Live entertainment

A reinforcing loop in which loudspeaker output re-enters a microphone and is amplified repeatedly.

The relative timing position of periodic sound components, affecting addition and cancellation.

The pre-event exchange and confirmation of technical, schedule, venue, staffing, hospitality, and access requirements.

The ongoing process of coordinating and documenting an event’s requirements with venues and suppliers before arrival.

An Audio Engineering Society interoperability standard for high-performance audio-over-IP streaming between compatible systems.

A high-level event credential permitting entry to most controlled operational zones.

A rack containing power amplifiers and associated distribution, processing, networking, and monitoring.

An Ethernet protocol used to transport DMX-style lighting control and related data across IP networks.

A contracted minimum performance payment, sometimes combined with a share of defined event receipts.

A venue system transmitting program audio directly to compatible audience receivers or hearing devices.

A microphone capturing room or audience sound for in-ear monitoring, recording, broadcast, or effects.

A purpose-built barrier used to separate, guide, or protect audiences and working areas at an event.

The venue area containing the audience seating or standing configuration facing the performance.

A routing structure sending multiple inputs or mixes to multiple independently controlled outputs.

A parallel signal distribution point supplying the same source to several approved destinations.

The positive-versus-negative orientation of an audio signal or transducer connection.

A console bus combining related channels for common level or processing control.

A hardware or software interface monitoring and controlling networked sound-system devices.

A curtain that gathers upward in multiple vertical swags using lift lines.

A console path creating an additional mix from selected input channels.

A family of IEEE Audio Video Bridging technologies that provides time-aware transport and resource reservation on compatible Ethernet networks.

Performer instruments, amplifiers, stands, and related equipment supplied for a live music event.

Production and performer areas not intended to be visible to the audience during a live event.

A controlled event credential granting defined access to nonpublic production areas.

A secondary control surface or processor prepared to assume operation after primary failure.

A signal connection using two conductors with opposite polarity relative to a shield or reference.

A theatre call instructing performers appearing at the beginning of an act to go to their starting positions.

An analog standard-definition video reference signal used to synchronize compatible video equipment.

A cue or condition extinguishing designated performance lighting, often rapidly.

Opaque stage drapery used to block light, mask space, or divide backstage areas.

Operating live lighting or media by making responsive manual choices instead of following only a prebuilt cue stack.

An overhead support or suspension arrangement used to manage the weight and path of production cables.

A low-frequency array configured with spacing, delay, and polarity to reduce radiation in selected directions.

The organized transition between acts, bands, scenes, or technical configurations.

A numbered record of console inputs, sources, destinations, and key patch or processing notes.

A drawing or schedule showing electrical circuits and connection locations for entertainment lighting.

Alternating peaks and cancellations caused when correlated sounds combine with a small time difference.

A live-event communication system and operating practice used to coordinate departments and cues.

A ticket issued without a normal sale price to an authorized guest or allocation.

A display showing presenters program, notes, timing, remote guests, or return information.

A saved set of live-console parameters that can be recalled for a cue, song, speaker, or segment.

A stored set of selected digital-console parameters recalled for a song, scene, or event state.

A prepared alternate cue used when normal show conditions or equipment are unavailable.

A console-level identifier used to select and operate one fixture or logical device.

A numbered logical address space transporting a defined group of entertainment-control slots.

A guided metal frame holding counterweights that balance a theatrical line set.

A theatrical rigging system balancing line-set load with adjustable counterweights in an arbor.

A coded access area associated with specific event passes or permissions.

A backstage route allowing people to travel from one side of the stage to the other without being seen.

The transition region where adjacent loudspeaker or signal-processing frequency bands divide and overlap.

A programmed wait between a cue trigger and the start of a parameter transition.

The programmed duration over which a cue’s parameter values transition.

A programmed timing interval after which another show cue starts automatically.

A visual signal used to communicate a performance or technical cue without relying on spoken radio traffic.

An ordered record of show cues with identifiers, descriptions, timing, triggers, and responsible departments.

An ordered list of technical or performance cues used to run a live event consistently.

A console edit intended to affect one cue without tracking into later cues.

A technical rehearsal that skips intervening performance material to concentrate on cues and transitions.

The post-performance sequence in which performers return or remain for audience acknowledgment.

The scheduled or actual beginning of a stage performance, whether or not a physical curtain moves.

