該ACD-BAK文件擴展名關聯的是索尼ACID,音樂編輯軟件的備份項目文件的數據文件格式。 ACD-BAK文件擴展名和ACID首先由聲波鑄造創建於1998年,現在由索尼所擁有。這些文件包含存儲在同一文件夾和目錄作為當前項目的備份文件。它們被用來恢復到項目的先前狀態。它們會自動創建該項目的實時副本,同時編輯一個音樂編輯。它們也用於恢復最近編輯的情況下,程序意外關閉。為確保節能的制酸項目,用戶必須啟用位於首選項對話框的常規選項卡上自動保存複選框。原來的項目不會被覆蓋,它們只是作為保存臨時文件每五分鐘。在ACD-BAK格式的文件可以打開與索尼ACID Pro 7中,索尼ACID音樂工作室8和索尼ACID隨心在基於Microsoft Windows的系統。
ACID Pro 7 is a digital audio production software used in multitrack recording, mixing, MIDI sequencing, with an ACID looping functionality for music production and post production. It features Professional multitrack recording in 24-bit, 192 kHz sound quality production that can either be live or in the studio, for an optimized audio performance. It creates loop-based music which has real-time pitch and tempo transposition in playback and preview, unlimited tracks and more than 3,000 Sony Sound Series loops and 90 virtual instruments used in composing music. The software has MIDI sequencing with real time MIDI processing and control of MIDI events. It can automate and alter modulation, expression, and other types of MIDI controller data through track envelopes . Users may record MIDI multiple tracks, apply real time quantization, filter and process, create and edit drum patterns simultaneously. ACID Pro 7 has a mixing console that can Specify routing, assign audio effects, and use external effects processors with tracks and busses in a recording environment. It supports control surface automation and and can channel for tracking devices such like the Mackie Control and Frontier Design TranzPort.
ACID Music Studio is an audio production and recording software used in creating tracks with audio effects and has MIDI functionality, that are all necessary in a professional music production. It provides direct audio input from a plugged in microphone or instrument used in recording. Songs and MP3s may also be imported for remixing, and also create remixes and dynamic DJ sets with the Beatmapper tool. The software features Signal and effects processes which includes élastique timestretching, EQ, reverb, delay, chorus, flanging, phase shift, and distortion and also the VST audio effects and VST instruments support, to be able to play MIDI tracks back through virtual instruments, filters, and effects. MIDI editing and sequencing tools are available for recording MIDI data from hardware controllers, or directly compose using the ACID Music Studio piano roll and drum grid interfaces. ACID Music Studio supports VSTi that has 3000 loops and 90 virtual instruments for composing songs. The software runs on Windows Vista 32-bit or 64-bit SP2 or Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems with 1 GHz processor.
ACID XPress is a music creation software that creates original music, matches tempo and pitch automatically in real-time which can be shared by publishing on ACIDplanet.com or streaming from a website. These pre-recorded sounds called "loops" creates music by choosing among its selection, paint them into a track, and play them back. Loops may be auditioned with music in real-time before it is added into the mix. This enables users to choose the best material before laying the mix down. Music published on the Web through the ACIDplanet.com can compete in remix contests. There are also available remixers and free loops on the Website. Music can be exported to portable devices like MP3 players and handheld devices for mobility while listening to tracks. The software is exclusively downloaded at ACIDplanet.com which has the free 10-track version of the ACID software.This loop-based music software can be downloaded and installed with a free music loop pack that contains over 100 Loops & Samples titles. It features inline MIDI editing, multiple events per track, video scoring track, punch-in recording, freehand envelope drawing, alternate time signature support, unlimited MP3 encodes and live audio recording.