110: 05: Working with Timebases and Virtual Instruments Flashcards
Which pro tools timescales are absolute? Which are relative? What is the difference between absolute and relative timescales?
Sample, tick. Sample based does not change when session tempo changes and is therefore absolute. Tick based does change and is therefore relative.
What Timebases do audio tracks default to? Midi tracks? Instrument tracks?
Sample, tick respectively
Pro tools provides 960 ticks per quarter note; how many ticks does it provide per half note? How many per eighth note?
1920, 480.
How do audio clips respond to tempo changes on a sample based track? How do they respond if you change the track to tick based without using elastic audio?
No change, Start point changes.
What are virtual instruments?
Software applications
What are the two types of virtual instruments available for use in pro tools? Which types use rewire?
Plugin and standalone. Standalone use the rewire plugin.
What type of plugin virtual instrument is available for all pro tools systems? Hd? Hdx?
Native. DSP.
What is the transfuser virtual instrument used for? What control lets you create variations of sequencer patterns with a single click?
A virtual instrument used for beat making. MARIO.
What type of virtual instrument is the hybrid plugin? What type of instrument is structure?
A software synthesizer. A virtual instrument plugin.
Name some stand-alone virtual instruments. Describe how they can be used with pro tools.
Torq, reason, record, live, bfd, melodyne. The can be used using rewire.
Where are the main functions of the transfuser found?
Browser pane, tracks pane, controller section, editor pane, master section
What are the main Xpand!2 controls?
Smart knobs, play, arp, mod
Can some rewire compatible instruments be used without needing to receive midi data as input?
Yes. Tis type of instrument can be configured on an aux input.
How can a pro tools track be used to record midi continuous controller data from a rewire application?
Select the rewire application as the input and record enable the midi track.
