PRO TOOLS 101 UPDATED EVALUATION QUESTIONS
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✔✔Options Menu - ✔✔Contains commands that let you toggle several editing,
recording, monitoring, playback and display options.
✔✔Setup Menu - ✔✔Contains commands that let you configure various Pro Tools
hardware and software parameters using dialog boxes.
✔✔Windows Menu - ✔✔Contains commands that allow you to display various Pro Tools
windows.
✔✔Marketplace Menu - ✔✔Contains commands that provide easy access to your Avid
account, the Avid Support Center, and the plug-in marketplace.
✔✔Help Menu - ✔✔Contains commands that provide links to important documentation
and online resources.
✔✔Edit Window - ✔✔Provides a timeline display of audio, MIDI data, video, and mixer
automation for recording, editing, and arranging tracks.
✔✔Edit Modes - ✔✔Affect the movement and placement of audio and MIDI clips. Four
modes: Shuffle, Spot, Slip, and Grid.
"CONSTRAINED" in each mode except for Slip.
✔✔Edit Tools - ✔✔The Edit tools are used to select, move, trim, and otherwise modify
clips in Pro Tools.
✔✔Main Counter - ✔✔The Main Counter is displayed to the right of the Edit tools and
provides a numeric display of your current Timeline position.
✔✔Timeline Display (Rulers) - ✔✔Rulers are horizontal displays that appear in the
Timeline display area of the Edit window, just above the tracks display area. Pro Tool's
Rulers provide measurement indicators to help you identify specific locations in your
session's Timeline. You can display or hide any combination of the Rulers in the Edit
window.
✔✔Bars|Beats - ✔✔This Ruler is useful for music editors, composers, and musicians
✔✔Min:Sec - ✔✔This Ruler is useful for radio or for those who need to measure in
absolute time
✔✔Time Code - ✔✔This Ruler is used primarily for video and film post-production
, ✔✔Tempo - ✔✔This Ruler allows you to specify changes in tempo within the session
✔✔Meter - ✔✔This Ruler allows you to specify changes in meter within the session
✔✔Markers - ✔✔This Ruler allows you to create markers to identify and recall important
track locations and view settings within the session.
Press "Enter" key on Number Pad or "Control - Click".
Delete a marker? Hold "Option" key and click on marker.
✔✔Edit Window Side Columns - ✔✔The Edit window includes columns on the left and
right sides that provide additional view and display options for your session data. Track
list and Clip list.
✔✔Track List in Edit Window - ✔✔Found on the left side of the Edit Window Side
Columns. Shows a list of all the tracks in your session. Directly beneath the Track List is
the Group List, where track groups are displayed.
✔✔Clip List in Edit Window - ✔✔Found on the right side of the Edit Window Side
Columns. Shows a list of all the audio and MIDI files and file segments (clips) that are
currently available in the session.
✔✔Edit Toolbar - ✔✔Show or hide a control or display. Zoom controls, Transport, and
MIDI controls
✔✔Mix Window - ✔✔The Mix window provides a mixer-like environment for recording
and mixing audio
✔✔Signal Routing Controls in Mix Window - ✔✔The top portion of each channel strip in
the Mix window provides controls for routing signals for the track. Controls include Insert
selectors, Send selectors, Input selectors, and Output selectors.
✔✔Insert selectors in Mix Window - ✔✔Can be used to add real-time effects processing
to a track using plug-ins.
✔✔Send selectors in Mix Window - ✔✔Can be used to route a track's signal to an
available bus path or output path.
✔✔Input and Output selectors in Mix Window - ✔✔Used to route input and output
signals from your audio interface for recording or playback. (plug-ins)
✔✔Record and Playback Controls in Mix Window - ✔✔Immediately beneath the signal
routing controls. Series of controls used to set record and playback options. These
include Pan controls; the Track Record Enable, Solo, and Mute buttons; and the
Volume Fader for each track.
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✔✔Options Menu - ✔✔Contains commands that let you toggle several editing,
recording, monitoring, playback and display options.
✔✔Setup Menu - ✔✔Contains commands that let you configure various Pro Tools
hardware and software parameters using dialog boxes.
✔✔Windows Menu - ✔✔Contains commands that allow you to display various Pro Tools
windows.
✔✔Marketplace Menu - ✔✔Contains commands that provide easy access to your Avid
account, the Avid Support Center, and the plug-in marketplace.
✔✔Help Menu - ✔✔Contains commands that provide links to important documentation
and online resources.
✔✔Edit Window - ✔✔Provides a timeline display of audio, MIDI data, video, and mixer
automation for recording, editing, and arranging tracks.
✔✔Edit Modes - ✔✔Affect the movement and placement of audio and MIDI clips. Four
modes: Shuffle, Spot, Slip, and Grid.
"CONSTRAINED" in each mode except for Slip.
✔✔Edit Tools - ✔✔The Edit tools are used to select, move, trim, and otherwise modify
clips in Pro Tools.
✔✔Main Counter - ✔✔The Main Counter is displayed to the right of the Edit tools and
provides a numeric display of your current Timeline position.
✔✔Timeline Display (Rulers) - ✔✔Rulers are horizontal displays that appear in the
Timeline display area of the Edit window, just above the tracks display area. Pro Tool's
Rulers provide measurement indicators to help you identify specific locations in your
session's Timeline. You can display or hide any combination of the Rulers in the Edit
window.
✔✔Bars|Beats - ✔✔This Ruler is useful for music editors, composers, and musicians
✔✔Min:Sec - ✔✔This Ruler is useful for radio or for those who need to measure in
absolute time
✔✔Time Code - ✔✔This Ruler is used primarily for video and film post-production
, ✔✔Tempo - ✔✔This Ruler allows you to specify changes in tempo within the session
✔✔Meter - ✔✔This Ruler allows you to specify changes in meter within the session
✔✔Markers - ✔✔This Ruler allows you to create markers to identify and recall important
track locations and view settings within the session.
Press "Enter" key on Number Pad or "Control - Click".
Delete a marker? Hold "Option" key and click on marker.
✔✔Edit Window Side Columns - ✔✔The Edit window includes columns on the left and
right sides that provide additional view and display options for your session data. Track
list and Clip list.
✔✔Track List in Edit Window - ✔✔Found on the left side of the Edit Window Side
Columns. Shows a list of all the tracks in your session. Directly beneath the Track List is
the Group List, where track groups are displayed.
✔✔Clip List in Edit Window - ✔✔Found on the right side of the Edit Window Side
Columns. Shows a list of all the audio and MIDI files and file segments (clips) that are
currently available in the session.
✔✔Edit Toolbar - ✔✔Show or hide a control or display. Zoom controls, Transport, and
MIDI controls
✔✔Mix Window - ✔✔The Mix window provides a mixer-like environment for recording
and mixing audio
✔✔Signal Routing Controls in Mix Window - ✔✔The top portion of each channel strip in
the Mix window provides controls for routing signals for the track. Controls include Insert
selectors, Send selectors, Input selectors, and Output selectors.
✔✔Insert selectors in Mix Window - ✔✔Can be used to add real-time effects processing
to a track using plug-ins.
✔✔Send selectors in Mix Window - ✔✔Can be used to route a track's signal to an
available bus path or output path.
✔✔Input and Output selectors in Mix Window - ✔✔Used to route input and output
signals from your audio interface for recording or playback. (plug-ins)
✔✔Record and Playback Controls in Mix Window - ✔✔Immediately beneath the signal
routing controls. Series of controls used to set record and playback options. These
include Pan controls; the Track Record Enable, Solo, and Mute buttons; and the
Volume Fader for each track.
