I’ve got a lot of gear. Nice pro high end gear like Digidesign’s Pro Tools, and lots of computers. My little office alone has five computers in it. But you’d be amazed how often I need to do something very very simple, but the high end gear slows me down.
Case in point – I have 300 audio samples that I’d like to use as audio samples for customers, but need to add overdubs for the samples so they aren’t stolen without payment. To further complicate things, I’m using these 300 tracks across 5 different websites, making a total of 1500 tracks that need to be layered with overdubs. It needs to sound good, but since it’s just streaming samples it is not critical to be audiophile quality.
Enter the Acoustic MP3 mixer. It mixes four tracks of stereo MP3 files. I love it. I’m able to click and quickly import my sample tracks and edit them to the overdub vocal. All I need is volume control to set the levels between the tracks, and a fade feature. Fade is NOT a feature on Acoustica, so my work-around was to let the overdub vocal hang on after the sample track with a plug for the hosting website.
Here’s an example of what I’m talking about to protect audio:
Rap Instrumental with Theft Protection Overdubs
For more info on Acoustic, go to the Acoustic Website and look for the “MP3 Mixer”. It’s a free 30day trial, then I think it’s $24.95 – a good square deal in my opinion.
If you want more control, then this isn’t the software for you. But if you just want to mix together some MP3’s quickly without firing up all your gear, Acoustica is a nice alternative.