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What are the benefits of Pro Tools HD over LE?
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Higher track count, higher track voicing, higher sample rates, more features, more I/Os, DSP chips, greater stability, lower latency.
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What are the 5 core components of an HD System?
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Computer, Software, Hard drives, PCIe core card(s), Audio Interface.
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What is the sample rate of the 192 I/O? The 96 I/O?
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192 kHz 96 kHz, respectively.
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How many max voices can you have at 44.1 kHz? At 96 kHz? 192 kHz?
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192 max voices, 96 max voices, 36 max voices respectively.
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What is the maximum track count in Pro Tools?
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128 tracks.
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What is the predecessor of the HD Accel card called?
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HD Process Card
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How many channels of I/O do you get per HD Accel card?
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32
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What are the advantages of the HD Accel Cards over their predecessors?
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Accel-only plugins, more powerful DSP, increased mixer capacity, increased plugin count
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Do HD Core cards have accel chips on them?
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Yes but only the PCIe based HD Accel Core Card
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If your processing needs are greater than your current HD system, what should you do?
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Add accel cards for greater processing power
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How many cards can be installed in a Pro Tools HD System?
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7, 1 HD Core Card plus 6 HD Accel cards
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What audio interfaces are available for Pro Tools HD?
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192 I/O, 192 Digital I/O, 96 I/O, 96i Digital I/O
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The Digidesign PRE has how many channels and accepts what types of input?
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8 channels of mic, line, and DI level input
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What does the Sync I/O do?
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Syncs Pro Tools to a variety of devices including tape machines, film, video, multiple HD systems etc.
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How many DSP’s are on each HD Accel card?
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9
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What does DSP stand for?
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Digital Signal Processor
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What is the purpose of the DSP chips?
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To power the TDM Mixer and TDM plugins
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What does TDM stand for?
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Time Dimension Multiplexing
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What is the purpose of a TDM timeslot?
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It moves data around the TDM bus
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How many Timeslots are available on the TDM Bus at 44.1 / 48 kHz? At 96 kHz? At 192 kHz?
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512, 256, and 120 respectively.
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What are the benefits of Pro Tools’ 48-Bit Mixer?
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Increased resolution at extremely high and low fader levels, increased headroom
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How much headroom does the 48-bit Mixer have?
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56 dB
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What are the benefits of using Master Faders?
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They use no DSP, they provide metering to see if you are clipping, they allow you to trim the level of the final mix without losing resolution
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Where would you find the Hardware Setup dialog box?
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Setup > Hardware
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Are changes to the Hardware Setup configurations session dependant?
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No, changes to Hardware Setup configurations are stored globally
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How many I/Os does each audio interface provide in Pro Tools HD?
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16 ins and 16 outs
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How would you send a single output signal to multiple output ports?
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In hardware setup, select an output port. Control click on multiple outputs from the output popup menu
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What are three ways to change the clock source?
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Hardware setup dialog box, session setup window, or command 2
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What are two ways to change the default sample rate?
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Hardware setup dialog box, Playback engine dialog box
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In Setup > Hardware > Analog in, what is Reference Level?
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Two input sensitivities (+4 dBu or -10 dBV) for either professional or consumer audio equipment, respectively.
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In Setup > Hardware > Analog in, what are input trims?
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Two trim controls that are adjustable on the back of the 192 I/O interface.
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In Setup > Hardware > Analog in, what is soft clip?
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A limiter whichs attenuates the input signal 4 dB to avoid overloading the input.
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Does the 96 I/O have adjustable trim controls for its I/Os?
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No, it has a fixed headroom of +14 dB.
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What does the Hardware buffer size control?
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The amount of samples processed at once during one processor cycle.
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Does Pro Tools HD allow you to use hardware buffer sizes than LE?
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Yes, mixing duties are handled by the DSP's freeing the CPU exclusively for RTAS processing.
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On multi-core systems, how many of the available processors should be allocated to RTAS processing?
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Half of the available processers.
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What should the CPU usage limit setting be set at?
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Between 50% to 85%, as needed.
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What should the ratio of voices to DSP chips be in session?
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The highest number of voices with the smallest number of DSP chips to meet your needs.
