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Show Production Basics
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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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1. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
Balloon Meadow
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Controlling SNR
2. True
Mass Connectors
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Outside
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
3. 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
Bass Trap
Delay Fill
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Altec Lansing
4. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.
Butt Fill
Duckers
Vagabond
Mixing Setup Considerations
5. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
Return Lines
Emile Berliner
Showco
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
6. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
VCA
Uses for Return Lines
Rack Position
Tycobrahe
7. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Floorwedge Coverage
Sub Snakes
Output Transducer
Shearer Horn System
8. P/A
Ernst Siemens
Public Address
Line Check
Low End Problem
9. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear
Judy Garland
RTA
AFL
Live Mixing Issues
10. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
Line Array
Hanley Sound
Controlling SNR
Mid Amp Frequency Range
11. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
Vagabond
Rigging Basket
Rear Fill
Line Check
12. False
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13. False
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Main Snake
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Warren G. Harding
14. False
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Cue System
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Show Production Organization
15. This button will route aux sends to group master
Aux/CO
House Engineer
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Ear Trumpets
16. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Line Check
Duckers
17. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Matrix
Duckers
Front of the House
18. FOH
Front of the House
Lee DeForest
House System
Mass Connectors
19. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern
Radial Horn
Vocal Mic Setup
Outside
Upstage
20. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Auditorium
Upstage
Splitter Box
Radial Horn
21. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Main Snake
Rear Fill
Duckers
Floorwedge Coverage
22. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Midas XL4
FOH Engineer
Production Manager
Midas Verona
23. 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
Mid Amp Frequency Range
THX
Show Production Organization
Judy Garland
24. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Show Production Organization
Front of the House
Aux/CO
Monitor System
25. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Dynamic Based Processors
Side Fill
Sub Snakes
Pink Noise
26. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
Compression Driver
Distance
Flying Sound
Near-Fields
27. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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28. 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
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Delay Fill
29. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
Electric Voice
Dr. Christian Heil
Tycobrahe
Output Transducer
30. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
Rigging Basket
RTA
ShowConsole
FOH Signal Flow
31. False
System Engineer
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Return Lines
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
32. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Building a Mix
Mixing Setup Considerations
Ernst Siemens
Vocal Mic Setup
33. False
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Sub Snakes
Components of Good Mixing
Low Amp Frequency Range
34. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Monitor System
ShowConsole
Showco PRISM
35. 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
Matrix
Return Lines
Radial Horn
Sub Snakes
36. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer
Show Production Organization
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Ernst Siemens
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
37. 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
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Gain Structure
Balloon Meadow
Electric Voice
38. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Mixing Setup Considerations
Equalizer
Production Manager
Pink Noise
39. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Clair Brothers
Cue System
Stereophonic Sound
Dr. Christian Heil
40. True
Supplemental Speaker Systems
House System
Return Lines
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
41. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Band Limiter
Altec Lansing
Western Electric
Live Mixing Issues
42. From the Monitor Desk; Cover artists from speaker locations on the sides of the stage; Usually tri-amped systems; Stereo bus designed to manage these - but Mix SENDS can also be utilized
Side Fill
Hanley Sound
Apron Fill
Emile Berliner
43. 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
House Engineer
Butt Fill
Monitor Signal Flow
Delay Fill
44. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
Output Transducer
House System
Ernst Siemens
Shearer Horn System
45. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Return Lines
Upstage
Mix Position
46. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
Greek Amphitheater
Drive Rack Signal Flow
System Limiter
Clair Brothers
47. 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
The Who
Greek Amphitheater
Return Lines
Balloon Meadow
48. 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
Transducer
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Pink Noise
Line Array
49. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
Auditorium
FOH Signal Flow
Ear Trumpets
System Limiter
50. 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
Near-Fields
Electric Voice
R.G. Jones
FOH Signal Flow