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Pro Tools 301 - Designing Sci-Fi and Futuristic Sound FX.
Get a mark of 80% or higher to pass this quiz!
1
What type of effect is useful for enhancing certain elements of the sound's amplitude envelope?
Transient Shaper
Ring Modulator
EQ
2
What is non-linear reverb?
A natural-sounding reverb, great for organic source material
An artificial reverb used for synthetic, experimental reverb effects.
3
What type of effect is the Sci-Fi plugin in Pro Tools?
Flanger
Phaser
Ring modulator
4
If you wanted to create a resonating, ringing-type effect - what effect can you use and what parameters should you adjust?
Reverb - decay and mix
Distortion - drive and tone
Delay - feedback and delay time
5
What processing technique is useful for creating a pulsating effect?
Layering multiple synthesisers
Layering modulation effects with subtle automation on parameters such as frequency shift, mix etc.
Automating panning gradually from right to left.
6
Which Pro Tools plugin is great for enhancing low-end depth and weight?
Pro-Subharmonic
AIR Distortion
SansAmp
Lo-Fi
7
What is the shortcut for bringing up the 'Elastic Properties' window?
Shift + Num Pad 5 (Mac & PC)
Cmd + Num Pad 5 (Mac), Ctrl + Num Pad 5 (PC)
Opt + Num Pad 5 (Mac), Alt + Num Pad 5 (PC)
8
Which MIDI parameter can be used effectively when creating vehicle engine and motor sounds?
Modulation Wheel
Pitch Bend
9
What is Audiosuite in Pro Tools?
A plugin you can load on the track in the inserts window.
A Pro Tools function that processes and immediately renders the effect of the plugin into the audio file.
An effect plugin in Pro Tools
10
What psychoacoustic tricks can you do to make sounds appear louder on hard-hitting sound effects?
Have a couple of milliseconds of silence/low volume before a big impact, or automate the sound down after the initial transient.
Automate an extra layer or underlying sample to beefen the sound up.
Add more low-end enhancement to bring up the weight of the sound.
11
What synthesis technique can you use for a starting point for a laser beam?
Modulating the oscillator mixer with the LFO
Modulating the pitch with an envelope
Modulating the volume with the mod wheel
12
What two parameters are useful for creating a pass-by effect?
Wet/dry mix and threshold
Volume and panning
Frequency shift and feedback
13
Which type of sound generator is great for adding gritty, top-end layers to sound effects?
Oscillator
Noise generator
Filter
14
Which parameter on the filter accentuates frequencies around the cutoff?
Depth
Gain
Resonance
15
Which plugin in Pro Tools is a good option for creating interesting, dynamic panning and mimicking the Doppler Effect?
Moogerfooger Ring Modulator
Time Adjuster
AIR Flanger
16
What type of signals do coil pick-up microphones operate on?
Electronic
Audio
17
What makes the AIR Multi Delay unique?
There are options for multiple taps, multiple delay times within these taps, with level and pan adjustments for each.
There are options for multiple types of delay (e.g. ping pong, slapback, timed etc.)
18
Which of the below combination of plugins is a classic combination for sci-fi sound design?
Tape echo, phaser, flanger
De-esser, compressor, parametric EQ
19
What is the shortcut for bouncing out audio (or committing) in Pro Tools?
Opt + Shift + C (Mac), Alt + Shift + C (PC)
Cmd + C (Mac), Carol + C (PC)
Cmd + Opt + C (Mac), Ctrl + Alt + C (PC)
Cmd + Shift + C (Mac), Ctrl + Shift + C (PC)
20
If you want to timestretch your clip using elastic audio for sound design purposes, what mode should you set your track to?
Samples
Ticks
Pro Tools 301
Designing Sci-Fi and Futuristic Sound FX
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