Pro Tools 101 Certification

Pro Tools 101 Certification Name five types of production tasks that ProTools can be used for. - Audio, MIDI, notation, mixing, and post-production What is the AIR group? - Advanced Instrument Research What types of products does the AIR Software Group specialize in? - Innovative plug-ins for ProTools Examples of AIR plug-ins: - Virtual instruments; Air Creative collection; Structure What is the frequency range of human hearing? - 20 Hz to 20 kHz What does the frequency of a sound wave affect in terms of how we perceive the sound? - Frequency affects pitch How is frequency measured? - Cycles per second (CPS) or Hertz (Hz) What does the amplitude of the sound wave affect? - Amplitude affects loudness How is amplitude measured? - Decibels (dB) What is the threshold of pain? - 120 dB What is sampling? - The process of taking discrete readings of a signal at various moments in time What is the sample rate? - The frequency with which digital snapshots (samplings) are collected What is the Nyquist Theorem? - In order to produce an accurate representation of a given frequency of sound, each cycle of the sound's vibration must be sampled a min of two times What is the standard sample rate of an audio CD? - 44.1 kHz What is the useful dynamic range of speech and music? - 40 to 105 dB What is A/D conversion? - Analog-to-digital conversion What is quantization? - Capturing the relative amplitude of a sample by quantifying (assigning) to sample to the closest available amplitude value What is bit depth? - Binary word length What is the greatest bit depth possible? - 32-bit floating point What is the highest sample rate possible? - 196 kHz How many simultaneous mono or stereo Audio tracks can PT support? - 96 How many simultaneous MIDI tracks can PT support? - 512 How many channels of I/O are available for PT 11 software? - 32 S/PDIF - Sony/Philips Digital Interface What types of connectors does S/PDIF use? - Coaxial/RCA jacks AES/EBU - Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcast Union What types of connectors does AES/EBU use? - XLR-type connectors What are three types of supported PT audio interfaces? - Mbox, Eleven Rack, 003 What are three types of PT HD software? - HD OMNI, HD I/O, HD MADI What extension do PT 10 and 11 session files use? - .ptx What are two other session file types compatible with PT? - WAV (.wav) and AIFF (.aiff) Name some of the file types that Pro Tools creates as part of the session heirarchy. - Session file, WaveCache file, Audio file, MIDI file, Sibelius file, Bounced file, Clip Groups, Rendered files, Session File Backups, and Video files What is a session file? - The document PT creates