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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. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication
Return Lines
Workbox
Splitter Box
Electric Voice
2. True
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Live Mixing Issues
Low End Problem
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
3. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Aux/CO
MSL-4
Line Check
4. 15 minutes
Return Lines
Line Array
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Emile Berliner
5. 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
Electric Voice
Pink Noise
Workbox
6. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
ShowConsole
Phasing Plug
Pink Noise
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
7. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern
Warren G. Harding
RTA
Upstage
Radial Horn
8. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
Return Lines
Butt Fill
Flying Sound
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
9. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
Side Fill
Time Based Processors
Bob Heil
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
10. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
R.G. Jones
FOH Engineer
ShowConsole
Monitor System
11. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Hanley Sound
Gain Structure
Monitor System
Compression Driver
12. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
Uses for Return Lines
Output Transducer
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Ear Trumpets
13. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash
Judy Garland
R.G. Jones
RAT Sound
1940's P/A Systems
14. P/A
Monitor System
Public Address
Tycobrahe
VCA
15. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Butt Fill
Main Snake
Midas Verona
Pad
16. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Sir Oliver Lodge
System Limiter
Pre/Post Button
Auditorium
17. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Public Address
Apron Fill
Bass Trap
Sensurround
18. False
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Rear Fill
Components of Good Mixing
Show Production Organization
19. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961
ShowConsole
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Judy Garland
1st Successful Use of P/A System
20. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Magiae Universal
Mixing Setup Considerations
Vagabond
R.G. Jones
21. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Down Fill
Time Based Processors
Compression Driver
22. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Splitter Box
Rigging Basket
Return Lines
Tycobrahe
23. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Distance
Apron Fill
Warren G. Harding
Production Manager
24. False
Vocal Mic Setup
ShowConsole
Outside
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
25. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
Clair Brothers
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Sectorial Horn
Live Mixing Issues
26. Mixes for the audience
The Who
Audion Tube
FOH Engineer
Rear Fill
27. 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
AFL
House Engineer
Emile Berliner
Drive Rack
28. '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
Line Array
Altec Lansing
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Pre/Post Button
29. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Vocal Mic Setup
Stereophonic Sound
Upstage
Phasing Plug
30. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
RTA
The Who
Rack Position
Electric Voice
31. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Public Address
System Limiter
Angle of Incidence
Auditorium
32. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
RAT Sound
Down Fill
Monitor System
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
33. Usually colored red and lettered; Gender reversed from the channels; Allow for sending of any signal from the console areas back to the splitter box; Final mix from the console is the first priority; Optional and must be specified; If splitter does n
Return Lines
High Amp Frequency Range
Rear Fill
Matrix
34. False
Types of Output Transducers
Foldback
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
35. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Near-Fields
Mix Position
Low End Problem
Outside
36. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Midas XL4
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Workbox
Aux/CO
37. 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
After Fader Listen
Mass Connectors
Shearer Horn System
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
38. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible
Showco PRISM
Time Based Processors
Lee DeForest
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
39. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
ShowConsole
Greek Amphitheater
Return Lines
Dr. Christian Heil
40. Meyer Sound; The first self-powered - high-level sound reinforcement loudspeaker (1240 watts)
System Limiter
Angle of Incidence
Upstage
MSL-4
41. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
Monitor Amp Rack
Controlling SNR
Audion Tube
Electric Voice
42. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.
Matrix
ShowConsole
Duckers
Down Fill
43. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
1st Successful Use of P/A System
The Who
Distance
44. 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
System Engineer
Dynamic Based Processors
Emile Berliner
Flying Sound
45. From the FOH; Used in addition or instead of an apron fill to cover audience members seated under or below the FOH speaker clusters
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Building a Mix
Down Fill
Dr. Christian Heil
46. This button will route aux sends to group master
Uses for Return Lines
Apron Fill
Aux/CO
Transducer
47. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Floorwedge Coverage
R.G. Jones
Sub Snakes
48. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication
Mix Position
Return Lines
ShowConsole
Crossover
49. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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50. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
Output Transducer
Western Electric
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Greek Amphitheater