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Show Production Basics
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Subject
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performing-arts
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
Hanley Sound
Angle of Incidence
Pink Noise
Butt Fill
2. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
Matrix
Front of the House
Distance
House Engineer
3. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Line Array
Compression Driver
Balloon Meadow
Low End Problem
4. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
Front of the House
Western Electric
Uses for Return Lines
Rack Position
5. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961
Sensurround
Delay Fill
Tycobrahe
Judy Garland
6. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980
Meyer Sound
Floorwedge Coverage
Upstage
Low Amp Frequency Range
7. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Clair Brothers
Workbox
Judy Garland
Mixing Setup Considerations
8. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Ernst Siemens
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
System Limiter
Foldback
9. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Phasing Plug
Emile Berliner
VCA
Shearer Horn System
10. Rear Fill; Side Fill; Center Fill; Butt Fill; Apron Fill; Delay Fill; Down Fill
Public Address
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Low End Problem
Equalizer
11. True
Angle of Incidence
Equalizer
Production Manager
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
12. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Magiae Universal
Return Lines
The Who
13. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Rear Fill
Clair Brothers
Line Array
FOH Signal Flow
14. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Showco PRISM
Sound Booth
15. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Altec Lansing
Foldback
Live Mixing Issues
16. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash
Crossover
Warren G. Harding
Flying Sound
R.G. Jones
17. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Rack Position
High Amp Frequency Range
Matrix
18. When the volume over the headphones is affected by the channel fader; Generally more useful on a single channel; Common for an AUX OUT to be added to this mix so the engineer can listen to the signal being sent to that aux
Floorwedge Coverage
AFL
Warren G. Harding
Low End Problem
19. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Live Mixing Issues
Matrix
20. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
System Limiter
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Workbox
21. 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
High Amp Frequency Range
Crossover
Stereophonic Sound
22. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console
Mix Position
Bob Heil
Line Array
Radial Horn
23. This button will route aux sends to group master
RAT Sound
Controlling SNR
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Aux/CO
24. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
Side Fill
Aux/CO
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Vocal Mic Setup
25. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Mixing Setup Considerations
Bob Heil
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Vocal Mic Setup
26. 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
Angle of Incidence
Pink Noise
Splitter Box
Mixing Setup Considerations
27. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Uses for Return Lines
Live Mixing Issues
Mix Position
Low Amp Frequency Range
28. Major loss in dB
Production Manager
Outside
Electric Voice
Side Fill
29. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Mass Connectors
FOH Signal Flow
MSL-4
Pad
30. 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
Showco PRISM
Rear Fill
Workbox
Splitter Box
31. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Mix EQ
R.G. Jones
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Public Address
32. 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
Transducer
Return Lines
Apron Fill
Supplemental Speaker Systems
33. From the FOH; Used in addition or instead of an apron fill to cover audience members seated under or below the FOH speaker clusters
Front of the House
Down Fill
Delay Fill
Apron Fill
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
Dr. Christian Heil
Mixing Setup Considerations
Drive Rack
Gain Structure
35. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible
Lee DeForest
Transducer
Showco
Rear Fill
36. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
System Limiter
RTA
Components of Good Mixing
Mixing Setup Considerations
37. 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
Shearer Horn System
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Angle of Incidence
Down Fill
38. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console
Upstage
Drive Rack Signal Flow
House Engineer
Bob Heil
39. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Time Based Processors
System Limiter
Components of Good Mixing
Low End Problem
40. Random noise that is at equal energy at all frequencies
Pink Noise
Judy Garland
Sensurround
High Amp Frequency Range
41. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Side Fill
Production Manager
Ernst Siemens
Live Mixing Issues
42. False
Foldback
Workbox
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
After Fader Listen
43. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.
Pre/Post Button
Workbox
Building a Mix
Shearer Horn System
44. False
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Compression Driver
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Distance
45. 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
Uses for Return Lines
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Midas Verona
Floorwedge Coverage
46. P/A
Western Electric
Balloon Meadow
Auditorium
Public Address
47. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Pre/Post Button
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Foldback
Mix Position
48. Founded in 1979 in Southern california and acquired accounts of Black Flag - Pearl Jam - The Cult - Beck - and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Audion Tube
RAT Sound
Components of Good Mixing
Front of the House
49. 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
House Engineer
Side Fill
Altec Lansing
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
50. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Public Address
Band Limiter
Auditorium
Magiae Universal