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Show Production Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage






2. 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






3. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput






4. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console






5. P/A






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

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7. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure






8. False

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9. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);






10. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover






11. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal






12. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually






13. False






14. 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






15. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs






16. 100 Hz - 1 kHz






17. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects






18. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area






19. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist






20. Major loss in dB






21. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980






22. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly






23. Rear Fill; Side Fill; Center Fill; Butt Fill; Apron Fill; Delay Fill; Down Fill






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






25. 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






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






27. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).






28. 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






29. 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






30. 1 kHz - 20 kHz






31. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system






32. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device






33. 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






34. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible






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






36. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'






37. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control






38. 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






39. 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






40. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production

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






42. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement






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






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






45. Converts one type of energy to another






46. True






47. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone






48. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused






49. 1 kHz - 20 kHz






50. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system







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