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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Line Array
Splitter Box
2. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
Warren G. Harding
Monitor System
ShowConsole
Rack Position
3. Rusty Brutsch
Monitor Signal Flow
Live Mixing Issues
Floorwedge Coverage
Showco
4. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
Return Lines
Workbox
Cue System
Ear Trumpets
5. 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
Western Electric
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Line Array
FOH Signal Flow
6. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Splitter Box
System Limiter
Compression Driver
7. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Rigging Basket
Dr. Christian Heil
Sub Snakes
Supplemental Speaker Systems
8. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
Outside
Auditorium
Rack Position
MSL-4
9. 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
Components of Good Mixing
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
After Fader Listen
System Limiter
10. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980
Dynamic Based Processors
FOH Engineer
Meyer Sound
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
11. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Audion Tube
Apron Fill
Matrix Section
Phasing Plug
12. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Types of Output Transducers
Radial Horn
Foldback
Mass Connectors
13. 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
Side Fill
Butt Fill
Outside
Vocal Mic Setup
14. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Gain Structure
Showco PRISM
Side Fill
Monitor Amp Rack
15. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible
Ear Trumpets
Lee DeForest
Floorwedge Coverage
Duckers
16. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Front of the House
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Matrix Section
Gain Structure
17. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
House System
Auditorium
Showco
18. False
MSL-4
Mix Position
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Band Limiter
19. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Center Fill
1st Successful Use of P/A System
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Balloon Meadow
20. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Distance
Near-Fields
Mixing Setup Considerations
Band Limiter
21. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
RTA
Butt Fill
Judy Garland
Showco PRISM
22. 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
Aux/CO
Greek Amphitheater
Rear Fill
Delay Fill
23. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
Tycobrahe
Workbox
Angle of Incidence
Ear Trumpets
24. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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25. 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
Main Snake
Cue System
Matrix Section
Monitor Signal Flow
26. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Monitor Signal Flow
Balloon Meadow
Rear Fill
Rack Position
27. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
Rear Fill
Distance
Emile Berliner
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
28. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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29. True
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
FOH Engineer
Distance
30. False
Hanley Sound
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Live Mixing Issues
After Fader Listen
31. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
Output Transducer
Angle of Incidence
Line Check
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
32. 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
Controlling SNR
Clair Brothers
Mass Connectors
33. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
Vagabond
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
FOH Signal Flow
Warren G. Harding
34. 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
Return Lines
Upstage
Bass Trap
Magiae Universal
35. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Foldback
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Ernst Siemens
Hanley Sound
36. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
Pink Noise
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Matrix
High Amp Frequency Range
37. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
Meyer Sound
Time Based Processors
Cue System
Sub Snakes
38. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
Sub Snakes
Balloon Meadow
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Components of Good Mixing
39. 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
THX
Dynamic Based Processors
Shearer Horn System
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
40. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
Dynamic Based Processors
AFL
Balloon Meadow
Building a Mix
41. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance
Mix Position
Stereophonic Sound
Types of Output Transducers
Floorwedge Coverage
42. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Crossover
Clair Brothers
Return Lines
Electric Voice
43. Founded in 1979 in Southern california and acquired accounts of Black Flag - Pearl Jam - The Cult - Beck - and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Splitter Box
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
RAT Sound
Types of Output Transducers
44. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Monitor System
Transducer
Greek Amphitheater
System Engineer
45. 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
Phasing Plug
Gain Structure
Controlling SNR
46. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Transducer
Western Electric
Mix EQ
FOH Engineer
47. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Vagabond
Production Manager
Front of the House
Monitor Amp Rack
48. Rusty Brutsch
Showco
Angle of Incidence
Ernst Siemens
Supplemental Speaker Systems
49. 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
System Limiter
FOH Signal Flow
Meyer Sound
MSL-4
50. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Low Amp Frequency Range
Aux/CO
Foldback
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...