![]() At the time (1998) i had 5 samplers, by '99 i 'd sold them all except my MPC and invested the dow in pcs. I cannot deny it was Acid that made me switch back to computers for my main work as a remixer back in 98-99, after many years of using comps as a secondary resource or not at all for creative purposes. ![]() Add to this the worst possible customer support and upgrade policy from Sony and it's not strange why most of the core user base migrated to other soft as their main daw. The small Acid team did try with AP6 and 7 but even though they took too much time to deliver new versions, Acid Pro was too unstable and lacking major feats other daws had enjoyed for years. When AP7 was released too many had already switched to Live and Sonar and another wave of users went to Reaper and StudioOne later and a smaller had gone to Mixcraft due to an Acid dev being involved in it.įrom the getgo of Sony's acquisition of the SonicFoundry ips, it was clear that the largest part of the budget the mother company gave to Sony Creative (later named Sony Media), would be thrown to Vegas and a little sometime later to the newer Spectralayers. Too many users in the old Sony forum were declaring it dead even 5-6 years ago switching to other platforms. Not updated for almost 9 years, AP was considered abandonware. ![]() Fastest workflow ever in a daw, first realtime timestretch/pitchshift algo, first revolutionary use of smart tools like the pencil and brush. ![]()
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