TBH if they were smart theyād just license Reaper, seeing as the latter was an improved take on Acidās workflowā¦
But hey. If they have the Deutschmarksā¦
I read the title and said out loud āwell at least it wasnāt Sound Forgeā. Clickā¦
I dunno about Magix, I always thought of them as doing kind of cheapy stuff, but all I can really recall is that old Magix Music Maker thing. I guess this is Sonyās exit from the A/V industry, or close to itā¦ I know theyāve been suffering losses on pretty much all fronts in recent years hmm.
I dunno about acquiring Reaper though, part of what makes it good and why a lot of people support it is the very independent way Cockos works.
From Cockos.com
Our goal is to develop software sustainably while preventing profit
rationale from forcing engineering compromises. By doing so, we can keep our
product visions intact, giving maximum benefit to our users.
Yeah, bless Justinās heart (Cockos). He learned the hard way too with WinAmp.
Acid got to be soooooo bloaty. I love the whole boot from a thumbdrive option w Reaper.
I havenāt used Acid in many years, but I can believe it. Iāve used Sound Forge since it was Sonic Foundryās and I noticed it too becoming bloated with every Sony release. I stuck to v8 because of that and prefer dedicated software for advanced conversion/video/restoration etc.
I prefer acidās worflow to reapers
I feel like I have to do way too much in reaper but in acid everything is easy
Damn, I didnāt know the guy from Cockos is behind WinAmp.
WinAmp has been one of my most used audio tools over the years.
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How much are they charging for a tab of acid.
Iāll get my coat.
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@kLuster_of_stars - if youāre starting from scratch every time then yeah. But with Reaper the key to the workflow is templates and saving chains, etc.
@mks - Yep. Sold it at the age of 20 or something. Learned about corporate jockeying by the age of 21. Lives and codes a few blocks from where Iām typing now. One of my old grower buddies used to play poker with him semi-reg, but havenāt talked to him for a while. Iāve been using iOS based stuff (for portability) for most DAW purposes the last 5 years-ish but am feeling the pull of Reaper again lately if I ever manage to get a decent machine and a few hours a week.
@rockonin - no tabs, this is liquid. Hold your hand outā¦ 
this threadā¦ talk of sony acid and deutschmarks, i feel like weāre back in the nineties
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iāll actually try that then
Yeah Iāll be running v2.95 'til I die. I still use xmms as well because itās such a good winamp clone, even the skins are compatible.
Fuk dat! Grateful Dead acid iz tha best
I started my production career with acid cuz rusko used it in his masterclass video
so I tried reaper again and itās not as bad as I remember but the workflow is still slow and clunky compared to acid (unless you have a huge/multiple screen(s))
I am all for a revival of Acidā¦ it was my DAW of choice back in the days. I would probably have never used anything else if Sony didnāt let it die a death
Some good points hereā¦
Sound Forge has been my audio editor of choice for the last several years. Iām still on Sound Forge 10.
I hope they keep developing it. That article alludes to a potential bright future for that software.
Yeah Iām interested to see what they do with them. ACID is the only one I havenāt used regularly in years. Even use Vegas for some stuff.
They might just integrate them into their stuff. Magix Music Maker or whatever their flagship is these days.
Gotta say my experience with companies selling off their technologies that I use hasnāt really been good. Best example is Logic and most recently Camel Audio plugins. All went to Apple and they immediately cease cross platform support : (
Sure I can use the Camel plugins still, but much like Logic 5.5 itās only a matter of time before thereās severe compatibility issues or the like.
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For real: RIP Alchemy Mobile for iOS - one of the greatest synth bargains for a while. Abandonware now more or less. 
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