What is an audition path? The monitor path you take when previewing audio from your Regions List.

How do you audition regions in the Regions Bin? OPTION-click.

What does MSS stand for? MIDI Studio Setup.

What does AMS stand for? Audio MIDI Setup.

There are two places to access AMS, one inside Pro Tools, the other outside of Pro Tools. What are they? Inside Pro Tools: SETUP > MIDI > MIDI STUDIO.



Outside of Pro Tools: Applications.

How do you access the Edit Window Display options? VIEW > EDIT WINDOW VIEWS.



or, click on the Edit Window View Selector ().

How do you access the Mix Window Display options? VIEW > MIX WINDOW VIEWS.



or, click on the Mix Window View Selector (lower left corner of the Mix window).

How can you tell if a track is hidden in the track list? The bubble next to the track in the track list will be dimmed.

How do you optimize your RTAS performance?



Which menu would you go under? A higher # of processors allocates more CPU to RTAS processing. To allocate half of your processors to RTAS processing is a good starting point.



You go to SETUP > PLAYBACK ENGINE.

The Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size is specific to which plug-in? Structure.

How do you set your default sample rate? Open Pro Tools, but DON'T open a session. Then, go to SETUP > HARDWARE.

What does the Hardware Setup Dialog allow you to change? - Clock source

- Default sample rate

- Digital input rate

- Foot switch

- Peripherals

What digital formats are available in Pro Tools LE? AES and SPDIF.

What is the difference between a Work Surface and a Control Surface? A Work Surface brings everything inside the software, while a Control Surface only brings some things.

What does the Bank switch on a controller do? Navigates between banks of 8 tracks.

What does the Flip switch on a controller do? Flips knob encoders and faders. As in, reverses what they were doing.

What are the basic specifications for Pro Tools LE? (sample rate/bit depth/track count) 24 bits, 48 tracks, 96 kHz.

What does the Music Production Toolkit come with? 64 tracks. Includes enhancements designed specifically for music creation and production, such as a multi-track version of Beat Detective and various music-oriented plug-ins, including Eleven LE, Hybrid, and Structure LE.

What does the DV toolkit come with? Lets you add multiple video clips to a session and use multiple video tracks. Includes Digibase Pro. Also includes X-Form plug-in and DigiTranslator 2.0.

What does the Complete Production Toolkit come with? - includes everything the DV and Music Production toolkits have. Provides full surround mixing. Snapshot and Glide Automation, time code and synching features, and new editing features for working with field recorder channels.

How do you play video on the PT timeline out of the firewire port? What do you connect? Which menu do you access? OPTIONS. Must have compatible DV transcoder connected.

What are the six key aspects of the workspace Browser and its functionality? Access, view, update databases, audition, unmount, designate.

How do you make the Workspace Browser conform to the current PT session tempo? Click the metronome.. AUDIO > FILES > CONFORM TO SESSION TEMPO.

How do you enable loop preview in the Workspace Browser? Right click the play button.

Which types of audio files can be imported in to PT? AIFF, WAVE or BWF (.WAV), SDI and SDII, MP3, and AAC audio (including audio with AAC, Mp4, and M4a file extensions).

Which audio file type is Mac specific? SDII.

Which audio file type is Windows specific? WMA.

Are audio files automatically copied to the audio files folder when you import them? NO!

What are the four places you can import audio files from the workspace browser into the edit window? Region list, existing track, track list, timeline.

How many video engines can you have running at any given time? 1.

What does the Spot Dialog allow you to access/adjust? Current time code, time scale, start, sync point, end, duration, original time stamp, user time stamp.

How do you import the audio track from a movie file, without importing the video? Import audio and then select the video.

What are the key features of the import session data dialogue? The key features of the import session data dialogue are Source Properties, Time Code Mapping Options, Time Code Mapping Options, Audio Media and Video Media Options, Sample Rate Conversion Options, Source, Destination, Import…

How do you create a region group?

Which menu do you use?



What types of tracks can be region grouped?



Can region groups be created from empty selections? OPTION-COMMAND-G.



REGION menu.



All types of tracks can be region grouped.



Yes, they can be created from empty selections.

How do you use memory locations to make a selection? Click one, shift click the next. Period # period SHIFT period # period.

How can you use timeline markers to create a selection? OPTION.

How can you maintain a selection's length, while moving the selection? OPTION-Drag on either Timeline Selection marker.

How do you set pre and post roll in a playlist? OPTION-click with the SELECTOR tool only.

Which menu allows you to enable or disable pre/post roll? OPTIONS.

How do you set pre/post roll to the same amount? OPTION-drag either the Pre- or the Post-roll flags in the ruler.

How do you display different rulers? VIEWS > RULERS.

How do you add tempo and meter events? Hit the + sign next to the tempo, the quick key is CTRL-click.

How do you enable the click?



Which menu can you enable the click from? To enable the click, in the MIDI controls, click the METRONOME button.



or, from the menu, go to OPTIONS > SETUP.

Which menu allows you to access the Click/Count off options dialogue? SETUP.

What are the two ways to quantize MIDI information upon recording? Input Quantize and MIDI Step Input.

Which menu allows you to access MIDI quantizing options? EVENT.

Which menu allows you to enable loop record? OPTIONS.

How do you automatically create new playlists when loop recording? SETUP > .. check “automatically create new playlists when loop recording” box.

What is the difference between loop recording, and loop playback with MIDI merge? Loop playback with MIDI merge allows you to keep adding new things to the same performance. Loop recording puts in in the takes folder.

How do you audition loop recorded takes? - COMMAND-click with the selector tool anywhere within a selected region

- Right-click the region with the selector or grabber tool and then select MATCHES > MATCH CRITERIA.

Which track timebase is tick based? Bars|Beats.

What is the tick value of a quarter note?



What is the tick value of an 8th note? 960.



480.

What timebase do audio tracks default to?



What timebase do MIDI tracks default to? Samples.



Ticks.

What are two types of virtual instruments? Stand alone and plug-ins.

How do you monitor sound from Stand Alone virtual instruments? Rewire, built in audio capabilities, Digi hardware with Pro Tools closed.

What is Transfuser? A beatmunger.

How many parts and patches does Xpand!2 contain? 4.

How many filters does Hybrid contain? 23.

What is Structure?



What are Smart Knobs?



What are Key Switches? A sample editor.



Smart knobs are assignable knobs. To assign a knob, right click it and press “learn midi CC”.



Key Switches are assignable on/off switches that you can map to your controller keys.

How many Rewire streams does PT allow? 64.

Does ProTools allow you to record CC Data from Rewire clients? Yes yessss.

How do you enable elastic audio? Click the track’s Elastic Audio Plug-in selector and select whichever Elastic Audio plug-in you want.

How do you conform a region to the current session tempo? REGION > CONFORM TO TEMPO.

How many Rewire streams does PT allow? 64.

Does ProTools allow you to record CC Data from Rewire clients? Yes yessss.

How do you enable elastic audio? Click the track’s Elastic Audio Plug-in selector and select whichever Elastic Audio plug-in you want.

How do you conform a region to the current session tempo? REGION > CONFORM TO TEMPO.

To update an elastic track to the session tempo dynamically, your track must be set to which timebase? Tick-based.

What are the 5 types of elastic audio plug-ins? Poly, rhythm, mono, xform, varispeed.

Which elastic audio plug-in provides rendered only processing? X-Form.

How does elastic audio analyze an audio file? Finds transient events.

What is event confidence? Transient sensitivity.

How do you adjust event sensitivity? REGION > ELASTIC AUDIO PROPERTIES.

What are the elastic audio views? Warp and Analysis.

Which view allows you to see where elastic audio analysis has detected transient events? Analysis.

Which view allows you to fix the audio to specific points in the timeline? Warp.

What are tempo event generated warp markers? Diamonds that show you where events are.

How do you add event markers? (multiple ways) - With the Pencil tool, click at the location where you want to add an Event marker.



- With the Grabber tool, double click at the location where you want to add an Event Marker.



- With the Grabber tool, CTRL-click at the location where you want to add an Event marker.



- With any Edit tool, Right-click at the location where you want to add an Event marker and select ADD EVENT MARKER from the pop-up menu.

How do you delete event markers? (multiple ways) - With the Pencil or Grabber, OPTION-Click on the Event Marker you want to delete.

- With the Selector tool, make an Edit selection that includes any Event markers you want to delete and press DELETE.

- With the Selector tool, make an Edit selection that includes any Event markers you want to delete.

- Right-click on the selection and choose REMOVE EVENT MARKER from the pop-up menu.

What are the three ways to warp audio? - Recording

- Telescoping

- Range

What does a warp indicator look like? Like a beaker!

What are the two ways to access elastic audio pitch transposition?



Can you undo pitch transposition?



Does undoing pitch transposition affect audio quality? EVENT > EVENT OPERATIONS > TRANSPOSE. Or, OPTION 5 on the numeric keypad to open the Elastic Properties Window.



