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Can you choose a sample rate other than the default when creating a new session?
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Yes, in the New Session dialog box.
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Can you choose a sample rate other than the default when creating a new session?
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Yes, in the New Session dialog box.
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Clear all clip indicators?
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Option + C
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Create a New Session
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Command N
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DAE, what does it stand for, what is it like?
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Digidesign Audio Engine
Its like RAM |
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Deactivate a track
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Command + Control + Click the track type icon
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Definition: Audio File
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When audio is recorded, each take is stored as a separate file inside the corresponding session's audio files folder.
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Definition: Fade Files
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Folder contains separate fade file documents for fade in, fade out, x-fade, created automatically by pro tools
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Definition: Region Groups
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folder is the default directory that PT uses for any region groups that you export from PT sesh. If not exporting, folder will remain empty and will be removed when you close the sesh.
region groups used in your sesh are not stored in this folder unless they've been exported. |
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Definition: RTAS
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Real Time Audio Suite.
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Definition: Wavecache file
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Stores waveform display data for session and enables it to open quickly.
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Enable/disable pre/post roll.
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Command + K
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Fill edit window with current selection.
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Option + F
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How do you create a sync point?
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Command + , (comma)
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How do you enable the commands focus "a...z" function?
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Option + Command + 1
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How do you nudge by next value forward and backwards?
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Control /
Control + M |
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How do you remove a MIDI input or output connection? How do you delete all connections?
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Select a cable and press Delete.
MIDI > Clear All Connections. |
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How do you snap a regions end to the play head?
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Command + Control + Click
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How do you snap a regions start to the playhead?
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Control + Click
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How many tracks can you scrub in one scrub (at once)?
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Two adjacent mono or stereo tracks (mono-mono, stereo-mono, stereo-stereo).
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How would you assign multipul outputs from any send?
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Hold control when going through the drop down menu for the second time.
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How would you change the settings for the Time Compression/Expansion tool?
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Setup->Preferences->TC/E
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How would you duplicate a track
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Option + Shift + D
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How would you enable real-time audio fades?
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Setup->Preferences->Operation->Misc
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How would you go about nudging a regions contents?
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Control +/- While time grabber tool is active
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How would you jump into the Edit windows start field?
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/
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How would you nudge an entire edit selection, the start of and edit selection, and the end of an edit selection?
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Entire: Shift +/-
Start: Option + Shift +/- End: Command + Shift +/- |
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How would you select everything left of the cursor, all the way to the start of the session?
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Shift + Return
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How would you toggle through renaming the Input names in the I/O set up?
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The tab key
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How would you trim a regions Start or End boundaries?
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Start : Option +/-
End : Command +/- |
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If a fade file is deleted or moved, what does protools do?
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recreates them automatically
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If the Manufacturer or Model names for your MIDI external device do not show up in the AMS (Audio MIDI Setup) window, how can you add them?
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Using a text editor (i.e. TextEdit) to edit any current .middev file.
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If you do not enter any information in the Instrument Name field, what will happen?
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It will inherit information from the Model pop-up menus and the Manufacturer automatically.
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In the I/O setup, and path can be white, light grey, dark grey, and medium grey.
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White: The channel is available for a path
Light Grey: The I/O is overlapping with other paths. Dark Grey: The channel is unavailable for sub-paths. Medium grey: Indicates extra space beyond recognizes audio interfaces. |
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In the workspace browser, how would you move forward or backwards in the volumes field?
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Tab to go forwards
Shift tab to go back |
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Is it better to create mono sub-paths for Outputs and Busses or mono main paths to optimize mixer and DSP resources?
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mono sub-paths
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Link Timeline and Edit Selection
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Shift /
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Mac OS Key Commands- Windows Key Commands:
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Command: Control
Option: Alt Control: Start (Win) Return: Enter (non- numeric) Delete: Backspace |
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Main componants for PT HD?
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Computer w/ PCI Slots
Hard Drive (Allocated for audio) Interface (196, 92) Corcard |
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Memory locations window?
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Command + 5 (numeric)
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ProTools HD 2 Accel can use up to how many voices?
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192
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ProTools HD automation modes.
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Off
Read Touch Latch Touch/Latch Write Trim |
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Pull up Strip Silence.
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Command + U
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Pull up the automation window
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Command + 4 (numeric)
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Pull up the Time operations window
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Option 1 (numeric)
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Quick key for the shift command?
