101: 01: Getting To Know Pro Tools Flashcards

0
Q

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

A

24-bit, 192kHz

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1
Q

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

A

QuickTime and Avid video files

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2
Q

A pro tools session can incorporate how many midi tracks?

A

512

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3
Q

Is video-editing destructive?

A

No

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4
Q

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

A

Windows video VC1-ap

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5
Q

Pro tools was introduced in what year?

A

1991

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6
Q

What company introduced pro tools?

A

Digidesign

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7
Q

Who founded digidesign?

A

Peter Gotcher and Evan Brooks

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8
Q

When was digidrums formed?

A

1984

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9
Q

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

A

Session 8, 1992

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10
Q

When did digidesign merge with avid?

A

1995

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11
Q

Describe/define pro tools TDM

A

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

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12
Q

The icon d control is expandable to how many faders?

A

80

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13
Q

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

A

40

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14
Q

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

A

56, 24, 16.

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15
Q

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

A

96

16
Q

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

A

32 channels

17
Q

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

A

256

18
Q

Name the three basic parameters of sound.

A

Waveform, frequency, amplitude.

19
Q

What are the threshold of hearing and the pain threshold?

A

0dB, 120 dB

20
Q

Describe the nyquist theorem

A

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

21
Q

What is the range of human hearing?

A

20 Hz to 20 kHz

22
Q

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

A

40 to 105 dB

23
Q

What is binary word length also known as?

A

Bit depth

25
Q

24-bit audio describes how many discrete amplitude levels?

A

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

25
Q

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

A

XLR, audio engineering society/European broadcast union

26
Q

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

A

Sony/Phillips digital interface aka RCA

27
Q

Which pro tools configuration is not host based?

A

Pro tools hd

28
Q

What is the sample rate of pro tools 9?

A

192kHz

29
Q

What is the bit depth capability of pro tools 9?

A

24-bit

30
Q

Wha does RTAS stand for?

A

Real time audio suite

31
Q

What plugins and extras are included?

A

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

32
Q

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

A

7.1 with a compatible interface

33
Q

What are the current and older file extensions, respectively?

A

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

34
Q

File names cannot use what type of characters?

A

ASCI

35
Q

Can wave cache files be deleted without harming the session?

A

Yes but it may open more slowly.

36
Q

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

A

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