Sound Production Quiz

What is the use of monitor speakers?

• To allow the performers to hear themselves

• To allow the back row audience members to hear better

• To increase the overall volume for the audience

• To provide sound to the front few rows of the audience

What is the range of frequencies for mid-range loudspeakers?

• Below 500Hz

• Above 500Hz

• Between 0.6-1.5kHz

• Above 1.5kHz

What isn’t one of the characteristics of a condenser microphone?

• It is also known as a capacitor microphone

• It works because of an electric current of a wire coil in between two magnetic fields

• It has better audio detail than a dynamic microphone

• It provides a wide range of frequencies

Where are venues for sound for 6.1 panning?

• L, C, R, CB, LS, RS

• L, R, CB, LR, RR

• L, R, LR, RR, LS, RS

• L, C, R, CB, LR, RR

Place the names for the wires in the correct order according to this set of pictures.

• XLR, MIDI, S/PDIF RCA, TS

• S/PDIF RCA, MIDI, XLR, TS

• XLR, S/PDIF RCA, MIDI, TS

• XLR, S/PDIF RCA, TS, MIDI

What is one difference between the passive and active speaker?

What is the range of the baritone voice (frequency)?

• 180-700 Hz

• 75-300 Hz

• 100-400 Hz

• 135-500 Hz

What is the use of an amplifier?

• To increase the volume of any given sound

• To modify the pitch of the sound

• To increase the current, voltage or power of a signal

• To convert acoustical to electrical energy

Why aren’t ribbon microphones used commonly?

• Because they are very expensive

• Because they're very delicate

• Because they're too accurate

• Because they're too old

Panning is the act of placing or moving a sound anywhere in the … system.