Audinate’s networked media technology for routing multichannel digital audio and related control over IP networks.

A scheduled period when performance lighting or venue activity is unavailable to other work.

A hotel room retained for daytime rest, changing, showering, or production use outside an overnight stay.

A digital console control group adjusting assigned channel levels without creating an audio sum.

A manual rigging method in which operators pull the full suspended load without counterweight or mechanical advantage.

The stage floor or working surface on which performers, scenery, and event equipment are positioned.

A guided floor path or rail used to move scenic units across a stage.

A remote loudspeaker position used to extend sound coverage to distant audience areas.

A device that adapts an instrument or line-level source for a balanced microphone-input path.

A stage-to-console audio transport system that converts and carries multiple channels over digital links or a network.

An enclosure containing multiple controlled power dimmers for compatible entertainment lighting circuits.

A document mapping dimmers or power-control outputs to circuits, channels, loads, and modes.

A digital control protocol used to send lighting levels, colors, and fixture parameters across a lighting network.

A network device converting between Ethernet lighting protocols and physical DMX ports.

An optically isolated device distributing one DMX input to multiple protected output branches.

A resistor plug placed at the end of a DMX data line to reduce signal reflections.

A logical group of DMX control channels addressed as one 512-channel data stream.

A settlement arrangement allocating defined ticket revenue between parties by an agreed percentage or formula.

The advertised or operational time when audience admission begins for a live event.

A counterweight arrangement using mechanical advantage so the arbor travels about half the batten distance.

The area or direction closer to the audience on a conventional stage.

A keyer placed late in a switcher signal path for logos, titles, or overlays.

A planned full run using performance conditions, costumes, technical cues, and show sequence as completely as practical.

A private backstage space where performers change, prepare, store personal items, and receive calls.

The overlap and luminance shaping of adjacent projected images into a wider continuous canvas.

A control intended to stop hazardous machinery or motion rapidly during an emergency.

An additional performance offered after the planned main program in response to audience or artist decision.

An Ethernet switch configured for lighting, audio, video, or show-control traffic.

A managed system switching or dimming electrical circuits for show equipment under authorized control.

A contractual, venue, permit, noise, transport, or labor deadline by which specified event activity must end.

A master timeline covering access, load-in, rehearsals, doors, show, curfew, and load-out.

A locally assigned worker handling approved errands and transport for touring or event departments.

The post-show reconciliation of ticketing, expenses, guarantees, percentages, taxes, and contractual adjustments.

A multidisciplinary inspection of venue or site conditions before final event planning.

A scenic or masking portal built inside the architectural proscenium to redefine the visible opening.

The timed transition between acts requiring coordinated removal, reset, patching, line checks, and staging.

A supplemental loudspeaker covering an audience area not adequately served by the main system.

A backstage warning that approximately five minutes remain before a scheduled start or return.

The assignment of a control start address and universe or network identity to an entertainment device.

A controllable attribute such as intensity, pan, color, focus, or framing.

A console’s structured definition of a lighting device’s control channels, ranges, defaults, and parameter behavior.

A vertically configured loudspeaker array suspended above the audience or stage area.

The tall stage volume above the performance area where flown scenery and equipment travel.

A stage machinery system raising, lowering, and holding scenery, lighting, or curtains overhead.

A cue configured to execute automatically after a preceding cue or delay.

A manually operated spotlight that tracks and illuminates a performer or moving subject.

A loudspeaker placed near the stage edge to cover audience positions below or between the main arrays.

The audience-facing technical position or team responsible for the main show mix or control view.

The audience-facing live audio balance created at the main mixing position.

The usable amplification available before a microphone-loudspeaker loop becomes audibly unstable.

A worksheet specifying quantities and sizes of color media needed for a lighting installation.

A timing reference that synchronizes video devices so frames remain aligned across a system.

The stage-management command that authorizes immediate execution of a previously identified cue.

The principal front curtain used to separate a stage from its audience.

A console control that proportionally limits selected overall lighting output.

A backstage lounge or waiting room provided for performers, speakers, or guests.

A loudspeaker system supported from the floor or ground rather than flown.

A backstage warning traditionally given approximately thirty minutes before the announced performance start.

A rope operated directly by hand to move, guide, or secure approved stage elements.

The overhead sheave assembly redirecting lift lines and purchase line in a fly system.

An assistive listening system using an induction loop to send audio to telecoil-equipped hearing devices.

