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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. 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
Line Array
Judy Garland
Mix Position
Supplemental Speaker Systems
2. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Show Production Organization
Vagabond
Pad
Equalizer
3. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
System Limiter
Front of the House
Clair Brothers
Monitor System
4. 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
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Gain Structure
Vocal Mic Setup
5. True
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Flying Sound
Splitter System Components
Butt Fill
6. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Stereophonic Sound
Midas XL4
Return Lines
Bob Heil
7. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
Near-Fields
Clair Brothers
Tycobrahe
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
8. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Distance
Vocal Mic Setup
FOH Signal Flow
Magiae Universal
9. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
Rear Fill
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
THX
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
10. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Midas XL4
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
MSL-4
Bass Trap
11. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Clair Brothers
Line Check
Line Array
Mix Position
12. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980
Judy Garland
Meyer Sound
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Mid Amp Frequency Range
13. Major loss in dB
Transducer
Outside
Sound Booth
Splitter Box
14. 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
Main Snake
FOH Signal Flow
Western Electric
15. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
Showco
Uses for Return Lines
Gain Structure
Main Snake
16. Random noise that is at equal energy at all frequencies
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
RAT Sound
Pink Noise
Vagabond
17. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Bob Heil
Pre/Post Button
Bass Trap
Shearer Horn System
18. 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
Low Amp Frequency Range
Phasing Plug
Return Lines
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
19. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Radial Horn
Components of Good Mixing
Showco PRISM
20. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
1940's P/A Systems
ShowConsole
Emile Berliner
Pre/Post Button
21. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Stereophonic Sound
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Gain Structure
Phasing Plug
22. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
Magiae Universal
Delay Fill
Low End Problem
Greek Amphitheater
23. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Midas XL4
Line Array
Public Address
Monitor Amp Rack
24. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
Distance
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Sectorial Horn
Foldback
25. P/A
Time Based Processors
Pink Noise
Band Limiter
Public Address
26. 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
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Hanley Sound
Bass Trap
Line Array
27. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Return Lines
Time Based Processors
RTA
28. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Components of Good Mixing
VCA
Mixing Setup Considerations
Down Fill
29. Rear Fill; Side Fill; Center Fill; Butt Fill; Apron Fill; Delay Fill; Down Fill
Sectorial Horn
Supplemental Speaker Systems
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Uses for Return Lines
30. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication
Side Fill
Distance
Return Lines
Showco PRISM
31. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Output Transducer
Crossover
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Main Snake
32. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Distance
Judy Garland
Production Manager
Midas Verona
33. 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
House Engineer
1940's P/A Systems
Sensurround
Types of Output Transducers
34. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
Public Address
Rack Position
System Limiter
Emile Berliner
35. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
Greek Amphitheater
Outside
Warren G. Harding
System Limiter
36. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Lee DeForest
Mix Position
Butt Fill
Meyer Sound
37. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
System Engineer
Sub Snakes
Workbox
R.G. Jones
38. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
ShowConsole
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Controlling SNR
ShowConsole
39. 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
Dr. Christian Heil
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Tycobrahe
System Engineer
40. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
Rigging Basket
After Fader Listen
Ernst Siemens
Vagabond
41. British physicist and writer involved in the development of key patents in wireless telegraphy; Also improved loudspeaker with nonmagnetic spacers to keep the air gap between the inner and outer poles of a moving coil transducer
Sir Oliver Lodge
Hanley Sound
Western Electric
Floorwedge Coverage
42. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Low End Problem
Emile Berliner
Monitor Signal Flow
Mass Connectors
43. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
House System
Low End Problem
MSL-4
Building a Mix
44. 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
THX
VCA
Front of the House
Compression Driver
45. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Hanley Sound
Band Limiter
ShowConsole
RTA
46. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
FOH Engineer
Low End Problem
Side Car
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
47. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon
Types of Output Transducers
Live Mixing Issues
Mass Connectors
High Amp Frequency Range
48. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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49. Mixes for the audience
MSL-4
FOH Engineer
Gain Structure
ShowConsole
50. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Sensurround
Near-Fields
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
After Fader Listen