Week 9

Question 1

The Score Editor window can be used to view data as ______________.

Answer 1

music notation

Question 2

Which type of track allows the Pro Tools user to route MIDI signals to and receive audio signals from external devices?

Answer 2

Instrument Track

Question 3

The floating Real-Time Properties window applies changes to what type of clips?

Answer 3

MIDI (on MIDI or Instrument tracks)

Question 4

What is the difference between the Real-Time Properties column view in the Edit Window and the floating Real-Time Properties window?

Answer 4

The column view will apply changes to an entire track and all clips on that track; the floating window can apply changes to a track or selected clips

Question 5

What is the MIDI control which allows the user to record and add to an existing clip without deleting the underlying data?

Answer 5

MIDI Merge

Question 6

True or False: In the Score Editor Quantization settings in the Notation Display Track will move and align all MIDI content.

Answer 6

FALSE: this option will only adjust note timing and lengths for notation display and does NOT change the actual MIDI notes

Question 7

True or False: In the MIDI Editor we can only view MIDI data in the piano roll view.

Answer 7

FALSE: MIDI data can be displayed in either the Piano Roll view or in Notation View in the MIDI Editor

Question 8

True or False: When using ‘Replace Clip’ the user does not have the option to change the length of the new clip to match the length of the old clip.

Answer 8

FALSE: Replace Clip gives the user the choice of which clip length to use - the length of the original clip or the length of the new clip that is replacing it.

Question 9

Once changes have been made to a MIDI clip using Quantize, etc what menu allows the user to ‘restore performance’ or ‘flatten performance?’

Answer 9

EVENT>EVENT OPERATIONS>

Question 10

Which Real-Time Property setting allows the user to make changes to the strength of a note(s) or clip(s)?

Answer 10

Velocity

Question 11

What is a ‘multi-timbral’ instrument?

Answer 11

An instrument which can load multiple patches and assign each patch to its own distinct MIDI channel

Question 12

How can we dock the MIDI Editor window in the lower part of the Edit Window?

Answer 12

VIEW>OTHER DISPLAYS>MIDI EDITOR or choose MIDI Editor in the Edit Window menu

Question 13

True or False: Only one MIDI clip can be viewed at a time in Pro Tools.

Answer 13

FALSE: Multiple MIDI clips can be viewed at the same time by selecting them from the Track List in the MIDI Editor window and choosing ‘View’

Question 14

What 2 tools are used to select notes in the Score Editor?

Answer 14

Note Selector, Grabber

Question 15

What are the 2 methods to use Replace Clip?

Answer 15

Press COMMAND+SHIFT (Mac) or CTRL+SHIFT (Win) when dragging a replacement clip from the Clip List onto the sample to be replaced; Select the original clip, right-click the replacement clip from the Clip List and select ‘replace clip.’

Question 16

What are the 4 main key concepts for using Beat Detective as described in Lesson 6?

Answer 16

Maintain Phase Relationships, Apply Beat Triggers from One Track to Multiple Tracks, Use the Earliest Triggers, Work in Sections

Question 17

What is the purpose of promoting Beat Triggers when using Beat Detective?

Answer 17

To avoid having to set the sensitivity too high and manually creating Beat Trigger markers

Question 18

True or False: When using Beat Detective the user should look at the Bar|Beat grid to make a whole-bar selection.

Answer 18

FALSE: To use Beat Detective properly the user makes a whole-bar selection to ear, and not to the Bar|Beat grid as the clip(s) may not be aligned to the grid.

Question 19

What is the use for SoundReplacer?

Answer 19

Allows the user to switch out samples on Audio Tracks based on thresholds

Question 20

Where is SoundReplacer opened from?

Answer 20

AUDIOSUITE