Pro Tools 110 Exam

Front 1

Name the available timebases in a basic PT LE system?

Back 1

Name the available timebases in a basic PT LE system?

Front 2

Which PT Timebase[s] is/are Tick based?

Back 2

MIDI and Instrument Tracks.

Front 3

What is the Flip Mode used for in Digi Control Surfaces?

Back 3

It’s a special mode that temporarily flips control assignments from the rotary encoders down to the corresponding channel faders.

Front 4

Briefly describe the difference between a Worksurface such as our D-Command and a Control Surface such as a 003 [other than size].

Back 4

A control surface is a device that brings the control of pro tools out of the computer and into the real world with faders, knobs and switches, and include transport controls window controls, and pan/send/insert controls.
A worksurface controls the screen but includes a level of functionality that cannot be accessed through the software alone.

Front 5

Describe the track type icon for a Master fader track.

Back 5

The Greek letter Sigma.

Front 6

Under which menu would you find Pre/Post Roll enable/disable?

Back 6

Option.

Front 7

T/F: Pro Tools can run multiple video engines and frame rates at the same time.
a: true
b:false

Back 7

false

Front 8

Describe the difference between how a Disabled and an Enabled Hardware Insert looks.

Back 8

A disabled insert is grayed out.

Front 9

What is the function of “Input Groove Quantize”?

Back 9

It allows you quantize a performance by aligning MIDI notes to a quantize grid while recording to adjust the feel

Front 10

What is the resolution in ticks per quarter note, of MIDI in PT LE ?

Back 10

960.

Front 11

What happens during Pro Tool’s Elastic Audio Analysis function?

Back 11

Pro tools analyzes the audio for transient events and markers are placed.

Front 12

How does the Pencil Tool change when placed over the mid-point of a MIDI event?

Back 12

it become a grabber/selector tool

Front 13

14. Name the view options available for Elastic Audio enabled tracks.

Back 13

Analysis and Warp.

Front 14

In Elastic Audio, where are Event Markers placed?

Back 14

At transients.

Front 15

Describe the Track type icon for an Instrument track.

Back 15

a keyboard

Front 16

Under what menu would you be able to show/hide various time base and conductor rulers?

Back 16

View.

Front 17

Describe 3 ways in which Regions are selected in the Regions List.

Back 17

Command-Click, Shift-Click and Marquee.

Front 18

How can the Grid Mode be temporarily suspended when editing?

Back 18

by holding control/command

Front 19

List 4 Time-based Effects.

Back 19

Delay, Chorus, Reverb, and Echo.

Front 20

List the Elastic Audio Plug-ins.

Back 20

Polyphonic, Rhythmic, X-form, Monophonic, Varispeed.

Front 21

When should Dither be applied?

Back 21

When exporting to a lower bit-rate.

Front 22

Under which menu would you be able to open the Workspace Browser?

Back 22

Window.

Front 23

Describe the track type icon for an Aux track.

Back 23

a down arrow

Front 24

What is the 003’s Bank Switch used for?

Back 24

To move 8 tracks at a time.

Front 25

Under what menu would you go to to change PT track widths?

Back 25

View.

Front 26

Under what menu would you go to to turn on /off the Click Track?

Back 26

option

Front 27

List the ways in which Pre/Post Roll can be enabled.

Back 27

in the ransport window, playlist or in the option menu

Front 28

Read very carefully about Elastic Audio and remember what can be done with it.

Back 28

Provides tick-based (real and rendered) time compression and expansion, enabling you to quickly and easily tempo-conform and beat-match audio to the sessions tempo ruler.

Front 29

Which Tool is used to edit Beat Triggers in Beat Detective?

Back 29

Grabber.

Front 30

32. List 3 effects of quantizing Elastic Audio events.

Back 30

Event markers are promoted to warp markers, warp markers closest to the grid are quantized and TCE is applied between markers.

Front 31

What happens when you click the “Remove” button in the Clear Regions dialog box?

