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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. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Warren G. Harding
Pre/Post Button
Outside
Upstage
2. Debuted with the film Earthquake (1974); Created a physical sensation from four large low-frequency horns located behind the screen
Sensurround
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Center Fill
Rack Position
3. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
Floorwedge Coverage
Vocal Mic Setup
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Near-Fields
4. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
Floorwedge Coverage
Pink Noise
Shearer Horn System
System Limiter
5. 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
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
R.G. Jones
System Engineer
Sir Oliver Lodge
6. Splits full range audio into frequencies from high end of the spectrum to the high speakers - mids to the mid speakers and lows to the low speakers
Hanley Sound
Crossover
Monitor System
Pad
7. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Line Check
Matrix
Audion Tube
Mix EQ
8. 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
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Sound Booth
Butt Fill
Stereophonic Sound
9. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Mix Position
Bob Heil
Low End Problem
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
10. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Workbox
Return Lines
Showco PRISM
Controlling SNR
11. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Types of Output Transducers
Gain Structure
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
12. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Hanley Sound
Band Limiter
Near-Fields
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
13. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Main Snake
Down Fill
Side Fill
Supplemental Speaker Systems
14. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
Near-Fields
Rigging Basket
Greek Amphitheater
The Who
15. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Warren G. Harding
Near-Fields
Greek Amphitheater
Low Amp Frequency Range
16. Meyer Sound; The first self-powered - high-level sound reinforcement loudspeaker (1240 watts)
Outside
MSL-4
Audion Tube
Clair Brothers
17. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS
Tycobrahe
Drive Rack Signal Flow
FOH Signal Flow
Dynamic Based Processors
18. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
High Amp Frequency Range
Delay Fill
Time Based Processors
Ear Trumpets
19. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Mix EQ
Sir Oliver Lodge
Types of Output Transducers
Show Production Organization
20. 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
Sir Oliver Lodge
Altec Lansing
Bob Heil
21. Stage area to the rear of stage performers that is furthest away from the audience
Compression Driver
Types of Output Transducers
Upstage
ShowConsole
22. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
Rigging Basket
Main Snake
Side Fill
Ear Trumpets
23. 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
Splitter Box
Drive Rack Signal Flow
System Engineer
Floorwedge Coverage
24. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
Workbox
Uses for Return Lines
Butt Fill
Apron Fill
25. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Warren G. Harding
Western Electric
26. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
Return Lines
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
27. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
AFL
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Western Electric
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
28. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Delay Fill
Stereophonic Sound
Compression Driver
Apron Fill
29. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
THX
Dr. Christian Heil
Radial Horn
30. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Return Lines
Monitor Amp Rack
Uses for Return Lines
31. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Center Fill
Emile Berliner
Output Transducer
Main Snake
32. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually
Sectorial Horn
Side Car
Bob Heil
Showco PRISM
33. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
Judy Garland
Western Electric
Distance
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
34. False
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
System Engineer
Low End Problem
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
35. P/A
Public Address
Emile Berliner
R.G. Jones
Clair Brothers
36. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems
Matrix
R.G. Jones
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Monitor Signal Flow
37. True
Vocal Mic Setup
Return Lines
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Monitor Signal Flow
38. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Sound Booth
Building a Mix
Vagabond
39. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Pre/Post Button
40. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
Line Check
Side Car
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Matrix Section
41. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Public Address
System Limiter
Bass Trap
High Amp Frequency Range
42. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics
Equalizer
Vocal Mic Setup
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
43. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Rigging Basket
Sectorial Horn
Line Check
Main Snake
44. Converts one type of energy to another
Front of the House
Warren G. Harding
Transducer
House Engineer
45. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Radial Horn
Sir Oliver Lodge
Pad
Output Transducer
46. 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
Cue System
Bass Trap
Duckers
Flying Sound
47. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
RTA
Ernst Siemens
Mass Connectors
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
48. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
System Limiter
Front of the House
Front of the House
Foldback
49. 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
Monitor Signal Flow
Sir Oliver Lodge
Ernst Siemens
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
50. False
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Side Car
Pad
Time Based Processors