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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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1. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Rear Fill
Workbox
Outside
High Amp Frequency Range
2. Major loss in dB
Aux/CO
Outside
Duckers
Return Lines
3. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.
Duckers
Equalizer
Main Snake
System Limiter
4. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Mix Position
Center Fill
Mass Connectors
5. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Mixing Setup Considerations
Sub Snakes
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Monitor System
6. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS
Distance
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Dynamic Based Processors
Line Array
7. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
Midas Verona
Line Check
Tycobrahe
1940's P/A Systems
8. 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
Pre/Post Button
Near-Fields
Apron Fill
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
9. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
Low End Problem
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Crossover
After Fader Listen
10. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Center Fill
FOH Signal Flow
Mix EQ
Matrix Section
11. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Pink Noise
Magiae Universal
Matrix Section
Building a Mix
12. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
FOH Engineer
Western Electric
Phasing Plug
Pad
13. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Butt Fill
RAT Sound
Matrix
Pre/Post Button
14. Hired by the sound company or venue and paid salary; Set-up and maintain FOH system and often mix opening artists; Responsible for set-up - teardown - and maintenance of systems
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Mass Connectors
Supplemental Speaker Systems
System Engineer
15. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980
Meyer Sound
Delay Fill
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Near-Fields
16. 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
FOH Signal Flow
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
AFL
Transducer
17. 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
Upstage
House System
Drive Rack Signal Flow
18. True
Line Array
Sectorial Horn
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Side Fill
19. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Monitor System
The Who
Lee DeForest
Mass Connectors
20. FOH
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Building a Mix
Front of the House
Workbox
21. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Drive Rack
Midas Verona
Ernst Siemens
22. This button will route aux sends to group master
Bob Heil
Floorwedge Coverage
RAT Sound
Aux/CO
23. Rear Fill; Side Fill; Center Fill; Butt Fill; Apron Fill; Delay Fill; Down Fill
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Line Array
Vocal Mic Setup
Supplemental Speaker Systems
24. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Pad
Floorwedge Coverage
Meyer Sound
Showco PRISM
25. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
Electric Voice
Floorwedge Coverage
Vocal Mic Setup
Rack Position
26. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Side Fill
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
FOH Signal Flow
Monitor Signal Flow
27. True
Uses for Return Lines
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Sensurround
ShowConsole
28. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Low Amp Frequency Range
Mix Position
Pad
Transducer
29. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Western Electric
Components of Good Mixing
Matrix Section
Monitor Amp Rack
30. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Monitor Amp Rack
Sub Snakes
Cue System
FOH Engineer
31. Rusty Brutsch
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Electric Voice
Showco
Crossover
32. '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
Meyer Sound
Line Array
Altec Lansing
Time Based Processors
33. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
Showco
The Who
Time Based Processors
Stereophonic Sound
34. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear
Upstage
Live Mixing Issues
Splitter Box
Dynamic Based Processors
35. Debuted with the film Earthquake (1974); Created a physical sensation from four large low-frequency horns located behind the screen
Sensurround
Angle of Incidence
Low End Problem
Dr. Christian Heil
36. Works in house at live music venues to maintain audio systems; Generally entry-level positions; Most begin working monitors; May or may not get to mix for opening artists
Hanley Sound
House Engineer
Output Transducer
Low End Problem
37. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Stereophonic Sound
Main Snake
Types of Output Transducers
Rack Position
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
Gain Structure
Dr. Christian Heil
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Flying Sound
39. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
Output Transducer
Altec Lansing
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
After Fader Listen
40. 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
Stereophonic Sound
Apron Fill
Equalizer
Dr. Christian Heil
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
Sir Oliver Lodge
Showco PRISM
Flying Sound
House System
42. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Side Car
Apron Fill
Mixing Setup Considerations
Ernst Siemens
43. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
Foldback
Line Check
House Engineer
House System
44. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Pink Noise
Mix Position
Output Transducer
Vagabond
45. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Midas XL4
Balloon Meadow
Low Amp Frequency Range
Matrix
46. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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47. Hired by the sound company or venue and paid salary; Set-up and maintain FOH system and often mix opening artists; Responsible for set-up - teardown - and maintenance of systems
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Rigging Basket
Live Mixing Issues
System Engineer
48. Mix Coherence and Individuality of Instruments - High Level of SNR in Microphones - All Instruments Leaving Sound System at Same Time - Be Fluent in the Most Basic Reinforcement Concepts - Helping the Performer in Any Way Via Sound - Constantly Impro
Western Electric
Warren G. Harding
Components of Good Mixing
System Limiter
49. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Mix Position
Mid Amp Frequency Range
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
System Engineer
50. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
Tycobrahe
Sectorial Horn
System Limiter
Aux/CO