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Show Production Basics
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performing-arts
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1. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
Balloon Meadow
Rack Position
Midas Verona
Stereophonic Sound
2. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Dr. Christian Heil
Hanley Sound
RAT Sound
Rear Fill
3. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
Sensurround
Lee DeForest
Angle of Incidence
Apron Fill
4. True
Auditorium
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Mass Connectors
5. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS
ShowConsole
Ernst Siemens
Mix Position
Dynamic Based Processors
6. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Public Address
Rigging Basket
Near-Fields
7. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
Rear Fill
Distance
Delay Fill
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
8. 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
Types of Output Transducers
Dynamic Based Processors
Mass Connectors
House Engineer
9. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems
Pre/Post Button
Matrix
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Monitor Signal Flow
10. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
Flying Sound
Low End Problem
System Limiter
Main Snake
11. Major loss in dB
Bass Trap
Live Mixing Issues
Building a Mix
Outside
12. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
Lee DeForest
Sectorial Horn
Time Based Processors
Mixing Setup Considerations
13. 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
Pre/Post Button
Delay Fill
AFL
Dynamic Based Processors
14. This button will route aux sends to group master
Balloon Meadow
Main Snake
Rear Fill
Aux/CO
15. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Ernst Siemens
Bob Heil
Angle of Incidence
Hanley Sound
16. 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
Matrix Section
Ear Trumpets
Line Check
Flying Sound
17. 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
Matrix Section
ShowConsole
Gain Structure
Down Fill
18. True
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Ernst Siemens
Sound Booth
Duckers
19. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Types of Output Transducers
Matrix Section
Warren G. Harding
Line Array
20. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
Side Car
Emile Berliner
Audion Tube
Public Address
21. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
ShowConsole
Bass Trap
Matrix Section
22. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Showco
Magiae Universal
Output Transducer
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
23. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
Public Address
Sound Booth
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Greek Amphitheater
24. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
RTA
Sub Snakes
Clair Brothers
System Engineer
25. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Magiae Universal
Output Transducer
Flying Sound
Mix Position
26. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
Controlling SNR
ShowConsole
Duckers
Magiae Universal
27. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
THX
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Auditorium
Sir Oliver Lodge
28. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
High Amp Frequency Range
Apron Fill
Angle of Incidence
Midas XL4
29. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Compression Driver
Lee DeForest
Return Lines
Main Snake
30. 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
Pad
Butt Fill
Monitor System
Flying Sound
31. Rusty Brutsch
Midas XL4
Line Array
Showco
R.G. Jones
32. False
Magiae Universal
Lee DeForest
Side Fill
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
33. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs
Splitter System Components
FOH Engineer
Magiae Universal
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
34. '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
Ernst Siemens
Angle of Incidence
Rear Fill
Altec Lansing
35. 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
Midas Verona
Floorwedge Coverage
Apron Fill
Distance
36. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Phasing Plug
Midas Verona
Outside
Rear Fill
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
Warren G. Harding
THX
Public Address
Show Production Organization
38. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Phasing Plug
Center Fill
Main Snake
Meyer Sound
39. Covers a room from a single line of speakers over the rest of the venue saving time and labor costs; Multiple speakers hung together - either vertically or horizontally - so that they can act as one huge speaker
Aux/CO
Line Array
Ernst Siemens
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
40. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
Sound Booth
Side Fill
Compression Driver
Down Fill
41. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Splitter System Components
Duckers
Near-Fields
Splitter Box
42. False
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43. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Public Address
Monitor Signal Flow
Western Electric
Delay Fill
44. 15 minutes
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Tycobrahe
Duckers
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
45. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Mass Connectors
Dynamic Based Processors
Monitor System
Upstage
46. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Line Array
Output Transducer
Pre/Post Button
47. Line of sight to the speakers is necessary (false sense of high frequencies if not directly in front of speakers); Optimum = Center or just off center of the main floor with a good distance for imaging and where the entire system can be heard
Ear Trumpets
Upstage
Mix Position
Line Array
48. 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
FOH Engineer
Magiae Universal
Sir Oliver Lodge
ShowConsole
49. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Matrix Section
Monitor Amp Rack
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
1940's P/A Systems
50. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon
Outside
Floorwedge Coverage
Types of Output Transducers
Drive Rack Signal Flow
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