With the release of our version 2012 software, ACD/MS Processor has been discontinued. MS processing functionality can now be found in ACD/Spectrus Processor and ACD/MS Workbook Suite, along with interpretation and database search/access capabilities.
Existing software users, review our Release Version 2012 Information or contact ACD/Labs to discuss migration plans. This product was retired in November 2012; as per our End-of-Life Policy, technical support will be provided until November 2014.

Process your mass spectral data with software designed for convenient analysis, interpretation, and reporting of results. Whether you have a single mass spectrum (MS), tandem mass spectra (MS/MS, MS/MS/MS, ..., MSn), or a hyphenated data set (LC/MS, LC/DAD, CE/MS, and GC/MS), ACD/MS Processor allows you to process all of your mass spectral data in a consistent manner, no matter which instrument make or model was used to acquire the data.
| Vendor | Data Format | Import | Export | Extension | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACD/Labs | ACD/Labs | ![]() |
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*.esp | |
| Agilent Technologies | 1100 Series LC/MSD Quad and Ion Trap Systems | ![]() |
*.ms, *.yep | DAD data and single chromatogram curve are imported also. Splitter available | |
| ChemStation | ![]() |
*.ms | Splitter available | ||
| LC TOF | ![]() |
*.wiff | |||
| MassHunter (6000 series) | ![]() |
*.bin | Entire *.D folder structure should be used. Agilent component requires Microsoft .NET version 2. DAD can be imported (V12) and MS/MS split controlled in newer versions | ||
| AB SCIEX | Analyst | ![]() |
*.wiff | Single mass spectra, LC-MS and most LC-MSn imported. Splitter available. UV data not currently imported | |
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See above | LightSight—Spectra are 'pushed' via ACD/Labs (NetCDF) | |||
| Analyst QS | ![]() |
*.wiff | Single mass spectra, LC-MS and most LC-MSn imported. Splitter available | ||
| Analyst TF | ![]() |
Under development | |||
| Applied Biosystems | Mariner Data Explorer ASCII LC/MS | ![]() |
*.txt | LC-MS data only | |
| Bruker Daltonics and Agilent Technologies | Agilent or Bruker LC/MS Ion Trap | ![]() |
*.yep | LC-MS and DAD data | |
| Bruker | Compass (accurate mass data) | ![]() |
*.d | Entire *.D folder structure should be used. Bruker component requires Microsoft .NET version 3.5. | |
| Hitachi | LIT-TOF | ![]() |
*.dat | Not supported in ACD/Spectrus products | |
| M-8000 and D-7000 | ![]() |
*.msd; *.dad | LC-MS and DAD data | ||
| JEOL (Japan) | JEOL-DX | ![]() |
*.jsp, *.jpf, *.jmc | Single mass spectra and chromatogram curves | |
| JEOL K9 | ![]() |
*.spe | LC(GC)-MS data | ||
| LECO Corporation | ChromaTOF-HRT™ for Citius™ (GC) and Pegasus® (LC) HRTs | ![]() |
*.smp | GC/MS or LC/MS data; LC/MS with in-source CID provides separate precursor and fragment ion (isCID) channels | |
| MasCom MASPEC II32 Data System | MASPEC | ![]() |
*.ms2 | Single mass spectra and LC(GC)-MS data | |
| Matlab/Eigenvector Research | DSO format | ![]() |
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*.mat | Single mass spectra and LC(GC)-MS data |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology | NIST MS Software | ![]() |
*.msp | Uses Lib2NIST to convert .msp to supported format (.hpj or .sdf) | |
| NIST SDF Library | ![]() |
*.sdf | Splitter available | ||
| Shimadzu Corporation | LCMS-IT-TOF | ![]() |
*.lcd | LC-MS and LC-MSn data only | |
| GCMSsolution | ![]() |
*.qgd | GC-MS data (v11) | ||
| LCMSsolution | ![]() |
*.qld | DAD data and single chromatogram curve are also imported. May require vendor software on same computer | ||
| Thermo Scientific | Xcalibur | ![]() |
*.raw | Data splitting by Scan Filter parameters is available; format is supported only for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 7. Splitter available, to v2.2 | |
| Finnigan ICIS II | ![]() |
*.dat | Splitter available | ||
| Galactic | ![]() |
*.spc | Export is available for single MS only | ||
| Unidata | netCDF | ![]() |
*.cdf, *.nc | Splitter available | |
| Varian, Inc. | 1200 | ![]() |
*.dat | Splitter available | |
| XMS | ![]() |
*.xms, *.sms | Splitter available | ||
| Saturn 2000 | ![]() |
*.sms | Splitter available | ||
| Waters Corporation | MassLynx | ![]() |
*.raw | All files in the folder containing the _functns.inf file are necessary for data import. Splitter available | |
| Micromass OpenLynx | ![]() |
*.rpt | Splitter available | ||
| Millennium32 (2D and 3D PDA data) | ![]() |
"Connect to" ability available | |||
| Empower (2D and 3D PDA data) and Empower 2 (2D and 3D PDA data) | ![]() |
"Connect to" ability available | |||
| Empower (3D MS data) | ![]() |
LC-MS data only | |||
| Open Source | ASCII | ![]() |
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*.txt | Single MS only |
| JCAMP | ![]() |
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*.dx, *.jdx | Splitter available | |
| mzML | ![]() |
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| netCDF | ![]() |
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*.cdf, *.nc | Single MS and LC(GC)-MS data |
Add additional capabilities to ACD/MS Processor:
ACD/IntelliTarget screens samples for the presence or absence of known compounds specified by formula or monoisotoic mass. In the process [M+H]+ or [M-H]-, adduct, multimer, and fragment ions are automatically assigned.
