Chapter 17 Automation - Posted on 2017-10-04 by Hunter Wright

1. gave us the NECAM – the first console to have moving fader automation. 
   Your Answer: Rupert Neve
2. _________ mode in Pro Tools is an automation mode that means nothing is written, but any previous passes will be played in real time. 
   Your Answer: Read
3. ____________ is a type of console automation system that was invented by Martinsound and remains popular today. 
   Your Answer: Flying Faders
4. _________ mode in Pro Tools is an automation mode that means once a pass is written, the parameter maintains its current position until the write pass is ended. 
   Your Answer: Latch
5. Send Levels in Pro Tools cannot be automated. 
   Your Answer: True 
   Incorrect: Correct Answer is False
6. Prior to automation, on the fly changes to session parameters were made by: 
   Your Answer: Multiple people changing parameters in real time as a session was being mixed down.
7. _________ mode in Pro Tools is an automation mode that means the parameter being automated returns to its previous position once it has been written. 
   Your Answer: Touch
8. Both touch and latch automation modes do not start writing automation data until a parameter is moved. 
   Your Answer: True
9. _________ mode in Pro Tools is an automation mode that starts writing automation once the space bar is pressed and continues to write automation until playback is stopped, at which time this mode automatically switches to latch mode. 
   Your Answer: Write
10. ________________________ are the lanes on the edit window in Pro Tools that shows the user a graph representation of automation that has been written. 
    Your Answer: Automation Playlists
11. MIDI and instrument tracks in Pro Tools cannot be automated. 
    Your Answer: True 
    Incorrect: Correct Answer is False