FOH & Monitor Land

Question 1

Mixing monitors in monitor land, will you use post-fader aux busses or pre-fader aux busses?

Answer 1

Post-fader aux busses

Question 2

Post-fader aux bus

Answer 2

Used to route individual channel signal to the mix busses on stage - this will have the effect of all the equalization and fader movement

Question 3

Mixing monitors front of house, will you use post-fader aux busses or pre-fader aux busses?

Answer 3

Pre-fader aux busses

Question 4

Pre-fader aux bus

Answer 4

Typically used to send to the stage monitors - this allows independent level changes that won’t be affected by changes on that channel fader

Question 5

FOH

Answer 5

Front of house - mixing for the audience

Question 6

Monitorland

Answer 6

Monitor mixing is for the band/artist on stage

Question 7

When mixing FOH, what device is used to “listen” to a soloed input (PFL)?

Answer 7

Headphones, foldbacks, cans, cues; when a PA system is playing at loud decibel levels, this helps to isolate individual inputs and outputs, to listen with more accuracy

Question 8

When mixing in Monitorland, what device is used to “listen” to a soloed (PFL/AFL) input or output?

Answer 8

Cue wedge, cue monitor, cue speaker, cue, speaker; usually a 2 or 3- way speaker that is used to monitor the individual monitor mixes that are stationed on-stage, in order for the artists to hear themselves play or sing

Question 9

AFL

Answer 9

After fader listen

Question 10

PFL

Answer 10

Pre fader listen

Question 11

Which of these are shielded cables?

1. RCA
2. IEC/Power cable
3. XLR/Mic cable
4. Speaker
5. TS/instrument

Answer 11

1. RCA
2. XLR/Mic cable
3. TS/instrument

Question 12

1/8” and 1/4” headphone connectors: balanced or unbalanced

Answer 12

Unbalanced

Question 13

Main use for an Outboard Graphic EQ at the FOH position?

Answer 13

Tune SPEAKERS to the room
To eliminate feed-back loops
^^ by cutting undesirable frequencies