201 Cert- Protools

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Aux Track

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Audio Track

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Instrument Track

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Master Fader Track

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MIDI Track

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VCA Track

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Key Focus

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Linearity Display Mode

(samples or ticks)

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Edit Window View Selector

comments
inserts
sends A-E
sends F-J
I/O
Real Time Properties
Track Color

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Link Timeline and Edit Selection

options> Link Timeline and Edit Selection

or

SHIFT (/)

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Ruler View Selector

Bars:Beats
Minutes:Seconds
Samples
Markers
Tempo
Meter
Key Signature

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Tab to Transients

(command option tab)

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Mirrored MIDI Editing

options> Mirrored MIDI Editing

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Link Track and Edit Selection

options> Link Track and Edit Selection

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I.D. this Memory Location filter

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Marker View Filter

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Selection Memory Location view filter

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Window Configuration filter

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Track Heights View filter

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Active Groups view filter

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I.D. this Memory Location view filter

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Zoom Settings view filter

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Pre/ Post Roll view filter

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I.D. this Memory Location filter

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Show/ Hide view filter

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Zoom Tool

(F5 to toggle)

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Single Zoom Tool

(F5 to toggle)

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TCE Trim Tool

(F6 to toggle)

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Trim Tool

(F6 to toggle)

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Loop Trim Tool

(F6 to toggle)

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Time Grabber Tool

(F8 to toggle)

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Separation Grabber Tool

Option drag duplicates regions
(F8 to toggle)

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Object Grabber Tool

only works in Slip or Grid modes
SHIFT click to select multiple regions
(F8 to toggle)

Front 31

What are the 7 types of Pencil Tools?

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Front 32

What needs to be available for the Session Status LED to light up?

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All audio and fade files referenced by the session must be available for playback

Front 33

What needs to be available for the Timeline Status LED to light up?

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All of the files in the Track Playlist must be available for playback

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I.D. these indicators

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Automatch Indicators

When lit, they indicate the direction the faders will move when automatching

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I.D. this button

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Voice Selector

setting to "off" frees assigned voice

Front 36

How do you open the Strip Silence Window?

Back 36

Edit> Strip Silence

or

Command-U

Front 37

What are the four parameters for Strip Silence?

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Strip Threshold
-48 to 0dB

Min Strip Duration
0 to 10000ms

Region Start Pad

Region End Pad

Front 38

What are the three variations of Strip Silence?

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Strip, Extract and Separate

Front 39

Where can you enable auto-fades?

Back 39

Setup> Preferences> Operation Tab

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True or False:
You can solo-safe a track while Solo In Place is enabled.

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True

Front 41

How many memory locations can you have?

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999

Front 42

How do you quickly access Memory Locations with the numpad?

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Press:
Period, the Memory Location number, period

Front 43

How do you create a Memory Location?

Back 43

Window> Memory Location
then select New Memory Location from the drop-down menu

or

[Enter] on the numpad

Front 44

Where do you adjust the TCE settings?

Back 44

Setup> Preferences> Processing Tab> TCE section

Front 45

How do you make a marquee selection with the zoom tool?

Back 45

Command-click and drag to make a marquee selection on a single track

Front 46

How do you make the edit selection fill the edit window? (horizontally)

Back 46

Option-F

Front 47

How do you enable the Temporary Scrubber tool when using the Selector Tool?

How do you refine its resolution?

How do you Shuttle Scrub?

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Hold Control to enable,
Control-Command to refine resolution,
Control-Option to Shuttle Scrub

Front 48

How do Scrub a track?

Two adjacent tracks?

Back 48

F9 to choose the Scrubber Tool,
dragging right Scrubs forward,
dragging left Scrubs backwards,
holding Command refines resolution

Dragging between two tracks Scrubs both simultaneously

Front 49

Where do you change color-coding options?

Back 49

Setup> Preferences> Display tab

Front 50

What are three clip indication preferences and where do you set them?

Back 50

3 seconds

Infinite

None

Setup> Preferences> Display tab> Meters section

Front 51

How do you Pre AND Post-Roll audition on either side of a selection start point?

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Start point:
Option-Command-Left Arrow

End point:
Option-Command-Right Arrow

Front 52

How do you Post-Roll audition a selection start point?

End point?

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Start Point:
Command-Left Arrow

End point:
Command-Right Arrow

Front 53

How do you Pre-Roll audition a selection start point?

End point?

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Start point:
Option-Left Arrow

End point:
Option-Right Arrow

Front 54

How do you Scroll the entire contents of the Edit window?

Back 54

Hold Control-Option-Command while dragging left or right with the hand cursor in any ruler.

Front 55

How do you copy plug-in settings?

How do you paste plug-in settings?

Back 55

Copy:
Shift-Command-C

Paste:
Shift-Command-V

Front 56

How do you align a region's Sync point with another region or boundary?

Back 56

Shift-Control click the region to be aligned

Front 57

How do you create a Sync point?

Back 57

Command-Comma

one Sync point is allowed per region.

Front 58

How do you trim/extend a region's Start point by the current Nudge Value?

End point?

Back 58

Start point:
Option- [+] nudges later
Option- [-] nudges earlier

End point:
Command- [+] nudges later
Command- [-] nudges earlier

Front 59

What are three ways to clear all Clip Indicators?

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Track> Clear all Clip Indicators

Option-C

Option-Click on any meter

for a single Clip Indicator click anywhere on that track's meter

Front 60

How do you align a region's End point with another region or boundary?

Back 60

Control-Command-Click the region to be aligned

Front 61

How many tracks does PT support on one hard drive?

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32 @ 44.1kHz or higher

Front 62

How do you make a track inactive?

Back 62

Control_Command-Click on the track type icon

Front 63

How do you open the Time Operations window?

Back 63

Event> Time> Time Operations

or

Option- [1] will display the last active Time Operations page

Front 64

How do you enable individual controls of a Real-Time plug in for automation?

All controls?

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Individual:
Click the AUTO button in the plug in window,
select the desired controls from the left column,
click ADD.

All:
Control-Option-Command- click the AUTO button

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What are the five Scrolling Options?

Back 65

None
After Playback
Page
Continuous (HD and DV Toollkit only)
Center Playhead (HD only)

Front 66

How do you enable an automation control without opening the plug in's automation window?

Back 66

Control-Option-Command- click the desired control

Front 67

How do you align a region's start to another region boundary or location?

Back 67

Control-Click the region to be aligned

Front 68

How do you set one fader to Unity?

All faders?

Back 68

One fader:
Option-Click the fader

All faders:
Shift-Option-Click any fader

Front 69

How do you select everything to the left of the cursor?

Everything to the right?

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To the Left:
Shift-Return

To the Right:
Shift-Option-Return

Front 70

How do you nudge the Start time of an Edit selection?

End time?

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Start time:
Shift-Option- [+] nudges later
Shift-Option- [-] nudges earlier

End time:
Shift-Command- [+] nudges later
Shift-Command- [-] nudges earlier

Front 71

How do you Nudge a region's contents?

Back 71

Control- [+] nudges later
Control- [-] nudges earlier

Front 72

How do you select a range of paths in the I/O Setup?

Non-contiguous paths?

All paths?

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Range:
Shift-click on the last path name in the desired range

Non-contiguous:
Command-click each desired path name

All paths:
Option-click any path name

Front 73

How do you save plug in settings?

Back 73

From the plug in window's drop-down menu select:
Save Settings or Save Settings As

or

Shift-Command-S

Front 74

What are the six Automation modes?

Back 74

Touch
Latch
Read
Write
Trim
Off

Front 75

How do you duplicate tracks?

Back 75

Track> Duplicate

or

Shift-Option-D

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How do you nudge an Edit Selection?

Back 76

Shift- [+] nudges later

Shift- [-] nudges earlier

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How do you nudge a Region?

Back 77

[+] nudges later

[-] nudges earlier

Front 78

What are the 5 timescale options?

