Pro Tools 101 Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Verified | Updated 2024/2025

Pro Tools 101 Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Verified | Updated 2024/2025 What are the integrating capabilities of pro-tools? - answerAudio, MIDI, Composition, Editing, Mixing How many MIDI tracks can a pro-tools session hold? - answer512 What is the nyquist theorem? - answerevery Cycle of a sounds vibration must be sampled at least 2 times to be audible correctly What is the main purpose of the file menu? - answerLet you create and maintain the pro tools session What does the edit menu allow you to do? - answerthe edit menu allows to manipulate the media as desired and to affect data in the Timeline. contains options such as Copy, Paste, duplicate, repeat, shifting selections, trimming, separating, healing clips. What does the options menu allow? - answerediting, recording, playback, monitoring, display options, What are the 2 types of rulers? - answerTimeline and conductor What are some audio interface options that don't need pro tools HD? - answerpro tools fast track, m-box, eleven rack, duet and quartet What are some audio interfaces that require HD? - answerHD OMNI, MADI, I/O What are the pro-tools software features for pro-tools first? - answer96 kHz sample rate, 32 bit depth, up to 16 audio, MIDI, Instrumental tracks of each kind What are the pro-tools software features for pro-tools 12? - answer192kHz sample rate, 32 bit depth, up to 128 audio tracks, or 512 MIDI tracks What are the software features for pro-tools HD? - answer192kHz sample rates, 32 bit depth, track counts up to 768 audio tracks What are the 3 varieties of plug-ins? - answerNative, DSP (Pro-Tools HD), and Audiosuite Plug-ins What plug-ins come installed in pro-tools? - answerAvid audio plug ins, and the AIR creative collection What are the file extensions used for current and older pro-tools versions? - answer.ptx(current), .ptf, .pts, .pt5, .wav, .aif What are the session components (files created) in a session in pro-tools? - answerPro-Tools session, WaveCache files, Audio files, MIDI files, Sibelius files, Bounced files, Clip groups, Rendered files, Session file backups, Video files What is the best order to power up your system when starting a pro-tools session? - answerPlug in external hard drives, plug in MIDI devices, Plug in audio interface, power up computer, and monitoring system What is the iLok system? - answerA USB device that is used to store licenses to software and has to be plugged in to the computer to be able to run the software. How do you access audio playback system? - answerSettings>Playback engine Explain the term buffer size. - answerPro-tools splits processing up into 2 types of domains: low latency and high latency. The buffer size controls the size of the hardware cache at low latency. It does not affect the DSP speed but does affect the host based processing How do you access H/W buffer size option? - answersettings>playback engine, then reduce to low latency or raise for higher latency What is the file menu used for? - answeropening, creating, and saving sessions What is the edit menu mainly used for? - answerCopying, pasting, duplicating, trimming selections What is the view menu mainly used for? - answerDisplaying/hiding and arranging different Pro-Tools windows What is the track menu mainly used for? - answerCreating, duplicating, deleting, modifying tracks What is the clip menu mainly used for? - answerArranging, grouping, looping, modifying clips What is the Event menu mainly used for? - answerModifying time and tempo, MIDI and Audio events What is the options menu mainly used for? - answertoggling edit, record, playback options on/off What is the setup menu mainly used for? - answerconfiguring settings in a dialog box What is the window menu mainly used for? - answerDisplaying and arranging pro-tools windows What is the marketplace menu? - answerAccess to the AVID Store/ Account What are the 3 main pro-tools windows used? - answerEdit window, Mixing window, and Transport window What are all of the edit tool functions? - answerZoomer, trim, grabber, scrubber, selector, pencil, and smart tool What advantages does the smart tool have? - answerIt enables you to use 3 of the edit tools without having to switch in the window. the 3 are scrubber, grabber, and trim What are the functions of the zoomer tool? - answerzooms in and out of a section in the recording. If option is held down it will switch the zoom from in to out What are the edit modes in Pro-Tools? - answerSlip, Grid, Spot, Shuffle What does shuffle mode do? - answerthe clip movement is constrained by other clips What does grid mode do? - answerthe clips snap to the nearest grid boundary when moved What does slip mode do? - answerClips can be moved and edited freely without affecting the placement of the clips What is spot mode? - answerclips can be moved or placed by specifying a location in a dialog box What is the purpose of the main time scale? - answerDetermines the timebase units used for the Main Counter, Transport functions, selection displays, Pre- and Post-Roll amounts, and Grid and Nudge values, and can be set to Bars:Beats, Minutes:Seconds, Time Code, Feet + Frames, or Samples When pro-tools is engaged, the dashboard appears. What options does the dashboard include? - answerGives you the options of which file type you want the recording to be (wav,aif), Sample rate option, Bit depth, I/O settings, interleaved. It also lets you choose if you want to create a new session, open a recent one, or create a session from a template. Also, you can choose where the destination folder is that the session is saved in (documents is default) At 44.1 kHz, 16 bit depth how much space will a recording take up? Write down all of the options and how much. - answer44.1 kHz, 16bit track = 5 mb per minute. 44.1 kHz, 24 bit track = 7.5 mb per minute 88.2 kHz, 16 bit track= 10 mb per minute 88.2 kHz, 24 bit track= 15 mb per minute These are all for mono tracks, for stereo the space is doubled In what menu do you choose to create a new track? - answerTrack> New Track