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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Uses for Return Lines
Tycobrahe
Center Fill
Upstage
2. False
Dr. Christian Heil
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Emile Berliner
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
3. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
Sir Oliver Lodge
Sound Booth
RTA
House Engineer
4. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Stereophonic Sound
Monitor System
Components of Good Mixing
Return Lines
5. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
Electric Voice
Aux/CO
Matrix Section
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
6. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Tycobrahe
Pre/Post Button
Drive Rack
FOH Signal Flow
7. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Tycobrahe
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Vocal Mic Setup
Splitter System Components
8. Converts one type of energy to another
Duckers
Radial Horn
Rigging Basket
Transducer
9. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Bob Heil
ShowConsole
Down Fill
10. 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
System Engineer
Live Mixing Issues
Down Fill
Emile Berliner
11. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
Audion Tube
Transducer
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Monitor Amp Rack
12. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Pre/Post Button
VCA
System Limiter
13. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Stereophonic Sound
Pink Noise
Dr. Christian Heil
Matrix Section
14. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Side Car
Mix EQ
Flying Sound
Foldback
15. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
House System
Return Lines
Bob Heil
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
16. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Audion Tube
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Showco PRISM
Altec Lansing
17. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
ShowConsole
Angle of Incidence
RAT Sound
Outside
18. 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
Cue System
Pad
Apron Fill
Return Lines
19. 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
Duckers
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Components of Good Mixing
AFL
20. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
Western Electric
Showco
Bass Trap
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
21. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
R.G. Jones
Hanley Sound
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Workbox
22. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually
Rigging Basket
Side Car
Ernst Siemens
Drive Rack Signal Flow
23. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Floorwedge Coverage
Emile Berliner
Ernst Siemens
Rigging Basket
24. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.
Tycobrahe
Building a Mix
Vocal Mic Setup
Pink Noise
25. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance
Mixing Setup Considerations
Flying Sound
Floorwedge Coverage
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
26. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Mix Position
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Transducer
Vocal Mic Setup
27. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern
Matrix
Radial Horn
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Duckers
28. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Sub Snakes
Tycobrahe
Delay Fill
Showco PRISM
29. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Bass Trap
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Line Check
30. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Side Car
Mixing Setup Considerations
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Foldback
31. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Apron Fill
Matrix Section
1940's P/A Systems
Side Fill
32. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Distance
Duckers
System Limiter
33. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Monitor Signal Flow
Uses for Return Lines
House Engineer
Midas XL4
34. Stage area to the rear of stage performers that is furthest away from the audience
Upstage
1940's P/A Systems
The Who
AFL
35. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Rear Fill
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
High Amp Frequency Range
36. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Mass Connectors
Workbox
Pink Noise
37. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible
Lee DeForest
R.G. Jones
Rack Position
Drive Rack Signal Flow
38. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's
The Who
Mix EQ
Phasing Plug
Near-Fields
39. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
Ear Trumpets
Building a Mix
Greek Amphitheater
Pad
40. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
Show Production Organization
Distance
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Greek Amphitheater
41. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
Electric Voice
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Judy Garland
Controlling SNR
42. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Delay Fill
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Band Limiter
Side Car
43. Mixes for the audience
Output Transducer
FOH Engineer
Aux/CO
Greek Amphitheater
44. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Duckers
Monitor Signal Flow
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Angle of Incidence
45. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Floorwedge Coverage
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Western Electric
Front of the House
46. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Rear Fill
Rigging Basket
Return Lines
Workbox
47. From the FOH; Used in addition or instead of an apron fill to cover audience members seated under or below the FOH speaker clusters
Down Fill
Mixing Setup Considerations
Ernst Siemens
Vagabond
48. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
Side Car
Angle of Incidence
Duckers
Vagabond
49. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Electric Voice
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Equalizer
Auditorium
50. Mixing console used in course of instruction; 40 channels; 8 Subgroups; 8 AUX Sends; 4 Matrix Outputs; Input sections on right and left and master section in middle
Center Fill
Sub Snakes
Low End Problem
Midas Verona