A manually operated stage system using fiber ropes, blocks, battens, and sandbag counterweights.

An instruction preventing execution or progression of a cue until further authorization.

A rider section describing dressing-room, catering, transport, security, guest, and other nontechnical event requirements.

The number of audience members admitted, seated, sold, or present under a stated counting method.

General audience-area lighting controlled separately from stage or performance lighting.

A post-event record of audience operations, timing, accessibility, incidents, staffing, and facility issues.

The operational point at which the venue begins admitting the audience to the performance area.

A pulley added to guide or support a line without providing the primary lifting function.

An earpiece-based monitoring system delivering a controlled performer mix directly to the ears.

An assistive audio system transmitting modulated infrared light to audience receivers.

An ordered document naming each audio source and its channel, connector, microphone, stand, power, and patch requirements.

A planned pause in a performance during which audience, performer, and technical operations change state.

A release system that drops a suspended curtain or scenic cloth rapidly on cue.

A planned point at which late audience members may enter with minimal disruption or risk.

A structural module containing LED tiles, electronics, connectors, and rigging features for video walls.

An electronic module distributing mapped pixel data within an LED cabinet or panel.

A controller output device formatting and transmitting video data to LED display receiving systems.

A controller scaling and distributing video data to modular LED display cabinets.

A wire rope or line connecting a stage batten or load to blocks and its operating system.

A lighting document listing each control channel and its fixtures, positions, circuits, color, purpose, and accessories.

A control system used to patch, program, cue, play back, and monitor entertainment lighting and related devices.

A numbered or labeled lighting state with timing and playback instructions.

A programmed pattern that changes fixture parameters repeatedly or algorithmically over time.

A work session positioning and shaping each lighting fixture toward its intended area.

A record of each luminaire’s target, beam, shutters, accessories, and focus notes.

A device translating, routing, or bridging entertainment-control protocols between network and serial systems.

A programmable selection of channels or fixtures recalled together for editing or control.

A control that limits or suppresses output from selected channels regardless of normal playback.

A document listing luminaires and their identifying, positional, circuit, control, accessory, and focus information.

A reusable stored value or reference for color, focus, beam, intensity, or another parameter group.

The assignment connecting control channels and fixture parameters to physical dimmers or network addresses.

A recorded combination of fixture parameter values available for cue building or playback.

A playback or fader controlling a recorded group, look, effect, or other console object.

A vertically arranged loudspeaker system designed to control coverage and coupling across an audience area.

A systematic verification that each audio or signal path reaches the expected destination before a live event.

A nominal audio signal level intended for interconnection between powered audio devices.

A coordinated group of lift lines and machinery moving a stage batten or load.

The time delay introduced as sound passes through conversion, processing, networking, and loudspeaker paths.

A chronological document listing show cues, triggers, departments, timing, and notes.

A device performing switching, scaling, compositing, warping, or screen management for events.

A coordination meeting aligning creative, technical, venue, safety, schedule, and client decisions.

The scheduled movement of equipment and materials into a venue before setup or rehearsal.

The scheduled reporting time for crews installing event equipment and production systems.

The controlled removal, packing, and accounting of equipment and materials after a live event.

An elevated fly-house level where counterweights are added to or removed from arbors.

Workers hired in the event market or venue to support load-in, show operation, and load-out.

The operating level containing rope locks for counterweight line sets.

An overhead sheave guiding an individual lift line between batten and head block.

A digital processor providing crossover, equalization, delay, limiting, and routing for speaker systems.

A multichannel digital-audio interface standardized for carrying many channels over coaxial or optical connections.

A condensed graphical layout of lighting channels organized by area, direction, color, or purpose.

A cue whose timing or level is directly controlled by an operator rather than fully automated.

A coordinated header-and-leg assembly forming an adjustable visual frame around the stage picture.

The highest sound-pressure level a microphone or device is specified to handle within stated distortion criteria.

A payment provided instead of a catered meal under an applicable agreement or tour policy.

A system that stores, processes, maps, and plays video or pixel content for a live event.

A rendered video feed generated by a media server for screens, projection, or compositing.

The post-show accounting of merchandise sales, taxes, venue commissions, card fees, inventory, and cash.

The relatively low electrical signal level produced by a microphone before preamplification.

A diagram or description of microphone sensitivity versus sound-arrival direction.

A specification relating microphone output voltage to a stated sound pressure.

