👨🏿‍🎓 Flashcards

1
Q

What is Shuffle?

A

When an edit needs to be created and no time gap can be left in between the points

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2
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Slip

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Is a freehand edit if you have a selection you want to delete everything will stay the same

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3
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Spotmove

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Used in video production allowing you to spot or move clips to the exact moment of choice

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4
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Lower Hardware buffer sizes allow..

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For less latency or delays during recording process

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5
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Equalizer

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A device used to change specific frequencies of a sound by increasing or decreasing them in volume. One of the most commonly used effects.

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6
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What is a De-esser?

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Device for reducing the effect of sibilance or excessive “esses” in vocal signals.

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7
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What is a limiter?

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A compressor with a hard filter at a set level. Should be avoided if possible, but can prevent
distortion in very loud sounds. Any compression over 20:1 is considered a limiter.

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8
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Reverb

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An effect used to alter music so that it sounds as if it was recorded in a reverberant space. Used on almost all modern recordings since they are recorded in very dry spaces.

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9
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High Pass Filter (HPF)

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an electronic filter that passes signals with a frequency higher than a certain cutoff frequency and attenuates signals with frequencies lower than the cutoff frequency.

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10
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Low Pass Filter (LPF)

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A low-pass filter is a filter that passes signals with a frequency lower than a selected cutoff frequency and attenuates signals with frequencies higher than the cutoff frequency.

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11
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What are the ozone presets?

A

Equalizer
Dynamic EQ
Imaginer
Maximizer
Exciter
Spectral Shaper

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12
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Compression

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music production tools used to reduce the span between the softest and loudest parts of an audio signal.

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13
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Threshold

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The minimum level required to activate/ deactivate a compressor or gate

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14
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Gate

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A device used in live sound to filter out sounds below a volume threshold. Used to keep sounds from a different instrument being amplified in a microphone (think drums near a singer when the singer isn’t singing)

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15
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What is the shortcut to bounce your mix in Pro Tools?

A

Option Command B (PC: Alt Control B)

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16
Q

You can create fades with the smart tool.
True or false?

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True

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17
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Virtual Instruments can be placed on both an Instrument Track or an Aux Input. True or false?

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True

18
Q

Hidden tracks in Pro Tools sessions will never play back. True or false?

A

False

19
Q

Which type of track in Pro Tools can be used to route audio for effects sends?

A

Aux Input

20
Q

Which option is best to consolidate all of your audio files into your Pro Tools session?

A

Save Copy in yamean

21
Q

Which Zoomer Tool zooms once, and then switches back to the previously selected tool?

A

Single Zoom

22
Q

Separate clips with key focus mode by pressing:

A

B

23
Q

Which edit most snaps the edge of a clip directly to the grid lines when moving?

A

Absolute Grid

24
Q

Press _____to save your PT session.

A

Command S

25
Q

Clip Effects are real-time effects, unless you render them. True or false?

A

True

26
Q

Which type of track inputs MIDI, but outputs audio?

A

Instrument Track

27
Q

Press_______ to create a group out the selected tracks

A

Command G

28
Q

As a general rule, set your buffer size low when recording, and high when editing and mixing. True or false?

A

True

29
Q

Mastering most commonly involves…

A

EQ, compression, and limiting

30
Q

A Multiband compresor…

A

compresses different frequency ranges independently

31
Q

The function of ducking is to…

A

attenuate or reduce the level of background music when a voiceover comes along

32
Q

Where is a brickwall limiter usually set when mastering?

A

-0.3dB

33
Q

Buss processing refers to…

A

effects added to the LR stereo master channel strip

34
Q

True or False: all compressors have Attack & Release controls.

A

False

35
Q

In a delay effect Modulation…

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varies the manually-set delay time

36
Q

The main function of Audio Repair software is…

A

to fix common audio problems like background noise, leakage, & clipped audio

37
Q

Bi-amped studio monitors…

A

have separate amps for the woofer & tweeter

38
Q

A Phaser generates its effect via…

A

a series of all-pass filters

39
Q

You can change parameters of a track, like volume, over time with:

A

Automation

40
Q

A beat can be divided into a maximum of____ticks in Pro Tools.

A

960

41
Q

Plugins in the AudioSuite menu are processed in real time. True or false?

A

False

42
Q

What is Audiosuite?

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AudioSuite is a function included in Pro Tools that basically renders the effect of the plugin into the audio file as soon as it is applied, modifying it and creating a brand new file.