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Show Production Basics

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's






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






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






4. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn






5. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement






6. Can quickly change gain in response to many different detectors looking at same signal; Used in really tough situations where u want strict control over level and dynamics






7. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device






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






9. True






10. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993






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






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






13. 15 minutes






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






15. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear






16. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).






17. False






18. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980






19. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy






20. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals






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






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






23. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961






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






25. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.






26. British physicist and writer involved in the development of key patents in wireless telegraphy; Also improved loudspeaker with nonmagnetic spacers to keep the air gap between the inner and outer poles of a moving coil transducer






27. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor






28. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980






29. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication






30. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ






31. Masks with acoustic horns in the design; High-soled shoes to help with projection; Reflective acoustic shells designed into staging; Stadium stye seating for patrons; Jars filled with different layers of ash used for sound absorption and diffusion






32. Meyer Sound; The first self-powered - high-level sound reinforcement loudspeaker (1240 watts)






33. 100 Hz - 1 kHz






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






35. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs






36. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device






37. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage






38. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance






39. True






40. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs






41. False






42. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS






43. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement






44. Splits full range audio into frequencies from high end of the spectrum to the high speakers - mids to the mid speakers and lows to the low speakers






45. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example






46. 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






47. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999






48. Mix Coherence and Individuality of Instruments - High Level of SNR in Microphones - All Instruments Leaving Sound System at Same Time - Be Fluent in the Most Basic Reinforcement Concepts - Helping the Performer in Any Way Via Sound - Constantly Impro






49. Converts one type of energy to another






50. From the Monitor Desk; Monitors that are located behind the artist and pointed downstage to cover area that cannot be covered by the floor wedges on the front line