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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. Rusty Brutsch
Near-Fields
Live Mixing Issues
Showco
Monitor Amp Rack
2. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Matrix Section
Mass Connectors
Apron Fill
Crossover
3. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Low End Problem
Monitor Signal Flow
Side Car
Apron Fill
4. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
ShowConsole
System Limiter
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Sub Snakes
5. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console
Apron Fill
Apron Fill
Ear Trumpets
Bob Heil
6. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
Side Fill
Monitor Signal Flow
Electric Voice
Sound Booth
7. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
1st Successful Use of P/A System
System Limiter
Vocal Mic Setup
MSL-4
8. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Balloon Meadow
Greek Amphitheater
Warren G. Harding
Splitter System Components
9. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
System Engineer
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
After Fader Listen
Dr. Christian Heil
10. 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
Sub Snakes
RAT Sound
Transducer
House Engineer
11. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Meyer Sound
Showco
Western Electric
Clair Brothers
12. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
AFL
Show Production Organization
Showco PRISM
System Engineer
13. False
After Fader Listen
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Midas XL4
Drive Rack Signal Flow
14. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961
Judy Garland
Side Car
Return Lines
Pre/Post Button
15. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Western Electric
Gain Structure
Return Lines
Compression Driver
16. 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
Components of Good Mixing
FOH Engineer
Down Fill
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
17. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern
Splitter Box
Radial Horn
Monitor System
Bob Heil
18. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
Gain Structure
Side Fill
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Judy Garland
19. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Line Check
Workbox
Sectorial Horn
Drive Rack Signal Flow
20. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Matrix Section
MSL-4
Flying Sound
Sub Snakes
21. In live performance this is the reference mix that the engineer uses; In studio recording it is the mix in the artist's headphones; One of the engineer's most valuable tools; Post outboard EQ and Mix Master Faders
Shearer Horn System
Cue System
Equalizer
Warren G. Harding
22. False
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Apron Fill
Showco PRISM
High Amp Frequency Range
23. Random noise that is at equal energy at all frequencies
System Limiter
Pink Noise
Distance
Emile Berliner
24. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
Aux/CO
Mix Position
Vocal Mic Setup
Vagabond
25. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
Sub Snakes
VCA
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
26. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
Band Limiter
Emile Berliner
Matrix Section
Distance
27. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Near-Fields
Meyer Sound
High Amp Frequency Range
1940's P/A Systems
28. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Ernst Siemens
Uses for Return Lines
Ear Trumpets
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
29. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
Tycobrahe
Mass Connectors
Show Production Organization
RTA
30. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Judy Garland
Lee DeForest
Mixing Setup Considerations
1940's P/A Systems
31. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Pre/Post Button
Public Address
House System
Vocal Mic Setup
32. 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
Line Array
Warren G. Harding
Time Based Processors
Splitter System Components
33. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
MSL-4
Balloon Meadow
Rack Position
Magiae Universal
34. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication
Production Manager
System Limiter
Production Manager
Return Lines
35. Developed by George Lucas and Thomlinson Holman; Debuted with the film 'Return of the Jedi'; Proprietary electronic crossover network and rigorous audio equipment specifications and performance standards
THX
Butt Fill
Low End Problem
Pad
36. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Equalizer
Judy Garland
VCA
Mass Connectors
37. Rear Fill; Side Fill; Center Fill; Butt Fill; Apron Fill; Delay Fill; Down Fill
ShowConsole
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Apron Fill
AFL
38. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Ernst Siemens
Low End Problem
Pink Noise
1940's P/A Systems
39. Major loss in dB
Distance
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Outside
Mix EQ
40. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Angle of Incidence
Hanley Sound
41. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Pre/Post Button
Rigging Basket
RAT Sound
Main Snake
42. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
After Fader Listen
Judy Garland
Main Snake
Show Production Organization
43. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
FOH Signal Flow
1st Successful Use of P/A System
1940's P/A Systems
Rack Position
44. 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
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Mass Connectors
Butt Fill
Phasing Plug
45. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Mass Connectors
Lee DeForest
Production Manager
Warren G. Harding
46. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Mixing Setup Considerations
Upstage
Clair Brothers
Vagabond
47. 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
Sectorial Horn
Monitor Signal Flow
FOH Signal Flow
Apron Fill
48. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Tycobrahe
Low End Problem
Stereophonic Sound
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
49. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
VCA
Main Snake
Outside
Production Manager
50. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Monitor Signal Flow
Dynamic Based Processors
Pink Noise
Upstage