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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. The standard in live sound reinforcement for both digital and analog shows
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Pad
Showco PRISM
2. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
Transducer
System Limiter
Side Car
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
3. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Live Mixing Issues
Workbox
Sub Snakes
RAT Sound
4. Polar Patterns; Sensitivity of Microphones; Placement of Microphones ~ The goal is to decrease ambient noise and only amplify the desired signal
Show Production Organization
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
Supplemental Speaker Systems
Controlling SNR
5. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Monitor System
Sir Oliver Lodge
Show Production Organization
Compression Driver
6. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Monitor Amp Rack
Live Mixing Issues
High Amp Frequency Range
Warren G. Harding
7. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Center Fill
Clair Brothers
Drive Rack
8. Used to mount speakers for 'flying sound'; Contains a basket - shackle - stinger - chain hook - chain - motor - motor hook - spansets and truss
Cue System
Rigging Basket
Mix Position
Duckers
9. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Gain Structure
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Low End Problem
Electric Voice
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
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Side Fill
Floorwedge Coverage
Phasing Plug
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
Near-Fields
THX
RTA
Monitor Amp Rack
12. 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
RAT Sound
VCA
FOH Signal Flow
Lee DeForest
13. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Hanley Sound
Line Check
Mix Position
Lee DeForest
14. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Mid Amp Frequency Range
After Fader Listen
Low Amp Frequency Range
Mix Position
15. Audience microphones that can be lowered during performance and brought up for clapping - hoots - etc.
House System
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Duckers
Bass Trap
16. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Tycobrahe
Mix EQ
Bass Trap
Equalizer
17. 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
Western Electric
Ernst Siemens
House Engineer
Clair Brothers
18. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
Near-Fields
Distance
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Sub Snakes
19. 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
Delay Fill
Mix Position
Butt Fill
Matrix Section
20. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Bass Trap
Matrix Section
Phasing Plug
Splitter Box
21. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Auditorium
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Sub Snakes
VCA
22. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Distance
Mix EQ
Duckers
Mix Position
23. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Show Production Organization
Low Amp Frequency Range
Dr. Christian Heil
24. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
The Who
Midas Verona
Audion Tube
Mixing Setup Considerations
25. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Showco PRISM
Production Manager
Greek Amphitheater
Vagabond
26. Mix Coherence and Individuality of Instruments - High Level of SNR in Microphones - All Instruments Leaving Sound System at Same Time - Be Fluent in the Most Basic Reinforcement Concepts - Helping the Performer in Any Way Via Sound - Constantly Impro
Clair Brothers
Workbox
Types of Output Transducers
Components of Good Mixing
27. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
System Limiter
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
Western Electric
28. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Ear Trumpets
House System
Gain Structure
Midas XL4
29. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
R.G. Jones
Controlling SNR
Splitter Box
Low End Problem
30. True
High Amp Frequency Range
Time Based Processors
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Uses for Return Lines
31. 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
Rear Fill
House Engineer
Rack Position
Side Fill
32. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
MSL-4
Rack Position
Pre/Post Button
Rigging Basket
33. False
Tycobrahe
FOH Signal Flow
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Flying Sound
34. True
Duckers
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Floorwedge Coverage
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
35. 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
Auditorium
Ear Trumpets
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Mass Connectors
36. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS
Low Amp Frequency Range
Sub Snakes
Foldback
Dynamic Based Processors
37. From the FOH; Used in addition or instead of an apron fill to cover audience members seated under or below the FOH speaker clusters
Aux/CO
Down Fill
R.G. Jones
Sound Booth
38. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Sir Oliver Lodge
Sound Booth
Bass Trap
Phasing Plug
39. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Main Snake
Sound Booth
Foldback
Crossover
40. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Warren G. Harding
Line Check
Components of Good Mixing
41. Converts one type of energy to another
Bob Heil
Warren G. Harding
Transducer
Pad
42. Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later
Delay Fill
Center Fill
Ernst Siemens
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
43. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.
Monitor Signal Flow
Components of Good Mixing
Audion Tube
Building a Mix
44. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
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45. From the FOH; Used to cover audience members located beyond the coverage of the front of house sound systems; Speaker system's signal is delayed to let the sound from FOH speaker systems catch up
Pink Noise
Delay Fill
VCA
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
46. 15 minutes
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Sensurround
House System
Line Array
47. Meyer Sound; The first self-powered - high-level sound reinforcement loudspeaker (1240 watts)
Auditorium
Lee DeForest
MSL-4
Auditorium
48. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics
Equalizer
Showco
Vagabond
Controlling SNR
49. '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
Line Check
Altec Lansing
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Midas XL4
50. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Live Mixing Issues
Output Transducer
Outside