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Show Production Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position






2. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position






3. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production

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4. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)






5. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon






6. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible






7. When the volume over the headphones is affected by the channel fader; Generally more useful on a single channel; Common for an AUX OUT to be added to this mix so the engineer can listen to the signal being sent to that aux






8. Usually colored red and lettered; Gender reversed from the channels; Allow for sending of any signal from the console areas back to the splitter box; Final mix from the console is the first priority; Optional and must be specified; If splitter does n






9. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible






10. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);






11. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS






12. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874






13. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake






14. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible






15. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage






16. Setting the levels to get the best signal transfer through a console; Always start with the stereo bus - channel and monitor faders set to 0dB (Unity Gain) then adjust preamp for initial volume






17. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's






18. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals






19. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area






20. This button will route aux sends to group master






21. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone






22. Random noise that is at equal energy at all frequencies






23. FOH






24. False






25. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage






26. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues






27. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor






28. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage






29. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects






30. From the FOH; Used to cover audience members located beyond the coverage of the front of house sound systems; Speaker system's signal is delayed to let the sound from FOH speaker systems catch up






31. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer






32. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles






33. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device






34. Rusty Brutsch






35. Works in house at live music venues to maintain audio systems; Generally entry-level positions; Most begin working monitors; May or may not get to mix for opening artists






36. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal






37. Theater loudspeaker system researched and developed by MGM and Lansing Manufacturing; Covered low and high frequencies with a crossover at 500Hz; Won a Technical Achievement Academy Award






38. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's






39. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon






40. Converts one type of energy to another






41. 100 Hz - 1 kHz






42. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production

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43. Hired by the sound company or venue and paid salary; Set-up and maintain FOH system and often mix opening artists; Responsible for set-up - teardown - and maintenance of systems






44. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time






45. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges






46. True






47. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell






48. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist






49. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows






50. Random noise that is at equal energy at all frequencies