Pro Tools 101 Certification PRACTICE QUESTIONS 1 Practice questions for this set Terms in this set (101) What is the new session file format? Can PT10 sessions be opened directly in earlier versions of the software? .ptx PT10 sessions cannot be opened d

Pro Tools 101 Certification PRACTICE QUESTIONS 1 Practice questions for this set Terms in this set (101) What is the new session file format? Can PT10 sessions be opened directly in earlier versions of the software? .ptx PT10 sessions cannot be opened directly in older versions What is the highest sample rate and bit depth ProTools in general can operate with? 32 bit floating point bit rate 192kHz sample rate How many Internal busses? 256 Internal busses As far as Notation is concerned, what does the Score Editor Window do? View,edit,arrange and print MIDI data from your session as musical notation. Which types of video files can you import? Quicktime,Avid Video files or VC-1AP (Win) What is A.I.R.? What types of Plug-ins do they make? Name some of them. Avid's Advanced Instrument Research. Hybrid,Strike,Velvet,Structure and Transfuser plug-ins What is the range of human hearing? Frequency is referred to as the of the sound. Pitch What is another term for Hz? Cycles Per Second(CPS) What is the Nyquist Theorem? to produce and accurate representation of a given frequency of sound, each cycle of the sounds vibration must be sampled a minimum of two times. How much dynamic range does 24bit Audio contain? 144 dB How much dynamic range does 16bit Audio contain? 96 dB How many dB's of dynamic range per bit? 6 dB What is an A/D converter? Analog to Digital Converter What is a D/A converter? Digital to Analog Converter What are the two types of digital connections used for transfers? SPIDIF and AES/EBU What does DSP stand for? Digital Signal Processing Which types of interfaces are compatible with ProTools? Digi 002 or 003 family, Eleven Rack Interface, Pro Tools Mbox 2 family, M Audio hardware Which types of interfaces are compatible with ProTools Core Audio/ASIO? any 3rd party interface with supported Core Audio(Mac)or ASIO (Win) Which types of interfaces are compatible with ProTools HD? Pro Tools HD series interfaces(Omni,Madi,I/O) combined with one or HD series PCI/PCIe cards. Name 3 ProTools system configurations? Pro Tools, Pro Tools HD, Pro Tools Core Audio/ASIO What are the types of ProTools Software? Standard,HD,Complete Production 2 Toolkit What are the basic specifications of ProTools? How many tracks does it come with? Sample rates up to 192 kHz,bit depths up to 32 bit Floating Point, 96 simultaneous mono or stereo audio tracks up to 128 voice able tracks) 512 simultaneous MIDI tracks. What is the ProTools Creative Collection? Native instrument and effects plug ins that come with all Pro Tools Systems.20 AIR effects plug ins and 6 AIR virtual instruments What does the Complete Production 2 Toolkit offer? full surround mixing, Quick Punch,Track Punch and Destructive Punch support; 512 Aux Input Tracks, 128 Instrument Tracks,VCA tracks, advanced automation features, advanced video features. What are the folders and files that PT creates as part of the session hierarchy? Session Folders What is the WaveC file used for? file stores all the waveform display data for any audio in the session Where are PT MIDI files normally stored? within the Pro Tools Session. Export>Midi to bring outside the session Pro Tools 101 Certification PRACTICE QUESTIONS 1 What is the correct sequence for powering up your hardware? 1. All equipment powered down 2. Power external hard drives that use external power. 3. Turn on MIDI interfaces and MIDI devices. 4. Turn on audio interface 5. Start your computer 6. Turn on monitoring system. What does an ILOK do? stores licenses for protected software. What does RTAS stand for? Real Time Audio Suite What does host based processing mean? Pro Tools utilizing the computer processing capacity Where can I adjust my RTAS plug-in processing performance? Hardware buffer in setup menu What is the difference between the View and Windows menus? View controls how windows are displayed. Windows controls what windows are displayed What are the different types of ruler views? Time based Rulers and Conductor Rulers Where can you access the different types of ruler views? View>Rulers Ruler View selector(located at top left of Rulers) Which types of