Making your First Audio Recording Lesson 5

Discussion Questions

1. How much disk space is consumed per minute by a mono track at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz and a bit depth of 16-bit? What happens to disk space consumption if the sample rate is doubled to 88.2 kHz with the same bit depth? (See “audio storage requirements” beginning on page 96.)
2. How can you monitor the storage space available on your system to determine the amount of record time remaining for each mounted drive? (See “disk usage window” beginning on page 97.)
3. How can you create a click track for a session? What kind of track is used for a click track? (See “creating a click track (Optional) ” beginning on page 97.
4. What window(s) can you use to record– enable an audio track? (See “record – enabling tracks” beginning on page 100.)
5. What selector can you use to route a signal from an input on your audio interface to a track for recording? (See “input path” beginning on page 100.)
6. How can you adjust the input level going to a record – enabled track? Can you use the volume fader to achieve a strong signal going to disk? (See “input level” beginning on page 102.)
7. How can you place a session in Record Ready mode after record–enabling a track? What modifiers/shortcuts are available to initiate recording without first entering Record Ready mode? (See “recording and managing audio” beginning on page 102.)
8. Where are recorded audio files stored for Pro Tools sessions? (See “organising audio files and clips” beginning on page 103.)
9. What term is used to describe an unedited audio file in Pro Tools? What term is used to describe the smaller, edited pieces of the original sound file? (See “recognising audio files and clips” beginning on page 104.)
10. What types of clips are represented by boldface textin the clip list? What type is represented by normal (plain) text? (See “recognising audio files and clips” beginning on page 104.)
11. How do track names affects the default names of the audio files you record in Pro Tools? (See “default naming conventions” beginning on page 105.)
12. Describe two ways to rename an audio file after recording into Pro Tools. (See “changing file and clip names” beginning on page 105.)
13. How would you go about removing unwanted audio from the Clip List without deleting the files from disk? (See “removing audio clips” beginning on page 106.)
14. How would you go about deleting unused whole –file clips to erase from your storage drive? Can this action being done? (See “moving or deleting audio files” beginning on page 107)