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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. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
Judy Garland
Apron Fill
Delay Fill
Balloon Meadow
2. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Hanley Sound
Distance
Types of Output Transducers
RTA
3. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Sensurround
Foldback
Audion Tube
Mid Amp Frequency Range
4. 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
AFL
Cue System
Electric Voice
MSL-4
5. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible
Transducer
Delay Fill
Lee DeForest
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
6. Can quickly change gain in response to many different detectors looking at same signal; Used in really tough situations where u want strict control over level and dynamics
VCA
Pre/Post Button
Low End Problem
ShowConsole
7. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Pad
R.G. Jones
Show Production Organization
Splitter System Components
8. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.
Duckers
Foldback
House System
Showco
9. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
Mix Position
Ear Trumpets
Building a Mix
Warren G. Harding
10. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Rear Fill
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Side Car
Pink Noise
11. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Low Amp Frequency Range
Transducer
RAT Sound
Monitor Amp Rack
12. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Return Lines
Ernst Siemens
Judy Garland
13. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Angle of Incidence
Distance
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Rigging Basket
14. 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
Ear Trumpets
THX
Down Fill
15. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> House Main Snake (Fanout/Console/FX Rack/ Drive Rack/Return Lines (Fanout) -> Main Snake -> Splitter -> Drive Lines -> Amp Racks -> Speaker Cabinets
FOH Signal Flow
Output Transducer
Show Production Organization
Workbox
16. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
Splitter System Components
Building a Mix
Angle of Incidence
Aux/CO
17. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Compression Driver
Monitor Amp Rack
Western Electric
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
18. False
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Rear Fill
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Magiae Universal
19. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Mix Position
Showco PRISM
Compression Driver
Mass Connectors
20. 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
Sensurround
System Engineer
Ernst Siemens
Hanley Sound
21. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Front of the House
Mass Connectors
Ear Trumpets
Output Transducer
22. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Mix EQ
Production Manager
Center Fill
Tycobrahe
23. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Components of Good Mixing
House Engineer
Mix Position
Center Fill
24. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Components of Good Mixing
Sectorial Horn
Stereophonic Sound
Public Address
25. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
Production Manager
Output Transducer
Rack Position
Floorwedge Coverage
26. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
After Fader Listen
System Limiter
Pre/Post Button
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
27. 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
Public Address
Line Check
Altec Lansing
28. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
Foldback
Monitor Amp Rack
After Fader Listen
FOH Signal Flow
29. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Pre/Post Button
Down Fill
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Vocal Mic Setup
30. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Line Array
Show Production Organization
Angle of Incidence
31. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Apron Fill
Monitor Amp Rack
Ear Trumpets
Sub Snakes
32. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's
Sir Oliver Lodge
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Band Limiter
The Who
33. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Emile Berliner
Duckers
Show Production Organization
34. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
Sensurround
Front of the House
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Vagabond
35. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
The Who
Audion Tube
Main Snake
36. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Audion Tube
Mix Position
Meyer Sound
Low Amp Frequency Range
37. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Mass Connectors
Matrix Section
Midas Verona
Audion Tube
38. 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
Dr. Christian Heil
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Apron Fill
Aux/CO
39. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
Floorwedge Coverage
Auditorium
Near-Fields
1st Successful Use of P/A System
40. Major loss in dB
Outside
Types of Output Transducers
Controlling SNR
Pink Noise
41. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Tycobrahe
Mixing Setup Considerations
Ernst Siemens
Rigging Basket
42. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Types of Output Transducers
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Hanley Sound
Down Fill
43. Stage area to the rear of stage performers that is furthest away from the audience
Transducer
Emile Berliner
Upstage
Workbox
44. 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
Controlling SNR
Stereophonic Sound
Mix Position
House Engineer
45. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Line Check
FOH Signal Flow
Compression Driver
Meyer Sound
46. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Shearer Horn System
Rigging Basket
Equalizer
Clair Brothers
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
Butt Fill
Gain Structure
Down Fill
Aux/CO
48. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
Splitter System Components
Sound Booth
Compression Driver
Vocal Mic Setup
49. 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
Bass Trap
Dr. Christian Heil
Live Mixing Issues
Flying Sound
50. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Monitor Signal Flow
Rigging Basket
Live Mixing Issues
Sectorial Horn