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Show Production Basics

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Rusty Brutsch






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






3. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium






4. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)






5. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower






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






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






8. True






9. True






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






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






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






13. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961






14. False






15. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals






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






17. FOH






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






19. 1 kHz - 20 kHz






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






21. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later






22. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example






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






24. Major loss in dB






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






26. Converts one type of energy to another






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






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






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






30. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion






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






32. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput






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






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






37. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload






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






39. True






40. This button will route aux sends to group master






41. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area






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






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






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






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






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






48. Converts one type of energy to another






49. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier






50. 20 Hz - 100 Hz