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Show Production Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. FOH






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






6. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system






7. 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






8. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS






9. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement






10. P/A






11. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage






12. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production

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13. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'






14. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication






15. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor






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






17. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston






18. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage






19. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999






20. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication






21. 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






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






23. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production

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24. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ






25. True






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






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






28. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS






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






30. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon






31. '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






32. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999






33. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly






34. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover






35. 15 minutes






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






37. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system






38. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.






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






40. False






41. False






42. 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






43. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader






44. This button will route aux sends to group master






45. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals






46. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier






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






48. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS






49. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980






50. 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







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