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Show Production Basics

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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






2. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS






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






4. False






5. True






6. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'






7. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds






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






9. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)






10. 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






11. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ






12. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused






13. 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






14. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement






15. Mixes for the audience






16. Theater loudspeaker system researched and developed by MGM and Lansing Manufacturing; Covered low and high frequencies with a crossover at 500Hz; Won a Technical Achievement Academy Award






17. Located in Windsor - England; Fleetwood Mac used 1000 watts of pure Hi-Fi power here for the first time






18. False






19. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later






20. True






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






22. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss






23. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's






24. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues






25. False


26. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader






27. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell






28. 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






29. 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






30. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement






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






32. FOH






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






34. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage






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






36. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems






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






42. 20 Hz - 100 Hz






43. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874






44. Converts one type of energy to another






45. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor






46. Rusty Brutsch






47. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room






48. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980






49. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)






50. False