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Where do you go to view DSP usage?
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Window > System usage
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What does DAE stand for?
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Digidesign Audio Engine.
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What does the DAE Playback Buffer control?
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It determines the amount of memory used to manage disk buffers.
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When would you need a larger DAE Playback Buffer?
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When playing back large sessions or using high edit densities.
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How do you minimize system memory allocation in Pro Tools?
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Setup > Playback > Minimize System Memory Allocation.
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The system usage window shows meters for what parameters?
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PCI, CPU (RTAS), CPU (Elastic), Disk, Voices Allocated, Time Slots, PCI Card DSP Capacity
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How would you correct PCI Bus errors?
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Increase the number of DSP chips / voices, increase the DAE Playback Buffer size.
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What can you do if you run out of RTAS processing power?
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Increase the Hardware Buffer size, Increase the number of processors / CPU Usage Limit.
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What can you do if you run out of Elastic Audio processing power?
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Render elastic audio tracks in the Elastic Audio Window. Alternatively, increase the DAE Playback Buffer Setting to large.
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What can you do if you are getting disk errors?
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Make sure you are using enough hard drives for the track / voice count that you a using. Alternatively you can increase the DAE Playback Buffer Size.
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How can you increase the number of voice mid-session?
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Setup > Playback Engine > Number of Voices
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How do you manually purge the DSPs?
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Window > System Usage > Purge DSP Dropdown Menu. Click Purge Cache.
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How do you open the I/O Setup dialog box?
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Setup > I/O
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In the I/O Setup window, how do you quickly expand or collapse all paths?
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Option click on any path dropdown triangle
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In the I/O Setup window, how do you move multple path assignments at once?
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Click and drag around multiple assignments to "lasso" them so that they are highlighted, then drag them to a new location.
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In the I/O Setup window, how do you select a range of paths?
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Shift-click.
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In the I/O Setup window, how do you select a non-contiguous range of paths?
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Command-click.
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How do you globally activate or deactivate a path?
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Setup > I/O > click the check box next to the path name.
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How do you rename path names from the Mix and Edit windows?
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Right-click on the path name and choose rename.
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In the I/O Setup Window, what are two ways to make a new path?
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Click new path or press command-n.
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In the I/O Setup window, how do you move to the next path while naming?
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Tab.
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In the I/O window, how do you toggle multiple selected paths between active and inactive states?
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Shift-Option-Click on any Active/Inactive control checkbox.
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In the I/O Setup Window, how do you select all paths at once?
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Option-Click on any path name.
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Which key toggles Timeline Insertion / Play Start Marker Follows Playback?
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The N key.
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What are the six main Playback Engine settings that affect Pro Tools Performance? How Does Each affect the Pro Tools System?
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1.Hardware Buffer Size: # Samples processed in 1 CPU cycle
2.RTAS Processors: # Cores devoted to RTAS processing 3.Number of Voices: # Tracks, # RTAS Plugins 4.Delay Compensation: # Samples per channel 5.DAE Playback Buffer: Disk performance in large sessions 6.System Memory Allocation: Frees DAE Buffer playback memory |
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What is a Path?
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A logical grouping of Inputs, Outputs, or Buses that has a single name and channel format.
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What are some factors that could change the I/O Setup window when switching systems?
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Different number of voices, different Hardware.
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What is the Difference between a Main Path and a Sub Path?
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A Sub Path is a path within a Main Path. A Main Path is a grouping of Sub Paths.
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What are some benefits of the Pro Tools 48 Bit Mixer?
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Wide dynamic range, more headroom, no degradation of quality at low levels.
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What are Virtual Tracks?
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Tracks that dynamically share voices when those voices are not being used by other tracks .
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What is Dynamic Voice Stealing?
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Is allows tracks to share a pool of available voice.
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How many voices do stereo tracks require? Mono tracks?
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2 and 1, respectively.
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How is Track Priority determined as it relates to which track will get a voice?
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How far left the track is in the Mix Window, how close to the top it is in the Edit Window or the Tracks List.
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Will deactivating an Aux track free voices in your session?
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No, voicing only affects audio tracks.
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What are 4 ways to free the voice in use by a track?
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1. Set the voice selector to "off"
2. Deactivate the Track 3. Remove all output and send assignments 4. If Mute Frees Assigned Voice is enabled (Options Menu), mute the track during playback. |
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What will happen if a session is opened on a system with less DSP Power than the system it was created on?
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Tracks will automatically be made inactive.
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What are four ways to deactivate a track?
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1. Right-mouse-click the track and select Make Inactive.
2. Select the track and choose Track > Make Inactive 3. Command-Control-Click on the Track Type Icon in the mix window. 4. Click and hold the Track Type Icon and select Make Inactive. |
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What does the Disk Allocation Dialog Box control?
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It allows you to assign each track in a session to a specific folder or hard drive.
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How many tracks are supported on a single Hard Drive at 44.1 / 48 kHz? At higher sample rates?
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32, Less at higher sample rates.
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Where can you change disk allocation?
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Setup > Disk Allocation
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What does the Custom Allocation Option do?
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Records all new tracks to an existing folder without creating another session folder.
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What does the Round Robin Allocation For New Tracks option do?
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Distributes new tracks randomly on any record-enabled hard drives.
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What is Continuous Scrolling?
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Edit window scrolls continuously, Playback is based on timeline cursor, insertion point returns to the start point upon stopping.
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What is Center Playhead scrolling?
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Continuous scrolling, Blue line designates playhead, playhead remains at the end point upon stopping.
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How do you scroll the entire contents of the edit window?
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Hold Control-Option-Command (power claw) while clicking and dragging in the ruler.
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After scrolling, how can you relocate the current insertion point to the start point?
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Press the Left or Right arrow key.
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What are Three ways to scroll mix and edit windows to a particular track simultaneously?
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1. Right-click on the track and choose Scroll Into View
2. Shift-Control-Click on the track's nameplate 3. Shift-Control-Click on the track's name in the Tracks List |
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How many Edit Window Scrolling options are there? What are they?
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5: No scrolling, After Playback, Page, Continuous, Center Playhead
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What are volume Browsers?
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They browse the contents of a a single partition on a hard drive.
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What is the project browser? What are two ways to open it?
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It provides a single view for all of the files in your session. Window > Project or Option-O
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What are the differences between the Digibase (LE) and Digibase Pro (HD) browsers?
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Digibase pro adds the ability to search multiple criteria in a single search pass and to search by any data column.
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In the Digibase Browser, what is Quick Search Mode?
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Searches for all files that include the search string in the file name.
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In the Digibase Browser, what is Advanced Search Mode?
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Does not automatically apply wildcards before and after search string, recognizes underscores and hyphens as word breaks.
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In in Digibase Browser, what are two ways to start a search?
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1. Click the magnifying glass icon.
2. Press Command-F |
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When entering search strings, how do you move to the next search field? The previous search field?
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Tab, Shift Tab.
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What is the difference between a Database Search and a File System Search?
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The database search searches Pro Tools' file database, the file system search is slower and searches the entire file system.
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What does Disk Indexing do?
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It extracts the metadata from each file in the file system
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How do you manually index a folder or volume?
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Select the item in the Workbase Browser. Choose Update Database For Selected from the browser menu.
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How many View Presets can you have for each browser window?
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5
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How do you store a view preset?
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Command-Click on one of the view preset buttons.
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The default view for the browser window is stored in which View Preset?
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Preset 1.
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How do you add a secondary sort in the browser window?
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Option-Click on additional column titles for subsequent sort criteria.
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In the Browser Window, how do you toggle the current sort between ascending and descending?
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Click the Sort Toggle Arrow at the top of the vertical scroll bars.
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In the Browser Window, how do you clear a sort?
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Option-Click on the title header of any column.
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In the Browser window, what is the difference between File Comments and Database Comments?
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File comments are attached to the original file, Database Comments are stored in the database.
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What are two ways to open the Task Manager Window?
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Window > Task Manager or Option+'
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What are the three indicators at the top of the edit window below the playback counter?
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Timeline Data Status Online Indicator, Sessino Data Online Status Indicator, Delay Compensation Status Indicator
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In the Missing Files Dialog Box, what are the three choices for relinking files? What are their keyboard shortcuts?
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Skip All: Command-S
Manually Find and Relink: Command-M Auto Find and Relink: Command-A |
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In the Missing Files Dialog Box, what are the two choices for regenerating fade and render files? What are their keyboard commands?
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Regenerate missing fades:
Command-R Regenerate Missing Render Files: Command-D |
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How do you open the Relink Window?
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Click the browser Menu in the Project Window and choose Relink Offline.
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How do you relink selected files in an open session?
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In the project browser, choose relink selected for the browser menu.
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In the Relink Window, what is the difference between Find All Candidates and Find Links?
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Find All Candidates searches by name and file ID seperately; with Find Links, the name and the File ID must be the same.
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What are two ways to duplicate a track?
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Track > Duplicate
Press Option-Shift-D |
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What are the four types of browsers?
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Workspace browser, Volume Browser, Project Browser, Catalog Browser
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Which Browser shows all files associated with a session?
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Project Browser.
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How do you make a timeline selection with the selector tool?
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Click and drag with the selector tool in any Timebase Ruler.
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While making a timeline selection, what modifier key selects all tracks?
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Option.
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In the Transport Window, what is the keyboard command to select the start field?
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Option-Forward Slash
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I the transport window, what are two ways to cycle through the fields?
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Left and Right keys, or the Period Key to move one entry to the right.
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When the Timeline and Edit selections are unlinked, how are the edit markers displayed?
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As straight yellow brackets with round handles.
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What are two ways to alter the start and end times of edit selections?
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Drag the Edit Markers or change the value in the Edit Selection Indicator (edit window)
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How do you add or subtract an amount from a selection in the Edit and Time Selection fields?
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Press + or - followed by the desired offset, then press Enter.
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What time of timebase is not compatible with calculator ( + and - ) operations?
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Bars | Beats
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How do you move a Timeline or Edit Selection?
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Option-Click on an Edit or Timeline Marker, then drag it to the desired location.
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What are two ways to copy an edit selection to the timeline?
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Edit > Selection > Change Timeline to Match edit
If Commands Focus is Active, press the letter O |
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What are two ways to copy a Timeline Selection to an Edit Selection?
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Edit > Selection > Change Edit to Match Timeline
If Commands Focus is active, press the number 0 |
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How do you make a selection across multiple tracks?
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Make a selection, then Shift-Click on additional tracks
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How do you make a selection occur across all tracks?
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Enable Link Edit and Timeline Selection, then click and drag within the Timebase Ruler
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What modifier key includes all rulers data in the selection?
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Option.
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How do you select everything to the left of the cursor? To the right of the cursor?
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Press Shift-Return
Press Option-Shift-Return |
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What are two ways to enable Link Track and Edit Selection?
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Options > Link Track and Edit Selection
or Click the Link Track and Edit Selection toggle button in the edit window |
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How do you add or remove an Edit Selection from a track?
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Enable Link Track and edit selection, then Command-Click on the Track name
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How do you nudge a region or selection?
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using the + and - keys
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Wat are three ways to set the nudge value?
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1. Click the Nudge Value Popup button and select a value
2. Type a value in the nudge display 3. Press Command-Option-Plus or Minus |
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How do you nudge an Edit Selection?
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Shift-Plus or Minus
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How do you nudge only the beginning of an Edit Selection?
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Option-Shift-Plus or Minus
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How do you nudge only the end of an Edit Selection?
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Command-Shift-Plus or Minus
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What are two ways to access the shift command to move a selection or region?
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Edit > Shift or Option-H
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How do you scrub in shuttle mode?
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With the scrubber tool selected, Option-Click and drag left or right on an audio track.
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How do you make the edit insertion follow the scrub shuttle?
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Setup > Preferences > Operation > Edit Insertion Follows Scrub Shuttle
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How do you make a selection with the Scrubber tool?
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While scrubbing, press shift to position the start marker then press shift again to position the end marker.
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How do you pre-roll Audition up to a selection start point? Up to the selection end point?
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Option+Left Arrow
or Option-Right Arrow |
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How do you post-roll an audition up to a selection start point? Up to the selection end Point?
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Command-Left Arrow
or Command-Right Arrow |
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How do you simultaneously Pre and Post-roll on either side of a selection start point? The End Point?
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Command-Option-Left Arrow
or Command-Option-Right Arrow |
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What are the three types of memory locations?
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Markers, Selections, and Non-Time Based
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What properties can be stored in a memory location?
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Name, Zoom settings, pre and post roll time, track show / hide settings, group enables, and comments
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What are three ways to create a selection memory location?
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select a range of material, then
1. press enter on the numeric keypad, 2. In the memory locations window, select New Memory Location from the popup menu 3. Click the plus sign (add marker) button on the markers ruler |
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What are two ways to open the Memory Locations Window?
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Window > Memory Locations
or Command-5 on the numeric keypad |
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How many memory locations can you have in Pro Tools?
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999
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How do you edit an existing memory location?
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In the memory locations window, Control-Click on the memory location that you want to redefine.
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What are the three ways to recall a memory location?
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1. Click the location in the Memory Locations Window
2. Click the corresponding marker in the marker ruler 3. Press period then the location number, then another period |
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Does nudging work in all edit modes?
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Yes
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Does pre or post roll need to be active for the selection audtion feature to work?
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no
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What are two ways to toggle Single Zoom Mode on or off?
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Click and hold the zoomer button and select Single Zoom Mode
or Press F5 |
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How do you Marquee Zoom a selection on a single track?
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With the zoomer tool selected, Control-Click and drag
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How do you fill the edit window with the current Edit Selection?
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press Option-F
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What does the Time Compression/Expansion Trim Tool Do?
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Compresses or expands the audio in a region to adjust to the new region boundaries.
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Where do you go to change the Time Compression/Expansion plugin?
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Setup > Preferences > Processing
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How do you scrub trim a track?
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Click and hold on the trim tool button and select scrub from the popup menu. Click and drag in a region, the region will be trimmed where you release the mouse button.
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What is the modifier to scrub trim with enhanced resolution?
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Command
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How do you create a looped region?
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Click and hold on the trim tool button and select loop from the popup menu. Or press F6. Click and drag on a region to where you want the loop to stop.
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while using the selector tool, how do you temporarily access the scrubber tool?
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Hold Control
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What are the three operating modes of the grabber tool?
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Time grabber, Separation Grabber, and Object Grabber
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What does the separation grabber tool do?
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It separates a selection from a region to that it can be moved to another part of the track.
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What is the hot key to toggle the Separation grabber and object grabber tools?
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F8
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What does the object grabber do?
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It select non-contiguous regions on one or more tracks.
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What modes does the the object grabber tool work in?
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Slip and Grid Modes
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What modifier key duplicates the selected regions when using the object grabber tool?
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The Option key
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What key combination activates the smart tool?
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any two of the keys F6 through F8
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How do you create a crossfade with the smart tool?
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Place the cursor near the region boundary, close to the bottom of two adjacent tracks, then click and drag
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What are the three things the strip silence command can do?
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1. Extract audio leaving the silent portion of a track
2. Extract the silnt portions of the track 3. Seperate regions without removing audio |
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What are the four parameters in the strip silence window?
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Strip Threshold, Minumum Strip Duration, Region Start Pad, Region End Pad
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How do you enable real-time Auto Fades?
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Setup > Preferences > Operations > Misc > Auto Region Fade In/Out Length
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How do you align the start of a region to the current cursor location?
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Place the session in Slip mode, then Control-Click on the region
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How do you align the end of a region to the current cursor location?
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Place the session in slip mode, then Command-Control-Click on the region
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What are two ways to identify a sync point in a region?
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place the cursor where you want the sync point to occur, then choose Region > Identify Sync Point,
or press Command-Plus |
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What does a sync point look like?
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Small, downward pointing arrow on the bottom of a region.
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How do you align a region's sync point to another location?
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Place the session in slip mode, then select the region to align to, then Shift-Control-Click on the region containing the sync point
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How do you snap a region to the previous region on a track? To the next region on a track?