A device or system that sends one microphone signal to multiple destinations such as front of house, monitors, and recording.

A switcher processing bank that creates transitions, keys, and layered program compositions.

A live audio mix created for performers or operators to hear the signals they need during a show.

The work area where performer monitor mixes and stage-audio systems are controlled.

The position or system that creates performer monitor mixes and manages stage monitoring.

A stage batten and lifting system driven by powered machinery rather than a manual purchase line.

A remotely controlled luminaire with motorized parameters such as pan, tilt, color, beam, focus, or framing.

A redirecting block used to change the horizontal path of stage-rigging lift lines.

A control that simultaneously mutes a defined set of console channels or outputs.

The hand line used by an operator to move a manual counterweight line set.

A lowered or adaptable area between stage and audience used for musicians and associated equipment.

Reflective scenic panels arranged around musicians to shape acoustic projection and appearance.

A document mapping console outputs to loudspeakers, monitors, recording, broadcast, communications, or other destinations.

A lighting channel or address held at a fixed value outside ordinary cue playback.

A map of how live inputs are assigned to console channels, stage boxes, splitters, or recording paths.

A stage-management record of an individual performance’s timing, cast, cues, incidents, and deviations.

A performer-operated device creating an individual monitor mix from assigned audio channels.

DC power sent through balanced microphone lines to operate compatible condenser microphones and active devices.

A rail holding belaying pins used to secure hemp-system stage rigging lines.

A lowered orchestra area or controlled audience-working zone immediately in front of a stage.

The distance between neighboring pixels in a display, commonly used to describe LED wall resolution and viewing distance.

The stage-management instruction for performers and crew to take their required starting positions.

A powered hoist controlling a single lifting point for scenery or entertainment equipment.

The required scenic, prop, costume, lighting, sound, and performer state established before a performance or sequence.

A switcher selection path used to inspect the next source before taking it to program.

A wired or wireless communication system that links departments and operators during a live event.

A contract attachment describing technical, staffing, venue, schedule, safety, and logistical event requirements.

The switcher path representing the video currently sent to the designated live output.

The warping and placement of imagery onto shaped architecture, scenery, or objects.

A purpose-built surface receiving projected images with defined size, gain, color, and viewing behavior.

An optical assembly determining projected image size, throw, focus, shift, and brightness distribution.

Optical movement of a projected image using the lens while limiting geometric distortion.

The architectural opening separating an audience chamber from the stage area in many theatres.

The increase in low-frequency response as a directional pressure-gradient microphone moves close to a source.

The complete loudspeaker, amplification, processing, mixing, and distribution system serving an audience.

The operating rope of a manual counterweight fly system used to move a line set.

Remote Device Management, a bidirectional protocol layered on DMX512 for discovery, configuration, and status reporting.

A remotely controlled switching module supplying non-dim power to compatible entertainment loads.

An assistive system transmitting program audio by radio to portable audience receivers.

A scheduled work period dedicated to installing, inspecting, moving, or removing rigging systems.

An engineered attachment location used to suspend equipment or loads within documented limits.

Touring personnel who travel with an artist or production and carry show-specific knowledge and responsibilities.

A stage-rigging device that grips an operating line to hold a balanced line set stationary.

A time-ordered event schedule listing segments, speakers, performances, transitions, and technical actions.

The elapsed duration of a performance or event, usually tracked with or without intervals as specified.

Streaming ACN, the ANSI E1.31 protocol for transporting DMX-like level data over IP networks.

The act of loading a stored console or control-system state during operation.

The fixed or configured tiers and sections of spectator seating within an arena, stadium, or theatre.

A dedicated production communication feed allowing key audio operators to speak directly.

The time a performer, operator, or crew member is required for the live performance period.

The person who gives coordinated live cues to technical and performance departments.

A saved technical configuration containing cues, patching, presets, scenes, and system settings for a show.

A scheduled period building and refining cues, presets, automation, media, or control logic.

An audio or video feed carrying performance and cue context to backstage, dressing, lobby, or operational areas.

An authorized halt to performance because continuing would be unsafe or operationally impossible.

The formal handoff of a prepared event system or venue area to the operating show team.

A dedicated or segmented data network carrying time-critical entertainment control and monitoring.

A monitor loudspeaker system positioned at the sides of a stage to provide broad-area coverage.

