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Where does PT store i/o settings? Can you load "i/o setups"?
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They are stored along with individual Pro Tools session
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What is a main path and a sub-path?
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Main Paths are logical groupings of inputs, inserts, busses, or outputs
Sub-path represents a signal path within a main path? |
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What is an audition path?
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Are used to select the monitoring path for previewing audio in the region lists, import audio, dialog boxes, and DigiBase Browser
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How do you audition regions in regions bin?
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Option- Click the region in the region list release mouse to stop playback
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What does MMS stand for?
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Midi Studio Setup
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What does AMS stand for?
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Audio Midi Setup
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There are 2 places to access AMS, 1 inside and one outside PT, What are they?
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Application/ Utilities (outside)
Setup>Midi>Midi Studio (inside) |
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How do you optimize your RTAS performance? Which menu would you go under?
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Allocate half of the available processors to RTAS processing
Setup>Playback Engine |
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The plug-in Streaming Buffer Size is specific to which plug in?
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Structure
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How do you set your default sample rate?
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Setup>Hardware
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What does the hardware setup dialog allow you to change?
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Optical Format, Clock Source, Sample Rate, Footswitch Control, Peripherals
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What Digital formats are available in LE?
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Spidef AES/EBU
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What is the difference between a Control Surface and a Work Surface?
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A Control Surface brings control of Protools out of the computer with faders, knobs, and switches
A Work Surface controls on-screen components on-screen like a control but adds a level of functionality and control that cannot be accessed through the software alone |
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What does the Bank switch on a controller do?
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You can use the left/ right Arrow keys to move to the next or previous bank of 8 track in your session
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What does the Flip switch on a controller do?
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Is a special mode available on all Protools control surfaces that temporarily flips control assignments from the rotary encoders down to the corresponding channel faders , allowing you to use the touch sensitive faders to edit and automate send and plug-in values
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What are the basic specs of Protools LE? How many tracks downs it come with?
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96kHz sample rates
24 bits 48 audio tracks 256 Midi Tracks 32 Instrument Tracks |
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How many busses?
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32
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What does the Music Production Toolkit come with?
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Multi-track version of Beat- Detection
and various music-oriented plug-ins (Structure Hybrid) |
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What does the DV toolkit come with?
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Add multiple videos to a single session, includes the X-form plug-in, and an advance version of Digibase, Replace Regions TCE Edit, Continuous Scroll and scub trim tool
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What does the Complete Production Toolkit come with?
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All the features of the music and dv toolkits, full surround mixing, Snapshot automation, Glide Automation, Editing features for work with field recorders channels, timecode and synchronization features
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How do you play video on the Protools timeline out of the firewire port? What do you connect? Which menu do you access?
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connect out of your protools rig into your computer via firewire, then to a ADVC-110 Digital Video Converter via firewire when to a tv
Options> Video Out Firewire |
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What are the 6 key aspects of the workspace browser and its functionality?
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Access and view the contents of all mounted volumes, Search across multiple volumes simultaneously, Designated volumes for record and playback playback only or transfer, unmounted volumes, view manage audition and import, individual items from any mounted volume and update databases for entire volumes |
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How do you make the workspace browser conform to the current Protools tempo?
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Enable the "Audio Files Conform to Session Tempo" button in the browser Toolbar
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How do you enable loop preview in the workspace browser?
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Select "Loop Playback" from the browser menu or right click the preview button and select "Loop Playback"
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Which types of audio files can be imported in to Protools?
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AIFF
WAV SD I and II MP3 AAC |
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Which audio file type is Mac only?
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SD II
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Which audio file types is windows specific?
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WMA
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Are audio Files automatically copied to the audio files folder when you import them?
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Not by Default
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What are the 4 places you can import audio files from the workspace browser into the edit window?
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Region Lists
Existing Track New Tracks Spot Items into a Track |
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How many video engines can you have running at any given time?
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1
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How do you use memory locations to make a selections?
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Up and Down arrows
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How do you import the audio track from a movie file, without importing the video?
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File>Import>Audio
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What are the key functions to the import session data dialogue? Can you import Protools preferences?
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Allows you to import entire tracks from another Protools session
Yes |
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What does the file icon for a region group look like?
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Midi notes with a wave form under neither
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How do you create a region group? Which menu do you use? What types of tracks can be region grouped? Can region groups be created from empty selections?
