Author: Maria Grigoriu

Lesson 6

What audio file formats can be imported to Pro Tools without requiring conversion? (See “Audio File Formats” beginning on page 118.) AIFF, WAV What condition would cause a file in one of Pro Tools’ native formats to require conversion on import?(See “Audio File Formats” beginning on page 118.) Name some common audio file formats that… Continue reading Lesson 6

Lesson 5

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.) Sample Rate… Continue reading Lesson 5

Ego

“Anxiety over what people think of what you’re making hinders your creative process.” Richard Phoenix over the beauty of witnessing disabled people enjoying music, making music, free of fear, free of angst. I saw it, and I wondered. When did music become such a tool of the ego? Why do we care so much for… Continue reading Ego

Auditory Illusions

The Shepard–Risset tone: tone that seems to continually ascend or descend in pitch, yet which ultimately gets no higher or lower McGurk effect: the visual information a person gets from seeing a person speak changes the way they hear the sound Deutsch’s scale illusion: two series of unconnected notes appear to combine into a single recognisable… Continue reading Auditory Illusions

Lesson 4

What are some actions that can be initiated from The Dashboard? (See “The Dashboard” beginning on page 70.) The Dashboard lets you complete the following actions: create a new blank session on local storage, create a new blank project, with or without cloud backup, create a new session or project from a template, open a… Continue reading Lesson 4

Dayflies

“Yet how strange a thing is the beauty of music! The brief beauty that the player brings into being transforms a given period of time into pure continuance; it is certain never to be repeated; like the existence of dayflies and other such short-lived creatures, beauty is a perfect abstraction and creation of life itself.… Continue reading Dayflies

Butoh

Founded through the collaboration of Kazuo Ohno and Tatsumi Hijikata, Butoh came as a protest against both the postwar Westernization and Japanese traditions like Noh theatre. It sought to find a more earthbound form of dance that would suit the Japanese body and its natural movements. The themes were often taboo, body paint was worn.… Continue reading Butoh

Lesson 2

1.Name some of the folders and files that ProTools creates as part of the session hierarchy. Where is the session file (. ptx) stored?  Audio Files, Video Files, WaveCache.wfm, Bounced Files, Clip Groups, Pro Tools Session.ptx (stored in the session folder with the same name). 2.What is the WaveCache.wfm file used for? What happens if the WaveCache file gets… Continue reading Lesson 2

Lesson 1

1. Name and describe five types of production tasks that ProTools can be used for. Audio processing, MIDI sequencing, mixing, scores and notation, audio for video. 2. What’s the frequency range of human hearing?  Human hearing frequency range: 20 Hz-20 kHz. 3. What does the frequency of a sound wave affect in terms of how we perceive the… Continue reading Lesson 1