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Show Production Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage






2. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear






3. Rusty Brutsch






4. 20 Hz - 100 Hz






5. 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






6. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually






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

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8. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961






9. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS






10. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds






11. 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






12. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement






13. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash






14. 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






15. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device






16. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions






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






18. Converts one type of energy to another






19. Splits full range audio into frequencies from high end of the spectrum to the high speakers - mids to the mid speakers and lows to the low speakers






20. 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






21. False






22. 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






23. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance






24. 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






25. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems






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






27. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals






28. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier






29. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's






30. 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






31. FOH






32. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal






33. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss






34. 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






35. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's






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






37. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible






38. 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






39. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980






40. Developed by George Lucas and Thomlinson Holman; Debuted with the film 'Return of the Jedi'; Proprietary electronic crossover network and rigorous audio equipment specifications and performance standards






41. Random noise that is at equal energy at all frequencies






42. 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






43. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS






44. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks






45. Stage area to the rear of stage performers that is furthest away from the audience






46. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device






47. False






48. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position






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






50. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor