

Those aren't especially active forums (I've been there since before ACID Pro was released. People with issues are more likely to post on them, in comparison to those who are just normally using the application. Most of the time, forums exaggerate issues. I've only run into a couple of VST Scanner issues, which are fixed by the latest Beta builds they made available. People buying ACID Pro without a "Legacy" behind them, and using up-to-date plugins are pretty much fine.

I think once they get over the "Legacy Hump" (since so many people were using an 8-9 year old piece of software, they avoided those growing pains until MAGIX did the 64-Bit update), it will be fine. There are people over there complaining that their old Sonitus FX 32-Bit VST Plugins don't work in the latest ACID Pro, Lol. It also fixed some issues users had with ReWire (probably the most pressing issue, given how many people use ACID Pro) in ACID Pro 9 (not 8). The new Betas have a new VST Scanner in them, which fix most of those issues. A lot of people over there have quite old plugins, and they only backed up their projects in ACID Pro (6/7) project format - so they can't do anything with those when the plugins fail to load or function properly. The issues people are running into with ACID Pro 8 (and 9) stem largely from plugins, especially older 32-Bit plugins in the 64-Bit DAW. ACID Pro basically did nothing but that, frankly. Much of those upgrades were basic evolutionary changes, and bug fixes. Add a MIDI playable chopper and some Vita 2 Solo Instruments, along with some MAGIX Plugins. It seems to be the consensus over there that the perfect solution would be a v7 in 64-bit.ĪCID Pro 9 basically is AP7 in 64-Bit. OK, but if you go read the Magix user forum threads about AP v9, you might come away with the impression that the product is very unstable and barely usable in it's current form.
