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Show Production Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999






2. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows






3. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn






4. 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






5. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics






6. 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






7. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals






8. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980






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






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

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11. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs






12. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's






13. True






14. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics






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






16. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)






17. False






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






19. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions






20. FOH






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






22. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device






23. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS






24. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage






25. Rusty Brutsch






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 15 minutes






33. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles






34. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs






35. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS






36. 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






37. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS






38. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor






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






40. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions






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






42. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)






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






44. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement






45. Covers a room from a single line of speakers over the rest of the venue saving time and labor costs; Multiple speakers hung together - either vertically or horizontally - so that they can act as one huge speaker






46. 100 Hz - 1 kHz






47. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals






48. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's






49. From the FOH; Used in addition or instead of an apron fill to cover audience members seated under or below the FOH speaker clusters






50. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS