Stage Crew Sound Board

Question 1

How do you turn on the Sound Board?

Answer 1

Push the ON button

Question 2

What is the Gain Knob for?

Answer 2

Big adjustments

Question 3

When do you use sliders?

Answer 3

Small adjustments

Question 4

When do you touch the collection of knobs at the upper right of the board?

Answer 4

NEVER

Question 5

How do you turn off the board?

Answer 5

Hold the button for 5 seconds, let go, and then press again to confirm

Question 6

When the board turns on what happens?

Answer 6

Some sliders go up, the display turns on, and a bunch of lights light up

Question 7

What do you do before turning on the Sound Board?

Answer 7

Open the window and turn the sound tower on.

Question 8

How do you do a sound check?

Answer 8

You talk into it using a normal voice.

Question 9

What does LED display above channels do?

Answer 9

Shows audio signal levels, shows a red light when too loud, and shows what mic the channel is tied to.

Question 10

Before turning on the soundboard, what do you need to do?

Answer 10

Turn on the sound tower

Question 11

Where do you find the batteries for the microphones?

Answer 11

The battery charging station the light booth

Question 12

True or False: we let guest speakers use body mics

Answer 12

False

Question 13

When do we use body mics

Answer 13

For the musical

Question 14

How do you tell which microphone is being used when looking at the board?

Answer 14

Check which LED screen is lighting up

Question 15

How do you fix it if somebody sounds tinny?

Answer 15

Bring down the gain (bring up the fader to compensate)

Question 16

What is the black cabinet behind the door the sound booth called.

Answer 16

Sound tower

Question 17

When is it okay to tap on the mic?

Answer 17

NEVER

Question 18

When the orange light in the sound tower is on, what does that mean?

Answer 18

The power is on

Question 19

What do you do with the batteries in the mics after an assembly?

Answer 19

Take them out and charge them

Question 20

What is Mr. Walters favorite color?

Answer 20

Fuchsia

Question 21

What is the slider in each channel called?

Answer 21

The fader

Question 22

What is the knob on top of the LED screen called?

Answer 22

The gain knob

Question 23

What do use the button beneath the LED screen for?

Answer 23

Turning on/off mic on the board

Question 24

About how many ticks should the gain be at as a general rule?

Answer 24

Four

Question 25

What does the color session of the soundboard do?

Answer 25

The same thing as the right, but with speakers

Question 26

What is controlled by the very last two faders on the board (on the right side)?

Answer 26

Master volume

Question 27

What happens if your mic is on but the master volume is on?

Answer 27

You won’t get any sound until the master volume is turned up

Question 28

What is controlled by the third and fourth feeders on the right side of the board?

Answer 28

Stage and booth HDMI inputs

Question 29

Once you unscrew a mic, what buttons should you touch?

Answer 29

Only the power switch

Question 30

If one of the mics is not being used during an assembly (but may be used later) what should you do?

Answer 30

Turn its channel off on the board

Question 31

True or false: you should turn off of mic’s channel before taking out the batteries

Answer 31

True

Question 32

After you turn off the soundboard, what should you do?

Answer 32

Turn off the sound tower (power buttons and switch)

Question 33

If someone is too quiet when using a mic, what should you do?

Answer 33

Bring the fader up a little listen, and then bring it up more if needed

Question 34

The sound booth gets very hot because of the tower. What can you do about this?

Answer 34

Turn on the fan