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| Which grabber tool selects and grabs non_contiguous regions? |
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| The sessions setup window allows you to set up and change which functions in pro-tools? |
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| Sessions start time, frame rate |
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| Name 1 of the connectors on the back of the sync I/O |
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| What will be the timecode of the first frame of action of reel 4? |
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| What will be the session start time of a reel 2 session? |
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| The process of embedding timecode into a picture is called? |
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| what audiosuite plug-in is used to create a 2 pop or a tail pop? |
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| Where is a tail pop placed in a reel? |
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| at the end, 2 seconds after the last frame of action. |
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| What is the duration of a 2 pop of tail pop? |
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| The process of moving a region vertically but not horizontally is called? |
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| Which track is created by the Dialogue Editor to place effects recorded in Production Audio? |
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| PFx. (Production effects) |
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| Which method of importing into pro tools allows you to import various types of track information? |
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| What is the term given to Dialogue/narration/sound effects recorded without picture? |
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| Automatic Dialogue Replacement – Rerecording messed up dialogue. |
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| What type of microphone is generally used to record ADR? |
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| Who is responsible for RECORDING ADR? |
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| When could a 3 beep cue be used? |
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| A region without audio on it, a placeholder. |
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| Why is foley recorded and edited to picture? |
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| To sweeten the sound and to add sounds that weren’t originally there. |
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| Which category of foley best describes the use of props? |
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| What would a track be named when recording cloth? |
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| Who is responsible for PERFORMING foley? |
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| What category of sound effect would be a slamming door, or a screeching tire? |
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| What category of sound effect would be a huge explosion or a spaceship flying across the screen? |
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| When reading a script, what do we look for for inspiration for sound design? |
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| Environment, objects, action, emotion, transition. |
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| When reading the script, what usually clues you in to the environment of the scene? |
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| What is “Sound effects Pulling”? |
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| Looking for sound effect, choosing, and importing into the session. |
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| Something that draws attention to itself. |
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| What would you name the first large effects track you create in your session? |
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| What would you name the first small effects track you create in your session? |
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| What would you rename a gunshot sound effect you imported into your session? |
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| Which plug-in type will change the output format of the track it is placed on? |
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| What are sub-conscious sounds that establish location? |
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| Which background category caters to the most immediate sounds surrounding the camera? |
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| When is walla considered a background category? |
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| When it’s a domestic release only. |
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| What would you name the first background track you create in your session? |
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| When cutting backgrounds, what is the correct size for fades between scene changes? |
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| What is the correct size for fades between perspective changes? |
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| When editing backgrounds, what are specialized fades? |
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| Fades that last the entirety of the transition. |
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| Which cross-fade has a 3db gain in the center of the fade? |
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| What is a skeleton track? |
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| A placeholder for the ghost regions. |
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| What was the name of the first optical soundtrack for film? |
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| What was the name of the first dual system playback device synchronizing film projector and phonograph? |
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| The process of editing the video by lining up the visual and audible slate is called? |
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| What are the differences between LTC and VITC? |
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LTC- Longitudinal timecode, it’s an analog audio way of syncing.