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Option + H
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Quick key to paste plug-in settings?
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Command + Shift + V
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Quick key to save plug-in settings?
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Command + Shift + S
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Select everything right of the cursor, all the way to the end of the session?
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Option + Shift + Return
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Task Manager
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Command + ' (Apostrophe)
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The Minimize Additional I/O Latency option is only available if additional buffering is required for RTAS error suppression on the Pro Tools system you are using and what is enabled?
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The Ignore Errors During Playback/Record option.
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The New Track Default Output can be set to what 2 paths?
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bus paths and output paths
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Three places you can enable Automation Safe?
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Output window, Send assignment, Plug-in
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Timeline and Session LED's indicate what? Can one be on without the other?
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They indicate if any files are missing or still being relinked/processed. They always turn of together because if a file is missing from the session, its obviously not in the timeline, and visa verse.
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To apply delay compensation to automatically bypassed tracks, or better said, to set Delay Compensation to continuously prevent audio tracks from being suspended from delay compensation during input, do what? What color will it turn?
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Command + Control + Click on the Track Compensation Indicator. It will turn blue?
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To bypass an auxiliary inputs track compensation, do what? What color will it turn?
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Command + Control + Click on the Track Compensation Indicator. It will appear greyed out.
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To jump into the transport windows Start field?
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Option /
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To Post-roll after a selection end point...
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Command + Right Arrow
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To Post-roll audition after a selection start point....
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Command + Left Arrow
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To pre and post roll a selection on either side of the selection start....
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Command + Option + Left Arrow
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To pre or post roll audition on either side on a selection end point...
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Command + Option + Right Arrow
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To Pre-roll audition up to a selection end point...
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Option + Right Arrow
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To scroll through the tabs in the Preferences window, hit what?
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Command Left/Right
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To suspend a individual automation parameter on a track, do what?
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Command + Click the Track Automation View Selector
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To suspend automation playback and recording for a track, do what?
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Select OFF from the Automation Mode Selector.
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You would want to use the Time Operations Change Meter window if you would like to ___ or ____ time simultaneously while adding meter events.
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Add or Cut time
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You can store which of the following as a memory location:
A. Zoom Settings B. Track Heights C. Group Enables D. Window Configurations E. All of the above |
E. All of the above
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You can store up to __ window configurations
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99
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You can move a trigger up to __ ms earlier than the trigger point using trigger pad in Beat Detective.
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50 ms
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You can import and export sounds or MIDI files into/out of structure by
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Dragging and dropping
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You can have ___ memory locations
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999
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You can draw velocity curves with any pencil tool except for
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Parabolic and SCurve
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You can create a click track under which menu
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Track
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ou can also import all the markers, _____, and ______ from another session.
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markers, memory locations, and window configurations
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You can also access the Move Song Start function under the ______ window
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Operations
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You can ___ click on a ruler to add an event.
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Ctrl
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X-Form has four parts. They are:
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Audio, Time, Transient, and Pitch
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Write to Current Command writes automation to....
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currently displayed automation playlist
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Write to All Enabled shortcut
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Command + Option + /
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Work Clock is
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a clock reference
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With the color palette, you can color what things
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Tracks
Groups Markers Regions |
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With Real-Time Properties open, if a T resides on a region it means
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Track based Real time properties in effect
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With Real Time Properties open, using the Write to Region (or Write to Track) option applies changes ________>
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permanently
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With real time properties open, an R in the region means
Region |
based real time properties in effect
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With Auto-Update Active Configuration is selected, the active _______ _______ will update with every change to the window layout and window display settings.
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Window Configuration
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To use the selector as a scrubber, hold what? To use fine scrub, hold what?
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Control
(Fine) Command + Control |
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True or False. The task manager will allow you to monitor, change priority of, pause, and resume tasks all while your still recording and editing.
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False, you cannot change the priority of the tasks.
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True or False. Using the Time Operations function, you can Change meter, change time, insert time, cut time, and change song start?
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False. You can't change time fool
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True or False? You can use the Region Alignment commands on only one region at a time?
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True
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Under what menu and what three main options would you find in the hardware setup
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Setup -> Hardware Setup
Referance Level, Input Trims, Soft clips |
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Universe Window
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Command + 7 (numeric)
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What are the 4 DigiBase Browsers?
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Workspace browser, volume browser, project browser, and Catalogs browser.
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What are the Automation Manual Write and Write on Stop options?
