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Pro Tools 210
Comprehensive Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In order for Pro Tools to sync to an external timecode source, what does it require? | An external timecode synchronization peripheral, called SYNC I/O |
| True or False: when using 9-Pin (RS-422) machine control, the SYNC I/O LTC Positional Reference connection is unnecessary. | True |
| Can SYNC I/O be used as a stand-alone SMPTE-MTC synchronizer without Pro Tools hardware or software? | Yes |
| Pro Tools requires what between SYNC I/O and the HD Core card? Stand-alone setups utilizing SYNC I/O also require this between SYNC I/O and the serial port on the host CPU. | Serial connection |
| When used with Pro Tools, what does SYNC I/O External Clock default to? | 1x Word clock (can be reconfigured to 256x slave clock, required for 24 Mix legacy audio interfaces) |
| For SYNC I/O to resolve to house sync: | Connect the house video reference/black burst signal to the SYNC I/O Video Ref In port |
| What does LTC stand for? | Longitudinal Timecode |
| Where do you check your Synchronization settings? | Setup > Peripherals > Synchronization tab |
| Does PT HD automatically recognize if a SYNC I/O is connected? | Yes, when SYNC I/O is recognized, PT automatically enables the SYNC I/O in the Setup > Peripherals > Synchronization |
| Can devices other than the SYNC I/O be connected to the DigiSerial Port? | No |
| Where do you find SYNC Setup? | Setup > Session, Command+2 |
| Solid color Locked and Speed Cal indicators mean what? | Clock source is valid, consistent speed for hardware to clock to |
| Blinking Locked and unlit Speed Cal indicators mean what? | Clock source is invalid |
| What are two most common Timecodes used in post? | LTC (Longitudinal Timecode) and VITC (Vertical Interval Timecode) |
| Where do you set a Timecode Rate? | Setup > Session, Command+2 |
| 24 FPS is used for? | International film and high-def video standard |
| 23.976 FPS is used to? | Convert from 24 frame high-def audio/video projects to standard def (NTSC) projects |
| 25 FPS is used for? | PAL standard def audio/video format usually used for video projects |
| 29.97 FPS is used for? | NTSC Nondrop frame standard def audio/video format usually used for film projects that are converted to NTSC (generally North America) |
| 29.97 FPS Drop is is used for? | NTSC drop frame standard def audio/video format usually used for television NTSC broadcast |
| 30 FPS is used for? | Music applications (non-video) and film referenced audio |
| 30 FPS drop is use dfor? | Sometimes used for NTSC television programs that are shot on film |
| PT adjusts audio and video playback rates as needed to match any changes to the current session frame rate when what is enabled? | Auto Match Pull Factors |
| You can capture and copy the current timecode being received to the Session Start display be highlighting the display and pressing the __________ key, followed by __________ | Equal key (Mac), Asterisk key (PC); followed by Return/Enter |
| True or False: COM1 and COM2 port options are only available on Mac PT systems. | False, only Windows systems |
| Where do you enable/disable Machine Control? | Setup > Peripherals > Machine Control tab |
| What are the quick keys to put PT online? | Command+J (Mac) or Ctrl+J (PC); Option+Spacebar (Mac) or Alt+Spacebar (PC); click Online button in Transport |
| What is the quick key to enable/disable PT online record? | Command+Option+Spacebar (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar (PC) |
| How much pre-roll does PT require before online recording or playback begins? | Approx. 3 seconds |
| True or False: In Spot mode, you can spot audio regions directly from any Digibase browser to any audio track in your session by dragging and dropping the audio region onto the desired track: | True |
| Quick key to snap a regions start, sync point, or end to the selection start: | Command+Right click (Mac) or Ctrl+Right click (PC) |
| To accurately capture and copy timecode from external timecode sources, you should use what or enable what? | Use VITC, or enable "Use Serial Timecode for Positional Reference" in the Machine Control tab of the Peripherals dialog |
