ACID Looping Tools

Special Menu

Sound Forge includes tools are designed to make it easy to create loops for Sonic Foundry’s ACID™ and other loop-based audio applications.

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Halve Selection

From the Special menu, choose ACID Looping Tools and choose Halve Selection (or press the ; key) to reduce the current selection by half. For example, if you have four measures selected and choose Halve Selection, only measures one and two will be selected.

Double Selection

From the Special menu, choose ACID Looping Tools and choose Double Selection (or press the ' key) to double the current selection. For example, if you have four measures selected and choose Double Selection, an additional four measures will be selected.

Shift Selection Left

From the Special menu, choose ACID Looping Tools and choose Shift Selection Left (or press the < key) to move the current selection left by the length of the selection. Because the exact length of the selection is maintained, this tool is perfect for moving the selection a beat or measure at a time.

Shift Selection Right

From the Special menu, choose ACID Looping Tools and choose Shift Selection Right (or press the > key) to move the current selection left by the length of the selection. Because the exact length of the selection is maintained, this tool is perfect for moving the selection a beat or measure at a time.

Rotate Audio

From the Special menu, choose ACID Looping Tools and choose Rotate Audio (or press the : key) to change the feel of a given loop.

The function of this command depends on the current selection:

If the selection does not touch the very end or very beginning of the file, the command will not work.