110: 08: Audio Editing and File Management Techniques

Question 0

What are some options for previewing cross fades in the Fades dialog box?

Answer 0

Fade curves only, fade curves with superimposed waveform, fade curves and separate waveforms, fade curves and summed waveform, zoom in, zoom out

Question 1

What command would you choose to activate the fades dialog box?

Answer 1

Command F

Question 2

What are some options for modifying or editing a fade shape in the Fades dialog box?

Answer 2

Standard, s-curve, preset

Question 3

What considerations apply when using fades on elastic audio enabled tracks?

Answer 3

Fades Are calculated In absolute time and will not change when session tempo changes.

Question 4

Do audio suite plugins provide real time processing or non real time processing? When might you use audiosuite plugins instead of a plugin insert?

Answer 4

Non real time. To conserve processing power.

Question 5

Explain the difference between applying audiosuite processing as “clip by clip” versus “entire selection”?

Answer 5

Clip by clip analyzes each clip individually. Entire selection applies the same degree of change to all clips selected.

Question 6

What does the use in playlist button do in in the audiosuite plugin window? Hw can you tell when this option is active?

Answer 6

It controls whether the processed audio replaces audio in the playlist. Highlighted blue when selected.

Question 7

Suppose you open an existing session to do some additional recording and editing. How could you set the clip list to display only newly recorded and edited clips?

Answer 7

I the clips list pop up menu select include subsequently added clips. A plus sign will show that this option is selected.

Question 8

What is the difference between removing and deleting a file using the clear command in e clip list?

Answer 8

Deleting deletes the file, remove removes them from the session.

Question 9

What is the purpose of compacting sound files? When would you not want to compact files?

Answer 9

Saves hard drive space.

If files are referenced in another session.

Question 10

What is the purpose of the export clip definitions command in the clip list popup menu?

Answer 10

Importing clip subsets into a new session.

Question 11

When should you use equal power vs equal gain?

Answer 11

Equal power for two different types of material

Equal gain for nearly identical sounds