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Select Regions Choose Regions>Groups or Command-Option-G
Audio, Midi, Video, Non-continguous, and mixed multitrack Yes |
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How can you use timeline markers to create a selection?
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Select the grabber tool, click on the region and select it
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How can you maintain a selections length, while moving the selection?
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Option Grab
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How do you set pre and post roll in a playlist?
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View>Transport>Expanded, in the Transport window click in the pre-roll field to select it, type in the pre roll amount and hit slash then the post roll amount and hit RETURN
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Which menu allows you to enable or disable pre/post roll?
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options
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How do you set pre/post roll to the same amount?
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Option-Click on the Pre or Post Roll Flag in the Transport
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How do you display different rulers?
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View>Rulers
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How do you add tempo and meter events?
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Click "Add Meter Change" or Add Tempo Change (plus sign)
Control Key and move into the Meter or Temp Ruler with the grabber tool Double Click the Current Meter display in the Midi controls section of either the Edit window toolbar or the Transport window |
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How do you enable the click? Which menu can you enable the click from?
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In the Midi controls, click the Metronome button or Option-Click
Track |
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Which menu allows you to access the Click/ Countoff off options dialogue?
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Setup> Click/Countoff or double click the Metronome button
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What are the 2 ways to quantize Midi information upon recording?
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Input Quantizing
Midi Step Input |
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Which menu allows you to access Midi quantizing options?
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Event>Event Operations
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Which menu allows you to enable loop recording?
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Options>Loop Record
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How do you automatically create new playlist when loop recording?
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Setup> Prefences
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What is the difference between loop recording, and loop playback with Midi merge?
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Command+down arrow
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How do you switch the record enable Midi track on the fly while loop recording?
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Command Up and Down Arrows
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How do you audition loop recorded takes? How do you view the takes list?
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Command-Click with the selector tool anywhere within a selected region and select Match Criteria from the popup or right click, select the match criteria
Command Click with the selector tool within a region |
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Which track timebase is tick based?
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Bars|Beats
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What is the tick value of a 1/4? Of an 1/8 note?
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960
480 |
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How do you audition loop recorded takes? How do you view the takes list?
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Command-Click with the selector tool anywhere within a selected region and select Match Criteria from the popup or right click, select the match criteria
Command Click with the selector tool within a region |
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What timebase do audio tracks default to? Midi Tracks?
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Sample-based
Tick-based |
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Which track timebase is tick based?
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Bars|Beats
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What are 2 types of virtual instruments?
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Plug-in Virtual Instruments
Stand-Alone Virtual Instruments |
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What is the tick value of a 1/4? Of an 1/8 note?
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960
480 |
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Which specific virtual instruments are made by A.I.R?
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Hybrid
Strike Velvet Structure Transfuser Xpand2 |
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What timebase do audio tracks default to? Midi Tracks?
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Sample-based
Tick-based |
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How do you monitor sound from Stand Alone virtual instruments?
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Through Protools software via ReWire
Through the computer's built-in sound capabilities Directly through Digidesign hardware |
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What are 2 types of virtual instruments?
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Plug-in Virtual Instruments
Stand-Alone Virtual Instruments |
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What is Transfuser?
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Is a modular loop-manipulating, beat-munging groove generator
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Which specific virtual instruments are made by A.I.R?
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Hybrid
Strike Velvet Structure Transfuser |
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How do you audition loop recorded takes? How do you view the takes list?
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Command-Click with the selector tool anywhere within a selected region and select Match Criteria from the popup or right click, select the match criteria
Command Click with the selector tool within a region |
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How many parts and patches does Xpand!2 contain?
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1200 parts
2300 patches |
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How do you monitor sound from Stand Alone virtual instruments?
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Through Protools software via ReWire
Through the computer's built-in sound capabilities Directly through Digidesign hardware |
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How many files does Hybrid contain?
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23
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Which track timebase is tick based?
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Bars|Beats
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What is Transfuser?
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Is a modular loop-manipulating, beat-munging groove generator
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What is the tick value of a 1/4? Of an 1/8 note?
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960
480 |
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What timebase do audio tracks default to? Midi Tracks?
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Sample-based
Tick-based |
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How many parts and patches does Xpand!2 contain?
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1200 parts
2300 patches |
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What are 2 types of virtual instruments?