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Right click and select snap to previous or snap to next
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How can you trim a region using the nudge value? (start and end points)
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Option-Plus or Minus trims the Start point, Command-Plus or Minus trims the end point
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How can you nudge using the next larger nudge value?
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press / to nudge forward and M to nudge backward
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What are to ways to enter Command Keyboard Focus mode?
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click the A-Z button in the upper left of the edit window or press Command-Option-1
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How do you temporarily access command key functions?
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Control plus the desired command key
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How do you nudge the contents of a region without changing the region's start and end points?
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Select the region, then press control-Plus or Minus
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Where do you go to customize what types of fade curves are used with the smart tool?
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Setup > Preferences > Editing Preferences
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What are the seven automation modes?
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Off, Read, Write, Touch, Latch, Touch/Latch, Trim
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What does the touch/latch automation mode do?
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Places the volume control in touch mode and all of the other controls in latch mode.
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What does the trim automation mode do?
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Applies a relative change to the current automation, preserving the underlying automation moves.
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In the automation window, how do you enable or disable a parameter for automation?
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click the parameter
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In the automation window, how do you enable or disable all automation parameters?
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Option click a parameter
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How do you show the automation parameter that you are currently adjusting?
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Command-Control-Click the control
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How do you view multiple automation lanes?
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Click the show/hide lanes triangle at the bottom-left of the track.
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What are two ways to add automation lanes to the track view?
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click the plus sign on the automation type selector
or right click the show/hide lanes triangle and select the automation type you wish to view |
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What is the modifier key to resize only one automation lane?
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hold control while clicking and dragging under a lane
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What is the Automatch Setting, and where is it found?
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Sets the amount of time it takes for the control to return to the previous state after an automation is performed.
Setup > Preferences > Mixing > Automatch Time |
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What are three ways to manually automatch?
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1. Click Automatch in the Automation window
2. Command click the automation mode selector on a track 3. Command-Click on the control currently writing |
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What are two ways to enable automation of a single plugin control?
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Click the automation enable button in the top middle of the plugin window and add the corresponding plugin control
or Command-Option-Control-Click on a plugin control and select Enable automation |
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What are two ways to enable automation for all plugin parameters?
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Command-Option-Control-Click on the Automation Enable button in the plugin window
or Under Preferences > Mixing Enable plugin parameters default to auto-enabled |
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What are two ways to open the Automation Window?
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Window > Automation or Command-4 on the numeric keypad
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Where do you go to suppress automation write-to warnings?
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Preferences > Mixing > Suppress Auto Write on Stop
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What are the five write on stop commands in the automation window?
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Write to selection or session start, write to selection or entire session, write to selection or session end, write to punch point, write to next breakpoint
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What modifier key makes a write on stop mode remain enabled after an automation pass?
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Option-Click a write on stop button
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What would you disable to allow you to cut and paste automation data independent from audio?
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Go to Options > Automation Follows Edit and click to disable
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What does the cut special command do and what are its 3 options?
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Cuts only automation data. All automation, pan automation, plug-in automation
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What does the Copy Special command do and what are its three options?
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Copies only automation data. All automation, pan automation, plug-in automation
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What doe the Paste Special command do and what are its three options?
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Pastes automation data, Repeat to fill selection or to current automation type, merge (midi data)
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What does the clear special command do and what are its three options?
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clears automation data. All automation, pan automation, and plugin automation
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What tool do you use to move a series of automation breakpoints up or down?
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trim tool
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What modifier key prevents the creation of start and end points when trimming automation?
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option
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What modifier key allows you to trim in finer increments?
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Command
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How do you write a new breakpoint to the previous automation value? To the next automation value?
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Command-Option Click Option-Shift-Click
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How do you globally suspend automation?
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Click suspend in the automation window.
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How do you suspend automation on a track?
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Click the track's automation mode select and choose off
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How do you suspend an individual automation parameter on a single track? For all tracks?
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Command Click on the track view selector for the automation parameter
or Command-Option-Click on the track view selector for that automation parameter |
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What are the three solo modes?
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Solo in Place, After Fader Listen, and Pre Fader Listen
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What is the difference between SIP and AFL/PFL solo modes?
