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- 2. You may wish to discuss with vocalists about where not to point the mic and about not obscuring the lower part of the basket with their hands, as either can aggravate _____ problems.
- 5. Stage _____ need to be placed both where they can be heard best and where they are least likely to provoke feedback.
- 10. a good drum sound always starts with a well-_____ drum kit.
- 11. When working with an _____ band, it can be helpful to check out any on-line songs and videos they may have, as that will give some idea of how they want to sound and setup on stage.
- 14. Assuming the kick drum has no front head, or a front head with a largish cut-out, a fairly standard mic positioning would be just _____ the drum shell, pointing towards a spot roughly halfway between the shell and where the beater hits.
- 15. Bass guitars are frequently _____'d in preference to miking.
- 17. The first and most basic requirement when running your PA from the stage should be a footswitch to turn the _____ effects on or off - there's nothing worse than hearing reverb or delay on the mics when talking to the audience between songs.
- 18. A benefit of _____-controllable digital mixers is that you can carry the tablet around to check and adjust the sound from various points in the venue.
- 20. _____ noise can cause real problems when doing outside gigs, and foam windshields on the mics may make the difference between being able to work and having the wind howling louder than the singer!
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- 1. The sound from a guitar amp changes significantly depending on the position of the mic relative to the _____.
- 3. The big advantage to using an electronic drum kit relative to a real kit is that their on-stage _____ is controlled entirely by the amplifier into which they are plugged.
- 4. The _____ channels should always all be correctly marked up on a strip of masking tape or white electrical tape.
- 6. When doing small-scale outdoor gigs with several bands playing one after the other, it's highly likely that you'll not be able to _____ every band.
- 7. Always position boom stands with the boom _____ in line with one of the three legs for maximum stability, especially when using heavier microphones.
- 8. Line of _____ is important when you're working with unfamiliar musicians.
- 9. Tall stands with long boom arms, such as those used for drum overheads, may require a _____ or stage-weight across the base for additional safety.
- 12. By far the safest bet for acoustic guitar or violin in an amplified band context is to use an instrument fitted with a _____ system, plugged either into an acoustic guitar combo (most of which have balanced DI outputs) or directly into the PA via a DI box.
- 13. The popping sound made when a singer pronounces Bs and Ps is often referred to as _____.
- 16. The purpose of putting all the instruments through the PA system is not just to make everything louder in large venues, but also to give the engineer control over the band's _____.
- 19. When miking an electric guitar amp, the brightest sound is to be found with the mic pointed directly _____ the center of the speaker cone.