PT110 Ch.8
Pro Tools Effects Return Quiz
Test your knowledge of Pro Tools effects return fun
Key areas covered include:
- Understanding solo-safe mode
- Routing and signal flow
- Effects processing techniques
What is the purpose of activating solo-safe mode on an effects return track?
Solo-safe mode prevents the track from being soloes, isolating it from the source tracks that are feeding the effects return
Solo-safe mode links the track's solo and mute buttons to the source tracks so that it doesn't play when a source track is muted
Solo-Safe mode allows the effects return track to be soloed without soloing the source tracks so that you can hear the effects processing in isolation
Solo-safe mode prevents the track from muting when another track in the session is soloed, allowing the effects processing to remain in the mix
What selector would you use on an Aux Input functioning as an effects return to route a send signal to the track?
Input path selector in the I/O selection
Output path selector in the I/O selection
Insert selector
Send Selector
What is the effect of command-clicking(mac) or ctrl-clicking(Windows) on a send selector?
Sets the send level to "-INF"
Sets the send level to "0"
Toggles the send between pre and post fader mode
Toggles expanded sends view on/off for that send position
Master fader tracks display a sigma icon, representing a sum
True
False
What kind of icon is used to indicate an Instrument Track?
Down-pointing arrow
Keyboard icon
MIDI 5-pin connector
Waveform icon
What is the purpose of the Mute indicator at the top of the Edit window?
All of these Answers
Allows you to quickly clear all mutes in the session
Provides a visual indication that one or more tracks in the session is muted
What is the purpose of the solo indicator at the top of the edit window
Provides a visual indication that one or more tracks in the session is soloed
Allows you to quickly clear all solos in the session
All of these answers
In Pro Tools, inserts can be used for internal plug-in processing and ____
External hardware processing
Non-real-time (file based) processing
Elastic audio processing
Sends to a parallel processing desitination
Are inserts on an audio tracks pre-fader or post-fader?
Pre
Post
Configurable as either pre or post
What does FMP at the top of the send window stand for, what is its purpose?
Formant mid Processing; applies processing separately to the mid and side components of a stereo signal based on the audio characteristics
Follow Main Pan; allows any panning on the source track to be reflected in the send window
Flanger-Modulator-Phaser; applies a modulation to the sent signal for flanger/phaser style effects processing
Fixed, mute pre; toggles the send between fixed poosition, muted, and pre-fader states
Are sends in Pro Tools pre-fader or post-fader?
Pre
Post
Configurable as either pre or post
The Plug-in Settings dialog box allows you to advance through plug-in presets automatically based on a specified time increment, such as every 4 seconds
True
False
What is the function of the plus(+) and minus(-) buttons beneath the Librarian menu in a plug-in window?
Allows you to increase or decrease the input level feeding the plug-in
Allows you to change to the next or previous insert position on the track
Allows you to change to the next or previous track in the session
Allows you to activate successive presets for the plug-in in either direction
Are inserts on Master Fader tracks pre or post fader?
Configurable as either pre or post
Pre
Post
Master Fader tracks can be assigned to a bus or output using their input path selector
True
False
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