Acid vs Abelton ?

[Parkerflyguy]

Moved from PC to Powerbook, and have used Acid for a while... have many Acid cd's etc... My options appear to be Virtual PC, or Live..

Has anyone made this move, or at least looked at the trade off's... I have just downloaded the live demo, so any pointers would be welcome...

Thanks

[pk_hat]

I was also once a pc guy, and was using Acid quite regularely when deadline work was at hand. I recently purchased Live 2.0, one of the best investments I've ever made. It's very similar, but I find it even more flexible than Acid ever was. I also use Live as a mutlitracker, recording my synths and guitars into it as I would in PT. It's simply a beautiful program, very clean and uncluttered, wonderful effects, and most of all, Rewire compatible, which as you may know, will be a great addition to PT in the very near future.

[pk_hat]

btw, you can delete double posts by clicking the Edit icon in the other post, then check the 'delete post' option. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[Parkerflyguy]

Thanks for the quick response... Can I use my exisiting Acid CD's ? And did you actually try the Virtual PC alternative?

Cheers...

(thought my original message had timed out oops [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[pk_hat]

Yes, you can use any wav/aiff samples, acidized or not. When I let go of the pc, it's because I really wanted to let go. I have no desire to install an application that would make my Mac act like a pc. Ableton has been great so far and it does have a few quirks that irk me, but future upgrades look promising, such as mp3 and Vsti support. You can only use Vst effects for the time being, not the instruments.

[djxodus]

I also crossed over fro pc to mac,and also used Acid on a daily basis. I now use Bitheadz Phrazer which is Acid for Mac, what's great about it is that it reads Acidized loops.