Back 31

the item is removed from the project but not from the hard drive

Front 32

List 6 things that can be done to automation break points as part of editing, such as: copying or moving.

Back 32

Copying, pasting, moving, adjusting values, creating and clearing.

Front 33

Without opening a plug-in how can you tell if it is bypassed in the PT Mix window?

Back 33

The insert is blue.

Front 34

How many parts can an Xpand! pre-set contain?

Back 34

4

Front 35

What does the Real-Time Properties apply to?

Back 35

midi

Front 36

List the ways to monitor stand-alone virtual Instruments.

Back 36

PT software through Rewire, through computers built in audio capability, through Digidesign hardware without PT.

Front 37

Which kinds of tracks can be used to create multi-track region groups?

Back 37

AUX in and Master Faders.

Front 38

Which types of regions can be used with the Loop and Un-loop Regions menu commands?

Back 38

Audio, Midi, and region groups.

Front 39

PT LE and M-Powered systems have how many internal busses?

Back 39

32

Front 40

How many Inserts can be used per track in Pro Tools?

Back 40

10

Front 41

How many Sends can be used per track in Pro Tools?

Back 41

10

Front 42

You can record enable a different MIDI track “on the fly” while Loop Recording by pressing what key with the Up/Down arrows?

Back 42

Command.

Front 43

47. Which key do you hold to select/deselect non-contiguous regions in the Regions List?

Back 43

Command.

Front 44

From which menu can you access the Click Options?

Back 44

options

Front 45

48. What is the Default Tempo in Pro Tools?

Back 45

120 bpm

Front 46

What is the Default Meter in Pro Tools?

Back 46

4/4

Front 47

Which tool do you use to access the Takes List after Loop Recording?

Back 47

Selector or Grabber.

Front 48

List the ways to select a group of MIDI notes

Back 48

Shift-click each note with Grabber or Pencil
Click and drag a rectangle around notes with the Grabber, or CTRL-click and drag around notes with Pencil
Drag across a range of notes with the Selector
Option-drag across a range of notes with the Pencil
Select a single note or range of notes with the mini-keyboard

Front 49

From which menu can you create a Region Group?

Back 49

Region.

Front 50

List the sample based timescales

Back 50

Min:Sec, Feet+Frames, Samples, Timecode.

Front 51

Mix Grouping affects what parameters?

Back 51

Edit Groups:
Track views
Track Heights
Track timebase settings
Audio and MIDI editing functions
Automation editing functions
Mix Groups:
Main volume level
Automation mode
Mute settings
Solo settings
Send levels
Send mute settings

Front 52

What are two places that I/O assignments are saved?

Back 52

In the session file and the I/O Settings files.

Front 53

From which menu is the I/O Setup accessed?

Back 53

Setup.

Front 54

Where would you go to set the number of RTAS processors to allocate in your PT system?

Back 54

Setup> Playback engine.

Front 55

Describe the Track ID icon for a MIDI Track.

Back 55

Looks like a MIDI port.

Front 56

Name the audio file types that cannot be imported into Pro Tools.

Back 56

Anything protected with DRM (AAC, MP4)

Front 57

List the file types that can be imported into both Mac and Windows PT sessions.

Back 57

Wav, Aiff, quicktime, mp3

Front 58

List the features of the Import Session Data dialog.

Back 58

Source Properties
Audio/Video media options
Timecode mapping options
Track offset options
Sample rate conversion options
Source tracks
Import options

Front 59

How is a Region Group created?

Back 59

Select regions, then Choose Region> group, or right click the edit selection and choose group.

Front 60

To move the playback range to a new location while keeping the same length

Back 60

Option drag either playback marker.

Front 61

To set the Pre, Post roll in the playlist with the selector tool

Back 61

Option Click before/after the selection.

Front 62

Which key is used to set tempo by manually tapping?

Back 62

t

Front 63

Step Input is accessed from which menu?

Back 63

Event.

