Editing ACID Properties |
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From the Special menu, choose Edit ACID Properties to display the Edit ACID Properties dialog. You can use this dialog to change ACID-specific information in a wave file.
Select the One-Shot radio button if 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.
Select the Loop radio button 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.
Specify 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.
Select a note from the drop-down list to set the base note for loops and disk-based tracks that you want to conform to the ACID project key. If you do not want a track transposed to the project key (a track that contains a drum sample, for example) choose Dont transpose.
Select this radio button and specify a Tempo if you want ACID to treat your file as a loop.
Disk-based files are usually longer audio clips that are played from hard disk rather than being stored in RAM. Disk-based files can change tempo with an ACID project, but do not change ptich. Disk-based files are used for vocals or any other long audio file that does not loop.
Select the Tempo check box and specify a tempo in beats per minute for ACID to stretch the track. If you do not want ACID to stretch the file at all, clear the Tempo check box. If you specify a tempo that is not the actual tempo of the file, the track will play at a different rate.