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NNS
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Command for Paste

What is CMD + V

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Command to Save

What is CMD+S

100

Command to create New session

What is CMD+N

100

This is the CD standard for audio resolution

What is 16 bit, 44.1 kHz

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This is the film standard for audio resolution

What is 48 kHz, 24 bit

100

MIDI stands for this

What is Musical Instrument Digital Interface

100

This is how to change the name of a track in pro tools

What is double click the name of the track OR right click and select rename (boring and slow)

100

These connectors can carry balanced audio

(3 answers)

What is XLR

What is TRS

What is TT/Bantam

100

This chord is represented by 6-

What is minor 6 chord

200

Command for Toggle mix/edit window

What is CMD =

200

Command to copy

What is CMD+C

200

Command to Record/Punch

(2 answers)

What is NumPad 3 or CMD+Space

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This tool allows analog audio to be recorded digitally and played back in the studio

What is Analog to digital (ADC) or digital to analog (DAC)

200

Bit depth affects this part of the audio

What is Dynamic range

200

This is ADR

What is Automated Dialog Replacement

200

This is the name of the puffy cover for a shotgun mic

What is Dead Cat

200

MIDI merge allows this

What is recording new information along with the old without overwriting any performance data

200

In NNS, it is assumed we are in this key scale

What is Major scale

300

Command for Start/stop playback

(2 answers)

What is Space bar OR NumPad 0

300

Command to undo

What is CMD+Z

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Command to create new track

What is SHIFT+CMD+N

300

This is the highest sample rate available is typical pro audio

What is 192 kHz

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Sample rate affects this part of the audio

What is frequency range

300

This is Foley

What is re-creating sound effects in sync with the picture

300

This is "comping"

What is a compilation of multiple performance takes into a master playlist

300

Dialog is sometimes re-recorded after filming for these reasons

What is On set noise, improved performance/tone, ambience control, equipment failure on set, or script rewrites

300

F sharp is also this

What is G flat

400

Command to Nudge

(2 answers)

What is Comma/Period OR +/-

400

Command to fade

What is CMD+F or F

400

Command to toggle click

What is NumPad 7

400

These forms of digital audio are lossless

(3 answers)

What is WAV

What is AIFF

What is FLAC

400

Dither is defined as this

What is and intentionally applied form of noise used to randomized quantization error

400

These formats of digital audio are lossy

What is MP3

What is MP4

400

This is a Word Clock

What is a digital sample rate synchronization reference

400

This is the pin layout on an XLR

What is 1-Ground, 2-Positive, 3-Negative

400

This is the Major scale pattern in intervals

What is W, W, 1/2, W, W, W, 1/2

500

Command to create memory locations

What is ENTER (NumPad)

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Command to create group

What is CMD+G

500

Command to Break clip

(2 answers)

What is CMD+E or B

500

PCM audio is this (not done)

What is Pulse Code Modulation (PCM audio) - the format

500

Aliasing is defined as this

What is when digital audio conversion creates artifacts (distortion) while attempting to convert frequencies above the Nyquist point

500

Anti-Aliasing filter is defined as this

What is a low pass filter which removes any audio above the Nyquist point (1/2 the sample rate)

500

The Nyquist Theorem states this

what is the sample rate must be at least 2x the highest recorded frequency

500

This is the pin layout on TRS

What is Tip-positive, Ring-Negative, Sleeve-Ground

500

This is the minor scale in intervals

What is W, 1/2, W, W, 1/2, W, W

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Command to playhead to session beginning

What is RETURN

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Command to consolidate clip

What is SHIFT+OPT+3

600

Command for event opperations

What is OPT+0

600

This is the Pro Tools Disc Allocation Menu

What is disc allocation specifies where you want newly recorded audio files to be stored

600

Delay compensation does this in Pro Tools

What is maintains phase coherent time alignment between tracks that have plug ins and routing paths with different delays

600

The task manager shows this

What is a utility for viewing and managing all of the background tasks that you initiate with pro tools, such as searching for missing files or rendering elastic or ARA editing

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The H/W buffer size setting does this

What is allows the audio processing to be delayed for more processing power, or shortened for lower latency

more buffer = more power/more latency

less buffer = less power/less latency

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This is the difference between real-time plugin inserts and AudioSuite plugins

What is real time plugin inserts live on a mixer channel, and can be tweaked or automated throughout the session

AudioSuite plugins render a new file in a one time process, and cannot be tweaked or automated later

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The diamond in the Nashville number system represents this

What is sustained for four beats

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