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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. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Building a Mix
Sir Oliver Lodge
Floorwedge Coverage
Hanley Sound
2. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Dr. Christian Heil
Clair Brothers
Workbox
Production Manager
3. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible
The Who
Drive Rack
Lee DeForest
Midas XL4
4. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Public Address
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
5. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Hanley Sound
Auditorium
Lee DeForest
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
6. False
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7. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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8. 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
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Gain Structure
High Amp Frequency Range
Butt Fill
9. 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
Main Snake
House Engineer
Apron Fill
Crossover
10. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Monitor System
Center Fill
Mass Connectors
Meyer Sound
11. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
Transducer
Pink Noise
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Shearer Horn System
12. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
Delay Fill
Auditorium
Tycobrahe
Floorwedge Coverage
13. True
Vagabond
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Front of the House
Hanley Sound
14. 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
Down Fill
Side Fill
Monitor System
Tycobrahe
15. 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
Return Lines
Delay Fill
Main Snake
Electric Voice
16. 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
Center Fill
Radial Horn
Gain Structure
Public Address
17. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually
Side Car
Mix Position
Crossover
Mix Position
18. FOH
Floorwedge Coverage
Balloon Meadow
Dynamic Based Processors
Front of the House
19. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash
Mix EQ
R.G. Jones
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
20. 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
Magiae Universal
Matrix Section
Matrix Section
Gain Structure
21. Stage area to the rear of stage performers that is furthest away from the audience
House Engineer
The Who
Shearer Horn System
Upstage
22. Theater loudspeaker system researched and developed by MGM and Lansing Manufacturing; Covered low and high frequencies with a crossover at 500Hz; Won a Technical Achievement Academy Award
Band Limiter
Mixing Setup Considerations
Shearer Horn System
Cue System
23. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Warren G. Harding
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
MSL-4
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
24. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Radial Horn
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Altec Lansing
Rack Position
25. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
Altec Lansing
Auditorium
Mix EQ
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
26. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Types of Output Transducers
Production Manager
Ernst Siemens
Aux/CO
27. Major loss in dB
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Sound Booth
Outside
Cue System
28. FOH
Output Transducer
Front of the House
Equalizer
Down Fill
29. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Ernst Siemens
Low Amp Frequency Range
Uses for Return Lines
Distance
30. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Pre/Post Button
AFL
Clair Brothers
Warren G. Harding
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
Sub Snakes
Distance
Sectorial Horn
Ear Trumpets
32. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Matrix
Pink Noise
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
33. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
Splitter Box
Angle of Incidence
Bass Trap
Greek Amphitheater
34. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
Time Based Processors
1st Successful Use of P/A System
House Engineer
Emile Berliner
35. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Shearer Horn System
Band Limiter
Audion Tube
Auditorium
36. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
Mix Position
Electric Voice
Mass Connectors
Rigging Basket
37. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Low End Problem
Return Lines
Time Based Processors
38. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
Controlling SNR
Stereophonic Sound
Line Check
Matrix Section
39. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
Warren G. Harding
Showco PRISM
Altec Lansing
Uses for Return Lines
40. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
Rack Position
Equalizer
FOH Signal Flow
FOH Signal Flow
41. 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
Sectorial Horn
Flying Sound
Workbox
System Engineer
42. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
System Engineer
Audion Tube
Down Fill
Foldback
43. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Matrix
Bob Heil
THX
44. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
Building a Mix
Front of the House
After Fader Listen
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
45. 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
Showco
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Cue System
Magiae Universal
46. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
Sensurround
Sir Oliver Lodge
After Fader Listen
Splitter Box
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
Western Electric
MSL-4
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Down Fill
48. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Stereophonic Sound
Output Transducer
High Amp Frequency Range
1940's P/A Systems
49. True
Rack Position
Ear Trumpets
Hanley Sound
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
50. Debuted with the film Earthquake (1974); Created a physical sensation from four large low-frequency horns located behind the screen
Showco
Side Fill
Duckers
Sensurround