Write to Selection Start |
Write to Entirety of Selection
Write to Selection End Write to Previous Breakpoint (punch point) Write to Next Breakpoint |
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What are the five main Playback Engine options?
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Hardware buffer, RTAS processing, CPU usage limit, number of voices and assignments, sample rate.
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what are the incompatible ascii characters?
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/\\:*?"'<>|
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What are the quick keys to Write a new breakpoint to the next automation value? and to Write a new breakpoint to the previous automation value?
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Option + Shift + create breakpoint
Command + Option + Shift + create breakpoint |
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What are the two Snapshot Automation options. Where are they and whats the quick key?
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You can Write to Current (Command /) or Write to All Enabled. Both are found under the Edit menu.
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What audio files are compatible?
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Wav, Aiff, SD II.
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What does Dynamic Transport allow?
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It decouples the playback head from the timeline and edit selections, much like the Center Playhead scrolling option.
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What does higher CPU Usage Limit settings versus lower settings do?
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Higher: allocate more processing power to Pro Tools (i.e. for RTAS plug-in processing)
Lower: limit interference from Pro Tools on other processing tasks done by the CPU |
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What does TDM stand for?
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Time Division Multiplexing
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What does the automation Trim mode do?
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Updates previously written automation
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What does the session file contain?
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audio tracks, audio and video files, settings, and edits
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What happens if the wavecache file is deleted?
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Protools will recalculate the session waveform data, causing the system to open more slowly
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What is calculator mode?
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Allows you to add or subtract time to the start or end of a selection via the +/- keys once you've slashed into the correct fields.
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What is the default audio file?
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Wav
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What is the max # of MIDI tracks you can have?
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256 in addition to existing audio tracks
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What is the max # of tracks that can be played back?
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192 tracks
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What is the maximum supported audio format?
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24 bits and 195kHz
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What modifier key do you press to add an existing selection to another track?
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Shift
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What new scrolling option is available for protools HD ONLY, and what makes it so damn special?
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Center Playhead: When using this mode, the playhead is completely independent of the Timeline selection. If the timeline selection changes, the playhead will not update its location when playback begins.
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What settings are generally considered (and why) to be best when mixing and using more RTAS plug-ins?
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Higher Hardware Buffer Size settings because they allow for more audio processing and effects.
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What should the ratio between of DSP chips and Voices be?
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Highest number of Voices with the least amount of DSP chips to meet your needs
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Which quick key would quickly toggle between Auto Input and Input Only monitoring
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Option + K
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Which of the following are part of Structure:
1. Samplers 2. FM Wave 3. Audio FX 4. MIDI Fx 5. All of the above |
5. All of the above
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When you use Quick Punch, the newly recorded material is recorded to a ___ _____ _____.
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new audio file
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When you raise the sensitivity so Beat Detective can detect an important trigger, _____ click to promote that trigger before lowering the sensitivity so it will stay even though the sensitivity has been lowered.
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Command
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When usinng MIDI Thru, you should disable ______ _______
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local control on MIDI devices
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When using Sound Replacer, Red means
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Zone 2 threshold setting or 2nd highest
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When using sound replacer, Blue means
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Highest threshold setting or zone 3
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When the MIDI Event List is active, hitting Command + F will
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bring up the View Filter dialog box
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When exporting a ___ bit session to a ____ bit session, you should use a dither and noise shaper.
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24 bit to 16 bit
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When a track is record enabled for Track Punch, what color is its record enable button prior to recording
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light solid blue
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What will not be affected by key change events
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Audio tracks and non-pitched tracks
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What section ahows all samples being used in the Patch in the editor window
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Treeview
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What is the quick keys for Identify Beat
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Command + I
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What is the default tempo in Pro Tools
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120 BPM
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What is the default meter in Pro Tools
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4/4
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What is the default key signature of Pro Tools
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C Major
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What is Pro Tools default display mode
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Linear Sample
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What happens when you import a MIDI file into the Region List?
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MIDI tracks embedded in the SMF are split out and become separate regions.
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What color will the Input button of a track turn when Input Only monitoring is enabled
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light green
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What can be used to extract grooves from a MIDI or Audio performance
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Beat Detective
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What are three ways to record multiple takes for comping a recording
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Loop Record
Playlists Duplicate Tracks |
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What are three ways to enable Quick Punch
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1. Options> Quick Punch
2. Right-click on the Record button and choose Quick Punch 3. Hit 6 on the numeric keypad |
