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1
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What is ProTools?

A

Professional DAW for recording, mixing, mastering and editing sounds

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2
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How do I create a new session?

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Press the Session Template located in the dock or COMMAND +N

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What are session parameters?

A

Audio File Type: BWF (.wav)
Sample Rate: 48 or 44.1kHz
Bit Depth: 24-bit
I/O Settings: Venue D-Show

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4
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How do I create new audio tracks?

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COMMAND-SHIFT+N

or menu item

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5
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What are track parameters?

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Enter number of tracks
Select Mono or Stereo
Select Audio Track from drop down list
Select Samples

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6
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What are some common keyboard shortcuts?

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SPACEBAR - start/stop playback
COMMAND+= - Cycle between Mix and Edit windows
COMMAND+SHIFT+W - close session

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7
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What are the main windows of PT?

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Edit and mix window

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What is the Edit Window?

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Displays audio for session in a timeline
Regions, Groups, Tracks List
Toolbar

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9
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What is the tracks list?

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Has all instrument tracks

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10
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How do I hide tracks?

A

Click on the dot in the Tracks Window

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11
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What is the Groups List?

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Can group tracks within a session

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What is Regions List?

A

Displays audio Regions
PT manages audio as regions
Regions can be complete audio files, edited section of an audio file
Editing in PT is non-destructive - regions can be trimmed without changing original data

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13
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What main Edit Tools are available?

A

Trimmer, Grabber, Selector

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14
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What does the Trimmer do?

A

Trim head or tail of audio selection

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What does Selector do?

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Click and drag to select portion of a track

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16
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What does Grabber do?

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Move clips - use shift to move more than one

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17
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What are the three Grabber Tools?

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Time, Separation and Object

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18
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What are the four Edit Modes?

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Slip, Shuffle, Spot, Grid

Determine how regions can be moved

19
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What does Slip Mode do?

A

Drag audio anywhere on timeline

20
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What does Shuffle Mode do?

A

Allow users to shuffle regions on timeline

21
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What does Spot Mode do?

A

Precisely place regions in time

22
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What is Grid Mode?

A

Snap regions to a grid - time or music based

23
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What are Zoom controls?

A

Zoom in and out of amplitude or time

24
Q

How do I change Track Height?

A

Click on a track
Drag the bottom ofd the window
OR
Click to right of level meters and select height

25
Q

Is there a built in reference guide or help in PT?

A

Yes - Help > Pro Tools Help

26
Q

What is the Mix Window

A

Mixer view of tracks

Traditional console features - inserts, sends, I/O settings

27
Q

How do I enter a track name?

A

Click on Track Name

Each name must be unique

28
Q

How do I record in PT?

A

Click Track Record enable
Arm all tracks by holding OPTION
Arm the transport
Press play

29
Q

What is the transport?

A

Box that has Play, Record, Stop, Fast Forward, Skip

30
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What is Commands Keyboard Focus?

A

Activates hot-keys

31
Q

What is non-linear hard disk recording and editing?

A

Random access for audio portion

Means: cut, copy, paste and re-arrange in any order

32
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What is the DAE?

A

Digital Audio Engine

Processes audio and sends to outputs

33
Q

What does the Playback Engine screen do?

A

Adjust performance of the system by changing system settings that affect playback, processing and recording
SETUP > PLAYBACK ENGINE
Set HW Buffer Size, CPU limit, Sample Range, Delay, Cache Size

34
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What are ‘voices’ in?

A

Describes unique, discrete audio streams that can be routed to and from PT audio tracks and physical audio I/O on PT interface

35
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What is an audio clip?

A

Segment of audio, MIDI or video data

Clips are useful for arranging audio and MIDI

36
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What is a Playlist?

A

Sequence of clips arranged on an audio, MIDI or video track
Have edit and automation playlists
Audio tracks - edit playlist tells the hard disk which audio clips to play in what order

37
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What signal routing options are there?

A

Located in Mix window
Track Input, Output, Aux Input and Master Fader Tracks
MIDI Tracks, Instrument Tracks, Sends

38
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What does the term “sends’ mean?

A

Sends signal from tracks to hardware outputs or internal busses that are routed to other tracks
MIDI, Master Fader, VCA Master Tracks do not have sends

39
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What do AUX Input and Master Fader Track ?

A

Returns, submixers and bus masters
Master Fader used as bus and output level master
AUX Input and Master Fader tracks can have plugin inserts

40
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What track timebase options do I have?

A

Sample-based (default) or Tick-based

41
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What does ‘Elastic Audio’ refer to?

A

Real-time and non-real-time Time Compression and Expansion (TCE) of audio

42
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What are AAF, OMF, MXF basics?

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AAF, OMF files are for storing and retrieving media files and metadata to allow exchange of data between DAW’s
MXF is a media file format can be used with AAF

43
Q

How do I create a fade out?

A 
Select area
Chose Edit-Fades-Create 
Select fade-out curve and do other settings
Click audition button and adjust
Click ok

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