Fundamentals of Sound
These collect information from the world around you and transmits it to your brain, causing you to take action.
What are you ears?
Microphone, DI box, USB interface...
What are inputs?
Sound is intended. _________ is unintended.
What is Noise?
True or False: Humans are sensitive to all frequencies equally.
False.
Humans are more sensitive to the range of 1k-5k, which correlates to the frequency range of human speech.
This read of the play is for fun!
What is the First Read?
This component of a sound wave is measured in Hertz, or cycles per second.
What is frequency?
Humans perceive this as pitch.
This means that there are two correlated sources of sound.
What is stereo?
The act of making thoughtful observations of the sounds around you.
What is Active Listening?
This concept gives the brain clues as to direction and motion of sound.
What is the Stereo Field?
This piece of paperwork contains all the necessary information to transfer your design into the Stage Manager's calling script.
What is the Cue List?
This component of a sound wave is measured in Decibels, or dB SPL.
What is amplitude?
Humans perceive this as loudness.
This device takes inputs and routes them to outputs.
What is an Audio Console?
This phrase is to remind you that you can not fast forward sound design; you must listen to things thoughtfully and completely.
What is "Sound Exists in Time"?
This type of space typically has a large volume of space comprised of hard and flat surfaces like concrete or glass.
What is a "live" room?
Telephone ring, thunder, telephone ring, computer notification...
This is the frequency range for healthy human hearing.
What is 20Hz - 20kHz
What is +48v Phantom Power?
This phrase is to remind you that you can not fast forward sound design; you must listen to things thoughtfully and completely.
What is "Sound Exists in Time"?
Size of the room, soft vs. hard materials, a defined audience area...
What are things that determine if a room "sounds good"?
This piece of paperwork contains all the necessary information for the Audio Engineer to hang and patch the speakers correctly.
What is the Speaker Plot?
This frequency band tends to be omnidirectional. They can wrap around objects and can travel long distances.
What are Low Frequencies?
Internally amplified, internally processed, mic/line level inputs...
Powered Speaker
The ratio of direct to indirect sound in a space.
What is intelligibility?
This phenomenon results in the listener being unable to determine the position of a sound around an axis from the ear.
What is the Cone of Confusion?
These are sound effects created in collaboration with the Props Department.
What is Foley?