snd 1

Question 1

sound designer

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Leads snd team. Interprets and responds to show with snd.

Question 2

associate snd designer

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takes all responsibility is snd designer is gone. liaison between snd designer and other departments. mostly doe paper work

Question 3

assistant snd designer

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hired to help the snd designer

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production snd engineer/snd supervisor

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PSE. takes the design and realizes it for the venue. aka - the tech director for snd. coordinates equipment sourcing, installations, budgeting, and labor.

Question 5

mix engineer(A1)/snd board Op (SBO)

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mixes the show. if there is no PSE, A1 run snd department. head snd/head electrician (E1)

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Mic tech (A2)

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responsible for mic operations. maintenance and operations. creates wireless mic rigs.

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vitruvius

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built theaters for better sound

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aristotle

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said sound would be heard better on flat surface

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medieval

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fanfair, depictions of God and hell

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1642

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theatre is forbidden

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1660

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king charles brings theatre back

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17th century

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thunder machines (cannonballs down chutes)

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edoardo scott

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invented phonautograph, could record but not play back

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1859

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1st recording snd

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1860

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1st human recording

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thomas eddison

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improved the telephone, invented the phonograph in 1877, could record and produce snd

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1890

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1st sound in theater, baby’s cry

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Luigi Russolo

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built intonarumori (creates natural) in 1913

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foley artists

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1930s, thunder sheets ($7) and wind machines ($15)

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1950s broadway

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no designers, sm would find snd effects, electrician would figure out how to do it

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1950s hollywood

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talkies

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prue williams and david collison

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1959, snd design credit

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jack mann

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1961, snd design credit on bway

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abe jacob

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1971, snd credit for JCS

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qlab

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2005

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tonys

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snd design wasn't recognized until 2006, stopped being one in 2014, was back to being an award in 2017. 1st tony was in 2008.

Question 27

sound

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kinetic energy moving through a medium creating vibrations. particle create mechanical waves

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Mechanical waves

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transverse, surface, longitudinal

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transverse

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whipping rope, moves perpendicular to travel direction

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surface

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vibration across mediums

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longitudinal

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vibrations move parallel to travel direction

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crest

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highest part of snd wave

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trough

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lowest part of snd wavea

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pressure

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low and high changes

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amplitude

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amount of pressure to excite particlesz

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zero point

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air at rest

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wavelength

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distance to complete full cycle

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period

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time to complete full cycle

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cochlea

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inner filled with fluid

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cilia

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tiny hairs to sense vibrationsp

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higher frequency

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high pitch

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frequency

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measured in hertz, human range (20hz-20,000 hz)

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1000hz

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1khz

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fundamental

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lowest freq.

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overtone

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freq. higher than fundamental

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harmonic

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an overtone, whole number multiple of fund.

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period equation

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1/freq.

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wavelength equation

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speed/freq.

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volume

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doesn't mean loudness, measured in decibel

Question 50

snd threshold

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85db, 8hrs 94db, 1hr 130db, pain

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Timbre

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quality of sndd

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direction

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what snd is coming from,

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reverb/reflection

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how long snd lasts

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aborsorption

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snd waves penetrate objects and sucks up snd

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diffraction

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change of direction, snd slips through cracks, low freq. diffract easier

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duration

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length of time a pitch lasts

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signal flow

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live snd, and digital snd

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Transducer/input

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converts 1 type of energy to another

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pre camp

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mics have low impedance, audio gear high impedance, boosts low z(mic)

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high z into low z

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explode

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low z into high z

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tiny signal

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XLR cable

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low imp. for long runs, 3 pins

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processing

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manipulating audio for desired effect

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amplifier

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boosts line-level signal to speaker

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output

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loudspeakers

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tweeters

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1 to 5in, 1.5>khz

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midrange

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5 to12in, 500hz to 6khz

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woofers

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8 to 18in, <500 hz

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subwoofer

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15>in, 30hz to 150hz

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monitor

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full-range

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headphones

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monitor for ears

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passive

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needs external source

Question 73

active

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built-in amp