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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. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
ShowConsole
Vagabond
Uses for Return Lines
Types of Output Transducers
2. Mixes for the audience
THX
System Engineer
Sound Booth
FOH Engineer
3. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
MSL-4
Altec Lansing
Mix EQ
RTA
4. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Clair Brothers
Cue System
Mixing Setup Considerations
Live Mixing Issues
5. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
Altec Lansing
ShowConsole
Angle of Incidence
Dr. Christian Heil
6. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Dr. Christian Heil
Main Snake
Mixing Setup Considerations
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
7. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Line Array
Lee DeForest
Cue System
Monitor Amp Rack
8. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
Rear Fill
Pre/Post Button
Sound Booth
Public Address
9. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Workbox
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Line Array
10. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Aux/CO
Controlling SNR
Return Lines
Low Amp Frequency Range
11. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Near-Fields
Side Car
VCA
Meyer Sound
12. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example
R.G. Jones
Uses for Return Lines
Low End Problem
After Fader Listen
13. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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14. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Center Fill
Near-Fields
Altec Lansing
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
15. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Monitor Signal Flow
Shearer Horn System
High Amp Frequency Range
Midas Verona
16. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually
Lee DeForest
Side Fill
Side Car
Equalizer
17. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Gain Structure
Auditorium
Midas XL4
18. 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
THX
Balloon Meadow
Low Amp Frequency Range
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
19. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
House Engineer
Warren G. Harding
Balloon Meadow
Tycobrahe
20. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Ear Trumpets
Sir Oliver Lodge
Show Production Organization
21. 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
THX
Gain Structure
Distance
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
22. From the FOH; Used in addition or instead of an apron fill to cover audience members seated under or below the FOH speaker clusters
Mid Amp Frequency Range
The Who
Down Fill
Return Lines
23. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.
Transducer
Dr. Christian Heil
Building a Mix
Uses for Return Lines
24. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Distance
Showco
Warren G. Harding
RTA
25. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Pre/Post Button
Midas XL4
Bob Heil
Mass Connectors
26. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Mix Position
Mix Position
Components of Good Mixing
Auditorium
27. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Upstage
Stereophonic Sound
Near-Fields
Components of Good Mixing
28. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Ernst Siemens
Mid Amp Frequency Range
1940's P/A Systems
Gain Structure
29. 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
Near-Fields
Bob Heil
Center Fill
THX
30. 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
Butt Fill
Aux/CO
Shearer Horn System
Splitter System Components
31. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Bass Trap
Western Electric
Floorwedge Coverage
Balloon Meadow
32. False
THX
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Ernst Siemens
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
33. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Low Amp Frequency Range
Sectorial Horn
Matrix Section
Lee DeForest
34. False
House System
Monitor Amp Rack
Rigging Basket
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
35. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
Low End Problem
Radial Horn
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Vagabond
36. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Band Limiter
Dr. Christian Heil
Main Snake
R.G. Jones
37. 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
Ernst Siemens
Return Lines
Midas Verona
Meyer Sound
38. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
Mix Position
Controlling SNR
Rack Position
Types of Output Transducers
39. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication
Public Address
Audion Tube
Ear Trumpets
Return Lines
40. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Hanley Sound
House System
Stereophonic Sound
41. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Pink Noise
Sub Snakes
Rear Fill
Pad
42. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
VCA
Apron Fill
1940's P/A Systems
Mixing Setup Considerations
43. British physicist and writer involved in the development of key patents in wireless telegraphy; Also improved loudspeaker with nonmagnetic spacers to keep the air gap between the inner and outer poles of a moving coil transducer
Sir Oliver Lodge
Mix Position
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
44. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Output Transducer
Floorwedge Coverage
Workbox
Compression Driver
45. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput
RAT Sound
System Limiter
The Who
Public Address
46. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Low End Problem
Electric Voice
Auditorium
47. False
Equalizer
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
After Fader Listen
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
48. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Monitor Signal Flow
RAT Sound
Foldback
Mixing Setup Considerations
49. 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
Rear Fill
Monitor Amp Rack
Crossover
Shearer Horn System
50. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Audion Tube
Ernst Siemens
Output Transducer
Supplemental Speaker Systems