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SIP mutes all other tracks, while AFL/PFL routes the signal to another output on the audio interface
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How do you configure an AFL/PFL bus?
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In the I/O Setup window, open the output tab and create a new stereo path. In the AFL/PFL Path dropdown, select the path you just created
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Where do you go to change the solo mode?
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Options > Solo Mode
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How do you change the AFL/PFL solo level?
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Command-Click on any solo button, adjust the fader
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What are the three solo button behaviors?
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Latch, X-OR, and momentary
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In Pro Tools HD, what is a VCA?
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A fader that controls the levels af a grouped set of tracks
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Can you assign more than one VCA master fader to a group?
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No, but vca's can be assigned to nested groups
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On the VCA track, what modifier key record enables or input monitors all subsequent tracks in the group?
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Option
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What track attributes can fall under group control?
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Volume, Pan, Mute, LFE Amount, Record Enable, Input Monitoring, Solos, Automation, Sends, Inserts
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In the Groups window, what do global attributes do?
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They give you a set of go to attributes to apply to any group.
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In the group window sends inserts section, which modifier selects all checkboxes vertically? Horizontally? Both?
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Option, Control, Control-Option
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On Aux and Master Fader tracks, how many voices are used when using an RTAS plugin?
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Mono track:1 voice
Stereo track: 2 voices + Mono plugin: 1 voice Stereo Plugin:2 voices |
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Where should RTAS plugins be placed in relation to TDM plugins on a track?
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Before the TDM plugin
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How do you unlink channels of a multi-mono plugin?
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Click the master link button in the top right of the plugin window.
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How do you select a different channel in a multi-mono plugin?
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click the channel selector in the top right of the plugin window
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How do you link only specific channels of a mutli mono plugin?
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click the link enable /disable button in the top right of the plugin window.
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How do you simultaneously view all channels of a multi-mono plugin?
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Option-click on the channel selector in the plugin window.
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What is the default location for the plugin settings folder?
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Mac OS: Library: Application Support: Digidesign: Plugin Settings
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In the Plugin Window, what key command saves plugin settings?
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Command-Shift-S
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How can you import multiple settings files at once outside of Pro Tools?
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Use the copy function of your operating system
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What are three ways to copy a plugin's settings?
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1. select copy setting from the settings popup menu
2.Press Command-Shift-C 3.Option-Click-Drag the plugin to the new track insert |
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What are two ways to paste plugin settings?
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1. from the settings popup, select paste settings
2. press command-shift-v |
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What is the extension for a plugin settings file?
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*.TFX
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In the plugin settings dialog box, how do you quickly switch between settings folders?
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press command and use the up and down arrows
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What are three ways to manually compensate for delays between tracks?
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1. Use timeAdjuster
2. Manually Nudge Tracks 3. Use the same plugins on all tracks |
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In the Mix Window, how do you toggle between level, peak, and channel delay indicators?
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Command-click on the volume indicator at the bottom of the track
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Where do you go to change delay compensation settings?
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Setup > Playback engine > Delay Compensation Settings
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How can you quickly enable/disable delay compensation?
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Options > Delay Compensation
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How do you view the delay and delay compensation amounts on each track?
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View >Mix Window > Delay Compensation
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How do you change the delay value from samples to milliseconds?
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Operation > Preferences
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How can you bypass or enable reporting delay to the delay compensation engine?
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Command-Control-Click on the plugin delay indicator at the bottom of the track
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What types of plugins feature side-chain processing?
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Dynamics based plugins
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What are the four ways to create a final mix?
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Bounce to disk, Internal Layback, External Layback, Layback Stems
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What are the three sections of the phasescope meter?
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Lissajou Meter, Phase (LEQ) meter, Output metering
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What does the Lissajou meter show?
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The relationship between the phase, amplitude, and pan of a signal
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What does the LEQ meter show?
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Average level of the signal with A-weighting applied to it
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What is the process for converting from high sample rate to cd quality?
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1.Create an internal layback track.
2. In the region list, export the file as a file of 44.1kHz @ 24 bit 3.open the new session file. 4. Create master fader track and apply a dithering plugin 6. bounce to disk as a 16 bit 44.1 kHz interleaved stereo file. |
