Sound Terms
The science & study of sound
What is acoustics
How color temperature is measured
What is Kelvin
The act of lifting scenery, lights, and curtains.
What is fly?
A map of the lighting locations in a center
What is a lighting diagram
The type of cord used to connect monitors or speakers that allow the user to 'lock it' into place; usually with blue ends.
What is a Speak-on Cable
The height of a sound wave, determining its volume
What is amplitude
The stencil or template placed in front of a light to project patterns or shapes
What is a gobo
A curtain made from a semi-transparent material that looks solid when lit from the audience side and becomes almost invisible when back lit.
What is a scrim?
It is important to wear these when changing a lightbulb
What are gloves
The device that translates sound into electric signals without using a cord
A device that converts sound waves into electrical signals
What is a microphone
A type of lighting fixure that used a parabolic aluminized reflector to create a strong, focused light
A name given to a pipe batten used to support lighting equipment
What is electric
The device used to control lighting during a show or event
What is a lightboard
A control on a mixer that allows the user to adjust the loudness of specific frequencies
What is EQ
The device that combines, adjusts and balances multiple inputs and recordings
What is a mixer, or mixing console?
Attachments for lighting fixures that allow for the control of light spill, shaped by metal flaps
What are barn doors
A rigging system where the load is balanced by this
What is a Counterweight Set
The career where a person creates the lighting for an event or show
What is a lighting designer
The way to measure loudness
What is decibels
The manipulation of audio signals using various effects & enhancements
What is signal processing
Directly fixed to the structure
What is dead hung
An area located below an opening in the stage floor that permits greater travel for counterweight arbors and pipe battens.
What is an Arbor Pit
The first step in changing gels or lightbulbs
What is unplugging the light
The type of cable used to connect a microphone to a mixer
What is an XLR