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Is there a stereo-in/mono out plug in path?

pg. 238
NO
mono/stereo plug ins have the ability to
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"Stereoize" a Mono Track
Multi-channel TDM/RTAS plug-ins

pg.240
same effect to multi channel tracks

like same effect goes to stereo tracks
Multi-Mono TDM/RTAS plug-ins


pg.240
used on stereo or greater-than-stereo multi-channel tracks when a multi-channel version of the plug-in is not available.
RTAS plug in may add latency and take up two voices when:
pg. 241
-inserted on an Auxilary Input.
-inserted on an instrument track that doesnt have instrument plug in
-when inserted after a TDM plug in on any kind
RTAS on aux track uses voices. . .
p.g. 241
-RTAS on mono aux track uses two voices (1 voice in 1 voice out)

RTAS on stereo aux track uses four voices
(2 channels times 2 voices)
RTAS should be insterted BLANK a TDM Plug-in
Before a TDM plug-in
avoid inserting a tdm plug in BLANK RTAS plug-ins on any kind of track -
between
Subsequent RTAS plug ins on the same track do not take up additional voices unless a....

p.g.241
TDM plug in is between them
one additional voice is used when this happens on an RTAS plug in track
-using solo bus on the track
-side-chain processing
-selecting multiple outputs for that track (one voice used for each output)
RTAS plug-ins before TDM plug-ins
will be BLANK when record enabled or track input monitoring is selected
bypassed
to ensure RTAS plug-ins stay active during record enable and input monitoring

p.g.242
you should group all tdm plug-ins before RTAS
multi-mono plug ins

ch. 8 pg 240
used on stereo or greather than stereo tracks when multichannel is not available
multi channel plug ins
you can aplly effects to ...
all the channels
PT HD sessions with surround mixer support how many channels

p. 239
3-8 channels
plug in path formats
mono-in/mono-out
mono-in/stereo-out
stereo-in/stereo-out
On PT HD
RTAS plug ins placed on Aux inputs, master faders and instrument tracks will
use additional voices
and introduce latency based on H/W buffersize
Hardware Inserts-I/O settings
use Inputs and Outputs with corresponding numbers and cant use i/o path that is already in use.
duplicate uses of the same I/O assignmentr will be made inactive
main types of inserts are
p.237
hardware inserts
software inserts
instrument plug ins
Inserts are BLANK on Master Fader tracks



p.236
Post- Fader
Inserts are BLANK- fader
except on master tracks


p.236
Pre
Is the order of individual inserts significant


p.236
Yes
What are the system usage veiw formats.
view>system usage>formats
p. 235
small
large
detailed
gas gauge
activity only
avoid inserting TDM plug ins BLANK RTAS plugins on any track
>between<
it adds unnecesarry voices.
Latency caused by RTAS plug ins is adjustable vis the BLANK setting in the playback engine dialog box.

ch.8 p.g.241
Hardware Buffer Size
RTAS plug-in grouped before TDM plugins will be

p.242
bypassed while record enable or track input monitoring is selected.
no additional voices will be used.
To ensure RTAS plug-ins on an audio track,stay active when you are in record enable and track input monitoring.

p.242
RTAS goes after TDM plug ins
To conserve voices and minimize processing latency, group all RTAS plug-ins BLANK TDM plugins.

p.242
Before
You can view all channels of a multi-mono plug-in by Blank clicking on the channel selector.

p.243
OPTION clicking
each channel will open in a seperate window.
to link specific channels of a multi-mono-plugin

p.244
1.make sure the master link button is deselected.
2.click the link enable buttons (a.k.a small dots that represent channels,) that you want to link.

