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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. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
Sub Snakes
Sensurround
Dr. Christian Heil
1940's P/A Systems
2. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Judy Garland
Line Array
Mixing Setup Considerations
Main Snake
3. Used for the Pre/Post Channel Fader
Monitor Amp Rack
Uses for Return Lines
Pre/Post Button
Components of Good Mixing
4. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer
Return Lines
Show Production Organization
Tycobrahe
Aux/CO
5. 15 minutes
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Shearer Horn System
Crossover
Lee DeForest
6. Mixes for the audience
Tycobrahe
FOH Engineer
Line Check
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
7. 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
Dr. Christian Heil
Mass Connectors
Splitter Box
ShowConsole
8. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Production Manager
Mixing Setup Considerations
Monitor System
Aux/CO
9. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon
Types of Output Transducers
Showco PRISM
Mix Position
R.G. Jones
10. Responsible for the line array technology boom; Developed the L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC system in 1993
Dr. Christian Heil
Western Electric
High Amp Frequency Range
Angle of Incidence
11. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Shearer Horn System
Monitor Signal Flow
Show Production Organization
Mix Position
12. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Duckers
The Who
Splitter Box
Low End Problem
13. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Types of Output Transducers
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Mix Position
After Fader Listen
14. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Show Production Organization
Low Amp Frequency Range
Bass Trap
Mix Position
15. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Apron Fill
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Types of Output Transducers
Phasing Plug
16. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
Distance
Phasing Plug
Controlling SNR
Mixing Setup Considerations
17. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
RTA
Main Snake
Western Electric
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
18. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Controlling SNR
Workbox
Return Lines
Down Fill
19. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.
Floorwedge Coverage
R.G. Jones
Building a Mix
Stereophonic Sound
20. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Ernst Siemens
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Rear Fill
Electric Voice
21. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Sir Oliver Lodge
Matrix
Matrix Section
Outside
22. 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
System Engineer
House Engineer
Output Transducer
Rear Fill
23. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Matrix
Low End Problem
Dr. Christian Heil
Pre/Post Button
24. 15 minutes
Auditorium
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Monitor Amp Rack
Monitor Signal Flow
25. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Pre/Post Button
Down Fill
Butt Fill
Band Limiter
26. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Mix EQ
Cue System
Near-Fields
Midas XL4
27. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
Radial Horn
Low Amp Frequency Range
Sectorial Horn
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
28. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Magiae Universal
Components of Good Mixing
RTA
Showco PRISM
29. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon
Distance
Sub Snakes
Types of Output Transducers
Mid Amp Frequency Range
30. True
Rack Position
Mix Position
Hanley Sound
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
31. Have two surfaces based on an exponential flare rate - and two straight walls that determine the output pattern
Controlling SNR
Radial Horn
Angle of Incidence
Output Transducer
32. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
R.G. Jones
Drive Rack Signal Flow
VCA
1st Successful Use of P/A System
33. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Warren G. Harding
Matrix Section
Radial Horn
Production Manager
34. P/A
Controlling SNR
Floorwedge Coverage
Public Address
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
35. From the FOH; Used in addition or instead of an apron fill to cover audience members seated under or below the FOH speaker clusters
Public Address
Down Fill
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Types of Output Transducers
36. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Matrix
Front of the House
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
37. 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
Mix Position
Matrix Section
Center Fill
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
38. 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
Line Array
THX
Floorwedge Coverage
Foldback
39. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Time Based Processors
Duckers
Showco
40. P/A
Workbox
Public Address
Sound Booth
House Engineer
41. 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
1940's P/A Systems
Supplemental Speaker Systems
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Sir Oliver Lodge
42. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Angle of Incidence
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Meyer Sound
Monitor Signal Flow
43. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
Ear Trumpets
Matrix
Live Mixing Issues
Side Fill
44. 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
Duckers
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
AFL
Main Snake
45. 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
Output Transducer
Warren G. Harding
Shearer Horn System
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
46. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics
Equalizer
Audion Tube
Components of Good Mixing
1st Successful Use of P/A System
47. Converts one type of energy to another
Types of Output Transducers
Low End Problem
Radial Horn
Transducer
48. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Stereophonic Sound
Duckers
Equalizer
Mixing Setup Considerations
49. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
Greek Amphitheater
Splitter Box
Uses for Return Lines
Cue System
50. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs
Matrix Section
Mix Position
Side Fill
Splitter System Components