Engineering Einsteins
Engineer of Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Toto and Diana Krall
Who is Al Schmitt?
Tangible form of energy (acoustical, electrical, magnetic)
What is Signal?
Deputy engineer who answers to the producer and first engineer
What is a second engineer?
This is the scientific name of a sound pressure wave (long-form)
What is a sinusoidal wave?
As frequency gets higher or lower, faster or slower, this changes
What is Pitch?
This man engineered for Faith Hill, Foo Fighters, Fleetwood Mac, and Ricky Martin
Who is Elliot Scheiner?
Device that converts one form of energy into another
What is a Transducer?
Individual responsible for the conceptual and performance aspects of a recording project
What is a producer?
A waveform cycle requires the completion of these two phases
What is compression and rarefaction?
This frequency is 440 Hz
What is A4?
Engineer for Eminem, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Usher, and Maroon 5
Who is Ryan West?
Center-point of the control room or live sound set-up where all signal paths originate and terminate
What is the console?
individual responsible for the front-of house-operations?
What is an FOH engineer?
The speed of propagation
What is velocity?
This frequency is 680 Hz
What is F5?
Engineer for David Bowie, Bon Jovi, and the Rolling Stones
Who is Bob Clearmountain?
A rotating variable resistor that controls the level of electrical signal
What is a Rotary Potentiometer?
Individual responsible for stage mixing
What is a Monitor Engineer?
30 Hz-17,000 Hz
What is the "actual" range of human hearing?
This frequency is 1020 Hz
What is C6?
Engineer with XX Chromosomes who worked for Pearl Jam, Josh Ritter and Sheryl Crow
Who is Trina Shoemaker?
A sliding variable resistor that controls the level of electrical signal
What is a Linear Potentiometer?
Individual responsible for the technical operations of a recording project
What is a First (Chief) Engineer?
The propensity of molecular displacement to transition from a dense or compressed state to a less dense or rarified state.
What is Elasticity?
measurable amount of sound energy that is absorbed by particular material or substance
What is Absorption Coefficient?