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Show Production Basics
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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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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. True
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Side Fill
Shearer Horn System
Mix Position
2. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Sub Snakes
Vagabond
Compression Driver
Mid Amp Frequency Range
3. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Hanley Sound
System Engineer
The Who
Band Limiter
4. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually
Altec Lansing
Workbox
Side Car
Aux/CO
5. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
Judy Garland
Sectorial Horn
Splitter Box
Warren G. Harding
6. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash
R.G. Jones
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Transducer
Duckers
7. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Dr. Christian Heil
Mix EQ
Western Electric
Components of Good Mixing
8. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Outside
Western Electric
Sub Snakes
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
9. '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
Rack Position
Altec Lansing
Outside
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
10. Meyer Sound; The first self-powered - high-level sound reinforcement loudspeaker (1240 watts)
Phasing Plug
MSL-4
Dr. Christian Heil
Production Manager
11. 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
Altec Lansing
Flying Sound
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
VCA
12. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
13. 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
Showco
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Apron Fill
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
14. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
Vagabond
Shearer Horn System
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
RTA
15. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Side Fill
Butt Fill
Monitor System
Greek Amphitheater
16. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
Monitor Signal Flow
Dr. Christian Heil
FOH Signal Flow
The Who
17. False
Controlling SNR
Meyer Sound
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Bob Heil
18. Rusty Brutsch
VCA
Showco
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Lee DeForest
19. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Stereophonic Sound
Public Address
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
1940's P/A Systems
20. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Balloon Meadow
Mix EQ
Warren G. Harding
Sub Snakes
21. 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
Rear Fill
Delay Fill
Showco PRISM
Ernst Siemens
22. False
FOH Engineer
Stereophonic Sound
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
High Amp Frequency Range
23. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
After Fader Listen
Show Production Organization
1940's P/A Systems
Time Based Processors
24. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Altec Lansing
Apron Fill
Distance
Audion Tube
25. From the FOH; Used in addition or instead of an apron fill to cover audience members seated under or below the FOH speaker clusters
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Mixing Setup Considerations
Down Fill
Main Snake
26. True
Midas XL4
High Amp Frequency Range
Rear Fill
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
27. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
House System
Clair Brothers
Aux/CO
Altec Lansing
28. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Band Limiter
The Who
Foldback
Emile Berliner
29. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Ernst Siemens
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Phasing Plug
Mix Position
30. False
Warren G. Harding
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Workbox
Matrix
31. False
Bass Trap
FOH Signal Flow
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
32. Major loss in dB
Dr. Christian Heil
Outside
ShowConsole
Mix Position
33. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Matrix
Stereophonic Sound
Vocal Mic Setup
34. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Monitor Amp Rack
Mix Position
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Delay Fill
35. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
36. 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
Stereophonic Sound
THX
Types of Output Transducers
System Limiter
37. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
Greek Amphitheater
High Amp Frequency Range
Building a Mix
Mid Amp Frequency Range
38. 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
System Limiter
Gain Structure
Components of Good Mixing
Phasing Plug
39. Converts one type of energy to another
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Rigging Basket
Transducer
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
40. From the FOH; Used in addition or instead of an apron fill to cover audience members seated under or below the FOH speaker clusters
Show Production Organization
Down Fill
Low End Problem
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
41. 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
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Pre/Post Button
Duckers
42. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Vocal Mic Setup
Sensurround
Components of Good Mixing
Rigging Basket
43. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Balloon Meadow
Shearer Horn System
Mix EQ
Floorwedge Coverage
44. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
Types of Output Transducers
Electric Voice
Bob Heil
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
45. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Mixing Setup Considerations
Upstage
Workbox
Side Fill
46. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
Line Check
Pink Noise
Splitter Box
System Limiter
47. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
System Limiter
Mass Connectors
House Engineer
Matrix Section
48. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer
Rack Position
Show Production Organization
Monitor Amp Rack
Warren G. Harding
49. 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
Crossover
Down Fill
Mixing Setup Considerations
Mix Position
50. FOH
AFL
RTA
Splitter Box
Front of the House