options menu, choose Bypass All Audio FX. This option can also conserve processing power to avoid playback problems.
Note: When effects are bypassed, you can choose whether bypassed effects remain open. When the Keep bypassed FX running check box on the General tab of the Preferences dialog is selected, effects remain open so you can bypass/enable effects with no pause for A/B testing. When the check box is cleared, effects are fully bypassed, conserving processing power.
Saving, rendering, and delivering projects
Though you are provided with the tools to quickly build impressive musical projects, you may find yourself building elaborate projects over a period of weeks or even months. While you are working on a project, you should save it in the ACID native format: the ACID project file (.acd).
Important: If you save a project originally created in an earlier version of ACID software in ACID version 7.0, it will be unusable in earlier versions of the software. Use the Save As dialog to save the project with a new name after editing it in version 7.0.
When you are finished building a project, you can render projects in a variety of formats. You should determine the project’s final format (or formats) based on how you will deliver the media. For example, you would render your project to a streaming media format if you plan to publish it to the Internet.
Note: Be aware that projects containing MIDI files that are routed to external MIDI ports must be rerouted to internal DLS sets or VST instruments (VSTi) to be included in the rendered mix. For more information, see Rendering projects with MIDI tracks on page 222.
Saving projects
An ACID project file (.acd) is the default file format for saving a new project and should be used for saving unfinished projects. There are two ACID project file types.
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ACID Project File | .acd | Contains all information regarding the project including track layout, envelope settings, and effects |
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ACID Project with | Contains all information regarding the project including track layout, envelope settings, and effects | |
Embedded Media |
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1.To save a file, display the Save As dialog using any of the following options:
•Click the Save button (
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•From the Edit menu, choose Save.
•Press Ctrl+S.
2.From the Save in
3.Enter a name for the project in the File name box.
4.From the Save as type
5.If you want to save a copy of each of the project’s media files to the same location as your project file, select the Copy all media with project check box. This is available when saving as an ACID project file.
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