Pro Tools: Surround Sound Quiz

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Pro Tools: Surround Sound Quiz

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Question 1

LCRS stands for:

A	Left, Center, Right, System
B	Left, Center, Right, Service
C	Left, Center, Right, Sub
D	Left, Center, Right, Surround

Question 2

True or False: Lossless Codecs create smaller files than Lossy Codecs?

A	False
B	True

Question 3

What is the maximum number of discrete channels Dolby Digital can produce?

A	5
B	6
C	3
D	4

Question 4

What is DVD-A?

A	An MPEG Standard for DVD
B	An Audio Standard for DVDs
C	Digital Video Disc - Alternative
D	Digital Compact Video Standard

Question 5

What does Lt/Rt stand for?

A	Left Turn/Right Turn
B	Left Total/Right Total
C	Left Trim/Right Trim
D	Left Track/Right Track

Question 6

According to the ITU-775 recommendation, at which angle should the rear left and rear right speakers be placed within a 5.1 system?

A	110°
B	10°
C	90°
D	70°

Question 7

AC-3 coding is commonly referred to as:

A	DTS AH
B	MP3
C	Pro Logic BJ
D	Dolby Digital

Question 8

The Surround Panning Grid only appears when...

A	The Relative Write Mode is Enabled
B	Auto Write On Stop is used in connection with the I/O dialog
C	A Mono or Stereo channel is routed to a Surround Output Path
D	The Relative Read Mode is Enabled

Question 9

Explain why the LFE channel is represented by .1

A	Because the sample rate for this channel is only a fraction of the sampling rate of the principal channels - Nyquist Theorem
B	It is borrowed from the web industry which first used an LFE and called it .1
C	Because the LFE only plays low frequencies as appropriated via channel locks
D	Because the LFE channel plays through a subwoofer which can be placed anywhere due to the omnidirectional properties of low frequencies - Nialist Theorem

Question 10

What is a bass management system?

A	A crossover system that directs low frequency signals into the LFE
B	A 5.1 system with two LFE channels
C	An LFE system which will not allow low frequencies to get to the LFE
D	A 7.1 system with two LFE channels

Question 11

In which speaker would you most commonly find the voices within a surround sound film mix?

A	Subwoofer
B	Center
C	Front L+R
D	Rear Left

Question 12

In a 6.1 channel DTS-ES surround, what is the right placement for the surround speakers?

A	One on each side of the listener and one at the rear
B	Two speakers at the rear
C	Three Speakers at the rear
D	One each at front right and front left

Question 13

Front-Firing and Down-Firing are types of what?

A	Amplifiers
B	Audio Coding Formats
C	DVD's
D	Subwoofer

Question 14

SACD uses what digital binary encoding method?

A	PCM
B	WAV
C	LPCM
D	DSD

Question 15

Why were bit reduction schemes developed for 5.1?

A	Not enough room on available media formats to store multichannel outputs
B	To prevent buffer underruns
C	Digital audio sounds better when compressed
D	You can't have lossless multichannel

Question 16

How does a Dipole speaker differ from a Direct Radiator speaker?

A	Feeds the same signal in phase in two directions
B	They are always smaller than Direct Radiator speakers
C	Feeds the same signal out of phase in two directions
D	Feeds the same signal out of phase in one direction

Question 17

True or False: LFE and the Sub are the same thing?

A	True
B	False

Question 18

Which movie was the first theatrical surround sound release?

A	Fantasia
B	North by Northwest
C	Star Wars
D	Sound of Music

Question 19

A surround array refers to:

A	The addition of extra surround speakers to fill the back end of an acoustic space
B	The size of the sweet spot
C	A mixing style for 5.1
D	None of these

Question 20

True or False: DVD-V (video) can contain both an AC-3 and a DTS encoded surround mix?

A	True
B	False

Question 21

The LFE is defined as

A	Left Fader Equalizer
B	Lower Fader Equalizer
C	Low Fact Effect
D	Low Frequency Effect

Question 22

What is Divergence?

A	A width control for surround panning
B	A pan control for surround panning
C	Avoiding the .1 channel
D	A width control for stereo panning

Question 23

What does HRTF stand for?

A	Head Related Timbre Function
B	Head Reacting Transfer Fourier
C	Helical Related Timbre Fourier
D	Head Related Transfer Function

Question 24

What is downmixing?

A	The process of summing multichannel mixes (5.1) into stereo
B	The process of splitting multichannel mixes (5.1) into mono stems
C	The process of summing mono tracks into a multichannel mix (5.1)
D	The process of summing stereo mixes into multichannel mixes (5.2)

Question 25

Signal routing choices are defined and edited in what Pro-tools dialog section?

A	I/O Set-Up Dialog
B	Strip Silence Dialog
C	Session Set-up Dialog
D	Automation Configure Dialog

Question 26

What is Upmixing?

A	Creating a Surround mix from a mono or stereo master
B	Creating a mono or stereo master from a Surround mix
C	The process of printing a surround mix
D	The process of authoring a DVD

Question 27

The Dolby Digital (AC-3) surround standard utilizes how many tracks?

A	6
B	8
C	4
D	7

Question 28

Using a stereo source or an encoded two-channel source, which of the following can be used to extract five audio channels?

A	Dolby Pro Logic
B	Quadraphonic
C	Dolby Pro Logic II
D	Heptaphonic

Question 29

In the Pro Tools Surround Panner, a Center percentage of 100% will feed how much signal to the Left and Right channel?

A	50%
B	100%
C	0%
D	20%

Question 30

What is the difference between Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic?

A	Dolby Digital is Discrete and Pro Logic is Matrixed Surround
B	Dolby Digital is not available in home theater systems
C	Dolby Digital is Matrixed and Pro Logic is Discrete surround
D	Dolby Pro Logic is not available in home theater systems

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