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What are some of the main responsibilities of a dialog editor?

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Choosing the best audio source. 
Cleaning up Audio 
Organizing
ADR Recommendations
Syncing 
Making sure all clips flow well
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What are common approaches to tracklay dialog editor?

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Checkerboard: isolate dialog to one track.

Split Track: Automation between the boom and lab mic to get the best sound possible.

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Why should the operational preference Edit Insertion Follows Scrub/shuttle commonly be enabled?

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So the edit cursor stays where you stopped.

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What may the strip silence separate commands commonly be used for?

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Strip Silence: keeps audio only

Strip Silence Separate: separates audio and silence

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How can the Strip Silence Extract commonly be used when dialog Editing?

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Strip Silence Extract: keeps silence only.

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What is the difference between Edit Lock and Time Lock and how might you implement these features?

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Timelock is time locking only

Edit Lock is time and edit locking

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What is perceived to be the the optimal order by which to remove unwanted noise artifacts during audio restoration?

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  1. De-click
  2. De-buzz
  3. De-noise
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What is the destructive editing tool in PT?

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Pencil

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How would Track commit be useful in a dialog editorial workflow?

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To render a finished result, so there are less edits, less processing power and you can go back to edit again later if necessary.

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Describe how you would set up a PT session to record ADR?

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Make ADR beeps and put them right before the line.

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What is the difference between Auto Input monitoring and input only monitoring?

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Auto Input: you hear the Input in record enabled tracks except during playback

Input only: you will only hear the input, whether record enabled or during playback.

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What are playlist and how are they useful?

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Multiple takes on the same track. They only take up one voice and are a useful way to organize.

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How can playlist be deleted?

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Right-click on the track name > delete unused.

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How can clip rating be useful?

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It can help you find which clips are most useful.

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How is Playlist Lane Filtering useful for audio Post production workflows?

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They only show certain clips which helps you locate the ones you want more easily.

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How may Synch points be useful when editing ADR?

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They make it easier to line up the clip to a specific location.

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What is the X-form audio suit plug-in used for.

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Time compression expansion without affecting pitch.

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How is elastic Audio useful for editing ADR?

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It is more precise syncing to audio?

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What is the difference between Main Playlist and and a Playlist Lane?

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Main Playlist is the one you hear. The others you need to solo.

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What is the name of the connector on Synch HD that would be used to distribute a common clock to multiple HD series audio interfaces?

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Loop Synch.

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What is the name of the connector on Synch HD that is used to connect black burst or house Synch?

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Video Ref In

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List time code frame rates for NTSC, PAL, Film?

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NTSC - 29.97
PAL - 25
Film - 24

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When changing session start time what happens to existing audio in your session when you choose the option Maintain Relative Position?

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Loses absolute timecode position, loses original source and is not synched, keeps same amount of time between session start and Video start.

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What types of video files does PT support for Import?

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QuickTime, Avid (DNxHD, MXF, OP1A).

