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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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1. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
Transducer
Butt Fill
Controlling SNR
Sound Booth
2. Stage area to the rear of stage performers that is furthest away from the audience
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Floorwedge Coverage
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Upstage
3. FOH
Aux/CO
Front of the House
Side Fill
Greek Amphitheater
4. 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
Outside
Midas Verona
Butt Fill
Gain Structure
5. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer
Monitor Amp Rack
Time Based Processors
Clair Brothers
Show Production Organization
6. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Equalizer
Transducer
Monitor Amp Rack
Types of Output Transducers
7. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Transducer
R.G. Jones
The Who
Audion Tube
8. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
Dr. Christian Heil
Components of Good Mixing
Pre/Post Button
Main Snake
9. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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10. 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
Delay Fill
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Return Lines
Distance
11. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
System Engineer
Band Limiter
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Electric Voice
12. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
RTA
Output Transducer
Sir Oliver Lodge
System Limiter
13. 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
Transducer
THX
Duckers
Matrix Section
14. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961
Phasing Plug
MSL-4
RAT Sound
Judy Garland
15. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Equalizer
Duckers
Pre/Post Button
Delay Fill
16. False
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17. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
Matrix Section
House System
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Gain Structure
18. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
Low End Problem
High Amp Frequency Range
Vocal Mic Setup
Mix Position
19. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Hanley Sound
Public Address
Compression Driver
Pink Noise
20. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Sub Snakes
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Delay Fill
Monitor Signal Flow
21. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Types of Output Transducers
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Sectorial Horn
22. 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
Balloon Meadow
System Engineer
Dynamic Based Processors
Mix Position
23. Founded in 1979 in Southern california and acquired accounts of Black Flag - Pearl Jam - The Cult - Beck - and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Monitor System
Live Mixing Issues
RAT Sound
Outside
24. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
Drive Rack
Tycobrahe
Types of Output Transducers
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
25. 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
Equalizer
1940's P/A Systems
MSL-4
26. 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
Apron Fill
Main Snake
Butt Fill
House System
27. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
VCA
Production Manager
THX
Stereophonic Sound
28. Hired by the sound company or venue and paid salary; Set-up and maintain FOH system and often mix opening artists; Responsible for set-up - teardown - and maintenance of systems
Time Based Processors
Judy Garland
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
System Engineer
29. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
Types of Output Transducers
System Limiter
VCA
Return Lines
30. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
Meyer Sound
Bob Heil
Line Array
Tycobrahe
31. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Mix Position
Butt Fill
Uses for Return Lines
After Fader Listen
32. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Vagabond
Warren G. Harding
ShowConsole
Mass Connectors
33. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS
Matrix
Dynamic Based Processors
Splitter Box
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
34. Founded in 1979 in Southern california and acquired accounts of Black Flag - Pearl Jam - The Cult - Beck - and Red Hot Chili Peppers
RAT Sound
Mix Position
THX
RTA
35. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
RTA
Matrix
Pad
Dr. Christian Heil
36. 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
Front of the House
AFL
Show Production Organization
Mid Amp Frequency Range
37. Speakers and other audio equipment suspended in air; Provides better sight lines and allows for larger crowds by freeing up space; Reason for strict weight limits and safety requirements
Band Limiter
Lee DeForest
Flying Sound
Mixing Setup Considerations
38. 'Wrote the book' on practically all aspects of loudspeaker component and horn design; Most speaker systems today rely on this technology; Began as Western Electric
Radial Horn
Altec Lansing
Bob Heil
Warren G. Harding
39. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
Production Manager
Distance
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Phasing Plug
40. 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
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Angle of Incidence
Mixing Setup Considerations
Crossover
41. 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
Sir Oliver Lodge
Matrix Section
Butt Fill
Distance
42. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Output Transducer
FOH Engineer
Auditorium
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
43. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Sectorial Horn
Apron Fill
44. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Low Amp Frequency Range
Dr. Christian Heil
Matrix Section
45. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Foldback
MSL-4
Balloon Meadow
46. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
After Fader Listen
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Side Fill
Monitor Signal Flow
47. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
Sir Oliver Lodge
Ear Trumpets
Shearer Horn System
Audion Tube
48. Major loss in dB
Foldback
Outside
Butt Fill
Meyer Sound
49. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Live Mixing Issues
Dynamic Based Processors
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
50. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
AFL
Near-Fields
Butt Fill
Bob Heil