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Digital Audio Quiz One Flashcards

1
Q

What is a down beat?

A

Beat 1

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2
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Labeling sections of a song can help organize things so that when we start editing, we can make clean cuts at certain sections. Why is it important not to mark sections according to the vocals?

A

sometimes the vocals have a pick up an dent start on the downbeat

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3
Q

what are the two different types of rulers in pro tools?

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4
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What does the tab to transient do? how does it help when putting markers in?

A

It takes you to the nearest transient. it helps you mark correctly at the beginning of a song section.

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5
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explain the difference between hitting enter on the keyboard and hitting enter on the number pad.

A

Enter on the keyboard takes you back to the beginning of the track and enter on the number pad drops a marker.

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6
Q

how do you color code your markers?

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7
Q

[.]+[memorylock number]+[.]

A

recall memory location marker

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8
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enter on number pad

A

drop marker

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9
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command +5 on num pad

A

memory location window

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10
Q

given a sample rate of 96khz how many samples are taken in one minute?

A

96000*60

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11
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what is the nyquist theorem and how does it relate to digital audio.

A

the sampling rate has to be at least twice the highest frequency in order to be accurately reproduced.

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12
Q

what is the highest frequency you can record if the sample rate is 8khz

A

4khz

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13
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what is the difference between dynamic range and signal to noise ratio?

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dynamic range is the softest to loudest frequency heard and signal to noise is what you want to hear vs what you dont

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14
Q

how much hard drive space is taken up by 5 minutes of uncompressed, stereo, 24bit, 44.1 kHz audio?

A

3004410024*2/8

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15
Q

how many decibels of dynamic range are provided by each bit and what is the total dynamic range of a 20 bit recording?

A

120

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16
Q

what is an SSD (what does is stand for and what does it mean)

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it holds information to take from computer to computer. its safe storage. Solid State Drive. it means it have no moving disc

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17
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describe a situation when you need more than 2 outputs

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18
Q

what so A/D and D/A converters do?

A

switch analogue to digital and vice versa

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19
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what is a mic pre and what does it do in an audio interface?

A

brings signal up to line level

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20
Q

what is the standard file format when working in pro tools?

A

wav

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21
Q

why do we want to check “interleaved” when working in pro tools?

A

make sure audio is coming from L and R

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22
Q

what is latency and how do we control the amount of latency in pro tools? when would you want to have the sampling set to a low number?

A

buff size. low when recording

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23
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5 types of tracks you can create?

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midi, instrument, aux input, audio, master fader

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24
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what is the .ptx file?

A

project folder.

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25
Q

x and y planes stand for?

A

x= time y=amplitude

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26
Q

in pro tools what is a clip

A

portion of audio

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27
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what is a transient

A

big wave at the beginning of a musical phrase

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28
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what does the link timeline and edit selection do

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29
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what does the insertion follows playback button do?

A
30
Q

command + O

A

open a session

31
Q

shift, command, N

A

create a new track

32
Q

command N

A

create a new session

33
Q

shift, command, w

A

close current session

34
Q

command +=

A

toggle mix and edit window

35
Q

spacebar

A

play/stop

36
Q

return

A

move playhead to session window

37
Q

command [ ]

A

zoom in and out

38
Q

command 1 on number pad

A

transport bar

39
Q

option click

A

do to all, select all, deselect all

40
Q

what is the difference between add and convert?

A

add tells protools where to find the file. convert adds it to the audio files

41
Q

when importing audio there is two places to put audio. one is on a new track. what is the other destination and what is an advantage?

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42
Q

describe how to use manually find and relink?

A

you go in a select which files to find and manually add them back into the file

43
Q

what feature can you use to find the real link?

A
44
Q

how can you use the clip list to find the missing files.

A
45
Q

shift command I

A

import audio

46
Q

what is non destructive editing and why is it helpful

A

it allows you to trim and but you can always to go back to your original work

47
Q

how is duplicate different from copy and paste?

A

duplicate adds it right at the end of the section. You can copy and paste everywhere

48
Q

four edit modes in pro tools

A

grid, slip, shuffle, spot

49
Q

how is shuffle mode unique

A
50
Q

how are playlists used in protools

A

save multiple copies

51
Q

what allows you to restore the original

A

trim tool

52
Q

command c

A

copy

53
Q

command p

A

paste

54
Q

command x

A

cut

55
Q

command D

A

duplicate

56
Q

command z

A

undo

57
Q

command E

A

split

58
Q

command F

A

fade

59
Q

esc

A

tab through edit tools

60
Q

option 4

A

grid mode

61
Q

option2

A

slip mode

62
Q

command

A

suspend edit mode

63
Q

shift option 3

A

consolidate

64
Q

what is a decibel measuring

A
65
Q

which perimeter in mix window is tied to decibels

A
66
Q

what does DBFS stand for and what does it mean to in relation to what our meters show us

A

decibel full scale

67
Q

how do you delete a memory marker location

A

delete or pull it down

68
Q

3 tools in tool bar and how to connect them

A

trimmer, grabber, and selector and you click on the bar above them

69
Q

consolidating?

A

turn clips into one

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