Front 64

From which menu is Loop Record Enabled?

Back 64

Option.

Front 65

_______ Click to choose a range of regions in the Regions List?

Back 65

shift

Front 66

What does Quantize do in Elastic Audio?

Back 66

Adjusts markers to the grid.

Front 67

How many audio streams can be streamed directly into PT from Reason?

Back 67

64

Front 68

_________ Click to preview MIDI tracks in the Regions List?

Back 68

option

Front 69

What is the View Menu for?

Back 69

adjusting window layouts

Front 70

List the two ways to apply Pitch Change.

Back 70

In the elastic properties window or the transpose window.

Front 71

Inserts can be switched to Pre or Post.
a. True
b. False

Back 71

false

Front 72

Inserts are processed in series from top to bottom
a. True
b. False

Back 72

a: true

Front 73

Inserts allow a processor to be inserted directly onto a track
a. True
b. False

Back 73

a true

Front 74

78. Under what menu is the Click/Countoff dialog box accessed?

Back 74

setup

Front 75

In the Tracks list, how do you determine if a track is hidden?

Back 75

The circle is grayed out.

Front 76

How would you preview an audio file in the Regions List?

Back 76

Option-click the region name.

Front 77

81. Of the five Operational Modes in the Beat Detective window, which 2 of the modes can operate with MIDI?

Back 77

Bar|Beat marker generation and groove template extraction.

Front 78

Is Compacting Audio Files Undoable?

Back 78

No.

Front 79

What happens when an Elastic Audio track is Quantized?

Back 79

Warp Markers are moved to nearest grid points.

Front 80

84. The Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size setting in the Playback Engine Dialog Box does what?

Back 80

It determines the amount of memory used for streaming playback from disk when using structure.

Front 81

How do you preview an audio file in the Workspace Browser while the session is playing

Back 81

Enable audio files conform to session tempo, play the session and use any audition method.

Front 82

After a region is looped, how can it be edited?

Back 82

As a single discrete region or by manipulating individual looped segments.

Front 83

87. What types of tracks and regions can de affected with Real Time Processing?

Back 83

elastic audio

Front 84

88. Where can the number of a computer’s processors delegated for RTAS plig-ins be changed?

Back 84

Setup>Playback engine.

Front 85

89. What Pro Tools session elements can have colors assigned using the Color Palette?

Back 85

Tracks, Regions, Groups, and Markers.

Front 86

90. List the video frame rates supported in Pro Tools.

Back 86

23.976, 24, and 25 fps.

Front 87

91. List the two ways that an existing Looped Region can be trimmed?

Back 87

The whole region can be trimmed or the length of the loop can be trimmed.

Front 88

92. Explain how an Elastic Audio Pitch Transposed track can be edited or changed and what, if any degradation will occur to the original files?

Back 88

It can be changed at any time without degradation in audio quality. New files are created and the originals are left intact

Front 89

93. What is the difference between Real Time and Rendered Elastic Audio Processing?

Back 89

Rendered cannot be done in real time and is a higher quality.

Front 90

List the three types of Elastic Audio markers?

Back 90

Event, Warp, and tempo event-generated warp.

Front 91

95. In Loop Recording, how are Alternate Takes accessed?

Back 91

From playlists in the same track, from other tracks, or from the region list

Front 92

List the 3 different software expansion options available in Pro Tools?

Back 92

Music production, DV, and Complete production toolkit.

Front 93

97. How would you set up Hardware Buffer size for recording and then mixing?

Back 93

Lower for recording, higher for mixing.

Front 94

98. What does the Default button do in I/O set-up?

Back 94

Sets the I/O to the default for the connected interface.

Front 95

99. What can be automated in Pro Tools?

Back 95

Volume, Pan, Mute on audio, aux input, Midi, and Instrument tracks. Volume pan and mute controls on sends, volume on master faders, and all plug-in controls

Front 96

What level does a send default to when first created?

Back 96

- infinity.