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Show Production Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges






2. 15 minutes






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






4. False

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5. 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






6. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible






7. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower






8. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier






9. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);






10. Speakers and other audio equipment suspended in air; Provides better sight lines and allows for larger crowds by freeing up space; Reason for strict weight limits and safety requirements






11. 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






12. False






13. Rear Fill; Side Fill; Center Fill; Butt Fill; Apron Fill; Delay Fill; Down Fill






14. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput






15. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console






16. 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






17. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's






18. 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






19. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist

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20. This button will route aux sends to group master






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






22. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs






23. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier






24. True






25. 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






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






27. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's






28. 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






29. 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






30. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS






31. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS






32. 1 kHz - 20 kHz






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. 20 Hz - 100 Hz






35. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'






36. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)






37. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues






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






39. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake






40. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's






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






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






43. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device






44. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern






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






46. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'






47. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader






48. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication






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






50. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).