1. An informative presentation by Joshua Raucci

2. What is ACID Xpress? “ When it was introduced in 1998, ACID ® software was hailed as a breakthrough loop-based music production tool. Today, ACID software is prized for its power and functionality, and remains the industry standard for professional music creation on the PC.” Free software from Sony, the people that make Sound Forge, demonstrating some of the capabilities of their other not-free software, ACID Pro and ACID Music Studio Easier to use than Cubase (works with beats and measures instead of seconds and minutes) More user friendly than Fruity Loops Works on both PC and Mac, unlike Garageband

3. What is ACID Xpress good for? Remixes Mash-ups Contests

4. You’re a Music Composition Major? How does this relate? Not for lessons, but for fun Good for people who don’t know a lot about music Good way to teach meter, tempo, keys, musical symmetry

5. It’s free, so does that mean it’s really limited? Yes. mp3 Limited to 48 kbps Very few effects 10 tracks No midi

6. What sort of things can be done with this program? Loops v. Single Shot Changes Loop tempo and gives preview Edit audio (Easily zoom in and out) Easily fade in and out and change volume Speed up/Slow down audio according to pitch 8packs and free loops from sonycreativesoftware.com

7. Well, let’s see it.