Back 78

Bars: Beats
Min: Secs
Timecode
Feet + Frames
Samples

Front 79

How do you open a volume browser?

Back 79

Double-Click a volume in the Workspace Browser

Front 80

How do you nudge by the next larger value?

Back 80

With Key Focus:
(/) nudges later
M nudges earlier

Without Key Focus:
Control- (/) nudges later
Control- M nudges earlier

Front 81

How do you select the Start Field in the Transport Window?

Back 81

[/] Selects the Start Field. Press again to toggle to the End Field and Length Field.

[.] or left/right arrows will toggle cursor to the smaller values in the selected fields.

Front 82

How do you select consecutive inputs for all tracks?

Back 82

Hold:
Option- Command while selecting an input.

Front 83

Where do you access Memory Locations?

Back 83

Window> Memory Locations

or

Command- [5]

Front 84

How do you write a new break point to a new automation value?

Back 84

Hold:
Shift- Option while writing a break point.

Front 85

How do you write a break point to the previous automation value?

Back 85

Hold:
Command- Option while writing a break point.

Front 86

What windows do these keys open?
What menus are they located under?

Command- [1] ?
Command- [2] ?
Command- [3] ?
Command- [4] ?
Command- [5] ?

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Command- [1]
Transport
Window> Transport

Command- [2]
Session
Setup> Session

Command- [3]
Big Counter
Window> Big Counter

Command- [4]
Automation
Window> Automation

Command- [5]
Memory Locations
Window> Memory Locations

Command- [8]
Beat Detective
Event> Beat Detective

Front 87

What windows do these keys open?

Option- [1] ?
Option- [2] ?
Option- [3] ?
Option- [4] ?
Option- [5] ?

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Option- [1]
Time Operations

Option- [2]
Tempo Operations

Option- [3]
Event Operations

Option- [4]
Real Time Properties

Option- [5]
Elastic Properties

Front 88

How do you scroll the Inactive window to match the track of the active window?

Back 88

Shift-Control- Click the track name

Front 89

Where do you enable Edit Insertion Follows Shuttle/Scrub?

Back 89

Setup> Preferences> Operation Tab

Front 90

Where do you enable Timeline Insertion/Play Start Marker Follows Playback?

Back 90

Setup> Preferences> Operation Tab

or

N with Key Focus Enabled

Front 91

Where do you set the default send level?

Back 91

Setup> Preferences> Mixing Tab

Check:
"Sends default to -INF"
for no output, un-check for sends to default at unity.

Front 92

Where do you set the default sample rate?

Back 92

Playback Engine dialogue box.

Front 93

What are 3 ways to increase the priority of tracks?

Back 93

Drag the track higher in the Edit Window

Drag the track to the left in the Mix Window

Drag the track higher in the Track List

Front 94

Where can you export settings?

Back 94

In the I/O Setup dialogue box.

Front 95

How do you make the Output Path Selector on a Master track inactive?

Back 95

Control- Command-Click on the Output Path Selector

Note: The track must have an assigned output

Front 96

What options do you have when using the Save Copy In function?

Back 96

Session Format
Audio File Type (WAV, AIFF, SD II)
Bit Depth (16bit, 24bit)

Items To Copy:
All Audio files
All Non-WAV Audio files
Session Plug-in settings folder
Movie Video files

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What options do you have when creating a new session?

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Name
Save Location
File Type
Sample Rate
Bit Depth
I/O Setting

Front 98

How do you Bounce to Disk?

Back 98

Option-Command-B

or

File> Bounce To> Disk

Front 99

What are the four tabs under Setup> Hardware?

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Main
Analog In
Analog Out
Digital

Front 100

What are Voiceable Tracks?

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Voiceable Tracks are the number of tracks that can share a voice.

44.1kHz can have 192 voices over 256 tracks. 224 would be voiceable.

Front 101

How many tracks can Pro Tools HD playback simultaneously?

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192

Front 102

How do you copy a Timeline Selection TO an Edit Selection?

Back 102

Edit> Selection> Change Edit to Match Timeline

Shift- Option- (6)

(0) with Key Focus enabled

Front 103

How do you copy an Edit Selection TO the Timeline?

