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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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1. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Delay Fill
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Matrix Section
Main Snake
2. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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3. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
Side Car
Rack Position
Distance
Rack Position
4. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Transducer
Monitor Signal Flow
Lee DeForest
Uses for Return Lines
5. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Phasing Plug
Stereophonic Sound
Equalizer
Showco
6. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
Emile Berliner
System Limiter
Western Electric
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
7. False
Sectorial Horn
AFL
System Engineer
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
8. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash
Monitor System
Angle of Incidence
R.G. Jones
Mix Position
9. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Mass Connectors
Outside
Return Lines
Mix Position
10. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
Sub Snakes
Controlling SNR
Foldback
Balloon Meadow
11. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Workbox
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Low Amp Frequency Range
Auditorium
12. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Workbox
Duckers
Delay Fill
13. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Audion Tube
FOH Signal Flow
Altec Lansing
Side Car
14. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Pre/Post Button
Bass Trap
Pad
Clair Brothers
15. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
Midas XL4
Emile Berliner
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Bob Heil
16. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
Mass Connectors
Judy Garland
Greek Amphitheater
Public Address
17. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Side Car
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Shearer Horn System
18. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
1940's P/A Systems
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Pre/Post Button
Matrix Section
19. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Aux/CO
Transducer
Workbox
Main Snake
20. 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
System Limiter
Bob Heil
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Butt Fill
21. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer
Showco PRISM
Drive Rack
Apron Fill
Show Production Organization
22. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.
Pink Noise
Cue System
Building a Mix
Dr. Christian Heil
23. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Ernst Siemens
Splitter Box
System Limiter
Audion Tube
24. 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
Altec Lansing
FOH Signal Flow
Matrix
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
25. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
Vocal Mic Setup
Low Amp Frequency Range
Near-Fields
Monitor Amp Rack
26. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Workbox
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Midas XL4
Splitter Box
27. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Butt Fill
Return Lines
Output Transducer
28. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems
Matrix
Electric Voice
The Who
Emile Berliner
29. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance
Floorwedge Coverage
Sir Oliver Lodge
Low End Problem
Emile Berliner
30. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Outside
MSL-4
Near-Fields
Dynamic Based Processors
31. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961
Judy Garland
Distance
Line Check
FOH Engineer
32. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
Showco
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
RAT Sound
Low Amp Frequency Range
33. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Judy Garland
Rigging Basket
Duckers
34. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Sound Booth
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Magiae Universal
35. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's
1st Successful Use of P/A System
FOH Engineer
Sir Oliver Lodge
The Who
36. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Apron Fill
Monitor Amp Rack
Production Manager
Rear Fill
37. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
Duckers
Balloon Meadow
Return Lines
RAT Sound
38. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
THX
Emile Berliner
Side Fill
AFL
39. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Show Production Organization
Rear Fill
Low Amp Frequency Range
Aux/CO
40. 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
Flying Sound
MSL-4
Tycobrahe
Dr. Christian Heil
41. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
Shearer Horn System
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Foldback
Time Based Processors
42. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.
Lee DeForest
Electric Voice
Flying Sound
Building a Mix
43. 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
Splitter Box
Vagabond
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Side Fill
44. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Rigging Basket
Bob Heil
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Ernst Siemens
45. 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
Splitter System Components
Phasing Plug
RTA
46. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Monitor System
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Showco
Center Fill
47. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Compression Driver
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Sir Oliver Lodge
Mixing Setup Considerations
48. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
MSL-4
High Amp Frequency Range
House System
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
49. '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
Dynamic Based Processors
Showco
Altec Lansing
Delay Fill
50. True
Low Amp Frequency Range
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Foldback
Public Address