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How do you audition regions in the region list?
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Option-click (mac)
Alt-click (PC) |
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AMS and MSS stand for what? Where can you find them?
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Audio MIDI Setup, MIDI Setup Studio. Found under SETUP - MIDI - AMS/MSS
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You have a MIDI track and an AUX track. What is the most crucial step in routing for your MIDI information to see your virtual instrument?
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The output of the MIDI track needs to be the input of the virtual instrument plug-in on the AUX track.
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The mix window allows how many views, what are they, and whats the key command to toggle them?
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2, Normal and narrow, Command + option + M
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You can sort tracks by all of the following, except?
Name, type, edit group, color, mix group, or voice? |
Color is not a sorting option.
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What menu can you change the playback buffer setting?
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Setup -> Playback Engine
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How would you set the "default" sample rate for Pro Tools.
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Close your session but keep Pro Tools open, go to Setup -> Hardware and change the sample rate.
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Explain Banking on a control/work surface.
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Banking toggles layers of tracks in sets of 8 accross the surfaces faders.
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Flip Mode on a control/work surface does what?
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Flips the faders with sends, plug-ins, or pans (rotary controllers) to allow larger, temporary control with the faders over a smaller parameter.
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Pro Tools LE provides what upon basic installation?
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Sample rate: 96 kHz
Bit Depth: 24 bits Audio tracks: 32 MIDI tracks: 256 |
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Where do you find the ability to play a Quicktime DV through firewire?
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Options -> Video out firewire
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What is the only thing you cannot do with the workspace browser?
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Mount volumes.
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How do you loop preview in the workspace browser?
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Select loop preview in the drop down tool box menu in the top right of the workspace browser.
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What will Import Session Data not import?
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MIDI data.
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Key commands to Group, UnGroup, and ReGroup regions?
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Group: Command Option G
UnGroup: Command Option U ReGroup: Command Option R |
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Key command to open workspace browser?
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"Option ;" (semi-colon)
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How many memory locations can you have? How can you tell a marker apart from other types of memory locations?
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999 memory locations, markers a identified by the diamond shaped gold flag in the memory locations list and marker bar view.
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Option dragging a time line selection will result in what?
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The entire selection, start and end, moving as a whole and staying the same length.
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Option dragging a pre- post- roll selection will result in what?
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The deselected flag will move at an equal and opposite rate as the flag being dragged.
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Default meter, tempo, and key signature?
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4/4, 120 bpm, C Maj
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Click count off options can be found under what menu?
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SETUP!
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To enable or disable your click, which menu you would go under?
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Options!
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Two ways to quantize MIDI recording?
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Input quantize and Step Input Quantize
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In order for Loop Playback with MIDI merge to work, what do you need to do?
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Make sure loop record is off.
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How do you access the takes list?
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Command click on the region with the selector tool only.
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What is Pro Tool's only relative time scale for tick-based files?
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Bars:Beats
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How many ticks does a quarter note have? An eighth note?
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1/4=960 ticks
1/8=480 ticks |
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What are the different Elastic Audio Plug-in algorithms? What are they best used for?
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Polyphonic=Dynamic pitch changing music
Rhythmic=Drums Monophonic=Solo pieces Varispeed=acts as a tape machine X-Form=Best algorithms but destructive and audio suite capable only |
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Two general types of virtual instruments?
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Plug-in and Stand Alone
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Three ways to monitor sound from stand-alone virtual instruments?
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Through pro tools software via ReWire
Through the computer's built in sound compatibilities (Core Audio) Directly through Digidesign hardware (without pro tools soft ware) (DAE) |
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Is ReWire data stored when you save a Pro Tools session?
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Hell no, write that shit down!
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Synchronic has how many parts? Is edit one of them
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5. No, you cannot edit in Synchronic.
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Xpand! has how many parts?
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4 parts
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Hybrid has how many filters?
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23
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ReWire allows compatible applications to return how many internal audio streams directly to Pro Tools?
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64
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Does ReWire allow for the recording of continuous MIDI info?
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yes
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What timebase does audio default to? MIDI?
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Audio : Samples
MIDI : Ticks |
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Name two different MIDI track views.
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Regions View and Notes View
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How do you turn the smart pencil tool into an eraser?
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Hold option
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How is custom note duration enabled? How can you tell if its already been enabled?
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Hold the pencil tool and the last option on the drop down menu will be "Custom note duration." Once enabled a small box will appear under the pencil tool with a quarter note symbol in it.
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What are your two additional views once Elastic Audio has been enabled on a track.
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Warp and Analysis
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What are your three Elastic Audio markers?
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Event markers
Warp markers Tempo Event-Generated Warp Markers |
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What are your two Real-Time Properties views?
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Edit window Real-Time Properties view (plug in)
Real-Time Properties floating view (destructive) |
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How would you select contiguous regions? Non-contiguous?
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Contiguous: Shift click
Non- Contig: Command click |
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If you only wanted the region list to display tracks that were added since the session was most recently opend, what option would you enable?
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Regions list drop down -> Include Subsequently Added Regions
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What considerations apply when using fades on Elastic Audio Tracks?
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Processed elastic audio tracks already come with Microfades.
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What is the difference between processing a selection region-by-region or as an entire selection?
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The processor will analyzie and treat the selection based on all the regions' information combined, where as region-by-region processing treats each region in the selection individually.
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What can you color code in Pro Tools?
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Tracks, groups, regions, and markers.
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What is the key command to loop a region? What are your various options in the Region Looping pop up dialog?
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Command Option L
Number of Loops Loops Length Loop Untill the End of Session or Next Region Enable Crossfades |
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What is the difference between Absolute and Relative Grid modes?
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Absolute snaps your regions to the grid, relative snaps them relative to the regions original position in the desired grid nudge length.
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Where can Beat Detective be found?
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Event menu
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What are the five Beat Detective modes? Which are Audio specific? Which are Audio and MIDI capable?
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Bar:Beat Marker Generation (Audio and MIDI)
Groove Template Extraction (Audio and MIDI) Region Separation (Audio) Region Conform (Audio) Edit Smoothing (Audio) |
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What are the five automation modes?
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Off, Read, Write, Touch, Latch
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What can and can't the grabber tool do with automation breakpoints?
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It can create, delete, and move them, but it cannot lock them. Break points cannot be locked.
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How would you duplicate an AUX sends' automation data to the fader automation on the same track?
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Copy/Paste Special
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Tell me everything about Inserts.
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Five inserts
Process top to bottom Audio and Aux tracks process pre fader Master tracks process post fader |
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How many types of sends are there? What are they?
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2, Interface and Buss
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How many sends can you have? What are they?
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10, A thru J
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By default, what level will an AUX send fader start at upon creation? How can you change this and what to?
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-INF
In Setup -> Prefrences you can change it to 0dB. |
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Option Shift Click is what?
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Constrain to selected
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Looking at an AUX send fader, how can you visual tell if the track is mono or stereo? If the send in mono or stereo?
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The # of VU meters on the track signifies mono/stereo.
The # of buss sends in the output bath signifies a mono/stereo send. |
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How would you place a track into solo safe mode?
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Command click the solo button.
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What are your two main categories of RTAS plug-ins?
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Gain based (Dynamic)
Time based |
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Dither. When to use it? Important things to remember?
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Going from a higher bit depth to a lower bit depth.
Only use as the last plug in in the signal chain. |
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How do you create a group?
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Command G
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How would you identify an active group? A hidden track?
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Active groups and showing tracks are highlighted in the track list, the inactive groups and hidden tracks are not.
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Can the ALL group be edited?
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No
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