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| What is the definition of "Envelopment"? |
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| Sound from all around, No definable point source, sense of space, "immersive" |
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| What is the defintion of "Localization"? |
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Sounds are distinguishable Sense of position |
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| What are the specs for SMPTE/ITU speaker placement? |
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L/R = 30degress Ls/Rs = 110degrees |
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| What are the P&E Wing Speaker Placement specs? |
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L/R= 30degrees Ls/Rs= 110-150degrees |
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| In a home theater system, where does Bass Management take place? |
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The Sub is the LFE. True or false? |
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False. LFE is a production channel. |
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Reducing surround to stereo. L/R = -6dB C = -9dB Ls/Rs = -6dB LFE = OFF |
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What are the channel assignments for film? SMPTE/ITU? DTS? |
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Film = L C R Ls Rs LFE SMPTE/ITU = L R C LFE Ls Rs DTS = L R Ls Rs C LFE |
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Amount of "bleed" into neighboring channels 110: no bleed 0: widest spread |
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What is the difference between "Discrete Center" and "Phantom Center"? |
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Center % = 100 (Discrete Center) Ceneter % = 0 (Phantom Center) |
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| When metering in Pro Tool, a red light means you are clipping. True or false? |
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False. TDM clip indicator lights ar one full-scale sample, which is not necessarily clipping. |
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| What does CODEC stand for? |
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enCODE/DEcode a technique used for data reduction |
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There are two types of CODECS. What are they? What do they do? |
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Lossy and Lossless Both reduce file size |
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| What is "Entropy Coding"? |
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| Takes advantage of the periodic nature of waveforms by encoding redundant data into smaller words. |
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| What are the Lossless Codecs? |
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Apple Lossless Windows Media Lossless Monkey's Audio FLAC |
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| What is the percentage of reduction on a lossy codec? |
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DTS and ADPCM use what type of codec? What does it do? |
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Predictive Analysis/Differential Coding Algorithm preducts next sample by analyzing previous behavior If the predictive algorithm is good, errors are small and audio quality is preserved |
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| What is perceptual coding? |
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| Tries of "fool" your ear based on laws of psychoacoustics |
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| What are the Perceptual Lossy Codecs? |
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MP3 AAC/MP4 Windows Media Audio RealAudio OGG Vorbis |
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| What are the predictive lossy codecs? |
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| What is Constant Bit Rate Encoding? |
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Keeps same speed/bandwidth and doesn't change when audio gets more complex. Better for streaming than downloading. |
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| What is Variable Bit Rate Encoding? |
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Defintes Quality, Not Bandwidth Better for Downloading than streaming |
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| What would a single-sided/single layer DVD be called? |
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| What would a single-sided/dual layer DVD be called? |
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| What would a double-sided, single layer DVD be called? |
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| What would a double sided, mixed layer be called? |
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| What would a double-sided, dual layer DVD be called? |
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| How many streams of audio does a soundtrack have? |
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| What are the required formats for DVD Video? |
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| What are the optional formats for DVD video audio? |
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| Of the Blu-Ray Codecs, which are lossy? |
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Dolby Dolby Digital Plus DTS |
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| Of the Blu-Ray codecs, are lossless? |
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| Single-Key QWERTY key shortcuts |
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| What does Command Focus do in the regions list? |
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| Locate and Select regions |
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| What does commands focus do in the groups list? |
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Enable/Disable Groups Group ID |
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| What are the two other grabber tools? |
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Object Grabber Separation Grabber |
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| Position within a region used for alignment |
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What are the four ways to free voices? |
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Mute Free Assigned Voices Turn Voice Off No Output or Send Make track inactive |
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| What is the Universe Window? |
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| Are Aux/Master tracks shown in the universe window? |
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