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Show Production Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 100 Hz - 1 kHz






2. 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






3. Rear Fill; Side Fill; Center Fill; Butt Fill; Apron Fill; Delay Fill; Down Fill






4. This button will route aux sends to group master






5. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production

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6. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure






7. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control






8. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);






9. 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






10. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake






11. When the volume over the headphones is affected by the channel fader; Generally more useful on a single channel; Common for an AUX OUT to be added to this mix so the engineer can listen to the signal being sent to that aux






12. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks






13. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system






14. Converts one type of energy to another






15. False






16. Allows use of two or more consoles; 1 House & 1 Monitor; Can be wall mounted or placed in a rack; Basically a big set of Y-cables in a box; Does not belong in FOH area






17. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer






18. Mixes for the audience






19. 1st stage of protection; Prevents damage to sound system by limiting and/or compressing overall ouput






20. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs






21. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist






22. 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






23. 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






24. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects






25. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later






26. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload






27. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone






28. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console






29. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.






30. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload






31. AFL; On the Mix OUTS the Cue or Solo Button is an example






32. 1 kHz - 20 kHz






33. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist

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34. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device






35. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position






36. 1 kHz - 20 kHz






37. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).






38. 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






39. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased






40. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion






41. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium






42. 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






43. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually






44. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS






45. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961






46. False






47. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems






48. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage






49. False






50. Random noise that is at equal energy at all frequencies