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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. Rear Fill; Side Fill; Center Fill; Butt Fill; Apron Fill; Delay Fill; Down Fill
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Auditorium
Apron Fill
Bob Heil
2. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually
Return Lines
Duckers
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Side Car
3. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
High Amp Frequency Range
Delay Fill
Monitor System
4. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Flying Sound
Magiae Universal
Showco PRISM
System Engineer
5. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Emile Berliner
Bass Trap
Splitter Box
Pink Noise
6. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
Butt Fill
Vagabond
Balloon Meadow
Band Limiter
7. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
Types of Output Transducers
Sub Snakes
Ear Trumpets
Distance
8. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
Drive Rack
Components of Good Mixing
RTA
Supplemental Speaker Systems
9. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
RAT Sound
Warren G. Harding
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Balloon Meadow
10. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Types of Output Transducers
Sub Snakes
Ernst Siemens
Greek Amphitheater
11. FOH
Sound Booth
Front of the House
Compression Driver
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
12. 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
Bob Heil
Side Fill
AFL
THX
13. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Duckers
Line Array
Hanley Sound
14. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Types of Output Transducers
Dynamic Based Processors
Sound Booth
15. Masks with acoustic horns in the design; High-soled shoes to help with projection; Reflective acoustic shells designed into staging; Stadium stye seating for patrons; Jars filled with different layers of ash used for sound absorption and diffusion
Types of Output Transducers
Matrix Section
RTA
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
16. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Matrix Section
Rear Fill
Down Fill
Emile Berliner
17. 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
Output Transducer
Side Fill
Rack Position
18. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
High Amp Frequency Range
Sub Snakes
Electric Voice
Equalizer
19. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Tycobrahe
FOH Engineer
Sectorial Horn
Low Amp Frequency Range
20. False
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Gain Structure
21. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console
House System
Bob Heil
Dynamic Based Processors
Matrix Section
22. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Auditorium
Matrix Section
Showco PRISM
23. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
Bass Trap
Crossover
Vagabond
Rack Position
24. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
Matrix Section
Judy Garland
Distance
Time Based Processors
25. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
RAT Sound
Rigging Basket
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Dr. Christian Heil
26. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Workbox
ShowConsole
Side Car
27. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Monitor Amp Rack
Phasing Plug
House System
Near-Fields
28. From the Monitor Desk; Monitors that are located behind the artist and pointed downstage to cover area that cannot be covered by the floor wedges on the front line
MSL-4
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Butt Fill
Radial Horn
29. 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
Sound Booth
Side Car
VCA
Band Limiter
30. True
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
FOH Signal Flow
Mixing Setup Considerations
31. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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32. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems
Pre/Post Button
Crossover
Matrix
Live Mixing Issues
33. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Rigging Basket
RTA
Rack Position
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
34. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Outside
Compression Driver
Angle of Incidence
High Amp Frequency Range
35. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Vocal Mic Setup
Pad
Components of Good Mixing
36. 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
Sir Oliver Lodge
Vocal Mic Setup
Public Address
FOH Signal Flow
37. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
Public Address
Tycobrahe
Equalizer
Line Array
38. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
Ear Trumpets
RTA
Time Based Processors
Band Limiter
39. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Controlling SNR
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Pre/Post Button
Monitor Amp Rack
40. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Production Manager
Floorwedge Coverage
Splitter System Components
Mix Position
41. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Public Address
Stereophonic Sound
Band Limiter
Down Fill
42. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Splitter System Components
Midas Verona
Showco
43. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Dr. Christian Heil
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
High Amp Frequency Range
44. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Live Mixing Issues
Line Check
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Midas XL4
45. 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
FOH Engineer
Delay Fill
Low End Problem
Flying Sound
46. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
Ear Trumpets
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Uses for Return Lines
Pink Noise
47. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Drive Rack
Sensurround
Judy Garland
48. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Components of Good Mixing
Audion Tube
Monitor System
49. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Emile Berliner
Workbox
Auditorium
Foldback
50. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Outside
Hanley Sound
Warren G. Harding
Splitter Box