Project Properties

From the File menu, choose Properties to display the Project Properties dialog, where you can adjust settings for your project and establish default settings that will be used for all new projects.

Summary Closed

The information on the Summary tab is saved with the Acid project and can be displayed by media players when you render your project in different file formats.

Item

Description

Title

Enter the title of the project.

Artist

Enter name of the artist who performed in the project.

Engineer

Enter the name of the person who mixed or edited the project.

Copyright

Enter copyright information about the project.

Comments

Enter any comments you want to associate with the project.

Universal Product Code (UPC) / Media Catalog Number (MCN)

Universal Product Codes (UPC) or Media Catalog Numbers (MCN) can be written to a disc-at-once audio CD as a means of identification. However, not all CD-R drives support this feature. Check your CD-R drive documentation to determine if your drive will write these codes.

Enter the code in this box, and the codes will be written to the CD along with the rest of the project.

Universal product codes are administered by the Uniform Code Council. For more information, click here.

Start all new projects with these settings

Select this check box to use the current dialog settings as the default.

NOTE The Universal Product Code (UPC) / Media Catalog Number (MCN) setting is a unique value and will not be used for new projects.

AudioClosed

Use the Audio tab to change the data format for the current project.

NOTE When Acid software is connected to a ReWire mixer application, the Acid project will automatically use the mixer application's bit depth and sample rate. Saving the Acid project in ReWire mode will not overwrite the project's original bit depth and sample rate.

Item

Description

Master bus mode

If you're using Acid Pro, choose Stereo from the drop-down list to create a two-channel stereo project.

Choose 5.1 Surround if you want to perform advanced 5.1-channel mixing. More...

Number of additional stereo busses

If you're using Acid Pro, enter the number of stereo busses for the project. More...

Sample rate

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify the sample rate of the project.

Bit depth

Select a setting from the drop-down list to specify the number of bits used to store each sample. Higher values will increase the quality of playback and any recordings that you make.

Enable low-pass filter on LFE

 

Select this check box if you want to apply a low-pass filter to each track in a 5.1 surround project that is assigned to the LFE channel.

Applying a low-pass filter approximates the bass-management system in a 5.1 decoder and ensures that you're sending only low-frequency audio to the LFE channel.

Before rendering your surround project, check your surround authoring application's documentation to determine its required audio format. Some encoders require a specific cutoff frequency and rolloff, and your encoder may require that no filter be applied before encoding.

Cutoff frequency for low-pass filter

Choose a frequency from the drop-down list or type a frequency in the box to set the frequency above which audio will be ignored by the LFE channel.

Low-pass filter quality

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to determine the sharpness of filter's rolloff curve. Best produces the sharpest curve.

Recorded files folder

This box displays the path to the folder that will be used when you record new audio or MIDI tracks. Choose <Project> to save recorded files in the same folder as your Acid project file, or click the Browse button to choose a different folder.

The recorded files folder from the Folder tab of the Preferences dialog is used by default unless you choose a project-specific location. If you select the Start all new projects with these settings check box, the setting on the Folder tab of the Preferences dialog will be updated to use the folder specified in the Project Properties dialog.

Start all new projects

with these settings

Select this check box to use the current dialog settings as the default.