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| Who is responsible for the blend of all recorded and edited sound? |
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| From the Production Team, who is responsible for the overall look of the picture? |
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| DP (Director of Photography or Cinematographer) |
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| Which Grabber Tool selects and grabs non-contiguous regions? |
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| The Session Setup Window allows you to set up and change which functions in ProTools? |
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| Session Start Time, and Time Code Rate (Frame Rate) |
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| Name 1 of the connectors on the back of the Sync I/O? |
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| BNC, MIDI, D-Sub, XLR, 9-Pin |
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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 the 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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| Two seconds after the last frame of actions |
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| What is the duration of a 2 pop or Tail pop? |
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| The process of moving a region vertically but not horizontally is called? |
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| Constraint (Ctrl+Grabber Tool) Mac |
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| Which track is created by the Dialogue Editor to place effects recorded in Production Audio? |
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| Which method of importing into ProTools 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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| Automated Dialogue replacement |
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| What type of microphone is generally used to record ADR? |
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| Shotgun (preferably the product audio mic) |
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| who is responsible for recording ADR? |
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| An audible cue to prime talent |
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| Why is Foley recorded and edited to picture? |
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| It replaces sounds that were never recorded and enhances production sounds. Also replaces production audio for international release. |
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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 inspirations for sound design? |
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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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| Searching and saving sound effects into the session folder |
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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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| 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 run the entire length of a 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 track that holds 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=Audio Signal
VITC=Video Signal (can be read scrubbed or paused) |
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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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| Previously recorded music |
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| What is the definition of Incidental Music? |
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| Music being heard by the characters in the scene |
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| What is the definition of a Hybrid Score? |
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| A combination of an Orchestral and Electronic Score |
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| Who handles all the music business contracts 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 music starts or ends. A point of interest. |
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| When creating music cues, what should you name the first music cue of Reel 3? |
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| What should you name the third music cue of Reel 1? |
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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 used surround sound? |
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| What was different about the technology used in CinemaScope? |
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| It had a dedicated surround channel? |
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| Which was the first released film to use our standard 5.1 channel stop 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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| Which film surround format does not store the audio optically or magnetically on the tim print? |
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| How many channels are used in SDDS? |
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| When mixing Surround, which Sound Effects are mixed only to the from channels (L,C,R)? |
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| When mixing in Surrond, which elements are generally mixed to all channels? |
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| Which Surround Channel assignment is the default for ProTools 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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| SDDS (L,Lc,C,Rc,R,Ls,Rs,LFE) |
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| Routing like sounds to their own Aux |
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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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| What % 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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| What is 3-Knob panning mode? |
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| How many Position Controls does a 5.1 track have? |
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| Zero. The sound moves discretely to each speaker. |
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| How many positions controls does an LCR track have? |
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| Zero. Only Stereo and Mono tracks have panning. |
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| How many Panner windows will a stereo track have? |
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| With the Panner window open, what will happen if you click on a speaker icon? |
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| Pan will snap to that speaker |
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| When is an LFE Fader not available in a Panner window? |
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| When (.1) is not included in the bus |
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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 Protools 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 writes in Touch for Track Volume and in Latch for all other parameters? |
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| How many extra Automation Playlists are there to view any written Trim automation? |
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| What is it called when you are committing Trim automation to the main automation playlist? |
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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 enable for automation? |
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Ctrl+CMD+OPT+Click (Mac)
Or use Plug-in Window |
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| What is the ProTools function for writing data values for multiple parameters in a single step? |
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| Time it takes for the fader to return to the null point. |
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| When can AutoGlide be used? |
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| Surround panning (panning version of AutoMatch) |
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| What does Auto Suspend stop you from writing? |
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| What is the definition of ReRecording? |
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| Mixing all sounds and recording to a new medium |
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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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| The 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 ReRecording Mixers receiving feedback or instruction from in a mix? |
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| Sound Supervisor, Director, Producer |
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| Why is a Dub Stage so similar to a movie theatre? |
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| Because that's the playback destination |
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| If the LCR speakers are calibrated to 85dB SPL, what would the surrounds typically be calibrated to? |
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| What is the common name for the start of the Final Mix where like 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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| Dialogue, Music, and Effects Stems combined |
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| What can be created form the Printmaster? |
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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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| LtRt (Left total, Right total) |
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Moving data from one medium to another.
A billable service. |
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| When a picture editor makes a change in the video |
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| Combining Reels for a DVD |
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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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| What is the process that is automatically done during decoying the DVD, if viewer doesn't have a Surround system? |
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