rulers are time-based? Conductor rulers? Time Based: Bars/Beats, Min:Sec,Samples,Time Code,TimeCode 2, Feet +Frames Conductor Rulers: Markers, Tempo, Meter, Key,Chords What are the two ways to rearrange items in the toolbar? - click and drag sections to desired place or -use the Edit Window Toobar menu located at upper right corner of the window How do you acquire a full track view that fills the edit window with the longest track in the session? Double click the Zoomer Tool Icon What does Shuffle Mode do? Snaps moved clips to next or previous clip. When deleting material other clips will move to fill the gap, or when adding make perfect space for new clip. No overlapping What does Slip Mode do? move, trim, cut or paste clips without other tracks being affected. Overlapping works.No restrictions for time placement. What does Spot Mode do? move or place clips precisely by entering time values in the dialog box, opens when working with clips and Spot mode is activated.Operation do not affect other clips. Parameters are Start End Duration What does Grid Mode do? clips and MIDI notes that are moved, trimmed or inserted snap to nearest time increment according to specified Time scale and Grid size. What does Snap to grid allow you to do? allows you to make selections based on the Grid while editing in Shuffle,Slip or Spot mode The differences between a Pro Tools system with an Mbox interface and Pro Tools/HDX system with dedicated DSP Hardware include: E- Pro Tools Mbox systems are host based; ProTools HDX systems are not. The Transport Window can be accessed from the menu E- Edit Menu Which Edit mode should you use if you want the clip start "snap" to Grid boundaries (as shown below)? D-Absolute Grid T/F, The Track Delete command can be reversed by choosing > Undo False Which of the following is a type of cursor available in the Edit Window E- both B & C B-Play Back Cursor D-Edit Cursor Refer to the image. When enabled the Link Timeline and Edit Selection option D: Allows you to edit a selection using the Link Tool Which of the following are ways to rename an existing audio clip in your session E: A& B ONLY A- double click the clip with then grabber tool B-Right click the clip and select Rename from the pop up menu which of the following are is true about Xpandi2 and structure free? All the above - is the answer (E) A-Both are included as standard components of pro tools. b- Both are virtual instrument plugins c-both can be placed directly on auxiliary input track or instrument track d- both are real time plug ins Which of the following ways to view MIDI data on Pro-Tools? All of the Above D A- Notes view in the Edit Window B- Clips view in the Edit Window c-notation view in a MIDI Editor or Score Editor window d- answer Refer to the image, what will happen when the cursor is clicked C- an Edit selection will be positioned at the clicked location --not D : edit selection made from click A... so confusing how its worded. How can you set all tracks in your session the same height? D- Hold Alt Windows or Option Windows while selecting track height from Track Height Selector Zoom Toggle According to the image what will be the result if the delete key is pressed There will be a space between Clip A and Clip C -- ( do not confuse with Clip B will be removed from the Session) Which of the following Save Commands will allow you to change attributes of your session such as sample rate and bit depth? Save Copy In Which of the following are common mix Bounce to Disk Pro Tools 101 Certification PRACTICE QUESTIONS 1 Standard Sample rate and bit depth for a CD is : A: 44.1kHz/ 16 Bit To Record an audio signal into Pro Tools, the signal must be converted into binary information that can be stored, read, and manipulated by a computer. This process is called. A- analog to digital conversion When turning on the devices in your system which device should be turned on last? E- Monitor Speakers Pro tools 10 and 11 can be co-installed on the same computer-T/F True The Chords ruler (shown) can allow you to _____ c-Add chord symbols to your session Which Edit mode should you use if you want to place a clip by specifying a precise numeric location in a dialog box as shown? c- spot The Create Click Track command______ B- creates a new aux input and inserts the Click plug in on the track WHOLE FILE CLIPS ARE ALWAYS BOLDED How many