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| Name the three parts of the fiber optic cable. |
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| What is the difference between multimode and single mode fiber? |
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| One has short distance and lower bandwidth. The other has long distance and unlimited bandwidth. |
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| What is the difference between tight and loose buffer cable? |
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One is light weight, easy to terminate, and for indoor use.
The other has greater resistance to temperature changes, used outdoors, and harder to terminate. |
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| Name the four advantages of using fiber over copper cables. |
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| Difficult to tap, Immune to EMI, Longer Distances, Greater Information Capacity, No crosstalk. |
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| Name two methods used to splice fiber cables. |
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| What are the two most common connectors used for termination of fiber? |
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| Name three fiber optic light sources used in fiber optics. |
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| What does VCSEL stand for? |
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| Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser |
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| Name some unique benefits ear monitors provide. |
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| Mobility, safer on ears, stage sight lines, less stage volume, less chance for feedback, better sounding mix, quick set-up and strike, less bulk. |
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| Give some application examples of an in ear monitor system. |
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| Theater, broadcast, live performance, studio monitoring. |
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| A basic wireless in-ear monitor system consists of… |
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| Console → multi-band peak limiter/compressor → transmitter → receiver → ear molds. |
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| Why is it important to drive an in-ear monitor system transmitter properly? |
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•If the input is too low, you will have to operate the receiver volume at too high a level leading to excessive noise.
•If the input is too high, you will cause over-modulation distortion. There is also a danger of bleed into adjacent radio channels. |
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| Why is a multi-band peak limiter necessary at the transmitter input? |
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| To prevent hearing damage due to a level spike or feedback loop, and to enhance the mix. |
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| What bank positions typically use hardwire in-ear mix as opposed to a wireless one? |
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| What is the first thing you need to do to obtain custom ear molds? |
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| Go to a hearing aid center or an audiologist and have impressions taken of your ears. |
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| How can an ambient microphone fed into a musician’s in ear monitor mix help the musician? |
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•It helps the musicians hear the crowd response.
•It helps with localization when using isolating molds.
•Allows communication on stage. |
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| Explain why a monitor wedge would be used in combination with an in-ear mix. |
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| What is multi-band limiting? |
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| It allows separate limiter control over multiple frequency bands. |
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| Name some techniques other than a wedge that are used to enhance the low end of an in-ear mix. |
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•Bass "shaker”
•Side fill subs. |
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| Has a short distance and lower bandwidth. |
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| What is single mode fiber? |
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| Has long distance and unlimited bandwidth. |
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| What is tight buffer cable? |
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| It is light weight, easy to terminate, for indoor use. |
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| What is loose buffer cable? |
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| It has a greater resistance to temperature changes, used outdoors, and harder to terminate. |
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