ACD/IntelliXtract extracts all components in a given dataset, assigns [M+H]+ or [M-H]-, adduct, multimer, and fragment ions, and can reconstruct a pure component spectrum for each.
ACD/MS Fragmenter provides a convenient way to review the fragmentation pathways and possible structure configurations for a particular fragment automatically assigned to a spectral peak by ACD/MS Manager. You can also easily create a report illustrating the possible fragmentation scheme(s).
| Vendor | Data Format | Import | Export | Extension | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACD/Labs | ACD/Labs | ![]() |
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*.esp | |
| Agilent Technologies | 1100 Series LC/MSD Quad and Ion Trap Systems | ![]() |
*.ms, *.yep | DAD data and single chromatogram curve are imported also. Splitter available | |
| ChemStation | ![]() |
*.ms | Splitter available | ||
| LC TOF | ![]() |
*.wiff | |||
| MassHunter (6000 series) | ![]() |
*.bin | Entire *.D folder structure should be used. Agilent component requires Microsoft .NET version 2. DAD can be imported (V12) and MS/MS split controlled in newer versions | ||
| AB SCIEX | Analyst | ![]() |
*.wiff | Single mass spectra, LC-MS and most LC-MSn imported. Splitter available. UV data not currently imported | |
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See above | LightSight—Spectra are 'pushed' via ACD/Labs (NetCDF) | |||
| Analyst QS | ![]() |
*.wiff | Single mass spectra, LC-MS and most LC-MSn imported. Splitter available | ||
| Analyst TF | ![]() |
Under development | |||
| Applied Biosystems | Mariner Data Explorer ASCII LC/MS | ![]() |
*.txt | LC-MS data only | |
| Bruker Daltonics and Agilent Technologies | Agilent or Bruker LC/MS Ion Trap | ![]() |
*.yep | LC-MS and DAD data | |
| Bruker | Compass (accurate mass data) | ![]() |
*.d | Entire *.D folder structure should be used. Bruker component requires Microsoft .NET version 3.5. | |
| Hitachi | LIT-TOF | ![]() |
*.dat | Not supported in ACD/Spectrus products | |
| M-8000 and D-7000 | ![]() |
*.msd; *.dad | LC-MS and DAD data | ||
| JEOL (Japan) | JEOL-DX | ![]() |
*.jsp, *.jpf, *.jmc | Single mass spectra and chromatogram curves | |
| JEOL K9 | ![]() |
*.spe | LC(GC)-MS data | ||
| LECO Corporation | ChromaTOF-HRT™ for Citius™ (GC) and Pegasus® (LC) HRTs | ![]() |
*.smp | GC/MS or LC/MS data; LC/MS with in-source CID provides separate precursor and fragment ion (isCID) channels | |
| MasCom MASPEC II32 Data System | MASPEC | ![]() |
*.ms2 | Single mass spectra and LC(GC)-MS data | |
| Matlab/Eigenvector Research | DSO format | ![]() |
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*.mat | Single mass spectra and LC(GC)-MS data |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology | NIST MS Software | ![]() |
*.msp | Uses Lib2NIST to convert .msp to supported format (.hpj or .sdf) | |
| NIST SDF Library | ![]() |
*.sdf | Splitter available | ||
| Shimadzu Corporation | LCMS-IT-TOF | ![]() |
*.lcd | LC-MS and LC-MSn data only | |
| GCMSsolution | ![]() |
*.qgd | GC-MS data (v11) | ||
| LCMSsolution | ![]() |
*.qld | DAD data and single chromatogram curve are also imported. May require vendor software on same computer | ||
| Thermo Scientific | Xcalibur | ![]() |
*.raw | Data splitting by Scan Filter parameters is available; format is supported only for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 7. Splitter available, to v2.2 | |
| Finnigan ICIS II | ![]() |
*.dat | Splitter available | ||
| Galactic | ![]() |
*.spc | Export is available for single MS only | ||
| Unidata | netCDF | ![]() |
*.cdf, *.nc | Splitter available | |
| Varian, Inc. | 1200 | ![]() |
*.dat | Splitter available | |
| XMS | ![]() |
*.xms, *.sms | Splitter available | ||
| Saturn 2000 | ![]() |
*.sms | Splitter available | ||
| Waters Corporation | MassLynx | ![]() |
*.raw | All files in the folder containing the _functns.inf file are necessary for data import. Splitter available | |
| Micromass OpenLynx | ![]() |
*.rpt | Splitter available | ||
| Millennium32 (2D and 3D PDA data) | ![]() |
"Connect to" ability available | |||
| Empower (2D and 3D PDA data) and Empower 2 (2D and 3D PDA data) | ![]() |
"Connect to" ability available | |||
| Empower (3D MS data) | ![]() |
LC-MS data only | |||
| Open Source | ASCII | ![]() |
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*.txt | Single MS only |
| JCAMP | ![]() |
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*.dx, *.jdx | Splitter available | |
| mzML | ![]() |
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| netCDF | ![]() |
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*.cdf, *.nc | Single MS and LC(GC)-MS data |