The Rock Orchestra
REDUNDANT PLAYBACK AND SHOW CONTROL BUILT FOR A LARGE-SCALE TOURING PRODUCTION.
Service
Playback Engineer and Backline Tech
Industry
LIVE MUSIC / TOURING
Year
2025 — PRESENT
Project overview
THE ROCK ORCHESTRA IS A LARGE-SCALE TOURING PRODUCTION COMBINING ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE, LIGHTING, VIDEO, AND SHOW-SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK. MY ROLE CENTERS ON BUILDING AND OPERATING THE SYSTEMS THAT KEEP EACH PERFORMANCE MOVING — FROM REDUNDANT ABLETON PLAYBACK AND STEM DELIVERY TO CLICK, CUES, MIDI, TIMECODE, AND SHOW CONTROL.
Solution
THE PLAYBACK SYSTEM IS BUILT AROUND REDUNDANT A/B COMPUTERS WITH AUTOMATIC FAILOVER, ROUTING MULTITRACK AUDIO, CLICK, CUES, MIDI, AND TIMECODE THROUGH A TOUR-READY RACK. THE SYSTEM ALSO INTEGRATES WITH ONSTAGE INSTRUMENT RIGS AND PRODUCTION ELEMENTS, ALLOWING PATCH CHANGES AND SHOW CUES TO FOLLOW THE PERFORMANCE WHILE MAINTAINING MANUAL CONTROL WHEN NEEDED.
