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Show Production Basics
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Subject
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performing-arts
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980
Output Transducer
Tycobrahe
Mix Position
Meyer Sound
2. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Angle of Incidence
Dynamic Based Processors
The Who
Drive Rack Signal Flow
3. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
Floorwedge Coverage
High Amp Frequency Range
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Production Manager
4. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
Center Fill
After Fader Listen
Equalizer
Time Based Processors
5. 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
Rear Fill
Western Electric
6. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Monitor Amp Rack
System Engineer
Mix EQ
Rack Position
7. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Showco
Time Based Processors
Output Transducer
8. 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
Live Mixing Issues
Pad
Shearer Horn System
Pink Noise
9. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Magiae Universal
Controlling SNR
The Who
10. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear
Live Mixing Issues
RTA
Midas Verona
Monitor Signal Flow
11. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Angle of Incidence
Mix Position
Electric Voice
Midas XL4
12. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
Phasing Plug
Distance
Emile Berliner
Drive Rack Signal Flow
13. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
Foldback
Stereophonic Sound
Dynamic Based Processors
Drive Rack
14. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics
Equalizer
Splitter Box
Midas XL4
Pre/Post Button
15. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
Outside
Vagabond
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Radial Horn
16. Stage area to the rear of stage performers that is furthest away from the audience
Production Manager
Upstage
House System
1st Successful Use of P/A System
17. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication
Flying Sound
Line Check
Drive Rack
Return Lines
18. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
Judy Garland
Vagabond
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Upstage
19. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
Vagabond
Outside
The Who
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
20. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Electric Voice
Equalizer
Greek Amphitheater
21. True
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
The Who
VCA
MSL-4
22. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Side Fill
Showco PRISM
Aux/CO
23. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Pad
Return Lines
Greek Amphitheater
Vagabond
24. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Side Car
Stereophonic Sound
Low Amp Frequency Range
Sectorial Horn
25. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Side Car
Low Amp Frequency Range
Lee DeForest
Audion Tube
26. True
1940's P/A Systems
Matrix Section
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
27. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Components of Good Mixing
Mix Position
Pink Noise
Clair Brothers
28. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Low End Problem
Western Electric
Angle of Incidence
RTA
29. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Gain Structure
Transducer
Main Snake
Mix Position
30. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Controlling SNR
Matrix Section
FOH Signal Flow
After Fader Listen
31. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
RTA
Dynamic Based Processors
Controlling SNR
Center Fill
32. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
Controlling SNR
Splitter System Components
Ear Trumpets
Low Amp Frequency Range
33. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console
Bob Heil
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Hanley Sound
1940's P/A Systems
34. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Mixing Setup Considerations
Showco PRISM
Near-Fields
Supplemental Speaker Systems
35. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Rear Fill
Low Amp Frequency Range
Matrix
36. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Public Address
Center Fill
Line Check
Western Electric
37. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
Rear Fill
Drive Rack Signal Flow
System Limiter
Show Production Organization
38. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Low Amp Frequency Range
FOH Signal Flow
Western Electric
Matrix Section
39. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Pink Noise
Clair Brothers
Emile Berliner
40. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
RAT Sound
Dynamic Based Processors
Center Fill
Greek Amphitheater
41. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
AFL
Greek Amphitheater
Angle of Incidence
42. 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
Components of Good Mixing
Drive Rack Signal Flow
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Show Production Organization
43. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Stereophonic Sound
Cue System
Mass Connectors
Flying Sound
44. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
ShowConsole
Rack Position
Hanley Sound
Sub Snakes
45. 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
Delay Fill
Rear Fill
1940's P/A Systems
Time Based Processors
46. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Pre/Post Button
Midas Verona
Ernst Siemens
Flying Sound
47. P/A
Monitor Amp Rack
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Matrix
Public Address
48. Random noise that is at equal energy at all frequencies
Pink Noise
Warren G. Harding
Hanley Sound
Line Check
49. 15 minutes
Delay Fill
Monitor System
RTA
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
50. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Showco PRISM
Near-Fields
Return Lines
Radial Horn