ACID Properties window (Ctrl+Alt+M, 3)

From the View menu, choose Metadata, and then choose ACID Properties from the submenu to display the ACID Properties window, where you can view and edit ACID-specific information in a sound file. For more information about creating ACID loops, see Creating loops for ACID software on page 267

Item

Description

 

 

 

Time signature

Displays the number of beats in your clip and the note that receives one beat.

 

You can double-click the value to edit it.

 

 

 

 

ACID type

Displays the clip’s ACID type.

 

 

Click the down arrow ( ) and choose a setting from the drop-down list to change the

 

clip type:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One-Shot

Choose One-Shotif you want ACID to treat your file as a one-

 

 

shot.

 

 

 

One-shots are RAM-based audio clips that do not change tempo

 

 

or pitch with an ACID project and are not designed to loop.

 

 

Sounds such as cymbal crashes and sound bites could be

 

 

considered one-shots. Longer files can be treated as one-shots if

 

 

your computer has sufficient memory.

 

 

 

 

 

Loop

Choose Loop and specify a Number of beats and Root note for

 

 

transposing if you want ACID to treat your file as a loop.

 

 

Loops are small audio clips that are designed to create a

 

 

repeating beat or pattern. Loops are usually one to four

 

 

measures long and are stored completely in RAM for playback.

 

 

Loop files change tempo and can pitch shift with an ACID

 

 

project.

 

 

 

•

Root note for transposing Click the down arrow (

) and

 

 

 

choose a note from the drop-down list to set the base note

 

 

 

for tracks that you want to conform to the project key.

 

 

 

If you do not want a track transposed to the project key (a

 

 

 

track that contains a drum sample, for example) choose

 

 

 

Don’t transpose.

 

 

 

• Number of beats Double-click to edit the length of the file.

 

 

 

Selecting a value that does not match the actual file will

 

 

 

cause ACID to play the loop at a different speed than normal.

 

 

 

For example, specifying a length of 8 beats for a 4-beat loop

 

 

 

will cause the loop to play at half speed at any given tempo.

 

 

 

 

ACID Beatmapped

Choose ACID Beatmapped if you want to add key and tempo

 

 

information to a long audio file. By default, ACID will start the

 

 

Beatmapper Wizard for files longer than 30 seconds.

 

 

 

•

Root note for transposing Click the down arrow (

) and

 

 

 

choose a note from the drop-down list to set the base note

 

 

 

for tracks that you want to conform to the project key.

If you do not want a track transposed to the project key (a track that contains a drum sample, for example) choose Don’t transpose.

• Tempo Double-click to edit the original tempo of the clip.

• Downbeat offset (samples) Double-click to edit the location (in samples) of the track’s first downbeat.

Broadcast Wave window (Ctrl+Alt+M, 4)

From the View menu, choose Metadata, and then choose Broadcast Wave from the submenu to display the Broadcast Wave window, where you can view and edit information about a Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) file.

You can double-click values in the Broadcast Wave window to edit them.

If the data you want to edit is not displayed in the window, you can right-click the window, choose Insert from the shortcut menu, and then choose a metadata field from the submenu.

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