Pro Tools 101 Chapter 10

Question 1

Why is it important to back up your Pro Tools sessions? What are some ways in which your Pro Tools work can be lost accidentally?

Answer 1

…Critical for disaster recovery. You can overwrite files by saving them under the same name.
Also deleting files

Question 2

How is the Save Copy In command different from the Save As command, in terms of the files that are saved?

Answer 2

“Save copy” allows you to make a self-contained duplicate session folder which can be saved in a seperate location

Question 3

Which session will be open after completing a Save Copy In operation: the original or the copy? How is this different from the Save As operation?

Answer 3

The original will stay open

Save As will open the renamed session

Question 4

What command can you use to save a session with a different sample rate or bit depth?

Answer 4

FILE > SAVE COPY IN

Question 5

What are some considerations for bouncing audio in Pro Tools? How is the bounce affected by soloed or muted tracks? How is it affected by the Timeline selection?

Answer 5

Pro Tools:

• Bounces only audible tracks
• bounces tracks based on the selected output path
• The bounced file will be a “printed” version of your session
• bounces tracks based on the Timeline selection
• Bounced material is automatically time-stamped

Play only solo track or eliminated muted tracks. Anything selected will be bounced, if no selection all content will be bounced.

Question 6

What is meant by the term “bounce to tracks?” What is the typical process for creating a stereo bounce to tracks within a session?

Answer 6

To create a stereo mixdown (or a submix) within Pro Tools, you can record any or all of your session track to an available stereo Audio Track

Combine the audio output of selected tracks using an internal mix bus and to record the resulting mix onto a seperate stereo Audio track.

Question 7

What command lets you mix your entire session directly to a hard drive? What file types are supported for the bounce file with this command?

Answer 7

Bounce to Disk

• WAV
• AIFF
• MP3
• MXF (Material Exchange Format)

Question 8

What bit depth should you use when bouncing a session to disk if you plan to burn the file to CD without further processing? What sample rate should you use?

Answer 8

16 bit

44.1 kHz

Question 9

How can you add audio files to iTunes for use in burning a CD?

Answer 9

FILE > BOUNCE TO > DISK

ADD TO ITUNES LIBRARY