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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. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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2. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Sectorial Horn
Monitor Amp Rack
Monitor System
Live Mixing Issues
3. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
Dynamic Based Processors
Production Manager
System Engineer
Time Based Processors
4. 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
Output Transducer
System Engineer
Cue System
Compression Driver
5. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Pre/Post Button
Mix EQ
Sound Booth
6. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Bob Heil
Magiae Universal
Crossover
High Amp Frequency Range
7. 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
Rear Fill
Clair Brothers
Apron Fill
Bass Trap
8. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
House Engineer
Band Limiter
Lee DeForest
Warren G. Harding
9. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Controlling SNR
Center Fill
Sub Snakes
10. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Judy Garland
Matrix
Production Manager
ShowConsole
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
Transducer
Upstage
Phasing Plug
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
12. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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13. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Warren G. Harding
System Engineer
RTA
Clair Brothers
14. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Sensurround
Floorwedge Coverage
FOH Signal Flow
Compression Driver
15. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible
Lee DeForest
Shearer Horn System
Front of the House
Splitter System Components
16. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear
Live Mixing Issues
Building a Mix
Sensurround
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
17. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Low Amp Frequency Range
Hanley Sound
RTA
Show Production Organization
18. 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
Show Production Organization
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
VCA
Rack Position
19. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Bass Trap
High Amp Frequency Range
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Magiae Universal
20. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Pad
Bass Trap
Sir Oliver Lodge
Showco PRISM
21. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
1940's P/A Systems
Sound Booth
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Main Snake
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
Equalizer
ShowConsole
House Engineer
Monitor Signal Flow
23. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
After Fader Listen
Phasing Plug
High Amp Frequency Range
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
24. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Return Lines
ShowConsole
Rear Fill
Radial Horn
25. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Main Snake
Hanley Sound
Output Transducer
Dr. Christian Heil
26. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Center Fill
Greek Amphitheater
Low End Problem
Emile Berliner
27. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Foldback
Western Electric
Pad
Types of Output Transducers
28. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Splitter System Components
Aux/CO
Sensurround
Pre/Post Button
29. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
Tycobrahe
Types of Output Transducers
Duckers
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
30. 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
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Delay Fill
Mix Position
Monitor System
31. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Sub Snakes
After Fader Listen
ShowConsole
32. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Line Check
Phasing Plug
Mixing Setup Considerations
Aux/CO
33. Rusty Brutsch
Side Fill
Showco
Midas Verona
Clair Brothers
34. Mix Coherence and Individuality of Instruments - High Level of SNR in Microphones - All Instruments Leaving Sound System at Same Time - Be Fluent in the Most Basic Reinforcement Concepts - Helping the Performer in Any Way Via Sound - Constantly Impro
RAT Sound
Components of Good Mixing
Vocal Mic Setup
Judy Garland
35. True
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Building a Mix
Ernst Siemens
After Fader Listen
36. True
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Sensurround
Production Manager
Altec Lansing
37. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Return Lines
Western Electric
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Mix EQ
38. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Main Snake
AFL
Warren G. Harding
Radial Horn
39. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Mass Connectors
1st Successful Use of P/A System
40. True
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Drive Rack
Matrix Section
41. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
ShowConsole
FOH Engineer
Distance
42. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
Down Fill
Drive Rack
Low Amp Frequency Range
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
43. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
Splitter Box
Show Production Organization
Greek Amphitheater
Distance
44. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance
Floorwedge Coverage
Midas Verona
Compression Driver
VCA
45. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Ear Trumpets
Rear Fill
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
46. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Altec Lansing
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Mass Connectors
Midas XL4
47. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Transducer
Line Check
Near-Fields
48. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Vagabond
Public Address
Pad
Front of the House
49. True
Mix Position
Return Lines
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Down Fill
50. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Matrix
Mid Amp Frequency Range
FOH Engineer
Main Snake