Sony SAC7000 User Manual

You can customize the software to suit your project needs and working preferences. You may change these settings at 
any time. If you use the same settings for all of your projects, you may set the ACID® application to use your settings as 
defaults. 

In this chapter, you will find information about functions that allow you to customize and set the application’s 
preferences. 

The software has various windows that allow you to perform specific tasks related to your project or manage your media. 
These windows can float on the workspace or be docked in the window docking area. All these windows may be viewed 
or hidden via the View menu or their respective shortcut keys. 

Window 

Shortcut keys  Description 

Explorer 

Alt+1

Allows you to view and access your media files without leaving the work 
area. You may also preview media files and place them in your project 
from this window. 

Chopper™ 

Alt+2 

Allows you to select portions of a media file that can be placed into tracks 
as events. 

Mixing Console  Alt+3 

Allows you to work with busses, assignable effect chains, and soft synth 
controls. 

Video Preview 

Alt+4 

Displays a project’s video output at the current cursor position in the 
timeline. 

Media Manager  Alt+5 

Displays the Media Manager™, which you can use to search for, manage, 
and tag your media files. 

Track Properties  Alt+6 

Allows you to view and edit track attributes. For MIDI tracks, allows you to 
edit MIDI using the piano roll editor, list editor or other OPT plug-ins. 

Surround 

Alt+7 

Allows you to control panning in a 5.1 surround project. 

Panner 
Soft Synth 

Alt+8 

Allows you to change the attributes of soft synth controls in the Mixing 

Properties 

Console window. 

Audio Plug-In 

Alt+9 

Allows you to view and edit settings for assignable, bus, soft synth, and 
track effect chains. 

Plug-In 

Ctrl+Alt+1 

Allows you to view and choose effects plug-ins to be added to a track, 

Manager 

bus, or assignable effects chain. 

Groove Pool 

Ctrl+Alt+2 

Allows you to view and edit grooves in your project. 

Clip Properties  Ctrl+Alt+3

For audio (non-MIDI) clips: allows you to change clip types (loop, one-
shot, and Beatmapped), and adjust time stretching, pitch, root notes, 
tempo, and downbeat. 

For MIDI clips: allows you to edit data using the list editor or piano roll. 

The window docking area allows you to keep frequently used windows available but out of the way while you are 
working with a project. You can dock windows either in a single stack spanning the width of the screen or divide the 
window docking area into sections (e.g., right, middle, and left) and create several stacks. You can also create floating 
docks by dragging several windows to the same area on your screen. 

Windows that are not currently visible in a stack display a tab that you can click to display it. You can also expand, restore, 
or close a window using the buttons in the window’s upper-left corner. Windows are displayed in fixed positions in the 
lower portion of the window. 

APPENDIX A 

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