PRO TOOLS 101 CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
What is A.I.R.? What types of Plug-ins do they make? Name some of
them.
Avid's Advanced Instrument Research. Hybrid,Strike,Velvet,Structure
and Transfuser plug-ins
What is the range of human hearing?
Frequency is referred to as the _____ of the sound.
Pitch
What is another term for Hz?
Cycles Per Second(CPS)
What is the Nyquist Theorem?
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,to produce and accurate representation of a given frequency of sound,
each cycle of the sounds vibration must be sampled a minimum of
two times.
How much dynamic range does 24bit Audio contain?
144 dB
How much dynamic range does 16bit Audio contain?
96 dB
How many dB's of dynamic range per bit?
6 dB
What is the new session file format? Can PT10 sessions be opened
directly in earlier versions of the software?
.ptx
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, PT10 sessions cannot be opened directly in older versions
What is the highest sample rate and bit depth ProTools in general can
operate with?
32 bit floating point bit rate
192kHz sample rate
How many MIDI tracks can you have?
512 MIDI Tracks
How many Internal busses?
256 Internal busses
As far as Notation is concerned, what does the Score Editor Window
do?
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PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
What is A.I.R.? What types of Plug-ins do they make? Name some of
them.
Avid's Advanced Instrument Research. Hybrid,Strike,Velvet,Structure
and Transfuser plug-ins
What is the range of human hearing?
Frequency is referred to as the _____ of the sound.
Pitch
What is another term for Hz?
Cycles Per Second(CPS)
What is the Nyquist Theorem?
Page 1 of 28
,to produce and accurate representation of a given frequency of sound,
each cycle of the sounds vibration must be sampled a minimum of
two times.
How much dynamic range does 24bit Audio contain?
144 dB
How much dynamic range does 16bit Audio contain?
96 dB
How many dB's of dynamic range per bit?
6 dB
What is the new session file format? Can PT10 sessions be opened
directly in earlier versions of the software?
.ptx
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, PT10 sessions cannot be opened directly in older versions
What is the highest sample rate and bit depth ProTools in general can
operate with?
32 bit floating point bit rate
192kHz sample rate
How many MIDI tracks can you have?
512 MIDI Tracks
How many Internal busses?
256 Internal busses
As far as Notation is concerned, what does the Score Editor Window
do?
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