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Show Production Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance






2. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions






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






4. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier






5. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals






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






7. 15 minutes






8. Debuted with the film Earthquake (1974); Created a physical sensation from four large low-frequency horns located behind the screen






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






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






11. True






12. Converts one type of energy to another






13. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor






14. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy






15. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems






16. True






17. 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






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






19. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS






20. FOH






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






22. Rusty Brutsch






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






24. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist

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






32. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems






33. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium






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






35. Allows use of two or more consoles; 1 House & 1 Monitor; Can be wall mounted or placed in a rack; Basically a big set of Y-cables in a box; Does not belong in FOH area






36. FOH






37. 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






38. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs






39. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash






40. 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






41. From the FOH; Used in addition or instead of an apron fill to cover audience members seated under or below the FOH speaker clusters






42. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist

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43. 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






44. 20 Hz - 100 Hz






45. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS






46. 100 Hz - 1 kHz






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






48. 15 minutes






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






50. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion