Final Exam

Question 1

Toggle Between Mix and Edit Windows

Answer 1

Command =

Question 2

Zoom in horizontally

Answer 2

T

Question 3

Zoom out horizontally

Answer 3

R

Question 4

Record

Answer 4

Command spacebar

Question 5

Play/stop

Answer 5

Spacebar

Question 6

Undo

Answer 6

Z

Question 7

Cut

Answer 7

X

Question 8

Copy

Answer 8

C

Question 9

Paste

Answer 9

V

Question 10

Separate clip at selection

Answer 10

B

Question 11

What is a transient?

Answer 11

Attack of a waveform/ peaks in audio

Question 12

What key command do you use to find transients in an audio clip?

Answer 12

Tab

Question 13

What is a clip in ProTools?

Answer 13

A portion or selection of recorded audio in ProTools

Question 14

What is an instrument track used for?

Answer 14

Virtual instrument plugins/ midi data

Question 15

What is an audio track used for

Answer 15

Live instruments

Question 16

Name virtual instruments with protools

Answer 16

XPand! 2, boom, mini grand, vacuum, db33

Question 17

Name of EQ Plug-in?

Answer 17

EQ37-Band

Question 18

Explain how to equalize an audio vocal track

Answer 18

Cut out high pass filter

Question 19

What does MIDI stand for?

Answer 19

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

Question 20

Explain the term “bounce to disk”

Answer 20

Exporting session as stereo audio file

Question 21

Two main ProTools windows?

Answer 21

Edit and mix windows

Question 22

Short cut for creating new track

Answer 22

Shift command N

Question 23

Type of audio files

Answer 23

Wav or aiff done at 24 bit, 48 kHz

Question 24

When do you set the sample rate, bit depth and file type?

Answer 24

When you create a new session

Question 25

Shuffle edit mode

Answer 25

Snaps the clips that are moved end to end

Question 26

The core session file in ProTools has which extension?

Answer 26

.ptx

Question 27

What happens when you mic towards center of amp?

Answer 27

Bright and harsh

Question 28

What happens when mic further from the center of the amp?

Answer 28

It’s dark and low

Question 29

How do you make a click track while in session?

Answer 29

Click track on top and choose create click track

Question 30

Where are audio files stored?

Answer 30

In audio files folder of session

Question 31

How do you adjust record level on interface?

Answer 31

Use gain knob

Question 32

How do you pan and fade?

Answer 32

Found in both mix and edit windows

Question 33

Shortcut to create new track?

Answer 33

Command shift n

Question 34

What should you release an album at?

Answer 34

48 kHZ, 24bit wav file

Question 35

What is grid mode?

Answer 35

Allows me to make selections in the value of the grid

Question 36

What is slip mode?

Answer 36

Slip mode is free flow

Question 37

What are the editing tools?

Answer 37

Trim Tool: you can trim the start or end of clip
Selector tool: allows you to make selections in the edit window
Grabber tool: hand icon, allows you to grab and move around
Smart tool: highlight of all of the above tools

Question 38

Difference between WAV and MP3 files.

Answer 38

WAV and aiff files are uncompressed while MP3 files are compressed

Question 39

Why would you create a master fader for every session?

Answer 39

To monitor overall output of session. You can set your overall output level.

Question 40

Difference between instrument and audio track.

Answer 40

An instrument track is used for MIDI data; this track is connected to a virtual instrument. An audio has the waveform at the bottom. It is used to record live instruments.