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What is the Video Engine Rate?
The frame rate of the session.
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What location options are available in the Video Import Options Window?
``` Session Start Song Start Selection Spot Original Time stamp ```
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What Avid Video hardware is officially supported with PT 12.4?
Artist DNxHD, Nitris DX, Mojo DX.
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Which types of video files are supported for playback through third party video peripherals?
QuickTime | Avid MxF
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What is Video Synch Offset used for?
Video Display latency issues with audio.
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What two different video display options are available on a video track in the Edit Window?
Frames and Blocks
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Can Avid MXF and QuickTime video files reside on the same video track?
No
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How can a video track containing QuickTime video media be distinguished from a Video track containing Avid MXF video Media?
It has a small QuickTime symbol next to the track name.
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How can a video track be locked and unlocked?
Right click the name > lock
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How can the video window be displayed and resized?
Cmd+[9] | Right click the window for display options.
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How is renaming video files different from renaming audio files on disk?
Can only rename the Video files from the workspace browser.
36
List editing tools that can be used on Video tracks?
Not TCE Trim, fade, pencil.
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What format of video can play back but not be edited in the PT timeline?
MPEG-2
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What is the Video universe window and what is it used for?
It is an overview of clips in the track. Helps navigate and select clips
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How can video clips in the timeline be selected from the Video universe window?
With selector or zoom tool click and drag.
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What is satellite link?
Linking up to 12 systems via LAN.
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How many PT systems can be linked with video satellite system simultaneously on a satellite network?
11 Systems | 1 video satellite
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How many video satellite or video satellite LE systems can be simultaneously linked on a satellite network?
1
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List similarities between Video Satellite and Video Satellite LE?
Both display video only.
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Why would you use Media Composer as a video satellite?
Cut down on time consuming exports.
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What are Media Composer terms Project, Sequence and Clio roughly the equivalent to in PT?
Project: Session Folder Sequence: PT session Clip: Whole file clip
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How is NTSC 29.97 FPS referred to in Media Composers new project dialog box?
30i
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How is drop frame time code format denoted in the Media Composer General Settings dialog box?
; between ft and frames
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How can you link/unlink satellite systems from the transport window?
Click the satellite name.
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What happens if the PT application is quit on a system acting as administrator in a satellite network?
Everything is unlinked.
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What is Media/essence data and what is metadata?
Media/essence data: audio, video files Metadata: Sequence (edits)
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What is an MXF file?
Media file format. It contains audio and video media not sequence info.
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How are embedded OMF/AAF sequences different from externally referenced sequences?
Embedded: contains media and metadata | Externally referenced: contains metadata.
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What two ways can an OMF/AAF Sequence be imported into PT?
New session from OMF/AAF file (QuickStart Menu) | New session > Import Session Data
54
What file type allows transfer of AXX Native audio plug-in instances and settings from Media Composer to PT?
AAF
55
Which versions of PT are compatible with the mixdown with Video Edits export option from Media Composer?
PT 11 and up
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What types of PT system allow the importing of satellite tracks?
PT HD.
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How can MXF audio files that are not associated with an AAF sequence be imported into PT?
Files > Import > Audio Workspace browser Mac Finder view.
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Are OMF and AAF sequences with embedded video compatible with PT?
No. You can only reference video in AAF
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What is a field Recorder?
A device that records audio during film/video.
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What audio file types does PT support for import from field recorders?
MXF, OMF, Broadcast, WAV, BWF.
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What types of Field Recorder metadata does PT support?
iXML, BEXT
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How can Field Recorder Metadata be displayed in Edit Playlists and the Clip List?
View>clip>Channel Name and Scene and Take | Clips >show> Channel Name and Scene and Take
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How can Field Recorder metadata be displayed in the workspace browsers?
Right click the column header and select what you want.
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How can you designate an Audio track as a field Recorder Guide Track?
Right Click the track name > click Field Recorder guide track
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How can PT be configured to search areas outside the open sessions Clip List?
Right click the track name > select areas to search
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How can alternate channels that are recorded using a field Recorder be accessed from within PT?
Right click the track name > Expand Channels to New Track
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Which window designates the metadata fields being used to determine matches for a field recorder guid track?
Field Recorder channels match criteria.
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In what scenario would expand alternate Field Recorder Channel by timecode only be used?
When you don't have metadata.
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What are catalogs and how may they be useful in a post production environment?
They are away to organize files by referencing their source.
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What is the simplest way to import a file directly to a new track from a catalog?
Click and drag
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What are time stamps? How are they useful?
Original: where the clip was recorded User: you make it They can be used to spot the time stamp
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How can a user timestamp be modified?
Modified: right click the clip in the clips list Recalled: right click the clip in the timeline.
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How may clip groups be useful for sound design?
When you create your own sound through many clips, then group them for easy editing.
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Give a post production example of how the replace clip command could be useful?
When you want to replace a clip that shows up various times in the session all at once.
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What is the Match Tracks option in the Import Session Data dialog box used for?
To Import the new tracks to existing tracks with the same name.
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Give examples of how the Import Session Data options in The Track Data to Import Menu can be used?
You can import track attributes (like plug-ins) to a new session so you can have the same effects on similar tracks
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What is the use of the Import Overlay New on Existing Playlist function in the Import Session Data dialog box?
To keep existing audio on the main playlist, while also importing the new audio on the same playlist.
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Give example of why you may wish to Import memory locations and Window configurations from another session?
To reuse them in another session.

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