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Summary: This Book Rocks! (Literally)
Review: After reading the on-line manual for Acid 3.0 Pro I wanted to find a more in-depth source of information that would explain how to use this remarkable product in an easy to understand format.
With Sams 'Acid 3.0' I found it.
This book makes Acid 3.0 easy and has you up and running in no time.
As a bonus- the CD that accompanies the book has about 200 loops on it!
You know that a Loops CD from Sonic Foundry runs about [...]a pop -so [...]for a book and CD is an absolutely incredible buy!
If you want to learn Acid this is THE definitive learning tool which was written by a couple of Sonic Foundry Trainers.
As a last note of praise -Sonic Foundry actually put demo versions of all of their major products on the CD as well, so even if you don't own Acid 3.0 yet you can see if you like it by purchasing this book!
Kudos to Sams Publishing and Sonic Foundry for releasing a book which is not only easy to understand but informative and complete in every aspect!
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Summary: Essential to fully understanding the "intuitive" interface!
Review: As a Sonar user, a Sound Forge user, a Vegas Video user, I was completely amazed to discover the power hidden within Acid--whose very name unfortunately causes scornful and undeserved ridicule as with the review below. Many see Acid as a toy, and it is anything but as anyone who digs beneath the surface will quickly discover. Acid 3.0 is a professional tool used in professional environments to achieve professional results faster than ever before and where time is money, Acid shines. For anyone wanting to push this tool past it's apparent limits, using it as the ultimate tool with which to bring together tracks from various sources (including Cubase) this book is essential to understanding its hidden strengths, and workarounds for inherent weaknesses found in some extreme BPM and pitch-shifting tasks. "Acid 3.0 in 24 Hours" is essential to understanding track management, bus usage, FX options, video scoring, and timing adjustments to name but a few. Do not be fooled. Acid is a most powerful non-destructive digital audio construction tool, although its name may draw prejudice. This book is as worthy a companion and reference as exists for it. Buy this book. Even the Acid experienced will learn from it.
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Summary: weekend trip
Review: i got the software and this book on friday, by monday i was making incredible music, i dont know anything about music
i am a flash developer and this works great for flash too.
i only read half of the book and it kicks ...!!!
acid pro 3 is to music what flash is to the internet. it will change everything... the book is excellent, it starts out basic and take you in fast, this book is great for the novice as well as the advanced user. also check out sound forge power book here at amazon, these two programs together and you can do anything.
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Summary: are people that dumb?
Review: ok, an instructional book on Sonar or Cubase i would understand.... Are people that dumb that they have to buy a book on ACID?... with an obviously intuitive user interface. b4 you impatiently buy a book on ACID or any other program, try it out first... I don't think a book on ACID is necessary; it can easily be learned on your own... waste of money.
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Summary: A Superb Resource
Review: Teach Yourself Acid 3.0 is an excellent resource. Although Acid comes with a manual on PDF, everybody knows that switching between your software and Adobe Acrobat Reader is tedious and a strain on the eyes--which in turn means that you probably won't learn all about Acid's possibilities. With TYA 3.0, you can have the book open while you work with Acid (this alone vastly improves your learning curve); additionally, every chapter (or "hour") of this text has exercises and activities that you can do with the supplied CD-Rom loops. I really recommend doing the exercises--they WILL give you ideas for your own Acid projects. While it might initially seem a little pricey, the tips, exercises, and CD-Rom make it invaluable.
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Summary: A Superb Resource
Review: Teach Yourself Acid 3.0 is an excellent resource. Although Acid comes with a manual on PDF, everybody knows that switching between your software and Adobe Acrobat Reader is tedious and a strain on the eyes--which in turn means that you probably won't learn all about Acid's possibilities. With TYA 3.0, you can have the book open while you work with Acid (this alone vastly improves your learning curve); additionally, every chapter (or "hour") of this text has exercises and activities that you can do with the supplied CD-Rom loops. I really recommend doing the exercises--they WILL give you ideas for your own Acid projects. While it might initially seem a little pricey, the tips, exercises, and CD-Rom make it invaluable.
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Summary: WONDERFUL WITH ONLY A TOUCH OF "TROUBLE"
Review: This book is terrific! I just recently started experimenting with computer music using the ACID 3 programs, and this book makes an already easy to learn program even easier to understand. It is clearly written with the beginner in mind yet will take you as far up the technical ACID 3.0 learning curve as you wish. There is only one change I would make in the contents of Sam's Teach Yourself ACID 3.0 in 24 Hours, and that would be the inclusion of a comprehensive TROUBLESHOOTING section. The book is carefully written in a fashion, that if you follow the instructions to the letter, you should experience no technical problems. But as most will not have the infallibility to successfully follow the instructions without at least a few mistakes, I would wish there be a simple and quick to reference TROUBLESHOOTING section that helps you to easily go back and correct what you may have missed. But with this aside, the book is terrific. Definitely written for actual human beings. Well done.
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Summary: WONDERFUL WITH ONLY A TOUCH OF "TROUBLE"
Review: This book is terrific! I just recently started experimenting with computer music using the ACID 3 programs, and this book makes an already easy to learn program even easier to understand. It is clearly written with the beginner in mind yet will take you as far up the technical ACID 3.0 learning curve as you wish. There is only one change I would make in the contents of Sam's Teach Yourself ACID 3.0 in 24 Hours, and that would be the inclusion of a comprehensive TROUBLESHOOTING section. The book is carefully written in a fashion, that if you follow the instructions to the letter, you should experience no technical problems. But as most will not have the infallibility to successfully follow the instructions without at least a few mistakes, I would wish there be a simple and quick to reference TROUBLESHOOTING section that helps you to easily go back and correct what you may have missed. But with this aside, the book is terrific. Definitely written for actual human beings. Well done.
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Summary: Way Better than Owlsley !
Review: This is a carefully-written explanation of a complex piece of computer technology. It takes way more hours than the title promises. But it is a wonderful introduction to the fascinating world of audio recording technology. Super Dooper!
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Summary: Way Better than Owlsley !
Review: This is a carefully-written explanation of a complex piece of computer technology. It takes way more hours than the title promises. But it is a wonderful introduction to the fascinating world of audio recording technology. Super Dooper!
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