It may be simple sound effects added as required by the show, or a complete sonic environment which elevates the production to a higher level of appreciation. Sound Reproduction - the use of motivated or environmental sounds in a production. Both are used in plays to add to the realism of the scene Sound Reinforcement - the use of amplifiers, processors, and effects to make the actor's voice or musician's instrument fill the performing space with sound. Quite often reinforcement is used in large venues. The audio stream Microphones - pickup the sound waves and convert them to electrical waves.
Microphones vary in shape and size and by the type of sound they are designed to pickup.
The mixer controls the flow of the stream and affects it as well Amplifier - Takes the electrical energy and multiplies its energy. The energy collected from a microphone is too small to drive a speaker Loudspeaker - takes the signal from the amps and converts it to sound waves. Show tapes consisted of various cuts of tape spliced together with tape and a prayer. The computer allows us to collect a sound or sample it and convert it to digital code. This code can then be manipulator in many ways and then recorded back to a tape for playback or to an electronic unit for playback directly to the amps and speakers.