| How do you make a Sync point? | Command+, (Mac) or Ctrl+, (PC); Region > Identify Sync Point |
| How many sync points can you have in a single region? | One |
| How can you locate the cursor to any sync point to the right or left? | Right = tab, left = Option+tab (Mac) or Ctrl+Tab (PC) |
| You can move a Sync point location by doing what? | Dragging it with the Grabber tool |
| How do you remove a Sync point? | Select whole region with Grabber tool, Command+, (Mac) or Ctrl+, (PC) |
| How do you automatically spot a region? | Command+P (Mac) or Ctrl+P (Windows), then click the region or drag it from the regions list |
| Can you auto-spot a region based on a sync point? | Yes |
| Why is using Replace Region useful in post? | If you use a specific or background sound effect many times in a session, and later decide to replace one or all of the original regions with a different region. Can also be used to replace single or multiple musical cues |
| How do you Replace Region? | Highlight region you want to replace, Command+Shift-drag or Ctrl+Shift-drag the replacement region from the regions list to the selected region |
| How do you change the User Time Stamp? | Right-click on a region and chhose Time Stamp |
| How do you display time in regions? | View > Region > (choose one) |
| When recording digital video into PT, what is recommended for optimal performance? | A dual channel SCSI card, one channel dedicated to audio playback and recording, the other dedicated to video playback and recording |
| Avid Mojo Connectors: | S-Video Out; Composite Video Out; Audio Out Left-Right; Audio In Let-Right; Composite Video In; S-Video In; Video Reference In; DV In-out; Firewire to Computer |
| Are the Audio Input/Output connectors used on the Avid Mojo in PT? | No |
| Avid Mojo SDI Connectors: | Video Out: Composite, S-Video, Serial Digital, 4 Channel AES, Audio Word Clock; Analog Out 3-4; Analog Out 1-2; Optical Out 1-2; Optical In 1-2; Analog In 3-4; Analog In 1-2; Video In: Composite, S-Video, Serial Digital, 4 Channel AES, Video Reference |
| To digitize video directly into the PT timeline, what hardware will you need? | AVoption|V10, or Avid Mojo, Avid Mojo SDI video interface; SYNC I/O; Digidesign Machine Control software option (recommended); PAL or NTSC Prof. Video Tape Recorder supp. RS-422; Blackburst Generator NTSC or PAL |
| When using AVoption|V10 and Avid Mojo SDI, which available video outputs are active at all times? | All of them |
| Maximum time a video can digitized in a single record pass? | 6 hours |
| Can you change video output options while the video track is record-enabled? | No |
| What are the two views for Video tracks? | Frames view, Blocks view |
| Where is the Video Track Online Button and what does it look like? | Right beneath track name; circle, lit/blue = online, unlit/grey = offline |
| How do you put a video online from the menus? | Options > Video Online |
| Since only one video track can be active in a session, toggling any available video track in the session online does what? | Places all other video tracks offline |
| Quick key to import video? | Command+Option+Shift+I (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I (PC) |
| How do you play a Quicktime movie through a compatible firewire hardware peripheral? | Options > Video Out Firewire |
| If you are planning on playing a quicktime movie through a Canopus ADVC-110 Firewire video transcoder, then the quicktime video file must be saved as what? | QuickTime TV |
| How do you change video sync offset from the menus? | Setup > Video Sync Offset |
| Canopus ADVC-110 transcoder currently requires what quarter frame offset for NTSC? for PAL? | 22 quarter frames for NTSC, 18 quarter frames for PAL |
| What is required in order to import or export either OMF or AAF files? | DigiTranslator 2.0 software option, reads OMF version 2.0 and AAF files but not OMF 1.0 files |
| OMF stands for what? | Open Media Framework Interchange |
| AAF stands for what? | Advanced Authorizing Format |
| AIFC stands for what? | Audio Interchange File Compressed |
| Quick key for importing session data? | Option+Shift+I (Mac) or Alt+Shift+I (PC) |
| True or False: you can import tracks from a DigiBase browser, by either double-clicking the AAF or OMFI sequence or dragging and dropping the files into the PT Timeline: | True |