whole file clips are shown? c-5 The difference between ADDING an audio file or clip and COPYING an audio file or clip when using the import Audio dialog box is: B- Adding references the audio file in its original location, copying makes a copy in the sessions' Audio files folder. T/F- The Xpandi 2 virtual instrument plug in comes equipped with Presets, Patches and Parts that you can use to create instrument sounds from within Pro tools. TRUE Which of the following statements relating to Nudging is/are TRUE? c- Clips and selections can be nudged earlier or later in the session using minus and plus keys on the numeric pad. INSERT - point at which hardware or software can be applied directly to a signal The Avid Dynamics plug-in suite includes which of the following processors? D- "Both A and C" is the answer A- Compressor / Limitor C- Expander / Gate The Universe View in Pro Tools B- a miniature representation of all clips on your displayed tracks To Play back automation without running the risk of overwriting it, your tracks should be in ____automation mode. C - Read Pro Tools 101 Certification PRACTICE QUESTIONS 1 What is the maximum number of Memory Locations possible in a singe session? D -999 TAB TO TRANSIENTS In the screenshot below, what is outlined by the red rectangle? D- Tab to Transients A mono 44.kHZ audio file consumes approximately 5 MB of disk space per minute, what about a 88.2 kHz,16 bit audio file? C-10 MB The UNDO HISTORY can be opened from the menu E- Window Menu The Pro Tools Quick Start dialog box allows you to ______ C - open an existing session or create a new one. Pro Tools allows users to record MIDI information of which of the following track types: Answer: E - Both B & C B- MIDI Tracks C- Instrument Tracks T / F Dynamic Plug-in processing allows the Avid Audio Engine to take some plug ins offline under certain conditions thereby reducing the systems over all CPU usage TRUE Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding video files? C - Pro Tools can import audio embedded in a Quick Time movie Which of he following are ways to view MIDI data in Pro-Tools Answer E- A & C A- Notes view in the Edit Window C-Notation view in a MIDI Editor or Score Editor window. Pro Tools subdivides the bars and beats of a session in to ticks. How many ticks comprise a quarter note? D - 960 Which of the connection types can be used for digital transfers D- A & B only A-SPDIF (Sony...someting) B- AES/EBU Trim Tool The Nudge function works in which of the following edit modes? E- All of the Above A- Shuffle B- Slip C-Spot D-Grid How can you quickly Zoom Out to get a full track view that fills the Edit window with the longest visible track in the session B-double click o the Zoomer Tool Pro Tools 101 Certification PRACTICE QUESTIONS 1 Audio files that are in one of ProTools native formats can be imported without requiring format conversion. The native audio file formats used in Protools 11 include Answer E- both A and C WAV (A) AIFF (C) Buttoms 1 -5 are called ______ ZOOM PRESETS When you delete an Audio track in Pro Tools any clips that wherein the track will A) Remain in the Clip List The default meter for Pro Tools session is 4 / 4 Which of the following is a way to recall Memory Location? D- A, B and C A- click entry in memory locations folder B- click the marker into ruler c- Type number (decimal, keypad number, decimal) How many separate channels of MIDI information can be sent over a single MIDI cable? 16 Pro Tools 11 supports recording at bid depths up to : 32- bit floating point Refer to the image. What will be the result when the mouse is clicked with the cursor at the current location of the red arrow? C- Edit cursor will be positioned at the clicked location When preparing to record in pro-tools you must adjust the volume fader on the track to obtain a strong, clean input signal. T / F FALSE Pro Tools supports up to levels of undo unlimited MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface How can you change the display order of tracks in your session? D- All of the above is the ANSWER A) Click a track's nameplate in Edit window and drag the track above or below other tracks B) Click a track's nameplate in the MIX window and drag the track to the right or left of other tracks C) Click a tracks name in the Track List and drag it to a higher or lower position in the list.