[microsound] acid live

[twonky yup <yup_twonky@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

hmm, well, twonky used acid pro and other win_apps running on desktop simul 
in performance, back in the late 90s and so did random industries. i think 
seb still uses acid, at least he did a couple years ago, along with cd 
players.

havent upgraded acid since sony, so dont know how the interface is now, but 
back then it was rather klunky to use in performance, which is rather why 
twonky liked, made the muscles twitch anticipating failure. of course, if 
you simply pressed play, it was very smooth.

ableton live, on the other hand, was quite a bit more conveniently laid out 
for improv and the ability to create loops in real-time made it a 
performance tool. acid, at the same time live was introduced, really didnt 
seem to be a performance app (again, why twonky liked, to use it as 
unintended), but more for composition, and, of course, loop construction, 
but more fun than the propellerhead app. ableton live's ability to record 
from external sources (as well as using your laptop mic) to create loops as 
well as run through the live-installed plug-ins made it far more elastic 
than acid. perhaps sony has integrated that into acid now; i dont know.

however, i just set up our old windows 98 desktop, in order to access 
windows-based web labs (those active x plug-ins) so i'm looking fwd to 
playing with acid again, but more, the chance to use sound forge (pre-sony, 
pre-mac port), there are just some certain qualities (idiosyncracies) that 
forge had that are endearing.

y_t



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