FAQS
A few answers about the acid radio, its generated tracks, and how the machine works.
What is So Acid?
So Acid is a browser-based generative acid techno radio. It creates continuous tracks built around a recognizable 303-style acid synth, evolving drums, modulation and changing arrangements.
Are the songs generated live?
Yes. Tracks are generated by the app rather than selected from a fixed playlist. Each generated track gets its own musical identity, including its bassline seed, arrangement, drum characteristics and synth behavior.
Why do the tracks sound related?
The generator intentionally shares a common acid-techno sound language. This keeps the radio coherent while the rhythm, pitch movement, filter performance, drums, effects and arrangement change from track to track.
Does the bassline always play?
The acid bass synth is continuous. Its character changes through synth performance: filter movement, resonance, envelope behavior, decay, accents, slides, oscillator changes and drive variations.
Why does the bass sometimes change dramatically?
The generator creates short performance changes on selected steps. Some of these are intentionally aggressive oscillator or filter gestures, then the synth returns to its previous state so the movement feels dynamic rather than permanently altered.
How long is a track?
Track length is generated dynamically. The arrangement can contain different numbers and lengths of sections, so songs do not all have the same duration.
Can tracks repeat?
Exact repetition is extremely unlikely because each track is generated with a fresh musical seed and multiple independently varying parameters. Tracks can still share the same overall acid character by design.
Why does the sound sometimes get loud?
The audio chain includes compression, adaptive spectral balancing and a final safety limiter. These are designed to keep aggressive synth and drum combinations controlled while retaining the energy of the sound.
Can I change the master EQ?
Yes. The five-band master EQ is the final user-controlled EQ stage. The generator can make its own tonal variations earlier in the chain, but those variations do not modify the user's EQ settings.
Does So Acid copy a specific track?
No. The generator uses a reference acid-techno sound and behavior as a style target. It generates new musical material rather than reproducing a particular recording.