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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. False
Sectorial Horn
After Fader Listen
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Meyer Sound
2. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Near-Fields
Hanley Sound
Altec Lansing
3. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Mixing Setup Considerations
Sectorial Horn
Audion Tube
Monitor Signal Flow
4. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Monitor Amp Rack
1940's P/A Systems
Warren G. Harding
Splitter System Components
5. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Rear Fill
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Mix EQ
Sound Booth
6. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Midas XL4
Mix EQ
Return Lines
7. True
Workbox
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Band Limiter
Output Transducer
8. False
FOH Signal Flow
Ear Trumpets
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
RTA
9. 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
Equalizer
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Floorwedge Coverage
System Engineer
10. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
Sir Oliver Lodge
High Amp Frequency Range
Sub Snakes
Equalizer
11. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
Dr. Christian Heil
Apron Fill
Warren G. Harding
Ear Trumpets
12. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Mix Position
RTA
Mix EQ
1st Successful Use of P/A System
13. Stage area to the rear of stage performers that is furthest away from the audience
Upstage
Down Fill
Clair Brothers
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
14. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Output Transducer
FOH Signal Flow
Pink Noise
Auditorium
15. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Outside
AFL
The Who
Western Electric
16. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Bass Trap
Center Fill
Balloon Meadow
17. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
THX
RTA
Emile Berliner
18. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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19. In live performance this is the reference mix that the engineer uses; In studio recording it is the mix in the artist's headphones; One of the engineer's most valuable tools; Post outboard EQ and Mix Master Faders
Near-Fields
RTA
Cue System
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
20. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
Altec Lansing
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Angle of Incidence
Vocal Mic Setup
21. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Drive Rack
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Center Fill
System Limiter
22. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Magiae Universal
Stereophonic Sound
Auditorium
FOH Signal Flow
23. 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
Ernst Siemens
Transducer
Western Electric
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
24. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Ernst Siemens
Mix Position
FOH Engineer
Electric Voice
25. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics
Meyer Sound
THX
Angle of Incidence
Equalizer
26. 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
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Sensurround
Delay Fill
Types of Output Transducers
27. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear
RTA
Live Mixing Issues
1940's P/A Systems
Phasing Plug
28. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
Aux/CO
House System
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Sound Booth
29. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Show Production Organization
Warren G. Harding
Mixing Setup Considerations
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
30. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Transducer
System Limiter
Audion Tube
Clair Brothers
31. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
Dr. Christian Heil
Apron Fill
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
MSL-4
32. 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
Emile Berliner
Flying Sound
Crossover
FOH Signal Flow
33. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Production Manager
Output Transducer
Foldback
Live Mixing Issues
34. 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
Controlling SNR
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Greek Amphitheater
Drive Rack Signal Flow
35. 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
Mixing Setup Considerations
House Engineer
Drive Rack
Gain Structure
36. 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
Ear Trumpets
AFL
Matrix
37. 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
Sensurround
RAT Sound
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
THX
38. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems
Matrix
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Sectorial Horn
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
39. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
RAT Sound
Floorwedge Coverage
Low End Problem
Balloon Meadow
40. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
Pre/Post Button
After Fader Listen
Balloon Meadow
Output Transducer
41. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Monitor Signal Flow
Radial Horn
Equalizer
42. False
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43. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible
Cue System
FOH Signal Flow
Transducer
Lee DeForest
44. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's
Down Fill
Dynamic Based Processors
The Who
Tycobrahe
45. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Foldback
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Midas XL4
46. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Pre/Post Button
Monitor System
47. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern
1940's P/A Systems
Radial Horn
Equalizer
System Limiter
48. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
Delay Fill
Components of Good Mixing
High Amp Frequency Range
Return Lines
49. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
Vagabond
Ear Trumpets
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Tycobrahe
50. 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
Flying Sound
Equalizer
Butt Fill
Audion Tube
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