Sony Acid Pro 7.0 Help

[Rahul3]

Okay so I just updated my acid pro from 6.0 to 7.0 (I know I'm late). At the bottom right of 6.0, there is an audio meter (not sure what the technical term is) that tells you if the entire project is redlining or not. I see that on the left side of the screen for each track on 7.0, but how do I get the same master audio meter i had for 6.0 in 7.0?

 

[Mr Sandhu]

press the letter B

 

[yraparla]

pressing B will get you the bus read (which is probably fine for most uses)

but the master output can be viewed in the 'mixing console', just go to view->mixing console , it should pop up in the bottom section. It's important to note that sometimes things get hidden, so move all the stuff in the bottom section around (clip properties etc) and you may find it

 

[dj2nyce]

swi got it covered but what i do on the bottom right is all the individual audio track levels...and theres buttons saying like "input bus, bus, audio tracks, master volume" blah blah....just unclick all of the ones except master volume n itll give you master

 

[Mr Sandhu]

whats the difference between the bus read and the master volume?

 

[yraparla]

whats the difference between the bus read and the master volume?

You can have multiple bus outputs and group tracks to output together on it. So for instance all drums on one bus, all strings on another, etc. Then you can manipulate all the tracks at once without having to do it individually (like volume, pan, reverb, etc).

 

[dj2nyce]

whats the difference between the bus read and the master volume?

You can have multiple bus outputs and group tracks to output together on it. So for instance all drums on one bus, all strings on another, etc. Then you can manipulate all the tracks at once without having to do it individually (like volume, pan, reverb, etc).

the concept of busses and stuff confused me at first but to break it down into the most common terms i can possibly think of and a comparison think of it like this....

ok so each track has the volume, pan, effects, solo, mute buttons but there is also a button next to the track name that is a square inside a square (this is the output select) and by default it says master.

think of a bus like this - whatever you have going INTO the bus gets whatever effects, EQ, whatever you have on that certain bus, and then goes to the master. it literally works like a bus...people (tracks) go in, get transported (effects, EQ), and get out (to the master)...i hope that comparison helps?

but anyway what you gotta do is add a bus (in the insert menu or the bottom right near the master meter above it is a button u can hit to "insert bus")....then on the track you want going to the bus, you click that square inside a square and instead of the output being MASTER make it BUS A...or whichever bus you want it to. then you can add effects, EQ, whatever to that bus so that a group of insturments or tracks will have that. then they automatically output to the master.

for example ill have most of my tracks that i wanna take the bass out of linked to bus A and then in the EQ i drop out the frequencies i dont want. then the track where i want hte bass (usually the rap track) i link to bus B and EQ it and compress it so it knocks even more. this way vocals arent drowned out and the beat still knocks. both bus A and bus B output to the master so you can see if your overall mix is redlining.

if you got any questions lemme know i tried to explain it as best as i can without gettin too technical with musical vocab

 

[dholi_08]

That's Well said bro!! I just learned something new Thankss mannnn