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Show Production Basics

Subject : 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. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance






2. 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






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






4. From the FOH; Used in addition or instead of an apron fill to cover audience members seated under or below the FOH speaker clusters






5. Mixes for the audience






6. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover






7. Can quickly change gain in response to many different detectors looking at same signal; Used in really tough situations where u want strict control over level and dynamics






8. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's






9. False






10. 100 Hz - 1 kHz






11. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern






12. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.






13. 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






14. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS






15. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)






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






17. False






18. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower






19. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium






20. 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






21. 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






22. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake






23. Converts one type of energy to another






24. Rusty Brutsch






25. FOH






26. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles






27. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader






28. True






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






30. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer






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

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






33. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example






34. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics






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






36. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874






37. Major loss in dB






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






39. Founded in 1979 in Southern california and acquired accounts of Black Flag - Pearl Jam - The Cult - Beck - and Red Hot Chili Peppers






40. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused






41. 1 kHz - 20 kHz






42. Meyer Sound; The first self-powered - high-level sound reinforcement loudspeaker (1240 watts)






43. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston






44. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)






45. P/A






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






47. 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






48. False






49. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern






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