Know your space
Hardware
System
Sound
Exhibit/Installation
100
The first thing to do when you walk into the lobby.
Speak. Say hello.
100
What is IEC to Edison?
100
The first app you open on a computer once you've pluged in a display.
What is System Settings?
100
What you must do for safety reasons before pushing faders up and sending sound to speakers/house.
Sound in the house
100
Provides identifying information about an artwork, artifact, or collection item
What is an object label?
200
The code to the sound closet.
5901
200
What is Displayport to VGA?
200
This stores, processes, and plays back video, images, and other media content for live events, sending it to projectors, LED walls, or displays.
What is a media server?
200
The indicator that you're recieving signal from an input/channel on the sound console.
Oscilating Green LED lights on fader
200
The equipment or hardware used to support, lift, or control a projector.
What is rigging?
300
How do you bring the projector screen in in the main theater?
What is a key?
300
The name of of DI box is used to send audio from a computer to a console.
PCDI
300
In this display mode, your desktop spans multiple screens, allowing different content to appear on each display.
What is an extended display?
300
Where you should place your fader for it to be considered at "unity".
What is 0 db?
300
Drafting software used for ground plans.
Vectorworks or Sketchup
400
The first step of turning on the system in the Black Box.
Turn on surge protectors for sound, projection, and lighting sections.
400
The cables you need to fully activate a PCDI.
What are RCA/TRS/TS to 3.5mm Headphone Jack, and XLR?
400
A location for projections in the Black Box that allows you to choose your input and output sources to send your image source to.
What is the Wall Panel?
400
This controls the combined volume of active faders on the mixer to the desired listening level for the room.
What is master volume?
400
A survey of physical, logistical, and technical parameters of a gallery space.
What is a site visit?
500
You walk in the theater and its completely dark. How do you turn on house and work lights? Where are they located? (Using house and stage terminology)
House lights- Preset One, Theatre Entrance
Work lights- Turn on Switch, Stage left/2nd wing
500
After manually connecting your laptop to a projector, choosing the correct one of these ensures the projector doesn't say "No Signal."
What is the input source?
500
Two methods of projectors used for blackouts.
Shutter and Dowser
500
This does not need phantom power from mixing console.
What is a dynamic mic?
500
This is what a curator does.
What is who researches and selects the items exhbibited.