Yes you can undo it, and it has no detrimental effect on your audio quality.

What are the different ways to view MIDI information? - Notes

- Regions

What is the difference between MIDI Thru and Default Thru instrument? - MIDI Thru: enabed from OPTIONS > MIDI THRU. Used when recording from a MIDI controller onto a MIDI or Instrument track or monitoring through a record-enabled MIDI or Instrument Track, and when monitoring with the Default Thru Instrument.



- Default Thru Instrument: enabled from SETUP > PREFERENCES. Used when monitoring a MIDI controller without a record-enabled MIDI or Instrument track, and when auditioning a MIDI region in the Region List

How do you audition regions in the regions list? First, configure the Default Thru Instrument. If set to Follow First Selected, select the track for the sound source. Then OPTION-Click on the MIDI region in the Region list and the region will play back using the assigned Default Thru Instrument.

What does the smart pencil do when placed over the middle of a MIDI event? Becomes a grabber, allowing you to move the event to a different pitch, beat, or sub-beat.

How do you temporarily suspend grid mode? COMMAND.

What are the different ways to select multiple MIDI notes? (Multiple ways) - Click and drag with the selector

- OPTION-drag with the pencil

- Shift-click with the Grabber or Pencil

- Click and drag a rectangle around a group of notes with the Grabber

- CTRL-Click and drag around the notes with the Pencil.

What is the difference between grid quantize and groove quantize? Groove quantize is used to apply a particular rhythmic feel.

How do you quantize Audio regions? - EVENT > EVENT OPERATIONS > QUANTIZE

- OPTION+0 (zero)

Where are fade files stored? Fade Files Folder.

Where can I delete multiple fades? EDIT > FADES > DELETE

What must I consider when applying fades to elastic audio enabled tracks? Elastic audio processing cannot be applied to fades. Fades will always retain their absolute duration and will recalculate after any Elastic Audio processing has been applied to the underlying audio.

How do you select a range of regions in the regions list?



How do you select non-contiguous regions in the regions list? SHIFT-Click.



COMMAND.

When removing regions, what is the difference between remove and delete? Delete is permanent.

What is compacting sound files? Deletes everything that you aren’t viewing in the Edit window.

How do you access the color palette? WINDOW > COLOR PALETTE

Which menu can you access region looping from? REGION.

Which aspects of your session does the color palette affect? - Tracks

- Regions in the tracks

- Regions in the regions list

- Groups

- Markers

How do you loop multiple selections on multiple tracks as a group? You region group them and then you loop them.

Can you access the region looping dialog box after looping regions? Yes, you double click the loop icon on the loop.

How do you temporarily enforce grid mode while trimming? CTRL.

What is the difference between the normal trim, and loop trim tool? Loop trim allows you to loop unlooped regions.

How many modes does Beat Detective have? 5.

Which menu can you access Beat Detective from? EVENT > BEAT DETECTIVE

How many Beat Detective modes work with audio? 5 modes work with audio.

How many Beat Detective modes work with MIDI? 2 modes work with MIDI.

How many modes work with Audio only? 3 work with audio ONLY.

What are the five different automation modes in PT LE? - Off

- Read

- Touch

- Latch

- Write

How do you enable or disable automation on a specific track? COMMAND-Click.

How do you change all tracks to view automation lanes? OPTION.

How do you delete a break point? OPTION.

In which ways can you manipulate auto data specifically with the grabber tool? - Creating

- Deleting

- Moving

How do you solo safe a track? COMMAND-Click on the solo button.

What can Master Faders be used for? - Monitoring outputs

- Post fader effect processing

- Subgroups

- Controlling effect sends

Are inserts pre or post fader?



Are they switchable? Pre (except master faders).



Nope.

How many sends are there? 10.

What does a plug-in window look like when the plug-in window is open? When is it closed?



When is it deactivated? When is it activated?



What does a hardware insert look like activated? Deactivated? Dark when it’s bypassed and the window is closed, light when it’s active and the window is open.

How can you bypass a plug-in? COMMAND-click.

How do you change the default send level preference? Preferences.

How do you move or copy sends? OPTION-drag to copy it. To move it, just click and drag it.

How do you constrain your moves to the selected tracks? SHIFT-OPTION

What features are available on a master fader? Volume, output, inserts.

When do you apply dither? Only when reducing bit depth.

How many groups are available? 104.

What is not affected by grouping tracks? Record enable, pan, voice assignment, output assignment.

Can you delete the all group? No wayyy.

How do you create a group? COMMAND+G