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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. Rusty Brutsch
R.G. Jones
Showco
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Mix Position
2. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Near-Fields
Duckers
MSL-4
Midas Verona
3. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
Vocal Mic Setup
RAT Sound
Angle of Incidence
Clair Brothers
4. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Ernst Siemens
Western Electric
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
5. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
Outside
Lee DeForest
Cue System
Electric Voice
6. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Hanley Sound
Showco PRISM
7. 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
Flying Sound
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Sub Snakes
Delay Fill
8. True
RAT Sound
Altec Lansing
Upstage
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
9. True
Return Lines
Greek Amphitheater
Electric Voice
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
10. 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
MSL-4
Show Production Organization
Line Array
Altec Lansing
11. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
Lee DeForest
RTA
Balloon Meadow
Gain Structure
12. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
THX
Vocal Mic Setup
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Western Electric
13. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961
Uses for Return Lines
Judy Garland
System Limiter
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
14. False
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Compression Driver
Auditorium
Near-Fields
15. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Audion Tube
Splitter System Components
Dynamic Based Processors
ShowConsole
16. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Monitor Amp Rack
Butt Fill
Line Array
Angle of Incidence
17. FOH
Front of the House
Return Lines
Monitor Amp Rack
Low End Problem
18. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Monitor Signal Flow
After Fader Listen
Time Based Processors
19. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
High Amp Frequency Range
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Sir Oliver Lodge
Gain Structure
20. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Gain Structure
Auditorium
Clair Brothers
Return Lines
21. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Vocal Mic Setup
Midas XL4
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
22. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
After Fader Listen
Shearer Horn System
Greek Amphitheater
Balloon Meadow
23. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Vocal Mic Setup
Monitor Signal Flow
24. Major loss in dB
Outside
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Dr. Christian Heil
Angle of Incidence
25. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
Emile Berliner
Hanley Sound
Magiae Universal
Controlling SNR
26. Converts one type of energy to another
Transducer
Band Limiter
Mid Amp Frequency Range
RTA
27. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
Upstage
Sectorial Horn
Splitter Box
Crossover
28. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Output Transducer
Monitor Signal Flow
Floorwedge Coverage
Upstage
29. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
Gain Structure
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Aux/CO
THX
30. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
Rack Position
Outside
Floorwedge Coverage
Supplemental Speaker Systems
31. 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
Vocal Mic Setup
Uses for Return Lines
MSL-4
Side Fill
32. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
Judy Garland
System Limiter
Bass Trap
Near-Fields
33. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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34. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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35. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
Auditorium
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Time Based Processors
Splitter Box
36. 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
Near-Fields
House System
Band Limiter
Splitter Box
37. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Band Limiter
Center Fill
THX
Upstage
38. 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
Outside
FOH Signal Flow
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Shearer Horn System
39. True
Mix Position
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Return Lines
40. This button will route aux sends to group master
Gain Structure
Aux/CO
Down Fill
Rigging Basket
41. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
High Amp Frequency Range
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Main Snake
Low Amp Frequency Range
42. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Stereophonic Sound
Pad
Sub Snakes
Butt Fill
43. 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
Foldback
House Engineer
VCA
Line Array
44. 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
AFL
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Midas Verona
Monitor Signal Flow
45. From the Monitor Desk; Monitors that are located behind the artist and pointed downstage to cover area that cannot be covered by the floor wedges on the front line
Return Lines
Sound Booth
Butt Fill
Phasing Plug
46. False
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47. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
Electric Voice
Down Fill
Center Fill
System Limiter
48. Converts one type of energy to another
Rack Position
Transducer
Rack Position
Clair Brothers
49. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Gain Structure
1940's P/A Systems
Greek Amphitheater
50. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
MSL-4
Vocal Mic Setup
Upstage
Low Amp Frequency Range