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| What are the two other names a DAW can be refered to as? |
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| Digital Audio Sequencer, Hard-Disk Recorder |
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| What are the three main advantages to digital recording over analog recording? |
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| No inherent media noise, Durable Media, and No Generation Loss |
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| In digital recording, what should you avoid doing excessively? |
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| DAW's offer Total _______ automation |
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| What are the three characteristics of a DAW? |
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| Pointer-Based, Non-Linear, and Non-Destructive |
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| DAW's can create ________ references to one audio file |
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| Audio Events are defined by pointers to audio files |
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| Audio events can be played back in any order, regardless of hoe data is arranged on the hard disk (No Fast Forward or Rewind) |
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| What is another way of saying Non-Linear? |
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| Audio can be modified without changing the original |
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| In Pro Tools, what happens every time youy do a new take? |
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| What is the current version of Pro Tools? |
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| What are the supported bit depths in Pro Tools LE? |
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| What are the supported sample rates in Pro Tools LE? (Depending on your interface) |
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| 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, or 96 kHz |
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| How many active mono tracks are allowed in Pro Tools LE? |
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| How many total audio tracks are allowed in Pro Tools LE? |
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| How many Instrument tracks does Pro Tools LE support? |
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| How many Master Faders does Pro Tools LE support? |
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| How many Aux Inputs does Pro Tools LE support? |
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| How many MIDI tracks does Pro Tools LE support? |
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| What is the Session File? |
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| a map of all elements associated with the project (Does not contain Audio) |
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| Can you have multiple Session files in one session folder? |
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| What is contained in the Audio Files folder? |
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| The source audio files for the session |
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| What does the fade files folder contain? |
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| What is the difference between an audio file and an audio region? |
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| An audio file is the actual ones and zeros, stored on the disk, an audio region is a graphic object representing an audio file and takes very little disk space |
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| are audio regions part of the session file? |
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| Are audio files part of the session file? |
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| What is a whole file region? |
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| A region representing a Complete Audio File |
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| A Non whole file region points to ________ an audio file |
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| What are the two types of non whole file regions? |
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| user created regions, and auto created regions |
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| What is an auto created region? |
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| A region created as a byproduct of user edits |
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| File names should be _______, and not use ________. |
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| What are the three supported pro tools file types? |
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| What are the two primary windows within Pro Tools? |
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| Mix Window and the Edit Window |
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| Timebase rulers show ___________ |
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| Edit and Playback selections |
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| Conductor rulers show _________. |
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| Tempo meter and marker events |
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| What is another name for the playback cursor? |
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| What are the five track types within Pro Tools? |
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| Audio Tracks, MIDI Tracks, Aux Input, Master Fader, and Instrument Tracks |
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| What are the four edit modes? |
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| Slip, Spot, Grid, and Shuffle |
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| __________ mode moves and selects freely to any7 sample location |
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| ______ mode constrains the movement and selection to a specific point on a user defined grid. |
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| What are the two types of grid mode? |
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| _________ Grid mode moves the material by a grid value |
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| ________ Grid mode naps material or selections to a user defined grid. |
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| In _________ Mode, movement is constrained by region boundaries. |
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| ___________ mode places audio at a specific location. |
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| __________ mode removes and inserts time when regions are added or deleted, leaving no gaps |
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| The ______ Tool zooms in and out. |
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| The _______ Tool selects regions with a single mouse click |
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| The _______ Tool selects a period of time and all data within that period of time. |
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| What sample rates are supported by the MBox 2? |
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| What additional sample rates are supported by the Digi 002? |
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| What additional sample rates are supported by the Hd Systems? |
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| All files besides the three native file formats must be ________ before they can be imported. |
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| What type(s) of stereo does Pro Tools support? |
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| Does Pro Tools support stereo files? |
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| does Pro Tools support stereo tracks and regions? |
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| What is an Offline region? |
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| A region in the region list, who's source file doesn't exist on the hard drive |
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| What are the three ways to import audio into Pro Tools? |
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| Digibase, Finder/Explorer, and Import Audio (File Menu) |
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| What does the region list menu allow you to do? |
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| Manage and export files/regions, Set parameters for searches, and set parameters for viewing Files/Regions |
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| What does the scrubber tool allow you to do? |
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| Scrub through the audio like tape |
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| When Timeline Insertion is following playback, the cursor moves _________ |
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| When trimming regions, what is removed? |
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| Everything except what is selected |
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| What does the trim tool do? |
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| Changes start and end pointers |
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| What does the seperate region function do? |
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| Breaks a region at the cursor, or creates a region from a selection |
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| In order to heal a seperation, the seperated elements must be ________ |
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| What does the consolidate function do? |
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| Creates a new whole file region from the selection |
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| What does nudge selection do? |
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| Moves selection(not data) forward or backward by nudge value |
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| What is the difference between Shift and Nudge? |
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| Nudge moves selection by nudge value, shift moves the selection by a user specified value |
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| What does Lock regions do? |
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| What does lock region NOT protect against? |
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| Being recorded over or being replaced by another region |
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| What does tab to transient do? |
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| Moves cursor to next dynamic peak in the audio signal |
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| What does Identify Beat establish? |
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| What are the 4 ways to Save? |
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| Save, Save As, Save Copy In, and Auto Save |
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| What is the difference between Save As and Save Copy In? |
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| Save As makes a copy of a session file, wheras Save Copy In makes a copy of all files related to the session |
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| What are the three Components of a DAW? |
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| Hardware, Software, and Storage |
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| What does a Host based system rely heavily on? |
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| What does a Hardware based system rely heavily on? |
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| What is Secondary Storage used for? |
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| A host based system with a DSP chip added on |
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| What are the benefits of a faster CPU? |
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| More plug ins and less waiting |
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| What are the benefits of having more RAM? |
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| More efficient processing |
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| What factors determine Hard Drive Speed? |
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| Rotation Speed, Access Time, and Bus Type |
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| Why is SPDIF reffered to as a consumer format? |
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| Because it uses an unbalanced cable and it has Serial Copy Management System. |
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| What happens to all the formats when you go above 96 kHz sample rate? |
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| You have half as many audio channels |
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| How many XLR inputs does the Digi 002 Rack have? |
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| How many 1/4" TRS inputs does the Digi 002 Rack have? |
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| How many 1/4" analog outputs does the Digi 002 Rack have? |
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| How many levels of undo does Pro Tools LE have? |
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| What actions clear the undo queue? |
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| Deleting a track, closing a session, Quitting Pro Tools, Destructive Recording |
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