Back 103

Edit> Selection> Change Timeline to Match Edit

Shift- Option- (5)

(O) with Key Focus enabled

Front 104

How do you suspend individual automation parameters on a track?

Back 104

Command-Click the Track View Selector

Front 105

How do you suspend all automation on a single track?

Back 105

Click on the Automation Mode Selector and choose "off" from the drop down menu

Front 106

How do you globally suspend all automation for all tracks?

Back 106

Open the Automation Window,
window> Automation or Command-[4]
and click the Suspend button.

Front 107

How do you suspend ONE automation parameter for ALL tracks?

Back 107

Command- Option- Click the Track View Selector on the track with the desired parameter selected.

Front 108

How do you open the Project Browser?

Back 108

Window> Project

or

Option- O

Front 109

What are four ways to free a tracks voice use?

Back 109

Set the track's voice selector to Off

Deactivate the track

Remove the track's output and send assignments

Mute the track
-with Mute Frees Assigned Voice enabled

Front 110

Where can you enable Mute Frees Assigned Voice?

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Options> Mute Frees Assigned Voice

Front 111

How many bi-directional time slots does TDM II provide?

Back 111

512

Front 112

How do you open the Workspace Browser?

Back 112

Window> Workspace

or

Option- ; (semi-colon)

Front 113

How do you access the Universe Window?

Back 113

Window> Universe

or

Command- [7]

Front 114

Where do you find Automation preferences?

Back 114

Setup> Preferences> Mixing

Front 115

What does the DAE playback buffer size determine?

Back 115

it determines the amount of RAM used by the Digidesign Audio Engine

Front 116

What does TDM stand for?

Back 116

Time Division Multiplexing

Front 117

How do you Shuttle Scrub a track?

Back 117

Option- Drag with the Scrubber Tool

Front 118

How do you open the Shift Command Dialogue box?

Back 118

Edit> Shift

or

Option- H

Front 119

How do you simultaneously scroll both windows to a particular track?

Back 119

Shift- Control- Click the track name in the Track List

Front 120

How do you move the Timeline Selection while preserving its length?

Back 120

Option- Drag a Selection Marker

Front 121

How do you save a Browser View preset?

Back 121

Command- Click the number you wish to save it to.

Front 122

How do you enable Commands Keyboard Focus?

Back 122

Click the button in the edit window

or

Option- Command- (1)

Front 123

What can be color-coded in a session?

Back 123

Tracks
Regions
Groups
Markers

Front 124

How do you start a search in an active browser?

Back 124

Command- F

Front 125

Where do you set the Automatch time?

Back 125

Setup> Preferences> Mixing Tab

0-5000ms

Front 126

Where do you adjust the default fade settings for the Smart Tool?

Back 126

Setup> Preferences> Editing Tab

Front 127

How do you create a fade from the cursor to the region start?

To the region end?

Back 127

Without Key Focus:
Start: Option- D
or
Edit> Fades> Fade to Start

End:Option- G
or
Edit> Fades> Fade to End

With Key Focus enabled, press the letter without any modifiers.

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How do you create a region group?

Back 128

Region> Group

or

Option- Command- G

Front 129

Hoe do you separate regions at selection boundaries?

Back 129

Edit> Separate Region

or

Command- E

Front 130

How do you maintain alignment when moving a region from one track to another?

Back 130

Control- Drag with the Grabber Tool

Front 131

How do you enable Loop Record?

Back 131

Control- Click the REC button unti you see the loop arrow

Option- L

Right- Click the REC button and select Loop

Options> Loop Record

[5] with Key Focus enabled

Front 132

How do you enable Loop Playback?

Back 132

Control- Click the Play button

Shift- Command- L

Right- Click the Play button and select Loop

Options> Loop Playback

[4] with Key Focus enabled

Front 133

What options do you have to relocate missing files?

Back 133

Skip All
Manually Find and Relink
Automatically Find and Relink
Regenerate Missing Files without Searching