PRO TOOLS 101 CERTIFICATION PRACTICE 1
EXPECTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Question 1.
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
Question 2.
What is the highest sample rate and bit depth ProTools in general can operate with?
ANSWER
i. 32 bit floating point bit rate
ii. 192kHz sample rate
Question 3.
How many MIDI tracks can you have?
ANSWER
512 MIDI Tracks
Question 4.
How many Internal busses?
ANSWER
256 Internal busses
Question 5.
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.
,Question 6.
Which types of video files can you import?
ANSWER
Quicktime,Avid Video files or VC-1AP (Win)
Question 7.
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?
Question 8.
Frequency is referred to as the _____ of the sound.
ANSWER
Pitch
Question 9.
What is another term for Hz?
ANSWER
Cycles Per Second(CPS)
Question 10.
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.
Question 11.
How much dynamic range does 24bit Audio contain?
ANSWER
144 dB
, Question 12.
How much dynamic range does 16bit Audio contain?
ANSWER
96 dB
Question 13.
How many dB's of dynamic range per bit?
ANSWER
6 dB
Question 14.
What is an A/D converter?
ANSWER
Analog to Digital Converter
Question 15.
What is a D/A converter?
ANSWER
Digital to Analog Converter
Question 16.
What are the two types of digital connections used for transfers?
ANSWER
SPIDIF and AES/EBU
Question 17.
What does DSP stand for?
ANSWER
Digital Signal Processing
EXPECTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Question 1.
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
Question 2.
What is the highest sample rate and bit depth ProTools in general can operate with?
ANSWER
i. 32 bit floating point bit rate
ii. 192kHz sample rate
Question 3.
How many MIDI tracks can you have?
ANSWER
512 MIDI Tracks
Question 4.
How many Internal busses?
ANSWER
256 Internal busses
Question 5.
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.
,Question 6.
Which types of video files can you import?
ANSWER
Quicktime,Avid Video files or VC-1AP (Win)
Question 7.
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?
Question 8.
Frequency is referred to as the _____ of the sound.
ANSWER
Pitch
Question 9.
What is another term for Hz?
ANSWER
Cycles Per Second(CPS)
Question 10.
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.
Question 11.
How much dynamic range does 24bit Audio contain?
ANSWER
144 dB
, Question 12.
How much dynamic range does 16bit Audio contain?
ANSWER
96 dB
Question 13.
How many dB's of dynamic range per bit?
ANSWER
6 dB
Question 14.
What is an A/D converter?
ANSWER
Analog to Digital Converter
Question 15.
What is a D/A converter?
ANSWER
Digital to Analog Converter
Question 16.
What are the two types of digital connections used for transfers?
ANSWER
SPIDIF and AES/EBU
Question 17.
What does DSP stand for?
ANSWER
Digital Signal Processing
