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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. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Low Amp Frequency Range
Ernst Siemens
Side Car
Angle of Incidence
2. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Rigging Basket
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Pre/Post Button
Sub Snakes
3. 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
Rear Fill
Flying Sound
Sub Snakes
Midas XL4
4. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Band Limiter
Return Lines
Clair Brothers
Sub Snakes
5. True
AFL
After Fader Listen
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Matrix Section
6. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Radial Horn
Warren G. Harding
THX
Sir Oliver Lodge
7. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible
Down Fill
Magiae Universal
Lee DeForest
Flying Sound
8. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Splitter Box
Rear Fill
Public Address
Auditorium
9. 'Wrote the book' on practically all aspects of loudspeaker component and horn design; Most speaker systems today rely on this technology; Began as Western Electric
Sectorial Horn
Altec Lansing
Mass Connectors
Auditorium
10. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Output Transducer
Bass Trap
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Rear Fill
11. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems
Auditorium
Matrix
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Monitor Amp Rack
12. Debuted with the film Earthquake (1974); Created a physical sensation from four large low-frequency horns located behind the screen
Monitor System
After Fader Listen
Butt Fill
Sensurround
13. 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
System Engineer
VCA
Mass Connectors
Low End Problem
14. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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15. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
ShowConsole
Drive Rack
Down Fill
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
16. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
Band Limiter
Showco
Rack Position
House System
17. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
Judy Garland
Return Lines
Compression Driver
Line Check
18. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Transducer
Distance
Rear Fill
Tycobrahe
19. 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
Public Address
Mix Position
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Line Check
20. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
Balloon Meadow
FOH Engineer
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Mass Connectors
21. Converts one type of energy to another
Showco PRISM
Transducer
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Delay Fill
22. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Mixing Setup Considerations
Pre/Post Button
Greek Amphitheater
Audion Tube
23. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
Rigging Basket
Electric Voice
Showco
Dr. Christian Heil
24. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Sub Snakes
Mixing Setup Considerations
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Warren G. Harding
25. Rear Fill; Side Fill; Center Fill; Butt Fill; Apron Fill; Delay Fill; Down Fill
Down Fill
Meyer Sound
Shearer Horn System
Supplemental Speaker Systems
26. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Mix EQ
Bob Heil
House Engineer
VCA
27. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Phasing Plug
RAT Sound
Emile Berliner
Splitter Box
28. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Public Address
Magiae Universal
Line Array
Phasing Plug
29. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
Controlling SNR
Balloon Meadow
Greek Amphitheater
The Who
30. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
Rear Fill
Down Fill
VCA
Tycobrahe
31. 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
House Engineer
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Showco
Drive Rack
32. Meyer Sound; The first self-powered - high-level sound reinforcement loudspeaker (1240 watts)
Mixing Setup Considerations
Sub Snakes
MSL-4
Outside
33. 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
Judy Garland
House Engineer
Line Array
Showco PRISM
34. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
Balloon Meadow
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Angle of Incidence
Workbox
35. 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
Warren G. Harding
Side Car
Show Production Organization
Return Lines
36. 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
Center Fill
Sir Oliver Lodge
Tycobrahe
Compression Driver
37. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Components of Good Mixing
Rigging Basket
Return Lines
Clair Brothers
38. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Matrix Section
Sir Oliver Lodge
Western Electric
Production Manager
39. True
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Balloon Meadow
System Limiter
40. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication
Pre/Post Button
Mixing Setup Considerations
Return Lines
Matrix Section
41. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Production Manager
Foldback
Radial Horn
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
42. 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
Monitor System
The Who
Gain Structure
Near-Fields
43. Mixes for the audience
Showco
FOH Engineer
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Main Snake
44. 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
MSL-4
Monitor Amp Rack
Components of Good Mixing
Hanley Sound
45. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Angle of Incidence
Side Fill
Western Electric
RTA
46. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Controlling SNR
Low End Problem
Components of Good Mixing
Matrix Section
47. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
Angle of Incidence
Matrix
Rack Position
Front of the House
48. 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
Dynamic Based Processors
Return Lines
Components of Good Mixing
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
49. Rear Fill; Side Fill; Center Fill; Butt Fill; Apron Fill; Delay Fill; Down Fill
Supplemental Speaker Systems
System Limiter
Near-Fields
Delay Fill
50. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
R.G. Jones
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Clair Brothers
Aux/CO