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Show Production Basics
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performing-arts
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1. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually
Stereophonic Sound
Side Car
RAT Sound
Shearer Horn System
2. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Ear Trumpets
Output Transducer
Altec Lansing
3. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Compression Driver
FOH Engineer
Distance
Clair Brothers
4. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Showco PRISM
Low End Problem
Uses for Return Lines
Uses for Return Lines
5. 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
Duckers
Foldback
House Engineer
Side Fill
6. 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
Lee DeForest
Equalizer
Midas Verona
Matrix
7. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
Return Lines
RTA
High Amp Frequency Range
Near-Fields
8. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated very close to the stage that will not be covered by direct sound from the FOH speaker system
Apron Fill
Components of Good Mixing
Transducer
Emile Berliner
9. 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
RTA
Splitter Box
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Delay Fill
10. Patched into EFFECTS / AUXILIARY SENDS
Show Production Organization
Phasing Plug
Time Based Processors
Ernst Siemens
11. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
Tycobrahe
Phasing Plug
Rigging Basket
MSL-4
12. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer
Show Production Organization
Monitor Signal Flow
Matrix
Vocal Mic Setup
13. Founded in 1979 in Southern california and acquired accounts of Black Flag - Pearl Jam - The Cult - Beck - and Red Hot Chili Peppers
RAT Sound
Emile Berliner
Midas XL4
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
14. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Distance
Tycobrahe
Components of Good Mixing
Matrix Section
15. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Building a Mix
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Line Array
Clair Brothers
16. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Midas XL4
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Stereophonic Sound
Splitter System Components
17. P/A
Warren G. Harding
Public Address
Return Lines
1st Successful Use of P/A System
18. Usually colored red and lettered; Gender reversed from the channels; Allow for sending of any signal from the console areas back to the splitter box; Final mix from the console is the first priority; Optional and must be specified; If splitter does n
Ernst Siemens
1940's P/A Systems
Return Lines
Low End Problem
19. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Ear Trumpets
Bass Trap
The Who
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
20. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Dynamic Based Processors
Low Amp Frequency Range
Down Fill
Showco
21. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated behind the stage
Monitor Amp Rack
Rear Fill
Live Mixing Issues
Aux/CO
22. 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
Sub Snakes
Building a Mix
Mix Position
Gain Structure
23. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Mid Amp Frequency Range
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Duckers
Judy Garland
24. Debuted at the George Strait Country Music Festival in 1999
ShowConsole
Bob Heil
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Show Production Organization
25. '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
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Ernst Siemens
Altec Lansing
Judy Garland
26. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Return Lines
Center Fill
Distance
Mix EQ
27. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Cue System
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Center Fill
Return Lines
28. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
Controlling SNR
Mix EQ
Output Transducer
R.G. Jones
29. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.
Duckers
Outside
High Amp Frequency Range
Outside
30. 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
Uses for Return Lines
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
AFL
Vagabond
31. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Workbox
Return Lines
Audion Tube
Rigging Basket
32. Introduced the trapezoidal arrayable loudspeaker cabinet in 1980
Outside
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Midas Verona
Meyer Sound
33. 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
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Stereophonic Sound
FOH Signal Flow
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
34. Created the audion tube which amplified weak radio signals thus making modern electronics possible
Audion Tube
Sectorial Horn
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Lee DeForest
35. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Vagabond
Low End Problem
Monitor Amp Rack
Mix EQ
36. Founded by Jim Gamble and Jim Chase in Hermosa Beach - CA in 1972; Clients included Grand Funk Railroad & Boston
After Fader Listen
Greek Amphitheater
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Tycobrahe
37. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Low End Problem
Splitter Box
R.G. Jones
Hanley Sound
38. True
Components of Good Mixing
Midas XL4
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Monitor Amp Rack
39. True
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
After Fader Listen
Down Fill
Low End Problem
40. From the Monitor Desk; Monitors that are located behind the artist and pointed downstage to cover area that cannot be covered by the floor wedges on the front line
Butt Fill
Outside
System Engineer
1st Successful Use of P/A System
41. 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
Line Check
RAT Sound
Side Fill
FOH Signal Flow
42. From the Monitor Desk; Monitors that are located behind the artist and pointed downstage to cover area that cannot be covered by the floor wedges on the front line
Return Lines
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Butt Fill
Matrix Section
43. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs
Production Manager
Splitter System Components
Balloon Meadow
Low End Problem
44. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Mix Position
Supplemental Speaker Systems
R.G. Jones
45. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Dynamic Based Processors
Showco PRISM
Delay Fill
Hanley Sound
46. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
Mix Position
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Midas Verona
Angle of Incidence
47. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics
Apron Fill
Stereophonic Sound
Equalizer
Main Snake
48. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Line Array
Down Fill
Auditorium
Western Electric
49. System for feeding one or more separate mixes to the performers for use while recording and overdubbing; Also known as a Cue Mix ~ MONITORS
Foldback
Equalizer
Sub Snakes
Magiae Universal
50. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Audion Tube
The Who
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Controlling SNR