PRO TOOLS 101 Study Guide UPDATED ACTUAL
Question and Answer | 100% Verified | 2026
• What is the nyquist theorem? -✓✓ every 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? -✓✓ Let you create and maintain the
pro tools session
• What does the edit menu allow you to do? -✓✓ the 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? -✓✓ editing, recording, playback,
monitoring, display options,
• What are the 2 types of rulers? -✓✓ Timeline and conductor
• What are some audio interface options that don't need pro tools HD? -✓✓ pro
tools fast track, m-box, eleven rack, duet and quartet
• What are some audio interfaces that require HD? -✓✓ HD OMNI, MADI, I/O
• What are the pro-tools software features for pro-tools first? -✓✓ 96 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? -✓✓ 192kHz sample
rate, 32 bit depth, up to 128 audio tracks, or 512 MIDI tracks
• What are the software features for pro-tools HD? -✓✓ 192kHz sample rates, 32
bit depth, track counts up to 768 audio tracks
• What are the 3 varieties of plug-ins? -✓✓ Native, DSP (Pro-Tools HD), and
Audiosuite Plug-ins
• What plug-ins come installed in pro-tools? -✓✓ Avid audio plug ins, and the AIR
creative collection
• What are the file extensions used for current and older pro-tools versions? -✓✓
.ptx(current), .ptf, .pts, .pt5, .wav, .aif
• What are the session components (files created) in a session in pro-tools? -✓✓
Pro-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?
-✓✓ Plug in external hard drives, plug in MIDI devices, Plug in audio interface,
power up computer, and monitoring system
• What is the iLok system? -✓✓ A 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? -✓✓ Settings>Playback engine
, • Explain the term buffer size. -✓✓ Pro-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? -✓✓ settings>playback engine, then
reduce to low latency or raise for higher latency
• What is the file menu used for? -✓✓ opening, creating, and saving sessions
• What is the edit menu mainly used for? -✓✓ Copying, pasting, duplicating,
trimming selections
• What is the view menu mainly used for? -✓✓ Displaying/hiding and arranging
different Pro-Tools windows
• What is the track menu mainly used for? -✓✓ Creating, duplicating, deleting,
modifying tracks
• What is the clip menu mainly used for? -✓✓ Arranging, grouping, looping,
modifying clips
• What is the Event menu mainly used for? -✓✓ Modifying time and tempo, MIDI
and Audio events
• What is the options menu mainly used for? -✓✓ toggling edit, record, playback
options on/off
Question and Answer | 100% Verified | 2026
• What is the nyquist theorem? -✓✓ every 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? -✓✓ Let you create and maintain the
pro tools session
• What does the edit menu allow you to do? -✓✓ the 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? -✓✓ editing, recording, playback,
monitoring, display options,
• What are the 2 types of rulers? -✓✓ Timeline and conductor
• What are some audio interface options that don't need pro tools HD? -✓✓ pro
tools fast track, m-box, eleven rack, duet and quartet
• What are some audio interfaces that require HD? -✓✓ HD OMNI, MADI, I/O
• What are the pro-tools software features for pro-tools first? -✓✓ 96 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? -✓✓ 192kHz sample
rate, 32 bit depth, up to 128 audio tracks, or 512 MIDI tracks
• What are the software features for pro-tools HD? -✓✓ 192kHz sample rates, 32
bit depth, track counts up to 768 audio tracks
• What are the 3 varieties of plug-ins? -✓✓ Native, DSP (Pro-Tools HD), and
Audiosuite Plug-ins
• What plug-ins come installed in pro-tools? -✓✓ Avid audio plug ins, and the AIR
creative collection
• What are the file extensions used for current and older pro-tools versions? -✓✓
.ptx(current), .ptf, .pts, .pt5, .wav, .aif
• What are the session components (files created) in a session in pro-tools? -✓✓
Pro-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?
-✓✓ Plug in external hard drives, plug in MIDI devices, Plug in audio interface,
power up computer, and monitoring system
• What is the iLok system? -✓✓ A 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? -✓✓ Settings>Playback engine
, • Explain the term buffer size. -✓✓ Pro-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? -✓✓ settings>playback engine, then
reduce to low latency or raise for higher latency
• What is the file menu used for? -✓✓ opening, creating, and saving sessions
• What is the edit menu mainly used for? -✓✓ Copying, pasting, duplicating,
trimming selections
• What is the view menu mainly used for? -✓✓ Displaying/hiding and arranging
different Pro-Tools windows
• What is the track menu mainly used for? -✓✓ Creating, duplicating, deleting,
modifying tracks
• What is the clip menu mainly used for? -✓✓ Arranging, grouping, looping,
modifying clips
• What is the Event menu mainly used for? -✓✓ Modifying time and tempo, MIDI
and Audio events
• What is the options menu mainly used for? -✓✓ toggling edit, record, playback
options on/off
