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Working with Pro Tools | Ultimate Flashcards

1
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How many I/O channels can a Standard Pro Tools session have?

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Up to 32 channels

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How many I/O channels can an Ultimate Pro Tools session have (software only)?

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Up to 32 channels

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How many I/O channels can an Ultimate Pro Tools session with HD Native Hardware have?

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Up to 64 Channels

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How many I/O channels can an Ultimate Pro Tools session with HDX | Hardware have?

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Up to 92 channels (64 per card)

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What are common components of a ProTools | Ultimate System

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  • Computer
  • Pro Tools | Ultimate Software
  • Storage Drives
  • Audio Interface
  • HD Native/HDX Interconnect (H Native Thunderbolt or HDX PCIe Card)
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How many tracks does an HDX Card provide?

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The HDX Card provides up to 256 simultaneous tracks of audio recording or playback.

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How many channels of I/O can a channel provide to the system?

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64 channels

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How many audio interfaces can an HDX Card support?

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Up to 4

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How many cards can a Pro Tools | HDX system can be expanded with?

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3 card total for up to 12 audio interfaces and 192 channels of I/O

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What are optional components of a Pro Tools | Ultimate System?

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  • Additional Audio Interfaces
  • AVID PRE
  • SYNC HD
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How many video tracks do you get with a Standard Pro Tools Session?

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1 Video track

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How many video tracks do you get with a Pro Tools | Ultimate session?

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Up to 64 video tracks

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What are the features of an HD OMNI Interface?

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  • 4 channels of analog input
  • 8 Channels of analog output
  • Sample rates up to 192kHz
  • Compact preamp, monitoring, and I/O solution
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What are the features of an HD I/O Interface?

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  • Supports sample rates up to 192 kHz
  • Configurable for different I/O options
  • 8 x 8 x 8 (8 analog out, and 8 digital in and out) 1
  • 6 x 16 analog in and out
  • 16 x 16 digital in and out
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What are the features of an HD MADI Interface?

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  • 64-channel audio
  • Sample rates of up to 192 kHz
  • Simplified connectivity between a Pro Tools system and MADI-Compatible audio equipment, such as routers, digital mixing consoles, VENUE systems, and converters
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What are the features of a Pro Tools | MTRX Interface?

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  • 8 card slots that support up to 48 channels of A/D and D/A conversion
  • Sophisticated internal routing and audio-over-IP connectivity
  • Optional expansion cards for mic preamps, AES3 support, MADI connectivity, Dante I/O, and 3G-SDI connections
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What are the features of a Pro Tools | MTRX Studio Interface?

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  • All-In-One audio interface
  • Provide robust I/O, monitoring, and routing capabilities
  • 16 x 16 analog I/O via DB-25 connectors
  • 2 additional mic/line inputs
  • 16 x 16 ADAT I/O
  • 64 x 64 Dante I/O
  • Full monitor control
  • SPQ speaker processing
  • Tight integration with Pro Tools | Ultimate software
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18
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Where does the Pro Tools mixer enter and exit?

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It enters at the inserts and exists at the master fader

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What are the top 8 bits reserved for?

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They are reserved for the exponent (headroom)

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How are the bits divided in a 32-Bit floating-point pathway?

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  • 1 bit for the sign (positive or negative)
  • 23 bits for the mantissa
  • 8 bits for the exponent
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How are the bits divided in a 64-Bit floating-point pathway?

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  • 1 bit for the sign (positive or negative)
  • 52 bits for the mantissa
  • 11 bits for the exponent
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22
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What does the mantissa do?

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The mantissa increases the amount of dynamic range

23
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What is the difference between saying things at the session level vs the system/root level?

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  1. Session level is only saved with that specific Pro Tools session
  2. System/Root level saves the information to the computer
24
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How do you access the hardware setup dialog box? What does it do?

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Setup > Hardware

The hardware dialog box allows you to configure the physical input and output connections on an audio interface that route signals into and out of Pro Tools

25
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What use does the MAIN tab in the Hardware Set Up Dialog Box provide?

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  1. Shows the input and output routing for the selected audio interface
  2. You can select input and output connections on the audio interface and route them to the available channel pairs to and from Pro Tools
26
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What options are included under the MAIN tab in the Hardware Setup Dialog Box?

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  • AES/EBU
  • S/PDIF
  • Optical (S/PDIF)
  • ADAT
  • TDIF
  • Optical ADAT
  • Word Clock
27
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What use does the ANALOG IN tab in the Hardware Set Up Dialog Box provide?

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  1. Configure reference levels & limiter settings for each analog input channel
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What use does the DIGITAL tab in the Hardware Set Up Dialog Box provide?

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  1. Set up the input format and sample rate conversion for any digital I/O cards in an HD I/O
29
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How do you access the Playback Engine dialog box? What functions are available in the Playback Engine Settings?

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Setup > Playback Engine

  1. Allows you to select the audio engine
30
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What does the Hardware Buffer size do? What kind of plug-ins does the Hardware Buffer Size effect?

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  1. It sets the number of samples processed at once during a processor cycle
  2. Native Plug-ins ONLY
31
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Will plug-ins on AUX input tracks that are receiving live input be processed on the high-latency domain or the low-latency domain?

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They will be processed in the low-latency domain.

32
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Will the virtual instrument plug-ins be processed on the high-latency domain or the low-latency domain?

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They will be processed in the low-latency domain.

33
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Will plug-ins on audio tracks that are in record or input monitoring mode be processed on the high-latency domain or the low-latency domain?

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They will be processed in the low-latency domain.

34
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How will all other plug-ins be processed in the absence of side-chaining?

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They will be processed in the high-latency domain

35
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What is the fixed buffer size for the high-latency domain?

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  1. 1024 samples for 44.1 and 48 kHz
  2. 2048 samples for 88.2 and 96 kHz
  3. 4096 samples for 176.4 and 192 kHz
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Is the buffer size for the low-latency domain fixes or variable?

37
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How should the Hardware Buffer Size be set for your session?

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It should be set as low as possible

38
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What settings can be used to minimize latency on record-enabled and input-monitored tracks?

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Hardware Buffer Size Settings

39
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What does the Disk Cache determine?

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The amount of memory (RAM) used by the Avid Audio Engine (AAE) to manage disk buffers

40
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What does the NORMAL disk cache setting do?

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It estimates how much cache is needed

41
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How should you set your cache?

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You should find out the audio information in order to set the proper cache

42
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How do you view the System Usage window?

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Window > System Usage

43
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How do you view your cache in the system usage window?

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The cache setting must be out of normal mode

44
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What is a CPU meter?

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The CPU meter is a horizontal graph that allows you to monitor how much of your computer’s computational bandwidth you’re using

45
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What usage does the top CPU meter show?

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  • Native Plug-ins
  • real-time Elastic Audio processing
  • Clip Gain adjustments
  • Clip gain processing
  • Host-based mixer processing
46
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How can you reduce CPU usage?

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  • Increase Hardware Buffer Size and/or enable Host Engine error suppression
  • Change real-time Elastic audio processors to rendered mode (X-Form)
  • Commit Elastic Audio changes on tracks
  • Render any clip gain or clip effects used in the session
  • Commit tracks or freeze command to render processor-intensive plug-ins on Audio, Aux, Input, and instrument tracks
47
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What is the disk meter?

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A single horizontal graph that shows how much of your storage drive’s total available data throughput you are using

48
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What does the Disk Cache Meter do?

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It displays when the Cache Size in the Playback Engine Dialog box is set to a value other than NORMAL

It indicates the percentage of allocated memory being used to cache audio in the timeline.

49
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What does the Memory Meter do?

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Displays how much of your installed RAM is being used by ProTools

50
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What does the Voices Allocated Meter do?

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The single horizontal graph shows the number of voices currently in use and the total number of voices allocated to your system

51
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Where can you enable Low Latency Monitoring? How do you get there?

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The output page of the I/O Setup Dialog Box

Setup > I/O > Output Tab > enable Low Latency Monitoring

52
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What does Low Latency Monitoring affect?

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It automatically bypasses any plug-ins and sends on tracks that are receiving live input

53
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How do you maintain sends with Low Latency Monitoring enabled? How do you get there?

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You enable ALLOW SENDS TO PERSIST DURING LLM under the mixing tab in preferences

Setup > Preferences > Mixing Tab > enable ALLOW SENDS TO PERSIST DURING LLM

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