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Plug-in Virtual Instruments
Stand-Alone Virtual Instruments |
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Which specific virtual instruments are made by A.I.R?
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Hybrid
Strike Velvet Structure Transfuser |
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How do you monitor sound from Stand Alone virtual instruments?
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Through Protools software via ReWire
Through the computer's built-in sound capabilities Directly through Digidesign hardware |
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What is Transfuser?
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Is a modular loop-manipulating, beat-munging groove generator
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How many parts and patches does Xpand!2 contain?
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1200 parts
2300 patches |
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How many files does Hybrid contain?
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What is Structure? What are Smart Knobs? What are key switches?
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Sampler
Each knob is set to a parameter ? |
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How many Rewire streams does Protools allow?
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64
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Does Protools allow you to record CC Data from Rewire clients?
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yes
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What is Structure? What are Smart Knobs? What are key switches?
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Sampler
Each knob is set to a parameter ? |
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How do you enable elastic audio?
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Using the tracks Elastic Audio Plug-in selector in the edit window
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How many Rewire streams does Protools allow?
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64
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How do you conform a region to the current session tempo?
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Right click on the region and select "Conform To Tempo"
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Does Protools allow you to record CC Data from Rewire clients?
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yes
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To update an elastic track to the session tempo dynamically, your track must be set to which timebase?
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ticks
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How do you enable elastic audio?
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Using the tracks Elastic Audio Plug-in selector in the edit window
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What are the 5 types of elastic audio plug-ins?
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Polyphonic
Rhythmic Monophonic Varispeed X-Form |
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How do you conform a region to the current session tempo?
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Right click on the region and select "Conform To Tempo"
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Why would you want rendered processing on an elastic audio track?
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High quality compression from the algorithms and you can remove the plug in to free up your processors
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To update an elastic track to the session tempo dynamically, your track must be set to which timebase?
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Ticks
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How does elastic audio analyze an audio file?
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by transients
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What are the 5 types of elastic audio plug-ins?
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Polyphonic
Rhythmic Monophonic Varispeed X-Form |
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What is event confidence?
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Transients events
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Why would you want rendered processing on an elastic audio track?
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How does elastic audio analyze an audio file?
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by transients
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What is event confidence?
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Transients events
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How do you adjust event sensitivity?
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Region>Elastic Audio Properties
Right-Click the region and choose "Elastic Properties" from the popup menu |
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What are the elastic audio views?
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Analysis
Warp |
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Which views allows you to see where elastic audio analysis has detected transients events?
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Analysis
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Which view allows you to fix the audio to specific points in the timeline?
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Warp
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What are tempo event generated warp markers?
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They indicate tempo change has occured at a warp marker
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What is the difference between an event and a warp markers?
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Event Marker- indicate detected audio events
Warp Markers- anchor the audio to specific points in the timeline and are displayed in the warp view only |
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How do you add event markers? How do you delete event markers?
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When set to analysis view with the pencil tool click where you want to add or double click with the grabber tool or control click with the grabber tool, or right click
With the pencil tool option click or with the selector tool make selection then press delete or right click on a selection |
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What are the 3 ways to warp audio?
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Telescoping
Accordion Range |
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What does a warp indicator look like?
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in the right hand corner of the region a triangle with a straight line coming up form the top
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What are 2 ways to access elastic audio pitch transposition? Does undoing pitch transposition affect audio quality? Can you undo pitch transposition?
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The Elastic Properties Window or the Transpose window
NO YES |
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What are the different ways to view Midi information?
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Region and notes
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What is the difference between Midi Thru, and default thru instrument?
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Midi Thru- When recording from a Midi controller onto a Midi or instrument track or monitoring through a record- enabled midi or instrument track
Default Thru Instrument- When monitoring a Midi controller without a record enabled midi or instrument track |
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How do you audition regions in the regions list?
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through the Default Thru Instrument then option-click in the region list
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What does the smart pencil do?
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When editing in Notes view, the pencil tool behaves like a smart tool
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What does the smart pencil do when placed over the middle of a Midi event?
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Turn into a grabber tool
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How do you temporarily suspend grid mode?
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When grid mode enables command drag after clicking with the pencil tool
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What are the different ways to select multiple Midi notes?
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Shift Click with the pencil or grabber tool
Click and drag with the grabber tool or control click with the pencil tool Drag across notes with selector Option drag with the pencil tool mini piano |
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What is the difference between grid quantize and groove quantize?
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quantize off the strict grid timing or off a groove template
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How do you quantize audio regions?
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Select audio region
Events>Event Operations>Quantize or option-O select quantizing options then apply |
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When you double click a Midi region, what happens? How do you change what happens?
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Opens the midi editor window
setup preferences |
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What are two Midi real time properties views?Which view allows you to change proerties without affecting the underlying Midi performance?
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Edit Window and Floating Window
Edit Window |
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Reap Time properties can be applied to which types of tracks? Can real time properties be applied to tracks or regions?
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Midi and instrument
Tracks |
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Where can I delete multiple fades?
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Edit> Fades> Delete
after selected |
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What must you consider when applying fades to elastic audio enabled tracks?
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Micro fades
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How do you select non-contiguous regions in the regions list?
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Press and hold Command- Click select items or move the cursor to the left of the region name until the marquee cursor with a small + then click and drag
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what is compacting sound files?
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An examination of an audio file and irretrievably deleting any data that has not been defined as a region in the current session
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How do you access the color palette?
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WINDOW>COLOR PALETTE
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Which menu can you access region looping from?
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REGION>LOOP
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Which aspects of your session does the color palette effect?
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Tracks, Groups, Markers, regions in tracks, regions in regions bin
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How do you loop multiple selections on multiple tracks as a group?
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GROUP REGIONS FIRST, THEN LOOP THE REGION GROUP
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How would you change the aspects of a loop after you have looped it?
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SELECT LOOPED REGION AND CHOOSE REGION>LOOP (CMND+OPT+L) OR DOUBLE-CLICK LOOP ICON WITH GRABBER OR SELECTOR TOOLS OR SELECT LOOPED REGION AND RIGHT-CLICK WITH ANY TOOL, CHOOSE LOOP IN POP UP ANY OF THESE ACCESS REGION LOOPING DIALOGUE BOX, ALLOWING FOR MODIFICATION OF LOOP.
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Can you access the region looping dialogue box after looping regions?
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YES
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How do you temporarily enforce grid mode while trimming?
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CONTROL
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What's the difference between absolute and relative grid?
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ABSOLUTE DRAGS START OF REGION TO CLOSEST GRID BOUNDARY.
RELATIVE DRAGS REGIONS BY GRID UNITS, ALLOWING TO STAY IN THE METER IF NOT PERFECTLY |
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How do you separate regions on the grid? At transients?
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MAKE EDIT SELECTION, SET GRID INTERVAL USING GRID VALUE POP UP, CHOOSE EDIT>SEPARATE REGION> ON GRID FOR TRANSIENTS) CHOOSE EDIT, SEPARATE REGION>AT TRANSIENTS
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What is the difference between the normal trim, and loop trim tool?
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LOOP TRIM ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE LOOPED REGIONS FROM ANY REGION, BYPASSING THE REGION>LOOP COMMAND AND DIALOGUE BOX.
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How many modes does beat detective have?
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5:
BAR/BEAT MARKER GENERATION GROOVE TEMPLATE EXTRACTION REGION SEPARATION (AUDIO ONLY) REGION CONFORM (AUDIO ONLY) EDIT SMOOTHING (AUDIO ONLY) |
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Which menu can you access beat detective from?
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EVENT>BEAT DETECTIVE (OR COMMAND+[8] numeric keypad
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How many modes work with MIDI?
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2
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How many modes work with audio only?
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3
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What are the five different automation modes in PT LE?
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OFF, READ, TOUCH, LATCH, WRITE
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How do you enable or disable automation globally?
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AUTOMATION WINDOW (WINDOW>AUTOMATION)
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How do you enable or disable automation on a specific track?
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COMMAND+CLICK
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How do you change all tracks to view automation lanes?
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OPTION+TRACK VIEW SELECTOR AND CHOOSE AUTOMATION VIEW.
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How do you enable automation for plug-ins?
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IN AUTOMATION PORTION OF TRACK VIEW SELECTOR ONCE PLUG-IN IS ACTIVE
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In which ways can you manipulate automation data?
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CREATE, DELETE, CUT, COPY, PASTE, NUDGE, ETC.
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How do you delete a break-point?
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OPTION+CLICK
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In which was can you manipulate automation data specifically with the grabber tool?
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CREATE, ERASE AND MANIPULATE BREAKPOINTS.
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How can you copy automation data from one parameter to another?
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USE TRACK VIEW SELECTOR TO DISPLAY AUTOMATION YOU WANT TO COPY.
CHOOSE EDIT>COPY OR COMMAND+C USE TRACK VIEW SELECTOR TO DISPLAY AUTOMATION YOU WANT TO PASTE. CHOOSE EDIT>PASTE SPECIAL>TO CURRENT AUTOMATION TYPE |
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How do you solo safe a track?
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COMMAND+CLICK SOLO BUTTON OF TRACK
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What can Master Faders be used for?
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CONTROLS MASTER OUTPUT LEVELS OF OUTPUT AND BUS PATHS. WHEN ASSIGNED TO AN ACTIVE OUTPUT OR BUS PATH, MF'S PROVIDE POST-FADER FX PROCESSING AND MASTER LEVEL CONTROL FOR A MAIN MIX, HEADPHONE AND CUE MIX, STEMS, FX SENDS, AND OTHER SIGNAL ROUTING APPS.
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How many inserts are available in PT8?
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10 INSERTS
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Are inserts pre or post fader? Are they switchable?
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PRE. NO.
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How many sends are there?
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10
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What does a plug-in window look like when it's open? When it's closed? When it is deactivated? When it is activated? What does a hardware insert look like activated? Deactivated?
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PLUG IN WINDOWS:
OPEN-HIGHLITED CLOSED-NOT HIGHLIGHTED DEACTIVATED-BLUE ACTIVATED HIGHLIGHTED HARDWARE INSERT: ACTIVE GREY DEACTIVE ITALICIZED |
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How can you bypass a plug-in?
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CLICK BYPASS IN PLUG IN WINDOW OR OPTION+CLICK THE PLUG-IN AT INSERT SECTION IN MIX WINDOW
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How can you access single send assignment view?
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COMMAND+CLICK SEND SELECTOR OR CHOOSE FROM VIEW>SENDS A-E/F-J SUB-MENU
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How do you change the default send level preference?
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SETUP>PREFERENCES>MIXING
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How do you move or copy sends?
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OPTION+DRAG
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How do you create a submaster?
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CREATE NEW AUX INPUT TRACK AND ASSIGN DESIRED TRACKS TO AUX INPUT.
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How do you constrain your moves to the selected tracks?
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SHIFT+OPTION
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Understand the difference between time based and gain based effects.
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GAIN BASED-100% "WET" TIME-BASED-MIX OF WET AND DRY SIGNALS
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What features are available on a master fader?
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FADER
INSERTS OUTPUT ASSIGN. AUTOMATION GROUPS |
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When do you apply dither?
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WHEN REDUCING BIT DEPTH.
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How many groups are available?
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104
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What is, and what is not affected by grouping tracks?
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IS: TRACK VIEWS, TRACK HEIGHTS, TRACK TIME-BASED SETTINGS, AUDIO/MIDI EDITING FUNCTIONS, AUTOMATION EDITING FUNCTIONS, MAIN VOLUME LEVEL, AUTOMATION MODE. (OPTIONAL FROM HERE ON) MUTE AND SOLO SETTINGS, SEND LEVELS, SEND MUTE SETTINGS.
NOT: RECORD ENABLES, PANNING, SEND PANNING, VOICE ASSIGNMENTS, OUTPUT ASSIGNMENTS, INSERT ASSIGNMENTS. |
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Can you change group members? How do you modify groups?
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YES. CHOOSE MODIFY GROUPS IN GROUPS LIST POPUP MENU. OR IN MIX WINDOW CLICK GROUP ID INDICATOR ON A TRACK AND CHOOSE "MODIFY" FROM GROUP ID MODIFIER MENU. OR RIGHT CLICK ON A GROUP NAME ON THE GROUP LIST AND CHOOSE MODIFY FROM THE GROUP LIST.
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Can you delete the all group?
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NO
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How do you create a group?
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IN MIX OR EDIT WINDOW, COMMAND+CLICK ON TRACK NAMEPLATES, THEN CHOOSE NEW GROUP FROM GROUP LIST POPUP MENU, OR TRACKS>GROUP, OR COMMAND+G
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