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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. 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
Gain Structure
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Return Lines
Balloon Meadow
2. True
Output Transducer
Foldback
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Near-Fields
3. This button will route aux sends to group master
Judy Garland
Ear Trumpets
Aux/CO
Down Fill
4. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
Dynamic Based Processors
After Fader Listen
Greek Amphitheater
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
5. Debuted with the film Earthquake (1974); Created a physical sensation from four large low-frequency horns located behind the screen
Sensurround
Aux/CO
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Matrix Section
6. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Foldback
Dr. Christian Heil
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
7. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
THX
Ear Trumpets
Production Manager
Low End Problem
8. Mixes for the audience
Compression Driver
FOH Engineer
Live Mixing Issues
System Engineer
9. False
FOH Engineer
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Sound Booth
Dr. Christian Heil
10. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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11. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
The Who
Vagabond
12. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Rack Position
Radial Horn
Flying Sound
13. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Splitter Box
Center Fill
Bass Trap
R.G. Jones
14. False
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15. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
After Fader Listen
Meyer Sound
Public Address
Return Lines
16. From the FOH; Used in addition or instead of an apron fill to cover audience members seated under or below the FOH speaker clusters
FOH Signal Flow
Tycobrahe
Phasing Plug
Down Fill
17. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Splitter Box
House System
Return Lines
18. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Radial Horn
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Side Car
Building a Mix
19. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Midas Verona
ShowConsole
Outside
20. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
Equalizer
Phasing Plug
Ear Trumpets
Side Fill
21. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Output Transducer
Band Limiter
Sensurround
Meyer Sound
22. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
Matrix Section
Monitor Signal Flow
Components of Good Mixing
Emile Berliner
23. 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
Crossover
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
1940's P/A Systems
Matrix Section
24. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Hanley Sound
Bob Heil
Vocal Mic Setup
Audion Tube
25. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Floorwedge Coverage
Bob Heil
Mixing Setup Considerations
Radial Horn
26. 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
Near-Fields
House Engineer
Stereophonic Sound
27. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Midas Verona
Near-Fields
ShowConsole
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
28. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Ernst Siemens
Hanley Sound
Low Amp Frequency Range
Bob Heil
29. Rusty Brutsch
Showco
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
FOH Signal Flow
Mix EQ
30. 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
Side Fill
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Apron Fill
Components of Good Mixing
31. False
RTA
Transducer
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Splitter System Components
32. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
Ear Trumpets
Apron Fill
Foldback
Distance
33. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Monitor Signal Flow
Midas Verona
Sub Snakes
Workbox
34. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Foldback
Shearer Horn System
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Workbox
35. '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
Altec Lansing
Building a Mix
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Audion Tube
36. 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
FOH Engineer
Sub Snakes
Showco
Butt Fill
37. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Distance
House Engineer
Outside
Compression Driver
38. 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
Crossover
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Lee DeForest
39. Attempt to emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible
Vocal Mic Setup
Low End Problem
Meyer Sound
Dynamic Based Processors
40. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer
Show Production Organization
Sir Oliver Lodge
Bob Heil
Upstage
41. True
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Apron Fill
Center Fill
Sir Oliver Lodge
42. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
Time Based Processors
Distance
Lee DeForest
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
43. 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
Midas XL4
R.G. Jones
VCA
Mix Position
44. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Splitter System Components
Low Amp Frequency Range
Splitter Box
Bass Trap
45. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Apron Fill
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Western Electric
46. 15 minutes
Public Address
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
1940's P/A Systems
Sound Booth
47. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Delay Fill
Mix EQ
Cue System
Pre/Post Button
48. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
Vocal Mic Setup
Compression Driver
Flying Sound
House System
49. Rusty Brutsch
Greek Amphitheater
Showco
Emile Berliner
Rack Position
50. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Return Lines
Stereophonic Sound
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Matrix