Live entertainment
Public-address system
The complete loudspeaker, amplification, processing, mixing, and distribution system serving an audience.
Setup
- Design coverage, headroom, intelligibility, redundancy, power, rigging, and emergency interfaces.
Venue contexts
- Theatre, concerts, festivals, broadcast, and corporate events, as applicable
Signal flow
- Confirm the source, patch, transport, control, and destination for the system involved.
In practice
Design coverage, headroom, intelligibility, redundancy, power, rigging, and emergency interfaces.
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Sources
- Audio Systems Guide for Theater Performances — Shure
- Published Technical Standards — Entertainment Services and Technology Association