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Show Production Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. True






2. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals






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






4. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges






5. Rusty Brutsch






6. Converts one type of energy to another






7. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems






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






9. 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






10. 15 minutes






11. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss






12. This button will route aux sends to group master






13. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961






14. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. Theater loudspeaker system researched and developed by MGM and Lansing Manufacturing; Covered low and high frequencies with a crossover at 500Hz; Won a Technical Achievement Academy Award






20. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure






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






22. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks






23. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)






24. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time






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

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26. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased






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






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






29. 100 Hz - 1 kHz






30. False






31. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell






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






33. 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






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






35. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device






36. P/A






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






38. 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






39. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion






40. False






41. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor






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






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






44. 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






45. False






46. 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






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






48. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).






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






50. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance