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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. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Monitor Amp Rack
Production Manager
Auditorium
MSL-4
2. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Monitor Amp Rack
Sir Oliver Lodge
System Engineer
RAT Sound
3. False
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
ShowConsole
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Mixing Setup Considerations
4. 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
Delay Fill
FOH Signal Flow
Audion Tube
System Limiter
5. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
MSL-4
Mix EQ
FOH Engineer
Output Transducer
6. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
R.G. Jones
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Gain Structure
7. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Midas Verona
Floorwedge Coverage
Monitor Signal Flow
8. 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
Components of Good Mixing
Judy Garland
FOH Engineer
Sir Oliver Lodge
9. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash
R.G. Jones
THX
Controlling SNR
Controlling SNR
10. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Western Electric
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Mix EQ
Flying Sound
11. 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
Drive Rack
FOH Signal Flow
THX
Show Production Organization
12. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980
Ernst Siemens
Output Transducer
Meyer Sound
System Engineer
13. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Compression Driver
Angle of Incidence
Mass Connectors
14. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication
Building a Mix
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Return Lines
Sir Oliver Lodge
15. 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
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Radial Horn
Sir Oliver Lodge
Pink Noise
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
Rack Position
Side Fill
Audion Tube
Main Snake
17. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Rear Fill
Sir Oliver Lodge
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
RAT Sound
18. Founded in 1979 in Southern california and acquired accounts of Black Flag - Pearl Jam - The Cult - Beck - and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Mix Position
Drive Rack
RAT Sound
Tycobrahe
19. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
Emile Berliner
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Front of the House
Dr. Christian Heil
20. False
House Engineer
Radial Horn
Public Address
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
21. 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
Output Transducer
Magiae Universal
Upstage
22. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Mix Position
Uses for Return Lines
Balloon Meadow
Controlling SNR
23. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Clair Brothers
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Tycobrahe
24. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
Line Check
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Aux/CO
Showco PRISM
25. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Clair Brothers
Tycobrahe
Sound Booth
Altec Lansing
26. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Low Amp Frequency Range
Warren G. Harding
Mix Position
Sensurround
27. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Time Based Processors
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Sensurround
Drive Rack Signal Flow
28. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Mix Position
Magiae Universal
Warren G. Harding
Showco PRISM
29. Feedback eliminated - stage volume reduced - and 'roaming' problems decreased
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Greek Amphitheater
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
30. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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31. P/A
Crossover
Monitor Amp Rack
Public Address
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
32. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
Splitter Box
Monitor Amp Rack
Radial Horn
Line Check
33. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Mix EQ
ShowConsole
Transducer
34. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Matrix Section
Matrix
Drive Rack
Pre/Post Button
35. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
ShowConsole
Apron Fill
Down Fill
Lee DeForest
36. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
Duckers
Distance
Rack Position
RTA
37. This button will route aux sends to group master
Midas XL4
Clair Brothers
Aux/CO
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
38. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Live Mixing Issues
Midas Verona
Aux/CO
Production Manager
39. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Rack Position
Ernst Siemens
Mix Position
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
40. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Floorwedge Coverage
Near-Fields
Workbox
Mass Connectors
41. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Low Amp Frequency Range
RTA
VCA
Hanley Sound
42. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics
Equalizer
Pad
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Mixing Setup Considerations
43. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
Monitor Amp Rack
VCA
Drive Rack
Stereophonic Sound
44. 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
Public Address
Gain Structure
AFL
Balloon Meadow
45. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Ernst Siemens
Drive Rack
After Fader Listen
46. 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
Splitter Box
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Showco PRISM
Line Check
47. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's
Transducer
The Who
Angle of Incidence
Low End Problem
48. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Workbox
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Front of the House
Auditorium
49. 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
System Engineer
Time Based Processors
THX
AFL
50. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
Building a Mix
RAT Sound
Sectorial Horn
Greek Amphitheater