A device that distributes one source signal to multiple isolated or managed destinations.

A counterweight rigging arrangement in which arbor travel approximately matches batten travel.

A logarithmic measure of acoustic pressure, normally expressed in decibels relative to a reference pressure.

The measurement-guided alignment and adjustment of a reinforcement system for coverage, timing, level, spectrum, and consistency.

A rehearsal or test used to set and verify live audio inputs, monitors, system coverage, balance, and show operation.

An amplified audio signal carrying enough power to drive a passive loudspeaker.

A taped or painted floor mark identifying a repeatable position for scenery, equipment, or performers.

A temporary or dedicated line used to lift or position a load at a nonstandard stage location.

The portion of a stage deck extending audience-side of the proscenium opening.

A pipe or structural member suspended to carry scenery, curtains, lighting, or equipment.

A horizontal masking curtain used overhead to conceal rigging, luminaires, and the upper stage.

A standardized weight loaded into an arbor to balance a batten and its suspended load.

The overhead structural level supporting loft blocks, rigging hardware, and access above a fly loft.

The performer’s left side when facing the audience from the stage.

A tall narrow masking curtain hung at the side of the stage.

A powered platform moving people, scenery, or equipment vertically through the stage.

The live-event lead who coordinates cues, departments, performers, and the running order of the show.

Curtains or scenic elements hiding backstage areas, equipment, and unwanted sightlines.

A diagram showing performer positions, inputs, monitors, microphones, and other live-event stage requirements.

A rotating stage platform used to move scenery, performers, or entire playing areas.

The performer’s right side when facing the audience from the stage.

Curtains or masking panels used to shape the stage opening or conceal offstage areas.

A stage-side connection point that carries multiple audio or control channels to a console or system.

An advance warning that a named operator or department must prepare to execute a specific cue.

A loudspeaker system designed to reproduce the lowest part of an event’s audible frequency range.

A measurement and control position used to operate and optimize the sound system.

A communication path from an operator or control position to performers, crew, or another technical area.

A microphone routed for crew, performer, recording, or remote communication rather than audience program.

A visual indication that identifies a live, preview, recording, or selected source state.

A horizontal masking border near the proscenium used to adjust the visible height of the stage opening.

A rehearsal devoted to integrating live-event lighting, sound, video, scenery, automation, effects, and stage movement.

A document specifying the artist or production’s technical systems, stage, staffing, power, and operating requirements.

A display system presenting scrolling text near a camera or audience sightline for speakers.

A weighted or spring-loaded block maintaining operating-line tension in a counterweight system.

A show-control cue launched or synchronized by an incoming timecode address.

A vertical masking element at either side of a proscenium used to adjust the visible stage opening.

The touring representative coordinating artist travel, schedule, settlements, hospitality, and daily operational decisions.

A daily allowance paid to touring personnel for meals or incidental expenses under agreed travel terms.

A cue storing changes while unchanged parameter values continue from earlier cues.

The space below a stage used for traps, lifts, effects, storage, or performer access.

A curtain that opens and closes horizontally along a track, usually from center or one side.

A three-level video timing reference commonly used to synchronize high-definition production equipment.

The specified vertical position at which a flown batten, truss, scenic item, or curtain stops.

A structural framework used to support lighting, audio, video, and scenic equipment when properly engineered and rated.

A signal connection using one signal conductor and a shared return or shield.

The mapping of console fixtures or parameters to addresses within one or more lighting-control universes.

The area or direction farther from the audience on a conventional stage.

An analog control group changing assigned channel gains without summing their audio into a bus.

A controlled document describing venue dimensions, systems, inventory, access, power, rigging, and policies.

A switcher or processor function combining foreground and background through transparency information.

A processor converting input raster size and timing to a required output format.

A device selecting and combining multiple live video sources into one or more outputs.

A large display assembled from panels or tiles and controlled as a coordinated image surface.

A soundcheck workflow that plays back previously recorded multitrack inputs through a live console and system.

A passage or opening that carries audience traffic between seating areas and venue concourses or exits.

A floor-positioned loudspeaker aimed toward a performer to provide a local monitor mix.

A box-office service holding tickets or credentials for collection at the venue.

Offstage areas immediately beside the visible performance space where people and scenery wait or move.

A digital timing reference used to synchronize audio converters and devices at a common sample rate.

General illumination provided for safe setup, maintenance, rehearsal, and backstage work.