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Show Production Basics
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performing-arts
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
Line Check
Altec Lansing
Rigging Basket
Balloon Meadow
2. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics
Flying Sound
Equalizer
Pre/Post Button
FOH Signal Flow
3. Debuted with the film Earthquake (1974); Created a physical sensation from four large low-frequency horns located behind the screen
Cue System
System Limiter
Sensurround
Vagabond
4. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Rigging Basket
Foldback
Equalizer
Output Transducer
5. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear
The Who
Controlling SNR
Live Mixing Issues
Matrix
6. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Sub Snakes
RAT Sound
Equalizer
7. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Output Transducer
System Limiter
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Sub Snakes
8. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
Controlling SNR
Pre/Post Button
Ear Trumpets
Pre/Post Button
9. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> House Main Snake (Fanout/Console/FX Rack/ Drive Rack/Return Lines (Fanout) -> Main Snake -> Splitter -> Drive Lines -> Amp Racks -> Speaker Cabinets
FOH Signal Flow
Sectorial Horn
System Engineer
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
10. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated very close to the stage that will not be covered by direct sound from the FOH speaker system
Apron Fill
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Monitor System
11. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Side Fill
Stereophonic Sound
Foldback
Rigging Basket
12. 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
Duckers
Clair Brothers
Butt Fill
Western Electric
13. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
Pink Noise
Tycobrahe
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Drive Rack Signal Flow
14. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Pad
Crossover
Equalizer
RTA
15. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Floorwedge Coverage
ShowConsole
Main Snake
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
FOH Engineer
Flying Sound
Gain Structure
Distance
17. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
Show Production Organization
Stereophonic Sound
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Lee DeForest
18. Line of sight to the speakers is necessary (false sense of high frequencies if not directly in front of speakers); Optimum = Center or just off center of the main floor with a good distance for imaging and where the entire system can be heard
Upstage
Shearer Horn System
Monitor Amp Rack
Mix Position
19. 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
Live Mixing Issues
Bass Trap
Production Manager
Delay Fill
20. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Output Transducer
Dynamic Based Processors
Phasing Plug
Band Limiter
21. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Side Fill
Foldback
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Mix Position
22. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash
Mass Connectors
Apron Fill
R.G. Jones
Flying Sound
23. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's
MSL-4
VCA
The Who
Equalizer
24. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Rear Fill
ShowConsole
Front of the House
RTA
25. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> House Main Snake (Fanout/Console/FX Rack/ Drive Rack/Return Lines (Fanout) -> Main Snake -> Splitter -> Drive Lines -> Amp Racks -> Speaker Cabinets
FOH Signal Flow
Vagabond
Upstage
Cue System
26. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Low End Problem
Aux/CO
Hanley Sound
27. 15 minutes
Types of Output Transducers
Magiae Universal
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Tycobrahe
28. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Pre/Post Button
System Engineer
Midas Verona
Judy Garland
29. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Judy Garland
Bass Trap
Midas XL4
30. 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
Phasing Plug
Compression Driver
AFL
Gain Structure
31. True
Monitor System
Butt Fill
ShowConsole
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
32. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Live Mixing Issues
ShowConsole
Pre/Post Button
Tycobrahe
33. 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
FOH Engineer
Shearer Horn System
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
VCA
34. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Angle of Incidence
Hanley Sound
Vagabond
Midas XL4
35. Meyer Sound; The first self-powered - high-level sound reinforcement loudspeaker (1240 watts)
Front of the House
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Production Manager
MSL-4
36. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer
Splitter System Components
Vagabond
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Show Production Organization
37. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
Sub Snakes
Uses for Return Lines
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Mix Position
38. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
Pre/Post Button
Sensurround
Vocal Mic Setup
Splitter Box
39. FOH
Duckers
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Front of the House
Aux/CO
40. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Clair Brothers
Show Production Organization
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Output Transducer
41. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Showco
Drive Rack
Audion Tube
Mix EQ
42. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
House Engineer
Sound Booth
Cue System
Angle of Incidence
43. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance
Production Manager
RAT Sound
Drive Rack
Floorwedge Coverage
44. Covers a room from a single line of speakers over the rest of the venue saving time and labor costs; Multiple speakers hung together - either vertically or horizontally - so that they can act as one huge speaker
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Dynamic Based Processors
Line Array
Ear Trumpets
45. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Foldback
Clair Brothers
Tycobrahe
Balloon Meadow
46. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Distance
Gain Structure
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Shearer Horn System
47. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
Magiae Universal
Sectorial Horn
Bass Trap
Sensurround
48. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
House System
Uses for Return Lines
Low Amp Frequency Range
Altec Lansing
49. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Meyer Sound
Tycobrahe
Showco PRISM
FOH Engineer
50. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
Side Car
After Fader Listen
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...