Advanced Pro Tools

Question 1

What is the shortcut for Turning Bypass on/off without opening the Effect?

Answer 1

CTL - click on effect

Question 2

What is the shortcut for Constraining audio region to vertical movement?

Answer 2

Hold control while moving to another track (won’t allow it to move left and right

Question 3

What is the shortcut for Nudge?

Answer 3

+/- on keypad (great for adjusting timing). Can set the number of ms for a nudge in transport window.
CTL . or CTL , if there is no keypad

Question 4

What is the shortcut for Auto Input / Input Only?

Answer 4

Click on I.

Question 5

What are two functions of the Pencil Tool?

Answer 5

Zoom in all the way and get rid of a pop (won’t work otherwise). Draw line over pop to smooth it out
Draw automation (for panning, volume, etc)

Question 6

Name 8 things done in Mastering.

Answer 6

Volume from song to song
Order of songs
EQ from song to song
Time between songs
Cross fades
Effects
Flipping backwards
Mastering compressor
Mastering limiter

Question 7

How do you create a compilation track in ProTools? Where do you record the signal
in the first place in order to be able to do this?

Question 8

How do you stretch a beat to the tempo of a song? Where do you pull it up?