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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. Hired by the sound company or venue and paid salary; Set-up and maintain FOH system and often mix opening artists; Responsible for set-up - teardown - and maintenance of systems
System Engineer
Dynamic Based Processors
Rear Fill
Time Based Processors
2. True
Delay Fill
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
AFL
Distance
3. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS
Dynamic Based Processors
Equalizer
Line Array
Delay Fill
4. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Monitor Signal Flow
Return Lines
Mix Position
RAT Sound
5. 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
Down Fill
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Side Fill
Monitor System
6. Rusty Brutsch
Bob Heil
Side Fill
Showco
Audion Tube
7. Rear Fill; Side Fill; Center Fill; Butt Fill; Apron Fill; Delay Fill; Down Fill
R.G. Jones
Stereophonic Sound
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Line Check
8. 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
Uses for Return Lines
Greek Amphitheater
Auditorium
Delay Fill
9. 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
Mix Position
Drive Rack
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Midas Verona
10. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
Greek Amphitheater
Show Production Organization
Vocal Mic Setup
Mixing Setup Considerations
11. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
Monitor Signal Flow
Pre/Post Button
Angle of Incidence
Altec Lansing
12. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Show Production Organization
Clair Brothers
Center Fill
Drive Rack Signal Flow
13. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
FOH Engineer
Rigging Basket
Mixing Setup Considerations
Dr. Christian Heil
14. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
Dr. Christian Heil
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Emile Berliner
Sound Booth
15. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
Near-Fields
Vocal Mic Setup
Pink Noise
RTA
16. In live performance this is the reference mix that the engineer uses; In studio recording it is the mix in the artist's headphones; One of the engineer's most valuable tools; Post outboard EQ and Mix Master Faders
Cue System
Showco PRISM
Near-Fields
VCA
17. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
Uses for Return Lines
The Who
Rack Position
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
18. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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19. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Controlling SNR
Crossover
Phasing Plug
Aux/CO
20. 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
Pre/Post Button
Cue System
Lee DeForest
Splitter Box
21. 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
Equalizer
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Side Car
R.G. Jones
22. Stage area to the rear of stage performers that is furthest away from the audience
Showco PRISM
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Dynamic Based Processors
Upstage
23. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Mass Connectors
Sound Booth
Upstage
24. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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25. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
Dr. Christian Heil
Mixing Setup Considerations
Aux/CO
Delay Fill
26. Founded in 1979 in Southern california and acquired accounts of Black Flag - Pearl Jam - The Cult - Beck - and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Main Snake
RAT Sound
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
1st Successful Use of P/A System
27. 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
VCA
Radial Horn
Foldback
Center Fill
28. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
FOH Engineer
RTA
System Limiter
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
29. 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
Apron Fill
Meyer Sound
Monitor System
Duckers
30. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Butt Fill
Rigging Basket
Midas XL4
31. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
System Limiter
Uses for Return Lines
Ernst Siemens
Output Transducer
32. 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
Live Mixing Issues
Components of Good Mixing
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Rear Fill
33. False
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34. 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
Live Mixing Issues
Output Transducer
Gain Structure
Greek Amphitheater
35. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Mixing Setup Considerations
Low Amp Frequency Range
Mix Position
36. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Mix EQ
Monitor System
Rear Fill
Outside
37. 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
ShowConsole
Line Array
Greek Amphitheater
Emile Berliner
38. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
Magiae Universal
Side Car
Uses for Return Lines
House Engineer
39. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Butt Fill
AFL
THX
Western Electric
40. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
RAT Sound
Warren G. Harding
Shearer Horn System
Distance
41. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Phasing Plug
Ear Trumpets
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Mix Position
42. False
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43. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance
Dr. Christian Heil
Floorwedge Coverage
Radial Horn
Angle of Incidence
44. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Pad
House System
Time Based Processors
Foldback
45. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.
Building a Mix
Main Snake
Live Mixing Issues
Mix Position
46. Converts one type of energy to another
Judy Garland
Transducer
Near-Fields
VCA
47. 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
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Emile Berliner
House System
Ear Trumpets
48. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Bass Trap
Center Fill
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Building a Mix
49. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Audion Tube
Pad
Side Car
Distance
50. 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
House System
AFL
Phasing Plug
VCA