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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. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
System Limiter
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
High Amp Frequency Range
2. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Cue System
Line Check
Radial Horn
Western Electric
3. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Live Mixing Issues
Monitor Amp Rack
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
High Amp Frequency Range
4. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Output Transducer
Dr. Christian Heil
Mix Position
Outside
5. Rusty Brutsch
Lee DeForest
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Showco
Judy Garland
6. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
Sound Booth
Apron Fill
Drive Rack Signal Flow
After Fader Listen
7. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon
Types of Output Transducers
Showco PRISM
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Band Limiter
8. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
Workbox
Rack Position
Ernst Siemens
Vocal Mic Setup
9. True
Compression Driver
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Sectorial Horn
Electric Voice
10. 15 minutes
Monitor Signal Flow
Shearer Horn System
Altec Lansing
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
11. True
1st Successful Use of P/A System
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Tycobrahe
Front of the House
12. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
Production Manager
Mid Amp Frequency Range
After Fader Listen
Live Mixing Issues
13. True
Aux/CO
Judy Garland
Compression Driver
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
14. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Low End Problem
Splitter Box
Mix Position
After Fader Listen
15. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Showco
Monitor Amp Rack
Workbox
1st Successful Use of P/A System
16. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs
Splitter System Components
Tycobrahe
Rack Position
Duckers
17. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash
ShowConsole
FOH Signal Flow
Showco
R.G. Jones
18. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
House System
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Midas Verona
Outside
19. Founded in 1979 in Southern california and acquired accounts of Black Flag - Pearl Jam - The Cult - Beck - and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Mass Connectors
Output Transducer
R.G. Jones
RAT Sound
20. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS
Stereophonic Sound
Dynamic Based Processors
Show Production Organization
R.G. Jones
21. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Lee DeForest
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Western Electric
22. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Output Transducer
Warren G. Harding
Matrix
Ernst Siemens
23. 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
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Live Mixing Issues
Low Amp Frequency Range
Delay Fill
24. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Drive Rack Signal Flow
RAT Sound
Equalizer
Band Limiter
25. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics
Clair Brothers
Dynamic Based Processors
Equalizer
FOH Engineer
26. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
Dr. Christian Heil
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Live Mixing Issues
Greek Amphitheater
27. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Warren G. Harding
Drive Rack Signal Flow
28. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Gain Structure
Drive Rack
Bob Heil
Mass Connectors
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
VCA
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Stereophonic Sound
Time Based Processors
30. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
Sectorial Horn
Band Limiter
Transducer
1940's P/A Systems
31. True
Altec Lansing
Front of the House
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Components of Good Mixing
32. 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
Rigging Basket
1st Successful Use of P/A System
THX
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
33. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Components of Good Mixing
Sectorial Horn
34. 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
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
FOH Engineer
Matrix Section
Return Lines
35. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
Controlling SNR
Hanley Sound
Public Address
Return Lines
36. False
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37. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
After Fader Listen
Midas Verona
Cue System
Monitor System
38. 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
Outside
Midas Verona
Emile Berliner
Gain Structure
39. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Meyer Sound
Matrix Section
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Warren G. Harding
40. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Crossover
Altec Lansing
Near-Fields
Supplemental Speaker Systems
41. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
Front of the House
Mix EQ
Sound Booth
Midas XL4
42. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Butt Fill
Ernst Siemens
Dynamic Based Processors
Showco PRISM
43. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Transducer
Matrix
Magiae Universal
Front of the House
44. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.
Duckers
Compression Driver
Transducer
Sir Oliver Lodge
45. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Mixing Setup Considerations
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
System Limiter
46. 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
Delay Fill
Audion Tube
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Equalizer
47. True
Lee DeForest
1st Successful Use of P/A System
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Low End Problem
48. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980
Meyer Sound
Emile Berliner
Bass Trap
THX
49. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Monitor Amp Rack
Stereophonic Sound
Hanley Sound
50. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's
The Who
Uses for Return Lines
Sound Booth
Hanley Sound