ACID Pro 11
The creative DAW

With the sound of the analog synth back in vogue – from synth wave to dance music – Analog Synths 2 offers perfect vintage synth sounds, covering deep bass thrills and hard, edgy leads.

Lead Synth produces incredible electronic sounds that will cut through any mix. With its virtual analogue heart, it can produce high-end, high-quality leads for all genres of music.

Concert Guitar delivers guitar authenticity and is great for incredible picking techniques, delicate slides or subtle finger sounds. It also caters for different playing styles, offers a huge range of presets and has a selection of effects to deliver fantastic guitar sounds for every occasion.

This virtual drum instrument is a fantastic beat-making tool and ideal for many current genres of music. Play huge trap beats, program pumping techno grooves or even create a furious double bass in a metal style! All the beats were recorded through an SSL for extra analog character.

A classic piano instrument created by intricately sampling a concert grand piano being played in an international concert hall. It's the sound of an amazing instrument recorded in its natural environment, and the results are incredible, with the power and detail of the instrument shining through.

This instrument was created by making recordings of a church organ in a church near Venice to achieve a totally authentic sound. It stylishly recreates the emotional and dramatic sounds of the original organ and is suited to both classical and contemporary music.

This drum instrument is perfect for dubstep and hip-hop grooves. Behind its 9-bit style fascia are enough huge beats and hits to give your tunes an edge. Programming is easy too because Urban Drums is based on easy-to-use hardware beat makers, so just play the pads and hit record.

This instrument is dedicated to providing a wide variety of vintage electric piano tones. You can use it for smokey jazz, melodic blues or funky riffs packed with overdrive. On-board effects help Electric Piano really come to life offering all the organic character of the real instrument.

Big, bold and beautiful, Rock Drums is the perfect instrument for providing more dynamic beats to your music. You can get driving double bass for metal songs, reverberant drum grooves for a huge arena sound, or ease back with dry, clean studio drum sounds.

The legendary MPC sampler launched a million beats and Drum Engine features a similar interface so you can program some incredible grooves. It includes a range of preset sounds – from modern pop kits to groove box samples – so you can create beats over a wide variety of styles.

An instrument that creates the complete sound of a choir including classic choral arrangements, deep male voices, crystal-clear vocals sung by a female singers and mixed-voice choirs. Use it up front as the lead in your song or as an atmospheric backing to any piece of music.

A synth instrument which is capable of producing everything from dreamy sequences to heavy basslines. There are also effect modules to take your sonics to extra-terrestrial pastures and produce atmospheres that could soundtrack any film.

This virtual synthesizer emulates the classic sounds of legendary hardware synthesizers with total precision. With its retro design, and hands-on controls you'll be tweaking and creating vintage tones in no time.

Take a trip back in time with a virtual instrument that is focused completely on vintage organ sounds. Original individual organs are authentically replicated and there are plenty of hands-on controls to shape the sounds.

Electric Bass is an instrument that is perfect for laid-back funk riffs, soul ballads or as a groovy foundation for more current genres. It's an elegantly-designed plug-in with a multitude of options for custom sound design.

Vita Saxophonia offers everything you would expect from a saxophone: A wide dynamic range, diverse sounds, a powerful timbre and many optimized presets that make the instrument the ideal companion for many music projects.

Pop Brass has it all: Slick funk, orchestra arrangements, tight Latino rhythms and the sound of the roaring '20s. It is perfect for both elaborate productions and creative jam sessions.

Orchestral Ensemble contains various ensemble recordings of an orchestra complete with brass, woodwind, percussion and strings. With everything from angry brass staccatos and driving orchestral thrills to soft string legato, it is perfect for all film and pop music producers.

This is a great instrument to provide a diverse range of smoother, more laid-back beats. Jazz Drums covers everything from the driving pulse of a classic jazz tune to a more abstract groove for an electronic-based track.

Create a huge amount of powerful guitar sounds with one instrument. Power Guitar has everything you need – huge power chords, squealing slides and powerful overdrives – backed by different playing techniques and an extensive sound library.

If you need cleaner guitar tones, then Century Guitar offers an unadulterated sound and the highest attention to detail. Melodies and accompaniments help deliver an authentic playing experience without you needing to be a guitar-playing expert.

Need to add a touch of rhythmic drama to a score? Soundtrack Percussion has a wide range of attacking sounds, including bells, drums, thunder bells, gongs and Taiko drums, so you can create complete percussive tunes or add interest to any soundtrack.

If you need emotive strings, then this instrument delivers the goods. It is perfect for powerful or delicate strings, and ideal for everything from classical recordings to more contemporary scores, laden with effects.

How low can you go? With Bass Machine the answer is: Super low! Create powerful bottom end, perfect basslines and cone-rattling tones with hands-on filters to shape the sound exactly how you like.

The upright bass is one of the most well-loved instruments, and can add character to everything from classical to jazz recordings. Upright Bass offers a powerful, dynamic and groovy backbone for any track.

Century Keys offers a "best-of" in keyboard sounds, spanning classic to modern pianos and delivering the perfect keyboard sound for a wide range of genres including soul, RnB, pop, jazz, rock and hip hop.

Need something out of this world? Space Pad takes you on incredible sonic journeys, delivering layers of atmosphere, complex sequences and beautiful organic synthesizer textures suited to all sorts of projects.

Explore icy, vast expanses of sound and create depth and tension with Cinematic Soundscapes. Most sounds here are encapsulated in a dark, almost oppressive aura, making this instrument the perfect choice for a variety of use cases.

Create a barrage of emotion with Bongo sounds, Congas, Cowbells, Guiros, Shakers, Vibra slaps, Tambourines and Timbales – waiting to be customized for exotic new rhythms.

Using an Expander increases the perceived dynamic range of an audio signal and also helps suppress noise. With more dynamics you get a more natural sound.

With a compressor like this, you can eliminate large volume differences between section of audio to give you a more even and balanced sound.

By suppressing quiet sections in a signal transmission, a gate greatly reduces noise and makes the resulting sound much cleaner.