Audio Engineering 1 Exam 5
What is the function of a gate?
to allow audio of this loudness or louder to pass. everything quieter does not pass
What is meant by signal flow?
How audio gets from one place to the other
Regarding a compressor, what does the following term mean? Attack
How fast to get into compression
regarding a compressor, what does the following term mean? Release
How long to stay in compression
regarding a compressor, what does the following term mean? Ratio
How much to compress
What is meant by a side-chain?
Audio from one track controls the behavior of a plug-in on another track
What is the difference between audio suite functions and RTAS plug ins?
Audio suite creates new audio, RTAS modifies audio on the fly
What is the key command to toggle between wide and narrow faders in the mix window?
CMD OPT M
How do you quickly bypass a plug-in without opening the plug-ins?
CMD click on the plug in
How do you solo safe a track?
CMD click on the solo button
What is the vertical column of controls called in the mixer?
Channel strip
What is the difference between a plug in and an insert?
Inserts are where the plug ins go in
In Pro Tools, what is the difference between the interface and a bus?
Interfaces are external where buses are software patched internally
why is it good to submit a Pro Tools session instead of Stems for mastering?
It isn't good - you run the risk off the mastering house changing your mix
What is meant by upward compression?
It makes the quieter stuff louder, thus reducing the dynamic range
What EQ setting gains the lows and does nothing to the highs?
Low Shelf
What EQ setting cuts the highs and lets the lows go through?
Low pass filter
In order for something in your mix to sound closer you should
Make it louder and dryer
In order for something to sound further away in your mix what should you do?
Make it quieter and wetter
What is meant by normalizing?
Making the strongest peak as loud as it can be, bringing up everything else that much
Regarding an EQ - a lower (smaller) Q number means what?
More frequencies are affected
What key modifier would you add to do "it" to all tracks?
OPT
What is the key combo to clear peaks?
OPT + C
In the Edit Window, how do you get rid of edit view window's columns e.g. comments, instruments, I/O
OPT click on the column heading
What is the max number of master faders you can have at any one time
One per hardware channel
regarding a compressor, what does the following term mean? Gain
Output level after compression
What EQ setting changes thew gain of the Hz you choose?
Parametric
What is meant by normaled?
Pre-wired - no patching required
Regarding a send, what happens when the signal is in pre fader mode?
Send level is regulated by the send fader
Regarding a send, what happens when the signal is in post fader mode?
Send level is regulated by the track fader
How do you disable a track I/O, insert or send very quickly?
Shift + Option click on it
In an EQ, what is the function of the Q?
Tells the EQ how many other frequencies are going to be effected
In Pro Tools, when muting or bypassing a track or plug in
The CPU keeps working on those functions in case you un-mute or bypass on the fly
What is meant by a wet signal?
The amount of processing that is on a signal
What is meant by a dry signal?
The lack of processing that is on a signal
TDM stands for
Time Division Multiplexing
What is the main function of an EQ?
To boost or cut harmonic content
What is the function of an expander?
To broaden the dynamic range by either making the loud stuff louder or the quiet stuff quieter
What is the function of a compressor?
To contain the dynamic range
What is the function of reverb?
To give a sense of the rooms size and material make up
Rudimentary speaking, what is the function of a Delay?
To give you an idea of how far away the walls are
Regarding a compressor, what does the following term mean? Threshold
When to start compression
What is meant by subtractive mixing technique?
When you remove the things you don't want to hear, so that you're left with only the stuff you want to hear
What is meant by downward compression?
When you take the strongest peaks and turn them down by a specific ratio
What is meant by additive mixing technique?
Where you keep increasing the gain of the tracks so yo can hear everything
What is the function of a send?
allows you to route audio to different channels for different treatments, allows many tracks to be effected by one plug-in at one time, allows a dry signal through while routing a copy of that signal for effects processing
Generally speaking - how much reverb is a good amount of reverb?
just enough so that you miss it when you take it away
When clearing peaks what really is going on?
just turns off the red lights
What is meant by solo safe?
never auto muted
Does normalizing improve the sound quality of your audio?
no, it also brings up the noise by that much
On the master fader - inserts are pre or post fader?
post master fader
RTAS stands for
real time audio suite
what is meant by overdubbing?
recording additional tracks while previously recorded tracks play
Regarding an EQ - a higher (larger) Q number means what?
Fewer frequencies are affected
What EQ setting cuts lows and lets highs go through?
High Pass Filter
regarding music, what is a stem?
An AUDIO track that records audio from a group of other tracks to make a mix of those tracks
What is a sub mix?
An AUX track that is receiving audio from other tracks to make a mix of those tracks
What tracks do you ALWAYS solo safe?
AUX tracks
