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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. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
Low Amp Frequency Range
Radial Horn
Line Check
Drive Rack
2. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Return Lines
Altec Lansing
Mixing Setup Considerations
Bob Heil
3. P/A
Side Car
Warren G. Harding
Public Address
Meyer Sound
4. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Production Manager
Angle of Incidence
Clair Brothers
Drive Rack Signal Flow
5. In live performance this is the reference mix that the engineer uses; In studio recording it is the mix in the artist's headphones; One of the engineer's most valuable tools; Post outboard EQ and Mix Master Faders
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Gain Structure
Cue System
Production Manager
6. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
Sensurround
R.G. Jones
ShowConsole
Delay Fill
7. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
R.G. Jones
Stereophonic Sound
Shearer Horn System
Midas XL4
8. Converts one type of energy to another
Transducer
Cue System
Vocal Mic Setup
Electric Voice
9. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Phasing Plug
Vagabond
Apron Fill
Uses for Return Lines
10. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Tycobrahe
Phasing Plug
Matrix Section
Floorwedge Coverage
11. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
Hanley Sound
Sound Booth
Bob Heil
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
12. 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
Altec Lansing
Apron Fill
Midas XL4
Gain Structure
13. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS
Low Amp Frequency Range
Production Manager
FOH Engineer
Dynamic Based Processors
14. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Midas XL4
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Ear Trumpets
Greek Amphitheater
15. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Warren G. Harding
System Limiter
FOH Engineer
After Fader Listen
16. 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
Down Fill
Components of Good Mixing
Supplemental Speaker Systems
17. '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
THX
Altec Lansing
Distance
Controlling SNR
18. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
RTA
Rear Fill
Production Manager
Low End Problem
19. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Low End Problem
Building a Mix
Shearer Horn System
Supplemental Speaker Systems
20. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern
Mix EQ
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Drive Rack
Radial Horn
21. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Balloon Meadow
Mix EQ
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Pink Noise
22. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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23. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Lee DeForest
Pad
Emile Berliner
Monitor System
24. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Main Snake
Distance
Building a Mix
25. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
Rear Fill
Upstage
Sectorial Horn
Floorwedge Coverage
26. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer
Bass Trap
Delay Fill
Radial Horn
Show Production Organization
27. 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
Matrix Section
FOH Signal Flow
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
28. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Ernst Siemens
Vocal Mic Setup
Vagabond
Mixing Setup Considerations
29. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance
Low End Problem
Floorwedge Coverage
Emile Berliner
Matrix
30. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Controlling SNR
Transducer
Duckers
Production Manager
31. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
Electric Voice
Dr. Christian Heil
Outside
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
32. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Showco PRISM
Rigging Basket
Controlling SNR
Band Limiter
33. False
Drive Rack
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Down Fill
34. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
Band Limiter
Midas Verona
Uses for Return Lines
Mass Connectors
35. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Near-Fields
Line Array
Monitor System
Rigging Basket
36. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Sound Booth
Duckers
Vocal Mic Setup
37. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Uses for Return Lines
Angle of Incidence
Side Car
38. Line of sight to the speakers is necessary (false sense of high frequencies if not directly in front of speakers); Optimum = Center or just off center of the main floor with a good distance for imaging and where the entire system can be heard
Flying Sound
Mix Position
Live Mixing Issues
Building a Mix
39. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
Upstage
Drive Rack
Outside
1st Successful Use of P/A System
40. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
Midas Verona
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Dynamic Based Processors
Shearer Horn System
41. False
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Mixing Setup Considerations
Pad
Matrix
42. This button will route aux sends to group master
Band Limiter
Aux/CO
Greek Amphitheater
Auditorium
43. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Front of the House
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Mix Position
RAT Sound
44. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
Dr. Christian Heil
Main Snake
Return Lines
Angle of Incidence
45. Splits full range audio into frequencies from high end of the spectrum to the high speakers - mids to the mid speakers and lows to the low speakers
Showco
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Western Electric
Crossover
46. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Stereophonic Sound
ShowConsole
Hanley Sound
47. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961
Flying Sound
Judy Garland
Pre/Post Button
Bass Trap
48. 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
System Engineer
Butt Fill
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Angle of Incidence
49. Debuted with the film Earthquake (1974); Created a physical sensation from four large low-frequency horns located behind the screen
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Vocal Mic Setup
Sensurround
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
50. 15 minutes
Building a Mix
Live Mixing Issues
House Engineer
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers