Audio
A type of connector commonly used for balanced audio signals, especially in professional audio equipment.
What is XLR?
This device is used to synchronize multiple video sources or feeds in a broadcast production.
What is a video switcher?
A digital communication standard used to control stage lighting and effects equipment.
What is DMX?
The audio console being installed in the Edge today.
What is the Yamaha DM7?
The screeching or howling sound that occurs when a microphone picks up sound from a speaker and re-amplifies it.
What is feedback?
The adjustment of a projector’s image to correct distortion when projecting at an angle.
What is keystone correction?
A stencil or template placed inside or in front of a light source to control the shape of the emitted light.
What is a gobo?
The name of our office area.
What is Master Control?
A method of providing power to condenser microphones via the XLR cable, typically 48 volts.
What is phantom power?
The width-to-height ratio of a video display or image, such as 16:9 for widescreen.
What is aspect ratio?
A stage lighting technique where light is directed from behind an object or performer to create a silhouette effect.
What is backlighting?
The area where the main audio and lighting consoles and video switchers are operated.
What is Front-of-House (FOH)?
The delay between an input being made (like a sound or video signal) and the output being observed.
What is latency?
A measure of the total amount of visible light emitted by a source; important for projector brightness.
What is a lumen?
A unit that converts the network signal over Cat6 (Artnet/sACN) into DMX over 5-pin DMX cable.
What is a node?
We have about 63 ______ on the Tech Team.
What are volunteers?
The resistance of an audio circuit to the flow of alternating current, measured in ohms.
What is impedance?
This interface standard is commonly used in the broadcast industry to transmit uncompressed digital video signals, often over long distances, and is known for its high reliability and low latency.
What is SDI (Serial Digital Interface)?
Theoretically, 63,399 of these can be transmitted via 1 cat 6 cable.
What are universes.
38 of these are actively covered by a tech person.
What are services?