VITC-Blanking interval |
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| What are the typical container formats used to export session data? |
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| What is the definition of source music? |
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| Prerecording and prepublished music |
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| What is the definition of incidental music? |
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| Music heard by the characters. |
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| What is the definition of hybrid score? |
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| orchestral and electronic score |
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| Who handles all the music business contacts and has no creative control on music placement in the film? |
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| Who negotiates with record labels for usage rights? |
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| Who is responsible for creating the temp score for the composer? |
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| Who typically arranges and transcribes instrumentation for the orchestra? |
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| What is the license needed to use an existing song by the original artist? |
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| Which license is needed for use of a song covered by a local band? |
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| what is the definition of a hit point? |
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| Where the piece of music should start or end. |
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| When creating music cues, what should you name the first music cue of reel 3? |
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| When filling out a music cue sheet, what is the designation given to a main title theme? |
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| What technology was used for the first movie to use surround sound? |
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| Which was the first released film to use our standard 5.1 channel setup used today? |
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| What was the surround technology used in the 1977 release of star wars? |
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| Which film was the first to use DTS? |
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| How many channels are used in SDDS? |
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| When mixing in surround, which sound effects are mixed only to the front channels? (L,C,R) |
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| When mixing in surround, which elements are generally mixed to all channels? |
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| Which surround channel assignment is the default for Pro Tools onscreen meters? |
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| Which surround channel assignment is set up as L,R,C,LFE,Ls,Rs |
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| Which surround channel assignment is the default for the D-control? |
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| Routing similar sounds to like groups. |
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| What busses do you have to create to route your outputs of your SMFX and LGFX tracks to the same 6 channel audio track? |
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| Main path- 5.1. Sub path- LCR |
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| What percentage does center percentage have to be to create phantom center? |
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| Controls bleed between speakers. |
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| What is X/Y panning mode? |
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| Free flowing panning, using the joystick. |
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| What is 3-knob panning mode? |
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| How many position controls does a 5.1 track have? Name them? |
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| Front, rear, and front rear. |
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| How many position controls does an LCR track have? Name them? |
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| With the panner window open, what will happen if you click on a speaker icon?> |
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| It jumps to that speaker. |
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| When is an LFE not available in a panner window? |
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| Using a surround main path and stereo main path in the same session will use more mix engines and dsp? |
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| Which TDM-only automation mode will write relative changes in real-time? |
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| Name the three update automation modes available in pro tools TDM? |
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| Touch, Latch, Touch Latch |
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| Which automation mode writes once the fader is moved, and when released it stays at that position, until playback is stopped? |
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| Which automation mode overwrites all moves written to all enabled parameters? |
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| Which automation mode write in touch for track volume and in latch for all over parameters? |
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| How many extra automation playlists are there to view any written trim automation? |
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| With using the trim tool for graphical automation, what is the name of the value that shows relative change? |
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| How is a plug-in parameter enabled for automation? |
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| What is the pro tools function for writing data values for multiple parameters in a single step? |
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| When you’re in touch, the amount of time it takes for the fader to glide back to the null point. |
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| When can auto glide be used? |
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| What does auto suspend stop you from writing? |
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| What is the definition of re-recording? |
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| taking prerecorded material and recording it again |
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| Who is generally the head of the mixing team? |
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| Dialogue rerecording mixer. |
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| If foley is not mixed by the dialogue rerecording mixer, who will be in charge of mixing it? |
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| Sound effects rerecording mixer |
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| Who is responsible for logging all of the changes in hardware/software settings throughout the mix? |
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| Who are the re-recording mixers receiving feedback or instruction from in a mix? |
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| Director, producer, sound supervisor. |
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| Why is a dub stage so similar to a movie theater? |
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| Because it’s supposed to emulate the sound of a movie theater. |
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| If the LCR speakers are calibrated to 85 db SPL, what would the surrounds typically be calibrated to? |
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| Which category of predubs are recorded to one track and monitored in the center channel? |
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| Principle dialogue, cloth, principle footsteps, mono props. |
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| Which category of predubs are recorded to five tracks and monitored in the five channels? |
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| BG, Panned Dialogue, dialogue reverb. |
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| What is the common name for the start of the final mix where categories are mixed down together? |
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| What is the name of the mix deliverable done if the movie is destined for foreign release? |
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| How is the printmaster created? |
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| What is the name of the encoding process that creates a stereo mix from a 5.1 surround mix? |
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| Changing from different formats. |
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| A reedit of your audio to fit the new picture. |
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| What is the process of marrying the audio back to the finished picture called? |
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| Name 3 audio components of a typical deliverables list. |
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| 6 track print master, music cue sheet, stems, DMA |
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| What is the process that is automatically done during decoding the DVD, if viewer doesn’t have a surround system? |
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