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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. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
Return Lines
Band Limiter
Public Address
RTA
2. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs
ShowConsole
Emile Berliner
Splitter System Components
MSL-4
3. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Western Electric
Pad
Clair Brothers
Time Based Processors
4. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.
Output Transducer
Duckers
Altec Lansing
ShowConsole
5. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
Apron Fill
ShowConsole
Bob Heil
Monitor System
6. Mixes for the audience
Shearer Horn System
Radial Horn
FOH Engineer
Building a Mix
7. System for the audience; Simple left/right mix down of the artist
AFL
Monitor Signal Flow
House System
Auditorium
8. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Building a Mix
Band Limiter
Auditorium
System Engineer
9. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
Pad
Vocal Mic Setup
Controlling SNR
Pad
10. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Flying Sound
1940's P/A Systems
Mix Position
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
11. True
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Dr. Christian Heil
Showco PRISM
Time Based Processors
12. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Drive Rack
Center Fill
Distance
13. 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
Flying Sound
Controlling SNR
Bob Heil
Mix Position
14. 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
Shearer Horn System
Delay Fill
Electric Voice
Radial Horn
15. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Main Snake
Electric Voice
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
16. 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
Mass Connectors
Cue System
Output Transducer
Splitter System Components
17. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Greek Amphitheater
Rack Position
FOH Signal Flow
18. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
Floorwedge Coverage
Greek Amphitheater
Rack Position
Mid Amp Frequency Range
19. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
Lee DeForest
Dr. Christian Heil
Warren G. Harding
Distance
20. 15 minutes
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Mass Connectors
Sectorial Horn
Components of Good Mixing
21. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Components of Good Mixing
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Pad
MSL-4
22. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Stereophonic Sound
Ernst Siemens
Splitter Box
Foldback
23. 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
Return Lines
Matrix
Crossover
System Engineer
24. 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
Stereophonic Sound
Mix Position
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Electric Voice
25. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Side Car
Near-Fields
Midas XL4
26. True
Floorwedge Coverage
Electric Voice
Near-Fields
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
27. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Production Manager
Uses for Return Lines
Duckers
Apron Fill
28. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern
Matrix
FOH Engineer
Radial Horn
Drive Rack
29. 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
Midas Verona
Showco PRISM
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
System Engineer
30. True
Equalizer
Monitor Amp Rack
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
31. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's
The Who
Splitter System Components
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Production Manager
32. Stage area to the rear of stage performers that is furthest away from the audience
Live Mixing Issues
Showco
Angle of Incidence
Upstage
33. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980
Electric Voice
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Pre/Post Button
Meyer Sound
34. False
RTA
Dynamic Based Processors
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
1st Successful Use of P/A System
35. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Rigging Basket
Showco PRISM
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Vagabond
36. False
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37. 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
Upstage
Sir Oliver Lodge
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Side Fill
38. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Monitor Signal Flow
The Who
Pre/Post Button
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
39. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Magiae Universal
Splitter Box
Types of Output Transducers
Mid Amp Frequency Range
40. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs
Crossover
Splitter System Components
Transducer
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
41. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Foldback
Monitor System
Dynamic Based Processors
1940's P/A Systems
42. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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43. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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44. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Rigging Basket
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Line Array
Distance
45. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Foldback
Clair Brothers
Emile Berliner
Mix Position
46. False
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Low End Problem
FOH Engineer
47. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Compression Driver
Workbox
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Warren G. Harding
48. 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
Hanley Sound
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
AFL
49. 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
Cue System
Shearer Horn System
AFL
Equalizer
50. 15 minutes
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Uses for Return Lines
Ernst Siemens
Altec Lansing