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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. 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
Pad
Electric Voice
Splitter Box
Gain Structure
2. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console
Bob Heil
Rigging Basket
Compression Driver
Apron Fill
3. True
Clair Brothers
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Aux/CO
Mixing Setup Considerations
4. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Clair Brothers
Building a Mix
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Showco
5. True
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Show Production Organization
Public Address
Rigging Basket
6. False
Near-Fields
Balloon Meadow
System Limiter
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
7. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Workbox
Splitter Box
Controlling SNR
Vocal Mic Setup
8. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Workbox
Pre/Post Button
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Low End Problem
9. 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
Crossover
Band Limiter
Main Snake
Magiae Universal
10. True
Lee DeForest
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Rear Fill
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
11. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Rack Position
Pink Noise
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
12. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Sir Oliver Lodge
Clair Brothers
FOH Signal Flow
Balloon Meadow
13. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
House System
Sound Booth
Mixing Setup Considerations
Return Lines
14. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually
Side Fill
Sound Booth
Angle of Incidence
Side Car
15. 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
Lee DeForest
Butt Fill
Near-Fields
16. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
Pre/Post Button
Flying Sound
Sound Booth
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
17. 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
Mix Position
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Line Check
18. 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
Distance
Midas Verona
Bass Trap
Aux/CO
19. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Mixing Setup Considerations
Flying Sound
Gain Structure
Audion Tube
20. Mix Coherence and Individuality of Instruments - High Level of SNR in Microphones - All Instruments Leaving Sound System at Same Time - Be Fluent in the Most Basic Reinforcement Concepts - Helping the Performer in Any Way Via Sound - Constantly Impro
Components of Good Mixing
Return Lines
Butt Fill
House System
21. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Stereophonic Sound
Sub Snakes
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Components of Good Mixing
22. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Aux/CO
Equalizer
Side Fill
23. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Bob Heil
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Stereophonic Sound
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
24. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Low Amp Frequency Range
Output Transducer
Mix EQ
25. FOH
Compression Driver
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Front of the House
ShowConsole
26. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
Side Fill
Vagabond
R.G. Jones
RTA
27. False
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Sectorial Horn
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Pink Noise
28. Works in house at live music venues to maintain audio systems; Generally entry-level positions; Most begin working monitors; May or may not get to mix for opening artists
Sir Oliver Lodge
Upstage
Lee DeForest
House Engineer
29. 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
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Drive Rack
Mix Position
Splitter Box
30. 15 minutes
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Line Array
Cue System
Cue System
31. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Lee DeForest
Workbox
Phasing Plug
32. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Bass Trap
Vagabond
Mix EQ
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
33. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Public Address
Dr. Christian Heil
Vocal Mic Setup
Pad
34. This button will route aux sends to group master
House System
Aux/CO
Side Car
Transducer
35. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Rigging Basket
Rear Fill
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Mass Connectors
36. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
Clair Brothers
Rigging Basket
Splitter Box
Emile Berliner
37. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Hanley Sound
Vocal Mic Setup
Pre/Post Button
Western Electric
38. Can quickly change gain in response to many different detectors looking at same signal; Used in really tough situations where u want strict control over level and dynamics
Monitor Signal Flow
VCA
Clair Brothers
Phasing Plug
39. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Line Array
Rigging Basket
Mix EQ
Ernst Siemens
40. 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
Outside
Building a Mix
Matrix Section
THX
41. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time
Band Limiter
Types of Output Transducers
Balloon Meadow
Cue System
42. False
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43. Debuted with the film Earthquake (1974); Created a physical sensation from four large low-frequency horns located behind the screen
Equalizer
Rigging Basket
Sensurround
After Fader Listen
44. Converts one type of energy to another
Transducer
VCA
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
FOH Signal Flow
45. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Monitor System
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Dr. Christian Heil
Mass Connectors
46. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Mix Position
Low End Problem
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Mid Amp Frequency Range
47. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
Sir Oliver Lodge
Warren G. Harding
Sectorial Horn
Judy Garland
48. 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
Public Address
Balloon Meadow
Bass Trap
Flying Sound
49. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer
Floorwedge Coverage
Show Production Organization
Delay Fill
Center Fill
50. 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
THX
Bob Heil
System Engineer
Mixing Setup Considerations