3.once linked plug-in controls will move in tandem
To RE-link all channels in the plug-in.

p.244
1.click the master link button.
ProTls will prompt you.
2.click channel to retain
3.click ok
4.all channels on the track will be relinked.
Protools saves settings of real time plug-ins

p.244
true
To access the plug-in settings menu.

p.245
click the pop up triangles on the left hand side of the librarian menu (plug-in settings) to display the menu
plug in settings files are stored in either two places of your choosing

p.246
Root settings folder

or

session settings folder
root settings folder is really named

p.g.246
"plug-in settings"
is the default location for plug in settings

Macintosh:library:application support:digidesign:plug in settings.
session settings folder is also named "BLANK" but is located in the ....
p.g.246
"plug-in settings"
but is located in the PT Session folder.
only session specific storage.
handy for working one session on multiple computers.
To change where the plug in settings are saved go to

p.g.247
1.In the plug in window
2.click settings pop up menu
3.choose settings prefernces>save plug in settings to
press? to save plug -in settings
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COMMAND+SHIFT+S
Save settings as command saves the settings of the current plug-in to....
p.248
a new settings file is saved.
key command to copy plug in settings
p.252
command+shift+C
key command to paste plug-in settings
p.g.252
coomand+shift+V
to delete plug in settings
p.g.253
with setting open got to settings menu and select delete current settings.

or delete with mac os system

once it is deleted it cannot be retrieved.
to create a custom user default setting for plug in
(creates only)
p.g.254
1.create and save setting
2.choose set as default user setting from the settings pop up menu.
3.the setting is now avaialbe by choosing <user default>.
to make a plug-in default to the user default settings

p.g.254
from the Settings pop up menu, choose SettingsPreferences> set plug-in default to> user setting
Next(+) and Previous(-) settings button
p.254
+ button to select next plug in setting
- to select previous plug in setting
the Plug In setting select dialog box lets you audition a series of settings.
to open it....

p.g.255
click the plug in settings select button in the plug in window.

looks like two squares on top of each other
key command to switch between settings folders in the plug in settings select dialog box

p.g.255
command and the up and down arrows.
The source used for triggering in side side chain processing is referred to as.....

p.256
Key input
key inputs are stereo or mono?


p. 256
mono
RTAS plug-ins do not provide side-chain processing when used on TDM-based systems

p.256
use the TDM versions of plug-ins on TDM based systems if you want to use side-chain processing.
can you use a key input as a filter

p.256
yes
DSP (Digital Signal Processing) causes signal delays of varying amounts.
True or False

p.258
True
You may want to compensate for delay when . . .

p.258
When a single track has intense plug ins.

when a group of tracks desperately need phase coherence and some are processed.
you can automatically calculate and compensate for processing delays by using the . . .

p.258
protools delay compensation feature
you can manually compensate for delays with the following methods:


p.258
-apply timeadjuster plug-ins on tracks
-Manually Nudge tracks earlier or later in time as needed
-using the same plug-ins on all tracks
to Show Sample Delay


p.g.259
Command click on the track Audio Volume Indicator to toggle between the Level
-Which appears on the display as "dly" for delay
"vol" for volume
"pk"peak
The time adjuster plug in has three variations.

p.259
Short
Medium
Long
Short Time adjuster plug in
p.259
maximum delay of 256 samples at all sample rates
medium time adjuster delay

p.259
supports a maximum delay of 2048 samples at all sample rates
long time adjuster

p.259
supports a maximum delay of 8192 samples at all rates.
How can you test the delay values

p.g.261
by duplicating an audio track and reversing the phase while compensating for delay
Null out method to set delay by ear.


p.g. 261
1.invert phase on target track.
2.change delay while listening to baseline track and target track.
3.adjust the plug in delay time untill the signal disappears
4.disengage phse invert button.
"Listen to comb filter effects" method to change delay compensation by ear.

p.261
1.change delay while listening to the baseline track and target track in phase.
2.adjust the plug-in delay time until any comb-filter effects cancel out.
"Automatic Delay Compensation"

p.g.262
Protools HD only.
when enabled
protools adds delay to each track in the exact amount necessary to match the track with the longest delay
To make delay compensation settings


p.262
1.set up> playback engine
2.select delay compensation setting from delay compensation engine pop up men:
None: no dsp resource for delay compensation
short:allocates minimal dsp resources of delay compensation for each channel
long: maximum dsp resources of delay compensation for each mixer channel.
To activate delay compensation
choose

p.262
options>delay compensation
to view the amount of delay on each track,
choose


p.262
view>mix window> delay compensation
delay compensation values can be shown in either blank or blank as selected in the blank page.

p.262
samples or milliseconds as slected in the operations preferences page.
use the track Delay compensation displays to do the following as needed



p.263
-define specific delay values for hardware inserts
-bypass delay compensation on selected track
-fine tune delay compensation for each track by entering a user offset.
"delay compensation veiw"
which lies on the tracks.
"plug-in delay indicator"(dly)

p.263
plug-in delay indicator- (dly)
Shows total delay on the track.
Delay total is used by protls to calculate for delay compensation.
Longest delay displays in Orange.
To bypass reporting plug in delay to Protls

p.g.263
Command ctrl click on the "dly" numbers
(aka plug in delay indicator)
User offset field (+/-)
in the delay compensation view.

p.263
lets you adjust track delays maunally.
to scorll to a new value in the user offset field
(of the delay compensation view)

p.263
Command-drag- to scroll to a new value.
to bypass the user offset delay

p.g.263
command-ctrl-click on the useroffset field
track compensation indicator-

p.g.263
shows the amount of compensation that protls is applying
when delay is over the delay compensation limit


p.g.263
the delay information is displayed in red.
you need to manually nudge the track to maintain proper delay compensation.
when a track is track input enabled or record armed the delay compensation is immediately. . .

p.g.264
suspended
to apply delay comp to automatically bypassed tracks

p.g.264
command ctrl click on the delay comp indicator.
it will display in blue
Track compensation on auxilary inputs can be bypassed by ...
p.g.264
command ctrl click on the track comp indicator.
the track delay compensation indicator will be zero and grayed out.
Delay comp for midi

p.g.264
midi events that are supposed to be "in time" with delay compensated material is actually recorded late by the length of longest delay .
midi events are shifted back in time after recording pass.
low latency recording with virtual midi instruments.

p.g265
delay compensation is turend off on associated tracks
it is not turned off when using rewire.
clip indication appears in what windows bitch?

p.g. 265
plug-in,
send,
track windows
there are three clip indication and peak hold settings
p. 265
3 seconds
infinite
none
to choose a clip indication setting



p.265
Set Up>Preferences-Display Tab
go to Meters section
To clear a clip indicator on a single track
p.265
click anywhere on the meter
to clear all clip indicators,
do one of the following

p.265
-Track>Clear All Clip Indicators
-press Option-C
-Option -Click on any meter
You have several options to alleviate TDM processing overloads

p.235
-reduce # of TDM plug-ins
-bounce to disk command
-use bussing to combine tracks
The solo button can be used to

ch.8 p.g. 221
-Mute other tracks so that the chosen track can be auditioned alone.
or
-Route a chosen track to a separate AFL/PFL output path, as configured in the I/O setup
What are the three solo mode options


p.g. 222
SIP-(Solo In Place)
AFL-(After-Fader Listen)
PFL-(Pre-Fader Listen)
! AFL and PFL solo modes require the BLANK Mixer Plug-In

p.g.222
Surrouns
The AFL mode also has a seperate master level setting that affects the output of the AFL path
True or False.

p.g. 222
True
With PFL the level you here is dependent on the signal's level and a seperate master level for PFL.

true or false

p.g.223
True
! - If Mute frees assigned voice is enabled, muted tracks will not be audible in PFL mode.

ch.223
False
Solo mode has three different behavioral patterns.

p.g.223
- Latch
- X-OR(cancels previous Solo)
- Momentary
how does the X-OR solo button behavior work.

p.g. 223
Exclusive-Or behavior.
(Cancels Previous Solo)
Latch solo button beahvior


p.g. 223
default
Momentary Solo button behavior
p.g.223
Only soloed while button is held down.
To select solo mode?

To select Solo behavior?

p.g. 223
Options>Solo Mode

Options>Solo Mode a second Time
Can Solo Modes be changed "On-The-Fly"?

p.g. 223
You bet your ass they can.
Well What happens when you change to PFL solo mode "On-The-Fly"?

p.g.223
It will clear all soloed Tracks before entering PFL mode.

This will Prevent Potentially large jumps in playback level.
Whats the default send level setting?

p.g.223
negative infinity.
to prevent accidental overload.
To make send level default to unity gain.

p.g.223
Setup>Pref>Mixing Tab

Uncheck Sends default to infinity
Where are the Automation Preferences?
Setup>Pref>Mixing Tab
Important Automation Options


p.g.225
-Smooth and Thin Data Pass After Pass
-Auto Match Time
-After write pass, Switch to
-Coalesce Trim Automation
After write pass Switch to:
pg.225
allows you to automatically switch to touch or latch mode or stay in write after a single Write Pass
The track types Available in Protools 7.3

p.g.225
-Audio(Disk Tracks)
-MIDI
-Aux
-Video
-VCA
-Master Fader
ProTools HD
also includes support for multichannel audio tracks and surround mixing formats

but not LE

true or false?

p.g.225
True
Inserts on Audio tracks are always BLANK-Fader
p.g.227
Pre
Sends on Audio ttracks default to Blank Fader

p.g. 227
Post

but they can be changed in the in the sends window
look at page 227 to get signal flow idea for audio tacks
look at page 227 to get signal flow idea for audio tacks
Aux inputs have the same ignal routing as auido tracks except that their input must come from an internal bus or hardware input.

True?
False?
You decide
True!
Inserts on an Aux are BLANK Fader.

p.g.228
Pre
same as audio track inserts
By Bussing tracks to the Aux input, You can do the following:

p.g. 228
-Apply real time Plug -in effects
-Consolidate levels of any submix under a single fader.
Instrument Tracks have the same signal routing as Aux tracks
except for one thing?

pg. 229
can take input from a hardware instrument inserted on the track
Inserts on Instrument Tracks are BLANK Fader.

p.g.229
Pre
just like Audio and Aux tracks
Instrument Tracks can be fullly automated?

p.g.229
Yes
With Instrument Tracks, You can control and monitor the audio from:
p.g. 229
-External MIDI Devices, such as synthesizers and samplers
-Instrument plug-ins, such as software synthesizers or samplers
Master Fader inserts are BLANK fader.

p.g.230
post
How many inserts on a master fader?

p.g.231
10
How many sends on a master fader?

p.g.231
NONE!
are there pan sliders on a master fader?
p.g.231
NO!
are there solo and mute buttons on a master fader?

p. 231
No!
Master Faders can be used to do the following:

p.g. 231
-control and process output mixes
-monitor to guard against clipping
-control submix levels
-control effects sends levels
-Control Submaster levels
-apply dither or other inserts to an entire mix
Do master Faders consume any of your system's audio processing power?

p.g. 231
Nope
Meters on master fader are post fader always regardless of the Pre-Fader Metering setting in the options menu.
True or False?
p.g. 231
True
Can multiple master faders be assigned to the same path?

p.g.231
NO
Master Faders can be made inactive manually by

p.g.231
Command-Ctrl-clicking the output path selector
VCA tracks are meant to emulate

p.g. 232
Voltage controlled amplifiers channels on analog consoles
VCA tracks pass audio
True or False?

p.232
False
VCA tracks just modify its slave track members
To view your system usage?

p.233
Window>System Usage
If your cpu maxes out there are several options.

p.g.234
-Increase the CPU usage percentage or the Hardware Buffer size in the playback
-limit density of audio and RTAS plug ins
-thin automation
-disable unneccesary graphical displays
You have several options to alleviate TDM processing overloads:

p.g.235
-Reduce TDM plugins
-Print TDM effects,using bouce to disk command.
-using bussing to combine tracks for applying TDM globally
System usage window provides 5 different view formats

p.g. 235
-small
-large
-detailed
-gas gauge(default)
-activity only
To change a system usage view format go to

p.235
View>system usage