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Show Production Basics
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Subject
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performing-arts
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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. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's
Sound Booth
The Who
High Amp Frequency Range
Bob Heil
2. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
Monitor Signal Flow
Showco
House System
R.G. Jones
3. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
Clair Brothers
Controlling SNR
Time Based Processors
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
4. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
MSL-4
Splitter Box
Sound Booth
Compression Driver
5. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Splitter System Components
Types of Output Transducers
FOH Engineer
Midas XL4
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
Side Fill
Components of Good Mixing
VCA
Return Lines
7. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
System Limiter
Pad
After Fader Listen
Band Limiter
8. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
Balloon Meadow
Center Fill
Production Manager
Drive Rack
9. True
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Shearer Horn System
Drive Rack Signal Flow
The Who
10. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
Dr. Christian Heil
Warren G. Harding
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Building a Mix
11. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Phasing Plug
Hanley Sound
VCA
Greek Amphitheater
12. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
Balloon Meadow
Band Limiter
Showco
Equalizer
13. 15 minutes
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Greek Amphitheater
Altec Lansing
Stereophonic Sound
14. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Duckers
Monitor Amp Rack
Mass Connectors
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
15. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear
Live Mixing Issues
Vagabond
Dynamic Based Processors
Bass Trap
16. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Main Snake
Drive Rack
Magiae Universal
Front of the House
17. False
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Emile Berliner
Distance
Near-Fields
18. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980
Showco
Workbox
FOH Engineer
Meyer Sound
19. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Cue System
Distance
Output Transducer
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
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
FOH Signal Flow
Aux/CO
House Engineer
Center Fill
21. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
FOH Engineer
Ernst Siemens
Lee DeForest
Hanley Sound
22. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
Sound Booth
Live Mixing Issues
Monitor Amp Rack
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
23. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961
R.G. Jones
Line Check
Judy Garland
Drive Rack
24. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Low Amp Frequency Range
Public Address
Monitor Signal Flow
Gain Structure
25. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.
Clair Brothers
Building a Mix
Main Snake
Mix Position
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
Matrix Section
Line Check
Sir Oliver Lodge
Aux/CO
27. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Line Check
Mix Position
Audion Tube
Drive Rack Signal Flow
28. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980
Flying Sound
Sectorial Horn
Angle of Incidence
Meyer Sound
29. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Return Lines
Midas Verona
FOH Signal Flow
30. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Side Car
Angle of Incidence
Showco PRISM
Mix 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
Lee DeForest
Equalizer
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Outside
32. Meyer Sound; The first self-powered - high-level sound reinforcement loudspeaker (1240 watts)
MSL-4
Auditorium
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Main Snake
33. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Band Limiter
Stereophonic Sound
Compression Driver
Mid Amp Frequency Range
34. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
Flying Sound
Sound Booth
House System
Low Amp Frequency Range
35. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
FOH Engineer
Stereophonic Sound
Pink Noise
House Engineer
36. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Pad
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Showco PRISM
Vagabond
37. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Pink Noise
MSL-4
Rear Fill
Splitter System Components
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
Crossover
Floorwedge Coverage
Auditorium
Low End Problem
39. True
Rear Fill
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Types of Output Transducers
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
40. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs
Line Array
Splitter System Components
Components of Good Mixing
R.G. Jones
41. False
Output Transducer
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Low Amp Frequency Range
Angle of Incidence
42. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
Phasing Plug
FOH Engineer
RTA
Sir Oliver Lodge
43. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Mixing Setup Considerations
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Pink Noise
Transducer
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
High Amp Frequency Range
Sectorial Horn
Sir Oliver Lodge
Crossover
45. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
Show Production Organization
After Fader Listen
Rigging Basket
FOH Engineer
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
Shearer Horn System
Matrix
Radial Horn
Outside
47. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
ShowConsole
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Splitter Box
FOH Engineer
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
Ear Trumpets
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Components of Good Mixing
Sir Oliver Lodge
49. Converts one type of energy to another
Showco PRISM
Transducer
Upstage
Judy Garland
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
Equalizer
Radial Horn
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Butt Fill