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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. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Main Snake
Monitor Amp Rack
Sectorial Horn
2. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
Types of Output Transducers
Rigging Basket
Public Address
Angle of Incidence
3. 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
Low Amp Frequency Range
VCA
Midas XL4
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
4. P/A
Ernst Siemens
Show Production Organization
Public Address
House System
5. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
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6. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
FOH Engineer
Hanley Sound
System Limiter
Matrix Section
7. 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
Gain Structure
Mass Connectors
Time Based Processors
R.G. Jones
8. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Greek Amphitheater
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Rigging Basket
VCA
9. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Public Address
Upstage
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Tycobrahe
10. 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
Mass Connectors
Ernst Siemens
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Flying Sound
11. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Line Array
Pad
ShowConsole
Warren G. Harding
12. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Production Manager
Sectorial Horn
THX
Dr. Christian Heil
13. Converts one type of energy to another
Transducer
Live Mixing Issues
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
14. True
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Controlling SNR
THX
Cue System
15. Converts one type of energy to another
Ernst Siemens
Transducer
1940's P/A Systems
Types of Output Transducers
16. Debuted with the film Earthquake (1974); Created a physical sensation from four large low-frequency horns located behind the screen
Production Manager
Auditorium
Sensurround
Matrix
17. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Hanley Sound
Auditorium
Radial Horn
Ernst Siemens
18. 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
Mass Connectors
Sound Booth
House Engineer
Tycobrahe
19. P/A
House System
Public Address
Angle of Incidence
Showco PRISM
20. False
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
VCA
THX
Building a Mix
21. Microphones -> Mic Cables -> Subsnakes -> Splitter -> Monitor Fanout -> Console -> EQ Rack (Mix Inserts) -> EQ -> Console -> Mix Outs -> Amp Racks -> Multiple Monitor Wedges
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Monitor Signal Flow
Sub Snakes
Radial Horn
22. 1st U.S. President to have speeches publicized via loudspeaker to large crowds
Down Fill
Warren G. Harding
Uses for Return Lines
Emile Berliner
23. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
Vagabond
Auditorium
Ernst Siemens
Apron Fill
24. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Rigging Basket
Mix Position
Altec Lansing
Shearer Horn System
25. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Rigging Basket
Showco
Sectorial Horn
26. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Ernst Siemens
Monitor Amp Rack
Floorwedge Coverage
27. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS
RAT Sound
Foldback
Dynamic Based Processors
Auditorium
28. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
RTA
Distance
Rack Position
System Limiter
29. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
FOH Engineer
Cue System
Midas XL4
Drive Rack Signal Flow
30. The angle between an incoming wave and an imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the new medium
Angle of Incidence
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
The Who
Rigging Basket
31. Founded in 1979 in Southern california and acquired accounts of Black Flag - Pearl Jam - The Cult - Beck - and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Greek Amphitheater
Center Fill
Supplemental Speaker Systems
RAT Sound
32. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Monitor Amp Rack
Monitor System
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
33. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Bob Heil
House Engineer
Main Snake
Controlling SNR
34. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Hanley Sound
Splitter Box
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Down Fill
35. Covers a room from a single line of speakers over the rest of the venue saving time and labor costs; Multiple speakers hung together - either vertically or horizontally - so that they can act as one huge speaker
After Fader Listen
R.G. Jones
Matrix
Line Array
36. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Apron Fill
Components of Good Mixing
THX
Mid Amp Frequency Range
37. 15 minutes
Rigging Basket
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
THX
RAT Sound
38. 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
Side Fill
Outside
THX
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
39. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Public Address
Magiae Universal
Output Transducer
Rear Fill
40. 'Wrote the book' on practically all aspects of loudspeaker component and horn design; Most speaker systems today rely on this technology; Began as Western Electric
MSL-4
Altec Lansing
Balloon Meadow
Building a Mix
41. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
Workbox
Uses for Return Lines
Center Fill
ShowConsole
42. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Mid Amp Frequency Range
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Foldback
Judy Garland
43. 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
RTA
Greek Amphitheater
Return Lines
Crossover
44. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Pad
Outside
Magiae Universal
Stereophonic Sound
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
Rigging Basket
Shearer Horn System
Time Based Processors
Pre/Post Button
46. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Matrix
Matrix
Live Mixing Issues
Main Snake
47. 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
Ear Trumpets
Radial Horn
Public Address
FOH Signal Flow
48. 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
Transducer
THX
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Mix Position
49. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Rack Position
Band Limiter
Front of the House
After Fader Listen
50. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
RTA
Low End Problem
Midas Verona
Dynamic Based Processors