| Avid video displays in the Video window only when...? | Scrubbed with the Scrubber tool |
| How do you access the video window from the menus? What is the quick key? | Window > Video; Command+9 or Ctrl+9 |
| How do you insert silence from the menus? | Edit > Insert Silence |
| How do you open the Universe window from the menus? | Window > Universe |
| Quick key to toggle between Auto Input and Input Only monitoring? | Option+K or Alt+K |
| Can deletion of playlists be undone? | No |
| Track playlists can be changed during playback using what? | Playlist selectors |
| Before using X-Form on a plug-in, doing what will produce better results? | Normalizing |
| Comments for catalogs can have a maximum of how many characters? | 256 |
| Sync I/O does not have what kind of connection? | Optical |
| Which of the following has no machine control shortcut? | Eject Tape |
| Which is not an available time scale in Spot mode? | Sub frames |
| Which is not an available option in location menu from within video import options dialog? | User time stamp |
| Region groups do not store which of the following? | Automation |
| When enabling touch/latch automation mode: | Volume ctrl's are placed in touch, all other controls are placed in latch |
| Shortcut to access Scroll to Track window? | Command+Option+F or Ctrl+Alt+F |
| To enable automation parameters what keys do you press? | Ctrl+Start+Alt-click or Command+Ctrl+Option-click the plug-ins Auto Button |
| Pt has default plug in preferences for what kinds of plug-ins? | EQ and dynamic |
| What is not required to perform stereo audio layback using machine control from a linear video deck? | LTC out video deck |
| Which of the following does not appear in the View > Regions menu? Tape source, current time, original time stamp, user time stamp, no time: | Tape source |
| Which of the following hardware is not required when digitizing video directly into the PT Timeline? | Midi keyboard |
| The Loop Regions can be accessed from the ______ menu: | Region |
| Which of the following editing operations does not apply to video regions? | Strip Silence |
| A pro tools edit playlist is defined as? | User-determined sequence of regions |
| In PT LE, edit and mix groups can be configured to affect any of the following track attributes except? | Record enables |
| Which of the following is NOT a possible a video track type on PT HD series systems? | Avid, HD Video, Quick Time, All of the above, none of the above? ALL OF THE ABOVE (CHECK THIS ONE) |
| VocAlign is mainly used for phase-aligning what? | ADR |
| Which key do you hold to select-deselect non-contiguous regions in the regions list? | Command (Mac) or Ctrl (PC) |
| Pro Tools ONLY supports bouncing to MP3 files when using: Windows PT, Mac PT, PT LE, PT HD, all of above? | All of the above |
| The technical specification name for 9-pin is? | RS-422 |
| SCREENSHOT PT metering picture of the "Lissajous Meter", gives you the option of what is this picture? | C = Lissajous Meter, THE ANSWER IS NOT "A = PHASESCOPE" |
| How to snapshot automation on a Windows computer with a "write to current"? | Ctrl + / (Windows) |
| Which is not an available Sync I/O clock source? | VITC |
| To accurately capture time code from external time code source within PT use what? | E = A+C, A = VITC, C = Serial Time Code for positional reference |
| Key command to replace multiple regions with batch instances? | Command+Shift-drag (mac) |
| To access the Spot command and other options: | A = use a right-click shortcut. (ctrl-click) |
| When importing an Avid sequence that contains a video mix down into PT, how many new video tracks would appear in the timeline? | B = 2 |
| Export Region Group Command is located in? | Regions List Menu |
| What location options AREN'T available in the video import option window? | User Time Stamp |
| Screen shot of video in either frames or blocks, just pick the right one | |
| Pro Tools edit playlist is defined as? | User-determined sequence of regions |
| In post production, vocalign project is mainly used for phase-aligning? | ADR |
| In post production, x-form is mainly used for phase-aligning? | ADR |
| what is NOT a valid method for importing video into PT? | On a video track right click and select import video |
