Bypassing audio effects during playback
If you want to hear your project without your applied audio effects (track, bus, and assignable effects), you can quickly bypass these
effects during playback. From the Options menu, choose Bypass All Audio FX. This option can also conserve processing power to avoid
playback problems.
Note:
When effects are bypassed, you can choose whether bypassed effects remain open. When the Keep bypassed FX running check
box on the General tab of the Preferences dialog is selected, effects remain open so you can bypass/enable effects with no pause for A/B
testing. When the check box is cleared, effects are fully bypassed, conserving processing power.
Saving, rendering, and delivering projects
Though you are provided with the tools to quickly build impressive musical projects, you may find yourself building elaborate projects
over a period of weeks or even months. While you are working on a project, you should save it in the ACID native format: the ACID
project file (.acd).
Important:
If you save a project originally created in an earlier version of ACID software in ACID version 7.0, it will be unusable in earlier
versions of the software. Use the Save As dialog to save the project with a new name after editing it in version 7.0.
When you are finished building a project, you can render projects in a variety of formats. You should determine the project’s final format
(or formats) based on how you will deliver the media. For example, you would render your project to a streaming media format if you
plan to publish it to the Internet.
Note:
Be aware that projects containing MIDI files that are routed to external MIDI ports must be rerouted to internal DLS sets or VST
instruments (VSTi) to be included in the rendered mix. For more information, see Rendering projects with MIDI tracks on page 222.
Saving projects
An ACID project file (.acd) is the default file format for saving a new project and should be used for saving unfinished projects. There are
two ACID project file types.
Format Extension Description
ACID Project File .acd Contains all information regarding the project including track layout, envelope settings, and effects
parameters. However, this type of file does not contain actual audio, only references to the audio files.
ACID Project with .acd-zip Contains all information regarding the project including track layout, envelope settings, and effects
Embedded Media parameters. In addition, all audio files used in the project are embedded into the project file.
If you save a project in .acd-zip format, the project file and all media files are copied to a temporary files folder.
If you continue to work on your project after saving the .acd-zip file, your changes are saved to the files in this
temporary folder.
You can customize the location of the temporary files folder. For more information, see From the Options
menu, choose Preferences to display the Preferences dialog. on page 253.
1.
To save a file, display the Save As dialog using any of the following options:
• Click the Save button ( ) on the toolbar.
• From the Edit menu, choose Save.
• Press Ctrl+S.
2.
From the Save in drop-down list, choose the drive and directory where the file will be saved.
3.
Enter a name for the project in the File name box.
4.
From the Save as type drop-down list, choose the desired ACID project file type.
5.
If you want to save a copy of each of the project’s media files to the same location as your project file, select the Copy all media
with project check box. This is available when saving as an ACID project file.
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