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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. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon
Types of Output Transducers
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
High Amp Frequency Range
Midas XL4
2. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
Angle of Incidence
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Types of Output Transducers
Rear Fill
3. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
RTA
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Phasing Plug
Rack Position
4. 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
Drive Rack
Production Manager
Duckers
5. True
Compression Driver
Auditorium
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
AFL
6. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
The Who
Judy Garland
Production Manager
Vagabond
7. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Radial Horn
Center Fill
House System
8. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
Midas XL4
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
House System
Controlling SNR
9. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Mix Position
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Floorwedge Coverage
System Engineer
10. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
Time Based Processors
After Fader Listen
Radial Horn
Low End Problem
11. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Matrix
Ear Trumpets
Rear Fill
Sub Snakes
12. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Monitor Amp Rack
Rack Position
Electric Voice
Clair Brothers
13. 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
Public Address
Apron Fill
Production Manager
Monitor Amp Rack
14. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
MSL-4
Mix EQ
Uses for Return Lines
15. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash
R.G. Jones
Cue System
Radial Horn
Components of Good Mixing
16. Random noise that is at equal energy at all frequencies
Time Based Processors
Pink Noise
Pre/Post Button
Low End Problem
17. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Mixing Setup Considerations
Workbox
Shearer Horn System
18. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Near-Fields
Bass Trap
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...
19. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
Drive Rack
Uses for Return Lines
Components of Good Mixing
House System
20. Debuted with the film Earthquake (1974); Created a physical sensation from four large low-frequency horns located behind the screen
Magiae Universal
Mix Position
Sensurround
Altec Lansing
21. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs
Sensurround
Splitter System Components
High Amp Frequency Range
Building a Mix
22. 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
Band Limiter
Balloon Meadow
House Engineer
Balloon Meadow
23. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Showco
Mix Position
Magiae Universal
Vocal Mic Setup
24. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
Sensurround
Mix Position
Phasing Plug
Sectorial Horn
25. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Mixing Setup Considerations
Electric Voice
High Amp Frequency Range
26. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Output Transducer
1st Successful Use of P/A System
After Fader Listen
House Engineer
27. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs
RAT Sound
Monitor System
Splitter System Components
Mid Amp Frequency Range
28. Splits full range audio into frequencies from high end of the spectrum to the high speakers - mids to the mid speakers and lows to the low speakers
R.G. Jones
Midas Verona
Crossover
Pad
29. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear
Uses for Return Lines
Live Mixing Issues
Transducer
Mix Position
30. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
Low Amp Frequency Range
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Drive Rack
Line Array
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
Low Amp Frequency Range
Sub Snakes
Delay Fill
Sir Oliver Lodge
32. Rear Fill; Side Fill; Center Fill; Butt Fill; Apron Fill; Delay Fill; Down Fill
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Mix Position
THX
Band Limiter
33. 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
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Output Transducer
Sensurround
Flying Sound
34. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Return Lines
Stereophonic Sound
Sound Booth
High Amp Frequency Range
35. False
Duckers
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Side Fill
36. FOH
Emile Berliner
Audion Tube
Front of the House
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
37. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Upstage
Low Amp Frequency Range
VCA
Workbox
38. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Equalizer
Types of Output Transducers
Return Lines
Workbox
39. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Vagabond
Main Snake
Foldback
Main Snake
40. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Monitor Signal Flow
Shearer Horn System
Flying Sound
ShowConsole
41. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Drive Rack
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Showco PRISM
Dynamic Based Processors
42. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
Vocal Mic Setup
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Monitor System
Side Fill
43. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Monitor System
Workbox
Sir Oliver Lodge
Balloon Meadow
44. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
Monitor System
Vocal Mic Setup
Pre/Post Button
High Amp Frequency Range
45. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash
R.G. Jones
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Vocal Mic Setup
House System
46. Mix Coherence and Individuality of Instruments - High Level of SNR in Microphones - All Instruments Leaving Sound System at Same Time - Be Fluent in the Most Basic Reinforcement Concepts - Helping the Performer in Any Way Via Sound - Constantly Impro
Gain Structure
Judy Garland
Mix Position
Components of Good Mixing
47. 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
Distance
Western Electric
Center Fill
48. False
Live Mixing Issues
Audion Tube
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Balloon Meadow
49. 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
1940's P/A Systems
Monitor Signal Flow
Sensurround
Cue System
50. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
Magiae Universal
Radial Horn
RTA
Flying Sound