PRO4801

Pro Tools 101 Certification PRACTICE
QUESTIONS 1
1. 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
2. What is the highest sample rate and bit depth ProTools in
general can operate with?: 32 bit floating point bit rate
192kHz sample rate
3. How many MIDI tracks can you have?: 512 MIDI Tracks
4. How many Internal busses?: 256 Internal busses
5. 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.
6. Which types of video files can you import?: Quicktime,Avid Video files or VC-1AP
(Win)
7. 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?
8. Frequency is referred to as the of
the sound.: Pitch
9. What is another term for Hz?: Cycles Per Second(CPS)
10. 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.
11. How much dynamic range does 24bit Audio contain?: 144 dB
12. How much dynamic range does 16bit Audio contain?: 96 dB
13. How many dB's of dynamic range per bit?: 6 dB
14. What is an A/D converter?: Analog to Digital Converter
15. What is a D/A converter?: Digital to Analog Converter
16. What are the two types of digital connections used for
transfers?: SPIDIF and AES/EBU
17. What does DSP stand for?: Digital Signal Processing
18. Which types of interfaces are compatible with ProTools?: Digi
002 or 003 family, Eleven Rack Interface, Pro Tools Mbox 2 family, M Audio hardware
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19. Which types of interfaces are compatible with ProTools Core
Audio/ASIO?-
: any 3rd party interface with supported Core Audio(Mac)or ASIO (Win)
20. 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.




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21. Name 3 ProTools system configurations?: Pro Tools, Pro Tools HD, Pro Tools
Core Audio/ASIO
22. What are the types of ProTools Software?: Standard,HD,Complete Production
2 Toolkit
23. 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.
24. What is the ProTools Creative Collection?: Native instrument and ettects
plug ins that come with all Pro Tools Systems.20 AIR ettects plug ins and 6 AIR virtual
instruments
25. 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.
26. What are the folders and files that PT creates as part of the
session hierar-
chy?: Session Folders
27. What is the WaveCache.wfm file used for?: file stores all the waveform
display data for any audio in the session
28. Where are PT MIDI files normally stored?: within the Pro Tools Session.
Export>Midi to bring outside the session
29. 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.
30. What does an ILOK do?: stores licenses for protected software.
31. What does RTAS stand for?: Real Time Audio Suite
32. What does host based processing mean?: Pro Tools utilizing the
computer processing capacity
33. Where can I adjust my RTAS plug-in processing performance?:
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