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AVID PRO TOOLS 110 CERTIFICATION
PRACTICE EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY
A GRADED |NEW AND REVISED
What options are available for changing the display of the Mix and Edit
windows? What are some of the optional views available in each
window? - ANSWER- Hide or show optional components
Ex: Inserts and Sends
How can you easily show or hide tracks in Pro Tools? What is the
difference between hiding a track and deleting a track? - ANSWER-
Click the solid black dot next to the track name in the Track List. Hidden
tracks will still play
What are some options available in the Track List Pop-Up Menu? -
ANSWER- Show and hide none, all, or a selection of tracks
What are some of the features enabled by Pro Tools HD software? -
ANSWER- Full surround mixing capabilities, video editing, advanced
automation
What is required to import and arrange multiple video clips on a Video
track? - ANSWER- Pro Tools HD software
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Name the areas of focus available for Workspace browsers in Pro Tools.
- ANSWER- Sound libraries
Volumes (storage drives)
Session
Catalogs
User
What are some of the functions that you can perform using a Workspace
browser? - ANSWER- -Access, view, and search all mounted volumes
-View, manage, import, audition files from any mounted volume
How can you audition files from a browser? How can you audition them
in context with your session? - ANSWER- Select file>click preview
Enable AUDIO FILES CONFORM TO SESSION TEMPO, press
Num0, activate preview
What is Soundbase? What are tags in Soundbase? - ANSWER-
Workspace browser window that allows you to find audio files using
tags
Tags are used for searching within your sound libraries
What are some available destinations when importing audio from a
Workspace browser or soundbase? - ANSWER- to the clip list and onto
tracks
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What are some of the different types of media you can import into Pro
Tools? - ANSWER- Audio files, Video files, MIDI files, clip groups,
session data
What command allows you to import entire tracks from another Pro
Tools session into your current session? - ANSWER- Import>session
data
What types of clips can be grouped together as a clip group? Can clips
of different types be combined into a single clip group? - ANSWER-
audio, video, MIDI
Yes
How many clips are required for a clip group? Can clip groups contain
silence? - ANSWER- No minimum
Yes
What kind of icon is used to indicate a clip group? Where is the icon
located? - ANSWER- Media-type symbol in a box
Lower-left corner of the clip in the Edit window and clip list
What do the UNGROUP and UNGROUP ALL commands do? -
ANSWER- to return the nested clips to their original state
Shortcut to ungroup clips - ANSWER- Mac: Option+Command+U
Windows: Ctrl+Alt+U
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Shortcut to regroup clips - ANSWER- Mac: Option+Command+R
Windows: Ctrl+Alt+R
What menu would you use to display Conductor rules, such as Meter
and tempo? How can you display rulers without using a main menu? -
ANSWER- View>Rulers
Click Ruler View Selector
What are the default tempo and meter for all Pro Tools sessions? -
ANSWER- 4/4, 120 bpm
What modifier key would you hold while clicking on a ruler to add a
meter or tempo change to your session? - ANSWER- hold Control
(Mac) or Start (win)
What main menu provides access to the Tempo Operations window? -
ANSWER- Event>tempo operations
What is the purpose of the Linear page in the Tempo Operations
window? - ANSWER- change tempos evenly over a selected range of
time
What is the purpose of the note, velocity, and duration fields for
accented and unaccented notes in the Click/Countoff dialog box? When
AVID PRO TOOLS 110 CERTIFICATION
PRACTICE EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY
A GRADED |NEW AND REVISED
What options are available for changing the display of the Mix and Edit
windows? What are some of the optional views available in each
window? - ANSWER- Hide or show optional components
Ex: Inserts and Sends
How can you easily show or hide tracks in Pro Tools? What is the
difference between hiding a track and deleting a track? - ANSWER-
Click the solid black dot next to the track name in the Track List. Hidden
tracks will still play
What are some options available in the Track List Pop-Up Menu? -
ANSWER- Show and hide none, all, or a selection of tracks
What are some of the features enabled by Pro Tools HD software? -
ANSWER- Full surround mixing capabilities, video editing, advanced
automation
What is required to import and arrange multiple video clips on a Video
track? - ANSWER- Pro Tools HD software
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Name the areas of focus available for Workspace browsers in Pro Tools.
- ANSWER- Sound libraries
Volumes (storage drives)
Session
Catalogs
User
What are some of the functions that you can perform using a Workspace
browser? - ANSWER- -Access, view, and search all mounted volumes
-View, manage, import, audition files from any mounted volume
How can you audition files from a browser? How can you audition them
in context with your session? - ANSWER- Select file>click preview
Enable AUDIO FILES CONFORM TO SESSION TEMPO, press
Num0, activate preview
What is Soundbase? What are tags in Soundbase? - ANSWER-
Workspace browser window that allows you to find audio files using
tags
Tags are used for searching within your sound libraries
What are some available destinations when importing audio from a
Workspace browser or soundbase? - ANSWER- to the clip list and onto
tracks
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What are some of the different types of media you can import into Pro
Tools? - ANSWER- Audio files, Video files, MIDI files, clip groups,
session data
What command allows you to import entire tracks from another Pro
Tools session into your current session? - ANSWER- Import>session
data
What types of clips can be grouped together as a clip group? Can clips
of different types be combined into a single clip group? - ANSWER-
audio, video, MIDI
Yes
How many clips are required for a clip group? Can clip groups contain
silence? - ANSWER- No minimum
Yes
What kind of icon is used to indicate a clip group? Where is the icon
located? - ANSWER- Media-type symbol in a box
Lower-left corner of the clip in the Edit window and clip list
What do the UNGROUP and UNGROUP ALL commands do? -
ANSWER- to return the nested clips to their original state
Shortcut to ungroup clips - ANSWER- Mac: Option+Command+U
Windows: Ctrl+Alt+U
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Shortcut to regroup clips - ANSWER- Mac: Option+Command+R
Windows: Ctrl+Alt+R
What menu would you use to display Conductor rules, such as Meter
and tempo? How can you display rulers without using a main menu? -
ANSWER- View>Rulers
Click Ruler View Selector
What are the default tempo and meter for all Pro Tools sessions? -
ANSWER- 4/4, 120 bpm
What modifier key would you hold while clicking on a ruler to add a
meter or tempo change to your session? - ANSWER- hold Control
(Mac) or Start (win)
What main menu provides access to the Tempo Operations window? -
ANSWER- Event>tempo operations
What is the purpose of the Linear page in the Tempo Operations
window? - ANSWER- change tempos evenly over a selected range of
time
What is the purpose of the note, velocity, and duration fields for
accented and unaccented notes in the Click/Countoff dialog box? When
