| ACID Family Comparison | |||
| FEATURE | ACID® Xpress | ACID Music Studio™ 5 | ACID Pro 5 |
| General | |||
| Number of tracks | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Maximum bit depth/sample rate | 16/48kHz | 16/48kHz | 24/192kHz |
| Enhanced interactive tutorials | Yes | Yes | No |
| Media Manager™ technology | No | No | Yes |
| Customizable loop searches and tagging | No | No | Yes |
| Video scoring track | No | Yes | Yes |
| Live audio recording | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Customizable keyboard mapping | No | No | Yes |
| Customizable UI, Windows XP theme support | No | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple docking windows | No | No | Yes |
| User-definable project media folders | No | No | Yes |
| ASR envelopes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| "Get Media" option | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Command marker support | No | Yes | Yes |
| Time markers | No | Yes | Yes |
| Tempo markers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Metronome for playback and record | No | Yes | Yes |
| Macromedia Flash™ .swf format import | No | Yes | Yes |
| Mixing and Editing | |||
| Groove Mapping™ quantization with Groove Cloning™ | No | No | Yes |
| Nestable folder tracks | No | No | Yes |
| 5.1 surround mixing | No | No | Yes |
| Beatmapper remixing tool | No | Yes | Yes |
| Real-time event reverse | No | Yes | Yes |
| Volume and pan envelopes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Tempo and key changes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enhanced time stretching and beat detection | No | No | Yes |
| Ripple editing / edits across tracks | No | Yes | Yes |
| Bus-to-bus routing | No | No | Yes |
| Downmix monitoring | No | No | Yes |
| Drop one-shots in real-time via keyboard commands | No | No | Yes |
| Track bouncing | No | Yes | Yes |
| Chopper loop editing tool | No | Yes | Yes |
| Adjustable stretching properties | No | No | Yes |
| Alternate time signature support | No | Yes | Yes |
| Effects & MIDI | |||
| MIDI playback | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MIDI piano roll editing w/snap-to-scale and note filtering | No | Yes | Yes |
| MIDI recording/event list editing | No | Yes | Yes |
| VST effect support with automation and tempo sync | No | No | Yes |
| VSTi support | No | No | Yes |
| Includes Native Instruments™ Xpress Keyboards | No | No | Yes |
| Multiport VSTi soft synth support | No | No | Yes |
| DLS sample file support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Yamaha OPT support | No | No | Yes |
| Rewire mixer/device support | No | No | Yes |
| Track effects | No | Yes/includes ExpressFX | Yes |
| DirectX® Plug-In support | No | No | Yes/includes XFX 1,2,3 |
| DirectX plug-in effects automation | No | No | Yes |
| Tempo-based DirectX effects | No | No | Yes |
| Audio Plug-In Manager | No | No | Yes |
| Bypass all effects command | No | No | Yes |
| ASIO™ driver support | No | No | Yes |
| Assignable effects/audio buses | No | No | Yes |
| Generate MIDI Time Code and MIDI clock | No | No | Yes |
| Master bus track | No | Yes | Yes |
| CD and Export | |||
| CD extraction | No | Yes | Yes |
| TAO/Disc-at-Once CD burning | No | Yes | Yes |
| Save project paths in rendered media | No | No | Yes |
| Publish to ACIDplanet.com | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export to Sony NetMD™ handheld devices | No | Yes | Yes |
| MP3 open/save | 20 free encodes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Media™ support | Saves to WMA 48 kbps | Yes | Yes |
| QuickTime support | No | Yes | Yes |
| MPEG encoding support (with optional plug-in) | No | Yes | Yes |