Pro Tools 101 Certification Practice Question Set - Complete Verified Answer Set

Pro Tools 101 Certification Practice Question Set - Complete Verified Answer Set What is the new session file format? Can PT10 sessions be opened directly in earlier versions of the software? - answer - .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? - answer - 32 bit floating point bit rate 192kHz sample rate How many MIDI tracks can you have? - answer - 512 MIDI Tracks How many Internal busses? - answer - 256 Internal busses As far as Notation is concerned, what does the Score Editor Window do? - answer - View,edit,arrange and print MIDI data from your session as musical notation. Which types of video files can you import? - answer - 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. - answer - 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. - answer - Pitch What is another term for Hz? - answer - Cycles Per Second(CPS) What is the Nyquist Theorem? - answer - 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? - answer - 144 dB How much dynamic range does 16bit Audio contain? - answer - 96 dB How many dB's of dynamic range per bit? - answer - 6 dB What is an A/D converter? - answer - Analog to Digital Converter What is a D/A converter? - answer - Digital to Analog Converter What are the two types of digital connections used for transfers? - answer - SPIDIF and AES/EBU What does DSP stand for? - answer - Digital Signal Processing Which types of interfaces are compatible with ProTools? - answer - 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? - answer - any 3rd party interface with supported Core Audio(Mac)or ASIO (Win) Which types of interfaces are compatible with ProTools HD? - answer - Pro Tools HD series interfaces(Omni,Madi,I/O) combined with one or HD series PCI/PCIe cards. Name 3 ProTools system configurations? - answer - Pro Tools, Pro Tools HD, Pro Tools Core Audio/ASIO What are the types of ProTools Software? - answer - Standard,HD,Complete Production 2 Toolkit What are the basic specifications of ProTools? How many tracks does it come with? - answer - 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? - answer - 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? - answer - 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? - answer - Session Folders What is the WaveC file used for? - answer - file stores all the waveform display data for any audio in the session Where are PT MIDI files normally stored? - answer - within the Pro Tools Session. ExportMidi to bring outside the session What is the correct sequence for powering up your hardware? - answer - 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? - answer - stores licenses for protected software. What does RTAS stand for? - answer - Real Time Audio Suite What does host based processing mean? - answer - Pro