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Show Production Basics
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Subject
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performing-arts
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. P/A
Transducer
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Lee DeForest
Public Address
2. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
Drive Rack
Midas XL4
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
House System
3. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
After Fader Listen
Auditorium
Dynamic Based Processors
Splitter System Components
4. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Duckers
Showco
Emile Berliner
Stereophonic Sound
5. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Showco PRISM
Drive Rack
Low End Problem
6. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Cue System
Balloon Meadow
Rigging Basket
7. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Mass Connectors
Rack Position
Aux/CO
Magiae Universal
8. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
After Fader Listen
Side Fill
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Outside
9. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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10. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
Radial Horn
ShowConsole
Equalizer
Mass Connectors
11. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
Time Based Processors
Sound Booth
FOH Signal Flow
Apron Fill
12. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
RAT Sound
Low Amp Frequency Range
Lee DeForest
Vagabond
13. False
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
14. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
Pink Noise
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Mass Connectors
Matrix
15. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.
Cue System
High Amp Frequency Range
Building a Mix
Emile Berliner
16. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
RTA
Types of Output Transducers
House Engineer
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
17. From the Monitor Desk; Cover artists from speaker locations on the sides of the stage; Usually tri-amped systems; Stereo bus designed to manage these - but Mix SENDS can also be utilized
Auditorium
Side Fill
Magiae Universal
Mixing Setup Considerations
18. False
Monitor Signal Flow
Side Car
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
AFL
19. Major loss in dB
Outside
System Limiter
Cue System
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
20. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Down Fill
Pre/Post Button
Controlling SNR
Mixing Setup Considerations
21. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Time Based Processors
Rear Fill
Midas Verona
Ernst Siemens
22. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Midas XL4
House Engineer
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Emile Berliner
23. False
Sound Booth
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Splitter System Components
Down Fill
24. 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
Stereophonic Sound
Showco
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
25. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Western Electric
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
26. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually
FOH Signal Flow
Side Fill
Side Car
Return Lines
27. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
Show Production Organization
Emile Berliner
Line Check
Pre/Post Button
28. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible
Uses for Return Lines
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Lee DeForest
Equalizer
29. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
Midas XL4
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Ear Trumpets
1st Successful Use of P/A System
30. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Bob Heil
Emile Berliner
House Engineer
Sub Snakes
31. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
THX
Upstage
Western Electric
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
32. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Dynamic Based Processors
Down Fill
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Mid Amp Frequency Range
33. 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
After Fader Listen
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Rear Fill
House Engineer
34. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash
R.G. Jones
Western Electric
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Main Snake
35. Random noise that is at equal energy at all frequencies
Vocal Mic Setup
Sensurround
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Pink Noise
36. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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37. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon
Types of Output Transducers
Shearer Horn System
Midas XL4
Sound Booth
38. Random noise that is at equal energy at all frequencies
Balloon Meadow
Line Array
Ernst Siemens
Pink Noise
39. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
Drive Rack
Vocal Mic Setup
Monitor Signal Flow
Western Electric
40. Meyer Sound; The first self-powered - high-level sound reinforcement loudspeaker (1240 watts)
Mass Connectors
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Greek Amphitheater
MSL-4
41. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
Vagabond
AFL
Workbox
Upstage
42. Converts one type of energy to another
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Transducer
System Engineer
Production Manager
43. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
Line Check
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Vocal Mic Setup
Pink Noise
44. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Duckers
Down Fill
Hanley Sound
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
45. 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
Public Address
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Line Array
Mix Position
46. True
Rack Position
Dynamic Based Processors
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
After Fader Listen
47. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Clair Brothers
ShowConsole
Pad
Splitter Box
48. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Apron Fill
Drive Rack
Audion Tube
Warren G. Harding
49. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Flying Sound
Mix EQ
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Near-Fields
50. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
Butt Fill
RTA
Emile Berliner
Floorwedge Coverage