101: 01: Getting To Know Pro Tools

Question 0

Pro tools supports audio formats of what bit depth and sample rate?

Answer 0

24-bit, 192kHz

Question 1

Pro Tools has the ability to incorporate what type of video files?

Answer 1

QuickTime and Avid video files

Question 2

A pro tools session can incorporate how many midi tracks?

Answer 2

512

Question 3

Is video-editing destructive?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

What type of video file can be imported in windows systems?

Answer 4

Windows video VC1-ap

Question 5

Pro tools was introduced in what year?

Answer 5

1991

Question 6

What company introduced pro tools?

Answer 6

Digidesign

Question 7

Who founded digidesign?

Answer 7

Peter Gotcher and Evan Brooks

Question 8

When was digidrums formed?

Answer 8

1984

Question 9

When was the first windows based system released and what was it called?

Answer 9

Session 8, 1992

Question 10

When did digidesign merge with avid?

Answer 10

1995

Question 11

Describe/define pro tools TDM

Answer 11

Time division multiplexing technology reliably routes multiple streams of digital audio data between system components.

Question 12

The icon d control is expandable to how many faders?

Answer 12

80

Question 13

The icon d command work surface is expandable to how many faders?

Answer 13

40

Question 14

How many faders do the venue d show, profile, and sc48 have, respectively.

Answer 14

56, 24, 16.

Question 15

How many audio tracks can a pro tools 9 session have?

Answer 15

96

Question 16

What is the I/o capability of pro tools 9 (how many channels)?

Answer 16

32 channels

Question 17

How many mix busses can a pro tools 9 session have?

Answer 17

256

Question 18

Name the three basic parameters of sound.

Answer 18

Waveform, frequency, amplitude.

Question 19

What are the threshold of hearing and the pain threshold?

Answer 19

0dB, 120 dB

Question 20

Describe the nyquist theorem

Answer 20

Sample at at least twice the frequency to avoid alias tones.

Question 21

What is the range of human hearing?

Answer 21

20 Hz to 20 kHz

Question 22

What’s the useful dynamic range of speech and music?

Answer 22

40 to 105 dB

Question 23

What is binary word length also known as?

Answer 23

Bit depth

Question 25

24-bit audio describes how many discrete amplitude levels?

Answer 25

2^24 (2 to the power of 24) (16 777 216)

Question 25

What is AES/ebu and what does it stand for?

Answer 25

XLR, audio engineering society/European broadcast union

Question 26

What is s/pdif and what does it stand for?

Answer 26

Sony/Phillips digital interface aka RCA

Question 27

Which pro tools configuration is not host based?

Answer 27

Pro tools hd

Question 28

What is the sample rate of pro tools 9?

Answer 28

192kHz

Question 29

What is the bit depth capability of pro tools 9?

Answer 29

24-bit

Question 30

Wha does RTAS stand for?

Answer 30

Real time audio suite

Question 31

What plugins and extras are included?

Answer 31

Digirack plugins, TL utilities, pro tools creative collection - air effects, virtual instruments

Question 32

The complete production toolkit 2 supports surround mixing up to what?

Answer 32

7.1 with a compatible interface

Question 33

What are the current and older file extensions, respectively?

Answer 33

Ptf, pts or pt5 (ptx for pro tools 10)

Question 34

File names cannot use what type of characters?

Answer 34

ASCI

Question 35

Can wave cache files be deleted without harming the session?

Answer 35

Yes but it may open more slowly.

Question 36

Name the files and folders within a pro tools session folder.

Answer 36

The session file, wave cache file, audio folder, fade files folder, region groups folder, session file backups folder, video files folder.