Pro Tools Questions Flashcards by Ellisha Cox

What is ProTools?

Professional DAW for recording, mixing, mastering and editing sounds

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How do I create a new session?

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

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What are session parameters?

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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How do I create new audio tracks?

COMMAND-SHIFT+N

or menu item

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What are track parameters?

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

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What are some common keyboard shortcuts?

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

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What are the main windows of PT?

Edit and mix window

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What is the Edit Window?

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

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What is the tracks list?

Has all instrument tracks

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How do I hide tracks?

Click on the dot in the Tracks Window

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What is the Groups List?

Can group tracks within a session

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What is Regions List?

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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What main Edit Tools are available?

Trimmer, Grabber, Selector

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What does the Trimmer do?

Trim head or tail of audio selection

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What does Selector do?

Click and drag to select portion of a track

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What does Grabber do?

Move clips - use shift to move more than one

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What are the three Grabber Tools?

Time, Separation and Object

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What are the four Edit Modes?

Slip, Shuffle, Spot, Grid

Determine how regions can be moved

What does Slip Mode do?

Drag audio anywhere on timeline

What does Shuffle Mode do?

Allow users to shuffle regions on timeline

What does Spot Mode do?

Precisely place regions in time

What is Grid Mode?

Snap regions to a grid - time or music based

What are Zoom controls?

Zoom in and out of amplitude or time

How do I change Track Height?

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

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

Yes - Help > Pro Tools Help

What is the Mix Window

Mixer view of tracks | Traditional console features - inserts, sends, I/O settings

How do I enter a track name?

Click on Track Name | Each name must be unique

How do I record in PT?

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

What is the transport?

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

What is Commands Keyboard Focus?

Activates hot-keys

What is non-linear hard disk recording and editing?

Random access for audio portion | Means: cut, copy, paste and re-arrange in any order

What is the DAE?

Digital Audio Engine | Processes audio and sends to outputs

What does the Playback Engine screen do?

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

What are 'voices' in?

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

What is an audio clip?

Segment of audio, MIDI or video data | Clips are useful for arranging audio and MIDI

What is a Playlist?

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

What signal routing options are there?

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

What does the term "sends' mean?

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

What do AUX Input and Master Fader Track ?

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

What track timebase options do I have?

Sample-based (default) or Tick-based

What does 'Elastic Audio' refer to?

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

What are AAF, OMF, MXF basics?

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

How do I create a fade out?

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