| Which of these aren't a show/hide window option? | Command focus key V |
| Music Production toolkit or DV tool kit increases track count to? | 48 |
| which of the following isn't a real thinning preference? | ASK OLIVER |
| Which 9-pin machine control connection is not supported by mac pro tools? | Com1 and Com2 Ports |
| Enforcing Avid compatible which of the following are false? | Limiting it to a stereo interleaved file |
| Loop playback must a be a minimum of how long in order to loop? | .5 seconds |
| Auto-spot regions, what is false? | It auto edits extra space of the region prior to spotting |
| Video track I/O pop up and asking which hardware it is? | if the options that pop up are component composite and S-video only then it's MOJO, MOJO SDI or V10, if it's all of those AND SDI then it's just MOJO SDI or V10 |
| verify sync I/O communication with PT in which Peripherals tab? | Synchronization |
| How many midi channels are able to go over one cable? | 16 |
| Timeline drop order options from the regions list? | Up to down OR left to right |
| Where can you edit the video file name of the clip? | Catalogs |
| Export Region Group from where? | Regions List |
| Clear regions? | Removes them from the session ANSWER A |
| Auditioning audio in a workspace browswer picture of the speaker with A above the speaker means? | Auto-playback |
| Auditioning audio in a workspace broswer picture of a speaker with a curved arrow under the speaker? | loop playback |
| Screenshot of playlist with some audio deleted in between dialog, says there is already room tone in the clip board, has the blank space selected. asks what to do to fill the gap? | repeat to fill selection |
| What video file cannot be edited on the timeline? | MPEG-2 |
| Picture of the machine ctrl track arming window: tracks 1&2 are YELLOW: | Means tracks are in Edit Preview Mode performing rehearse layback |
| Which is NEVER a Transport option in the machine ctrl pop-up menu? | LTC |
| Which is NOT a valid OMFI/AAF export method? | Export tracks as MXF |
| How many sends can you have on a track? | 10 |
| To import markers into a session, use what command? | Import session data |
| Which is NOT an option for entering time code number in user time stamp dialog? | User Time Stamp, Current Time Code, Current Selection, are all actual choices. |
| Blackburst or house sync is known in PT as? | Video Reference |
| To insert black on a video track, use what command? | Insert Silence |
| 9-pin connectio NOT supported by Windows? | Keyspan USB-Serial Adapter |
| Which is NOT a valid method for displaying the Video Universe window? | valid methods: Window > Universe, right-click (win or mac) or ctrl-click (mac) anywhere in the Universe window |
| The Find Regions dialog window is found under which menu? | Regions List |
| PT only supports bouncing to Windows Media 9 when using? | Any windows-based PT system |
| Digibase catalogs can be opened from where? | Workspace browser |
| wWhich is NOT a valid method for toggling between PT and Machine Ctrl Transport? | Option+/ |
| To access the Transport window record modes? | E = Right-click on the Transport Record button |
| In PT the session start time is set from within the? | Session Setup window |
| X-form is available as what kind of plug-in? | Audio Suite only |
| Scroll modes in PT are available under which menu? | Options |
| I/O Setup is under which menu? | Setup |
| What can catalogs not contain? | Plug-ins |
| What is the calendar looking thing on the bottom left corner of the screen? | Mix window view menu |
| When is dither applied? | When going from a higher bit depth to a lower bit depth |
| Sync I/O is connected to the computer how? | Host serial to pro tools core card |
| When digitizing video direct into the PT time line, what video resolution compression setting is used? | AVID DV25 (mxf) |
| The record mode for laying back audio to tape allowing the users to record to a specific selection only is? | Auto Edit |
| Digi worksurface automation abbreviations, which of the following are false? | TH |
| How many ticks per quarter note? | 960 |
| Edit and Mix Groups in LE which of the following can't be configured | Record Enable |
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